Patent ID: 6536198
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A holder for supporting a moistening pad over a cotton picker spindle of a cotton harvesting unit for applying a moistening liquid to the spindle when the spindle is in a predetermined moistening location during operation of the harvesting unit, the spindle including a mounting end and an opposite free end, the spindle being oriented when at the moistening location with the free end at a forward end of the moistening location and the mounting end at a rearward end thereof, the moistening pad having a rearward end to be disposed in a predetermined position over the rearward end of the moistening location for contacting the mounting end of the spindle for applying the moistening liquid thereto, the holder comprising:a mounting element for mounting to a support element of the harvesting unit; and a pad support element for holding the pad with the rearward end thereof in the predetermined position over the rearward end of the moistening location when the holder is mounted to the support element, the pad support element including a drip edge positioned so as to be located over the rearward end of the pad when held by the pad support element for forming and dripping droplets of the moistening liquid onto the rearward end of the pad; and a conduit for carrying the moistening liquid from a source thereof to the drip edge.