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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Joe Thomas, Richmond Hill, GA (US);
William D. Beeland, Savannah, GA (US);
Inventors:
Joe Thomas, Richmond Hill, GA (US);
William D. Beeland, Savannah, GA (US);
Assignee:
Lummus Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for controlling the feed rate of seed cotton to a roller gin utilizes a plurality of sensors to measure gin roll temperature, power requirements, seed cotton accumulation on the gin roll and/or ginned seed reflectance to dynamically vary feed rate, rotary knife speed and gin roll speed, force and position against stationary knife to increase ginning efficiency.