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US 6,591,597 B1Granted
Scrapping plate for a cotton harvester
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsScott F. Stueck, Jeffrey Robert Fox, Timothy Arthur Deutsch
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AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsScott F. Stueck, Jeffrey Robert Fox, Timothy Arthur Deutsch
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A scrapping plate for improving cotton picker efficiency incorporate an angle in the bottom profile which forces cotton into the spindle before being released from the picking zone. The scrapping plate ribs which are spaced vertically from each other and located between adjacent rows of spindles are tapered so that rib surfaces are generally parallel to the spindle tapered surfaces in the picking zone. The parallel arrangement places cotton equidistant from the spindle along the length of the picking zone. In one embodiment, the ribs are tapered in the fore-and-aft direction to better hold cotton bolls in the picking zone. The forward portion of alternating ribs can also be terminated rearwardly of the leading portion of the plate to allow the cotton bolls to gather more easily.
A scrapping plate for a spindle type cotton harvester row unit having vertically spaced spindles moveable through a harvest zone in contact with cotton plants, the plate including a base, ribs extending from the base and defining channel areas from a leading end to a trailing end of the plate for receiving picking surfaces of spindles therebetween in the harvest zone and directing cotton against the spindle, wherein the base includes an angle at the trailing end of the plate for forcing the cotton into the spindle as the spindle exits the channel areas.
A scrapping plate for a spindle type cotton harvester row unit having vertically spaced spindles moveable through a harvest zone in contact with cotton plants, the plate including a base, ribs extending from the base and defining channel areas from a leading end to a trailing end of the plate for receiving picking surfaces of spindles therebetween in the harvest zone and directing cotton against the spindle, wherein channel areas taper inwardly from the leading end towards the trailing end to hold cotton for engagement with the spindles.
A scrapping plate for a spindle type cotton harvester row unit having vertically spaced spindles with support ends and opposite picking tip ends and moveable through a harvest zone in contact with cotton plants, the plate including a base, ribs extending from the base to an upper edge and defining channel areas from a leading end to a trailing end of the plate for receiving the picking tip ends of the spindles and directing cotton against the spindle, wherein the plate includes means providing a narrowing structure for forcing the cotton into the spindle prior to the spindle exiting the channel areas.
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