Patent ID: 6543091
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: D01B

Abstract:
A cotton stripper, the cotton stripper comprising:a hopper to store raw cotton balls encased in petals; an impacter in process communication with the hopper; a first cleaning mechanism in process communication with the impacter; a cotton separator in process communication with the first cleaning mechanism, the cotton separator comprising; a first large roller encased in a first mesh material rotating at a first speed; a first net located at a circumferential position adjacent to the first large roller; and a first small roller encased in a second mesh material rotating at a second speed and adjacent the first large roller, wherein the impacter at least partially opens the raw cotton balls and removes some petals, the first cleaning mechanism discards petals that were removed by the impacter, the first large roller captures the at least partially opened raw cotton balls, the first net strips off petals, and the first small roller takes the first stripped cotton balls from the first large roller.