Case Corporation

Steven E Gaedy

Michael J Covington

Jesse H Orsborn

Dwight D Lemke

Jeffrey D Maske

A mobile, self-propelled cotton harvester having a cotton module building or packaging capability, having at least one harvesting unit; a compactor structure including a first surface or floor having a predetermined extent and other surfaces such as side walls and ends defining and substantially enclosing an interior space or module building chamber for receiving the harvested cotton; and apparatus for distributing and compacting the cotton evenly within the interior space or chamber, including a compacting element or frame located therein, the compacting element supporting at least one member for movement relative thereto for distributing the cotton substantially evenly between the compacting element and the first surface, and at least one driver supporting the compacting element spaced from the first surface operable for moving it between positions spaced different distances from the first surface and for forceably moving it toward the first surface from the positions, respectively, and against cotton distributed therebetween for simultaneously and evenly compacting the cotton to form the cotton module or package.

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Bettendorf, IA, United States of America

Steven E Gaedy