Rubber batt for a cotton stripper
OwnerL. D. France, deceased, by Mrs. L. D. France, legal representativeinventors
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Abstract
Structure for stripping cotton bolls from cotton stalks comprising a rubber batt having a rounded head and a toed foot; said foot being formed so that it may be installed into a lipped channel strip for connection to a rotatable shaft. The rounded head of the batt provides a buffering contact area between the batt and a cotton stalk thereby preventing excessive chipping of bark from the cotton stalk during harvesting operations. This results in production of a more pure cotton product by minimizing a cotton stripper's collection of foreign matter together with the desired cotton bolls.
Claims14
A structure for harvesting cotton boles from the associated cotton stalks on which the cotton boles have grown, comprising:
- a. a batt body having two ends;
- b. a batt foot joined to said batt body at one of said batt body's ends;
- c. said batt foot adapted for connection with a rotatable shaft;
- d. a batt head joined to said batt body at an end of said batt body opposite the end of said batt body to which said foot is joined to the batt body;
- e. said batt head having an exterior shape that is curvilinear;
- f. said batt foot having two toes;
- g. said toes being located, one each, on two sides of said foot;
- h. said toes extending outwardly from the foot;
- j. said batt head having a rounded exterior shape;
- k. one end of said body being a foot end;
- l. one end of said body being a head end;
- m. said head end being opposite said foot end;
- n. the batt foot being joined to said batt body at the foot end of said body;
- o. the batt head being joined to said batt body at the head end of said body;
- p. said head end of said body being flared at said head end's point of joinder with the batt head;
- q. said flared head end providing greater surface area for the joinder of said batt head to said batt body at the head end thereby facilitating a secure connection therebetween;
- r. said foot end of said body being flared at said foot end's point of joinder with the batt foot;
- s. said flared foot end providing greater surface area for the joinder of said batt foot to said batt body at the head end thereby facilitating a secure connection therebetween;
- t. a midsection of the body located between the head and foot ends being narrower than said flared ends of the body;
- u. said narrow midsection promoting flexibility of the batt;
- v. said body having a length and two sides;
- w. said body having widths measured between said two sides;
- x. said body having a longitudinal center line extending along said body's length;
- y. said longitudinal center line being located midway across the width of said body;
- z. said body being symmetrical about a bisecting plane located midway across the width of said body and coincident with said longitudinal center line and extending from said head end to said foot end and along the length of said body;
- aa. a channel strip capable of mating with said foot for connection to said foot along the length of said batt body;
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- bb. a rotatable shaft to which said channel strip is connectable.
A cotton stripping machine for harvesting cotton bolls from associated cotton stalks on which the cotton bolls have grown, comprising:
- a harvesting shaft connected to said cotton stripping machine for rotation relative thereto;
- at least one batt body having a length and being connected to and along a length of said harvesting shaft for rotation therewith;
- each batt body comprising a foot adapted for connective engagement with said harvesting shaft, said foot being joined to said batt body along the length of said batt body;
- each batt body comprising a curvilinear shaped head opposite said foot, said head being joined to said batt body along the length of said batt body;
- said batt body being flared at points of joinder with said foot and said head so that a midsection of said body located between said head and said foot has a width narrower than said flared points of joinder and said head and said foot, thereby allowing said batt body to flex during use.
A structure for harvesting cotton bolls from the associated cotton stalks on which the cotton bolls have grown, comprising:
- a batt body having two opposing ends, a head end and a foot end;
- said body also having a length and two sides;
- a batt foot joined to said batt body at said batt body foot end;
- a batt head joined to said batt body at said batt body head end;
- said batt head having an exterior shape that is curvilinear;
- said batt foot having two toes;
- said toes being located, one each, on two sides of said foot;
- said toes extending outwardly from the foot;
- a channel strip capable of mating with said foot for connection to said foot along the length of said batt body;
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- said channel strip being designed for connection to a rotatable shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.