Patent ID: 7360280

Claim:
A cotton plant conditioner for enhancing the removal of cotton fibers and seed from cotton bolls on cotton plants by a harvesting unit, the conditioner comprising: first and second elements extending on opposite sides of the cotton plants for engaging generally all the cotton bolls on the cotton plants; the first element being elongated and rotatable at a speed for engaging one side of the cotton bolls; the second element engaging the bolls at a side of the bolls generally opposite the one side of the bolls, the first and second elements generally containing all the cotton bolls as the cotton bolls pass between the first and second elements; and the first element having a moving surface engaging and compressing the cotton bolls against the second element to expose cotton fibers in the bolls thereby increasing likelihood of contact between the cotton fibers and the harvesting unit for removal of the cotton fibers from the cotton plants by the harvesting unit downstream of the conditioner.