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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Tracy R. Archer, West Liberty, IA (US);
Michael J. Covington, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Timothy A. Meeks, Davenport, IA (US);
Tracy R. Archer, West Liberty, IA (US);
Michael J. Covington, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Timothy A. Meeks, Davenport, IA (US);
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A cotton receiving basket for an on-board cotton harvesting machine including a lower basket having a plurality of upwardly extending walls having upper portions including elongate upper seal elements extending therealong, respectively; a basket lid having a plurality of downwardly extending walls having lower portions including elongate lower seal elements extending therealong, respectively, and the lower basket and the basket lid being telescopically related so as to be movable one relative to the other between a telescopically retracted position and a telescopically extended position, and wherein the upper and lower seal elements have oppositely facing tapered seal surfaces, respectively, which are cooperatively engaged along substantially the lengths thereof forming substantially sealed conditions therebetween when the lower basket and the basket lid are in the telescopically extended position.