Patent ID: 8015670
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A module feeder for digesting cotton modules comprising a disperser for reducing a cotton module into cotton clumps including a series of disperser drums and a first conveyor moving a cotton module into the drums; second and third conveyors for moving cotton modules in a direction of movement toward the first conveyor; and a mechanism for removing a plastic wrapper from successive ones of the modules including a mechanism having a base that is immobile relative to the direction of movement of the conveyors, the mechanism comprising the third conveyor being between the second conveyor and the first conveyor, the first conveyor including a motor for driving the first conveyor at a first speed and the third conveyor includes a motor for driving the third conveyor at a first speed equal to the speed of the first conveyor and at a second speed substantially greater than the first speed for closing up the gap between adjacent modules.