Patent ID: 8091181
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: D01B,D01G

Abstract:
1. In a cotton processing system wherein seed cotton and cotton fiber are conveyed, the improvement comprising apparatus for adding controlled amounts of moisture to said processing system at selected stages thereof, comprising in combination: a. a combustion chamber having an ambient air inlet and a hot air outlet; b. a water vapor generator in hot air communication with said combustion chamber and including a water tank, a plurality of ducts leading from said hot air outlet through said tank and outwardly there from, a water supply having a controllable inlet to said tank, and a vapor outlet leading from said tank; c. a first fan connected to said plurality of ducts for drawing heated air there through and a hot dry air outlet; and, d. a mixing valve connected to an ambient air inlet and/or said hot dry air outlet and vapor outlet for combining a selectable portion of said ambient or hot dry air and water vapor from said water vapor generator, having a hot moist air outlet connected to said selected stages for delivery of water vapor thereto.