Radial electrode for determining the amount of moisture in seed cotton
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
InventorsGino J. Mangialardi, Jr., Anselm C. Griffin, Jr.
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Abstract
A unique radial electrode has been designed in the same configuration as the feed roller of a cotton ginning system. The electrode is then installed as part of a feed roller and properly insulated from the ginning system. When seed cotton is fed between the feed rollers the charged radial electrode becomes a signal electrode communicating with the rest of the system which forms as a ground. The resultant current flow between the electrode and the ground passing through the seed cotton produces a measure of the moisture in the seed cotton.
Claims16
An apparatus for continuously measuring the moisture content in seed cotton being processed through a cotton gin comprising in combination:
- a. a means of initiating an electrical current substantially forming a signal, said signal means comprising in combination the following:
- 1. a rotating radial electrode configurated to the same configuration as a conventional feed roller in a cotton gin and comprising in combination:
- a. a hollow cylindrical conduit;
- b. a plurality of channel bars affixed equidistantly around the circumference of said conduit;
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- c. a shielded cable affixed to the inside of the conduit;
- d. a means of affixing said shielded cable to the inside of said conduit;
- b. a receiving means communicating with said signal, said receiving means substantially forming a ground;
- c. a means of insulating said signal means from said ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.