Patent ID: 7516603

Claim:
A cotton stripper row unit for attachment to the front of a mobile harvester chassis for movement through a field with rows of cotton plants spaced at predetermined intervals, the cotton stripper row unit comprising: a primary frame capable of attachment to the front of the mobile harvester chassis, the primary frame having a length terminating in a first and second extent, a front, a back, and a height relative to the mobile harvester; a series of planar dividing walls, beginning at the first extent of the primary frame and spaced equally along the length of the primary frame until terminating at the second extent of the primary frame, each dividing wall extending perpendicularly outward from the front of the primary frame; wherein a cotton row receiving mechanism is defined between two planar dividing walls, and wherein each adjacent cotton row receiving mechanism shares at least one common planar dividing wall; and wherein the separate cotton row receiving mechanisms are capable of receiving a row of cotton plants upon movement through the field, each cotton row receiving mechanism being made up of only one auger and two brush rolls.