Patent ID: 7765781

Claim:
A scrapping plate for a spindle type cotton harvester row unit having vertically spaced spindles moveable generally horizontally in spindle travel paths in a horizontally disposed spindle travel direction through a harvest zone in contact with cotton plants, the plate including generally horizontally extending adjacent first and second channel areas, the channel areas extending from a leading end to a trailing end of the plate for receiving picking surfaces of the spindles therein while the spindles are in the harvest zone, the channel areas directing cotton against the spindles, wherein the channel areas include exit areas at the trailing end of each of the first and second channels areas for forcing the cotton into the spindle as the spindles exits the channel areas, wherein the exit area of the first channel area is offset in the travel direction from the exit area of the second channel area, and wherein the first and second channel areas are generally identical and the first channel area is offset in the spindle travel direction from the second channel area.