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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2025
Applicant:

Cotton Picking Mind Limited Partnership, Lubbock, TX (US);

Inventors:

William D. Gruben, Abilene, TX (US);

Jeremy J. Osborne, Lubbock, TX (US);

S. Christopher Jackson, Lubbock, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 99/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

The specification describes a moisture conditioner with slats. At least one example is a method of supplying moisture to fibrous material, the method comprising: feeding a batt of fibrous material into an annular channel between a cylindrical drum that is rotating and set of louvers that are stationary, the set of louvers defining a drum side and a plenum side; moving the batt of fibrous material along a path of travel between an outside diameter of the cylindrical drum and the drum side of the set of louvers; feeding moist air to the plenum side of the set of louvers; directing, by the set of louvers, the moist air along the path of travel and into the batt of fibrous material; and after the moist air passes through the batt of fibrous material, drawing moist air into the cylindrical drum.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Gruben, William. (2026). Moisture conditioner with slats for cotton processing (U.S. Patent No. 12716149). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12716149

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