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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1989
Lambert H Wilkes, College Station, TX (US);
Martin Mehner, College Station, TX (US);
William F Lalor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Cotton Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for removing a fiber fraction from seed cotton includes a plurality of freely rotatable cage rollers that are arranged substantially parallel to one another. The plurality of rollers are rotatable in a continuous path that has a first side for receiving seed cotton. A plurality of nip rollers are positioned in abutting relation to a second side of the continuous path. An arrangement is provided for removing unginned seed cotton and ginned seed from the first side of the continuous path. A reclaiming apparatus is provided for reclaiming unginned seed cotton and discarding ginned seed that has been removed from the first side of the continuous path by the removal arrangement. Also, a conveying device is included for conveying unginned seed cotton that has been reclaimed by the reclaiming apparatus back to the first side of the continuous path.