Patent ID: 6672041
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
In a cotton harvester having a row unit for traversing rows of cotton plants in a field wherein the row unit includes picker drum units having a plurality of rotating, vertically spaced horizontally disposed spindles, said spindles having projecting barbs for engaging cotton boles on the plants movable in closed paths opposite a vertical deflecting plate defining a longitudinal path for routing the plants therethrough, a scrapping plate assembly for increasing the harvest of cotton from said plants comprising: a base member fixed to the deflecting plate opposite said spindles; a vertical array of uniformly spaced horizontally projecting elongated rib members fixed to said base member and defining therebetween separate horizontal longitudinally extending slots for each of said spindles in movement in said closed paths, said rib members having a tapered entry end at the front end of said slots and a tapered exit end at the rear end of said slots and projecting rearwardly beyond the deflecting plate whereby cotton traversing said slots are compressively engaged between the spindles and said rib members throughout the length of said slots for increasing contact between the cotton products and the barbs of said spindles thereby providing retention of the cotton thereon.