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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1990
Keith Harrington, Sherman, TX (US);
Donald Rodgers, Sherman, TX (US);
Continental Conveyor & Equipment Company, Sherman, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for separating an uncontaminated portion of a seed cotton module from a water-contaminated face stratum are disclosed. The technique includes conveying a contaminated cotton module toward a housing having a plurality of rotating fiber release bodies mounted therein. The housing and the conveyor are arranged for relative movement so that only the uncontaminated portion of the module is fed into the fiber release bodies while the contaminated face stratum passes beneath the bodies. The uncontaminated cotton is collected and conveyed to a cotton gin and the contaminated cotton is conveyed to a disposal location.