Patent ID: 7320639
Filing Date: 2008-01-22
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A cotton receiving basket for an on-board cotton harvesting machine, comprising: a lower basket having a plurality of upwardly extending walls having upper portions including elongate upper seal elements extending therealong, respectively; a basket lid having a plurality of downwardly extending walls having lower portions including elongate lower seal elements extending therealong, respectively; and the lower basket and the basket lid being telescopically related so as to be movable one relative to the other between a telescopically retracted position and a telescopically extended position, and wherein the upper and lower seal elements have oppositely facing tapered upper and lower seal surfaces, respectively, the upper and lower seal surfaces are cooperatively slidably engageable along substantially the lengths thereof forming substantially sealed conditions therebetween when the lower basket and the basket lid are in the telescopically extended position, wherein the upper seal surface is angled in an upward and inward direction from the upwardly extending walls, further wherein the lower seal surface is angled in a downward and outward direction from the downwardly extending walls.