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US 4,285,273 AGranted
Mini module builder
OwnerDonald W. Dejarnettinventor
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Abstract
Seed cotton is built into a module to be picked up and moved to a gin by dumping and tromping the cotton into a short box to form a first segment. After this first section of the module is formed the rear gate of the builder is opened and the box moved forward. Then, an additional segment is built, tramping the cotton of the additional segment into that of the segment already built. Then the box is again moved forward. After packing the first segment the rear gate remains open. The cotton is tramped with a pipe having a circular cross section for better packing. Weight is transferred from the tractor to the box while packing.
Claims15
The process of making a self supporting, self contained segmental module of seed cotton which is loaded as a self supported, self contained unit upon a module mover;
- wherein the improved method comprises:
- a. compacting freshly harvested seed cotton into a first segment of the module with a module maker, transfering weight from a tractor to the module maker to aid compacting,
- b. moving the module maker to a position which partially overlaps the first segment, then
- c. compacting as before freshly harvested seed cotton into a second segment of the module with the module maker, the first and second segments adhered together so that the segments together form a single self supported, self contained unit, and later
- d. loading said segmental module upon a module mover.
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The process involving a cotton module builder having:
- a. a tapered box,
- b. a rear gate hinged at its top to the box,
- c. a cross bar attached to the gate,
- d. a latch bar interconnecting with the cross bar to latch the rear gate closed,
- e. a wheel carrier on each side of the box,
- f. a wheel attached to each wheel carrier,
- g. actuation means interconnecting said box and wheel carrier for raising and lowering the wheels;
- wherein the improved method comprises:
- h. releasing the latch bar from the cross bar responsive to lowering the wheels.
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In a cotton module builder having
- a. a tapered box having framework thereon,
- b. said box having a length and a width,
- c. wheels mounted for vertical motion on said box,
- d. a rear gate on said box so that the box may be opened at the rear,
- wherein the improvement comprises:
- e. said box being about as wide as it is long,
- f. a tramper mounted on said box having a boom pivoted to a mast,
- g. a leg and a foot depending from the end of the boom,
- h. means operatively connected to said leg for positioning said foot in said box, and
- i. means operatively connected to said boom for reciprocating said boom and thus vertically reciprocating said foot,
- j. a cross bar attached to the gate,
- k. a wheel carrier on each side of the box,
- l. one of said wheels attached to each wheel carrier,
- m. a latch bar attached to said wheel carrier,
- n. said latch bar extending rearward to said cross bar on said gate,
- o. so arranged and constructed that the latch bar release the cross bar on the gate responsive to the lowering of the wheels.
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In a cottom module builder having
- a. a tapered box having framework thereon,
- b. said box having a length and a width,
- c. wheels mounted for vertical motion on said box,
- d. a rear gate on said box so that the box may be opened at the rear,
- wherein the improvement comprises:
- e. said box being about as wide as it is long,
- f. a tramper mounted on said box having a boom pivoted to a mast,
- g. a leg and a foot depending from the end of the boom,
- h. means operatively connected to said leg for positioning said foot in said box,
- i. means operatively connected to said boom for reciprocating said boom and thus vertically reciprocating said foot,
- j. the rear gate hinged at its top to the box,
- k. a wheel carrier on each side of the box,
- l. one of said wheels attached to each wheel carrier,
- m. actuating means interconnecting the wheel carrier and box for raising and lowering the wheels;
- n. a tongue pivoted to the forward end the framework,
- o. hydraulic cylinder interconnecting the tongue and framework for raising and lowering the front of the tongue,
- p. a strut pivoted from the framework of the box so that the strut is adapted to be attached to a tractor to which the tongue is attached, so constructed and arranged that lifting the box also lifts the tractor.
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In a cotton module builder having
- a. a tapered box,
- b. a rear gate hinged at its top to the box,
- c. a cross bar attached to the gate,
- d. a wheel carrier on each side of the box,
- e. a wheel attached to each wheel carrier,
- f. actuating means innerconnecting said box and wheel carrier for raising and lowering the wheels;
- wherein the improvement comprises:
- g. a latch bar attached to said wheel carrier,
- h. said latch bar extending rearward to said cross bar on said gate,
- i. so arranged and constructed that the latch bar releases the cross bar on the gate responsive to the lowering of the wheels.
7 more elements
In a cotton module builder having
- a. a tapered box,
- b. framework attached to the box,
- c. a rear gate hinged at its top to the box,
- d. a wheel carrier on each side of the box,
- e. a wheel attached to each wheel carrier,
- f. actuating means interconnecting the wheel carrier and box for raising and lowering the wheels;
- wherein the improvement comprises:
- g. a tongue is pivoted to the forward end the framework,
- h. a hydraulic cylinder interconnects the tongue and framework for raising and lowering the front of the tongue, and
- i. a strut is pivoted from the framework of the box and is adapted to be attached to a tractor to which the tongue is attached, so constructed and arranged that lifting the box also lifts the tractor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.