Cotton picker scrapping arrangement
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJoel M. Schreiner
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Abstract
A scrapping plate arrangement within a cotton picking machine includes a pivotable pressure plate and one or more pivotable scrapping plates. Each scrapping plate may be an assembly that includes a door and a plate member having one or more ribs extending toward a picking drum and configured to pass through respective openings in the pressure plate, permitting each scrapping plate to be positioned selectively into a use orientation.
Claims20
In a cotton picking machine with one or more rotating picking drums having a plurality of rotating picker spindles, a scrapping arrangement, comprising:
- at least one pressure plate mounted to pivot with respect to an associated drum of the one or more picking drums, the at least one pressure plate having at least one slot;
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- at least one scrapping plate pivotally mounted with respect to the at least one pressure plate, the at least one scrapping plate having at least one rib extending toward the associated drum, the at least one rib configured to pass through the at least one slot in the at least one pressure plate.
In a cotton picking machine with one or more rotating picking drums having a plurality of rotating picker spindles, a scrapping arrangement, comprising:
- a pressure plate mounted to pivot with respect to an associated drum of the one or more picking drums, the pressure plate arranged to extend in a direction of a length of the associated drum and having a plurality of slots spaced apart from one another in the length direction;
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- a plurality of scrapping plates pivotally mounted with respect to the pressure plate, each of the scrapping plates having at least one rib extending toward the associated drum and configured to pass through the slots in the pressure plate.
In a cotton picking machine with one or more rotating picking drums having a plurality of rotating picker spindles, a scrapping arrangement, comprising:
- a pressure plate mounted to pivot with respect to an associated drum of the one or more picking drums, the pressure plate arranged to extend in a direction of a length of the associated drum and having a plurality of slots spaced apart from one another in the length direction;
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- a plurality of scrapping plates pivotally mounted with respect to the pressure plate, each of the scrapping plates being an assembly including:
- a door pivotally mounted to the pressure plate;
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- a plate member mounted to the door and having at least one rib extending toward the associated drum and configured to pass through the slots in the pressure plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.