Patent ID: 6293078
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A cotton harvester row unit having a unit frame and adapted for forward movement over a field of closely spaced rows of cotton plants for harvesting cotton from rows of the plants, the row unit comprising:a first row receiving area for receiving a first row of the adjacent rows of cotton generally along a path parallel to the forward direction;drum structure including an upright spindle drum located in the path and rotatable about an upright axis;a row harvesting zone offset laterally from the first row receiving area;wherein the row unit includes a second row receiving area adjacent the first row receiving area for receiving a second row of plants adjacent the first row as the first row is received;wherein the upright spindle drum includes spindles moving laterally through the path towards the harvesting zone, the drum structure facilitate movement of the of the plants laterally to the harvesting zone;wherein the second row receiving area is generally aligned with the harvesting zone and the spindles move the plants from the first row into the second row and removed cotton from the plants in the harvesting zone from the first and second rows.