Cotton packager with interior wall including hold down elements for holding cotton in a compacted state
AssigneeCNH America LLC
InventorsMichael Covington, Darryl Pasket, Kevin Richman
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Abstract
Hold down elements for interior walls in a cotton compacting chamber of a cotton packager, which facilitate holding or retaining compacted cotton in a compacted state in the chamber, without significantly interfering with or restricting unloading of a cotton module from the chamber, or reducing structural integrity of the module. One or more of the hold down elements can be utilized on an interior wall, and the hold down elements are oriented so as to extend longitudinally in an unloading direction, such that a cotton module will slide therealong without being held in the chamber by the hold down element.
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A cotton packager comprising:
- a floor, at least a pair of opposing side walls extending upwardly from peripheral edges of the floor defining a cotton compacting chamber, and a door enclosing an end of the chamber;
- compacting apparatus disposed above or in an upper region of the chamber for movement downwardly into the chamber for compacting cotton therein into a compacted body having a shape and sideward extent at least generally defined by the opposing side walls, the door being openable to allow removal of a compacted body of cotton from the chamber through the end;
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- at least one elongate hold down element disposed on at least one of the side walls along a substantial portion thereof, the hold down element extending from the side wall into the chamber longitudinally in substantially parallel relation to the floor, for limiting upward spring back of cotton compacted by the compacting apparatus.
A cotton packager for forming a compacted body of cotton, comprising:
- a packager structure including a floor and a pair of opposing side walls extending upwardly from peripheral edges of the floor defining a cotton compacting chamber, the side walls extending convergingly in an upward direction;
- compacting apparatus disposed in an upper region of the chamber and movable downwardly toward the floor for compacting cotton against the floor and the side walls for forming a compacted cotton body therein;
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- a vertically spaced array of elongate hold down elements substantially extending along the forward to rearward length of each side walls in substantially parallel relation to the floor, each of the hold down elements projecting from the side wall into the chamber in a position for engaging cotton compacted against the side wall by the compacting apparatus for limiting upward spring back of tile compacted cotton.
A cotton packager, comprising:
- a floor and at least a pair of opposing side walls extending upwardly from peripheral edges of the floor defining a cotton compacting chamber, and a door enclosing an end of the chamber;
- compacting apparatus disposed above or in an upper region of the chamber for movement downwardly into the chamber for compacting cotton therein into a compacted body having a shape and sideward extent at least generally defined by the opposing side walls, the door being openable to allow movement of a compacted body of cotton in a direction toward the end and through the end from the chamber;
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- at least one elongate hold down element on at least one of the side walls, the hold down element disposed on the side wall so as to substantially extend along the forward to rearward length thereof, the hold down element extending from the side wall into the chamber longitudinally in the direction of movement, for limiting upward movement of cotton compacted by the compacting apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.