Patent ID: 6205756
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
In combination with a cotton harvesting machine having a common vacuum duct and a plurality of transversely disposed cotton picking means including picker spindles and doffers which are rotatable about vertical axes and are enclosed by a housing with an outlet opening for discharging the picked cotton, a conveyor system for receiving cotton from the picking means, the conveyor system comprising:(a) duct means connected to each picking means having (i) an inlet opening of approximately the same size as the picking means housing outlet opening and in communication therewith and (ii) an enclosed body portion defining a passage having a floor that extends upwardly and rearwardly from the inlet opening;(b) cotton transport housing means connected to a plurality of the duct means to receive cotton from a plurality of picking means;(c) means for introducing a positive pressure stream of air into the duct means along the floor thereof and adjacent the inlet opening to move cotton through the duct passage into the cotton transport housing; and(d) cotton transport means operably associated with the transport housing means to move the cotton received therein from the duct means toward the common vacuum duct.