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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2005
Michael J. Covington, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Timothy A. Meeks, Davenport, IA (US);
Gary R. Gallens, Geneseo, IL (US);
George H. Hale, Arlington, TN (US);
Michael J. Covington, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Timothy A. Meeks, Davenport, IA (US);
Gary R. Gallens, Geneseo, IL (US);
George H. Hale, Arlington, TN (US);
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
Bellows structure for a cotton module builder or packager, for enclosing or covering slots or passages through walls of a cotton module builder, for preventing entry of cotton into the slots or passages, to allow free movement of cross members therethrough of apparatus for distributing and compacting cotton within the module builder. The bellows can include telescoping rigid members below the cross members, and more flexible bellows thereabove.