Combination cotton transport cart and module builder
OwnerDonald F. Hornunginventor
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Abstract
An easily transportable cotton module builder includes a side mounted dump basket for receiving a load of cotton bolls from a cotton picker or stripper. The module builder is sized to form a module of half standard size, which enables the unit to be readily transportable on fields and roads. The basket expands outwardly, is lightweight and is sized to receive a full load dump from a cotton picker or stripper, then the basket swings up and over a module builder compression chamber. A compression bridge extends across the top of the compression chamber and supports a tamper bar assembly which compresses the cotton dumped in the chamber. The module builder compression chamber takes two to three loads from a cotton picker or stripper before it reaches capacity.
Claims7
A cotton module builder comprising:
- a. a receptacle having side walls and end walls and an open top forming a compression chamber;
- b. transport wheels for movement;
- c. a dump basket swingably joined to a side wall of said receptacle and movable between a lowered, cotton receiving position and a raised, cotton dumping position depositing cotton into said compression chamber;
- d. a compression mechanism extending across the top of said compression chamber and having a tamper bar extendible downwardly to compress cotton in the compression chamber;
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- e. the dump basket being expandable in size between a retracted size suitable to transport and an expanded size suitable for receiving cotton loads from a cotton picker or stripper.
A cotton module builder cart comprising:
- a. a receptacle having side walls and opposite end walls and an open top forming a compression chamber;
- b. transport wheels for movement;
- c. a dump basket swingably joined to a side wall of said receptacle and of substantially the same length as the distance between the compression chamber end walls, the dump basket being expandable in size and movable between a lowered, cotton receiving position and a raised, cotton dumping position depositing cotton into said compression chamber to substantially fill with a single dump;
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- d. a compression mechanism extending longitudinally across the top of said compression chamber and between the opposite end walls and having a tamper bar extendible downwardly to compress cotton in the compression chamber in readiness for subsequent dumps of cotton by the dump basket into said compression chamber.
A cotton module builder cart comprising:
- a. a receptacle having side walls and opposite end walls and an open top forming a compression chamber;
- b. transport wheels for movement;
- c. a dump basket swingably joined to a side wall of said receptacle and of substantially the same length as the distance between the compression chamber end walls, the dump basket being expandable in size and movable between a lowered, cotton receiving position and a raised, cotton dumping position depositing cotton into said compression chamber to substantially fill with a single dump;
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- d. a compression mechanism extending longitudinally across the top of said compression chamber and substantially fully between the opposite end walls and including a bridge with a hydraulically actuated scissors mechanism mounting a tamper bar extendible downwardly to compress cotton in the compression chamber in readiness for subsequent dumps of cotton by the dump basket into said compression chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.