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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Jesse H. Orsborn, Birdsboro, PA (US);
Michael J. Covington, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Kevin S. Richman, Lititz, PA (US);
Jesse H. Orsborn, Birdsboro, PA (US);
Michael J. Covington, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Kevin S. Richman, Lititz, PA (US);
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A cotton receiver for a cotton harvesting machine and a method of operation of the same. The receiver includes a cotton compacting chamber, a precompacting area above the chamber, and an accumulator deployable upwardly from the precompacting area to increase the cotton holding capacity thereof. Compactor apparatus is located in the compacting chamber and is configured for holding cotton thereabove separate from cotton therebelow. the compactor apparatus is movable downwardly against cotton therebelow for compacting it into a unitary body or module, including while holding cotton thereabove, and is controllably operable for conveying cotton held thereabove downwardly therethrough, subsequent to unloading a completed compacted body of cotton.