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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8015670 | Module feeder with non-traveling unwrapper A system for removing plastic wrapping from round cotton modules includes a gantry having a stationary base located in front of a disperser. A separate conveyor between the gantry and the disperser receives unwrapped round cotton modules from the gantry. Because the... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7757353 | Digesting cylindrical modules A conveyor delivers a series of cylindrical wrapped fibrous modules to a station where the module is lifted off the conveyor and an operation conducted on the module. One operation is to find a tail, or unattached segment, of the cover. Another operation is to remov... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7340802 | Cottonseed delinter A delinter apparatus for seed cotton includes a jack screw displacement system for a gratefall which opens the apparatus for removal of a saw cylinder while urging a plurality of belt tensioning idlers into a relaxed position such that the drive belt for the saw cyl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7082645 | Fiber blending apparatus and method The invention is directed to method and apparatus for blending fibers. In one aspect, the apparatus comprises blending apparatus for blending fibers of different materials, at least one of which is absorbent, and for conveying the blended fibers to a fiber collectio... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6786438 | Combination module feeder and cleaner for cotton gin A combination module feeder and cleaner for feeding and cleaning modules of seed cotton for ginning that includes a casing having two vertical columns of a plurality of cylinders that rotate about a respective axis, each of the cylinders having spikes disposed along... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6543091 | Apparatus and methods for stripping cotton Disclosed are methods and apparatus for stripping petals from cotton balls. In one embodiment, the cotton stripper includes an impacter for at least partially opening the cotton balls, a first cleaning mechanism to discard petals removed by the impacter, ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6449804 | Rigid cage cotton gin A rigid cage cotton gin includes a feeder that delivers seed cotton locks to be ginned. A doffing cylinder at the discharge of the feeder casts seed cotton locks into a bonnet housing, with air inlet vents in the bonnet housing deflecting the seed cotton ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6314619 | Multiple slot jet cleaner and method A multiple slot jet cleaner for removing the small particles of foreign matter that remains with cotton lint after separating the cotton from the seeds and larger foreign matter. The multiple slot jet cleaner uses a series of slots in the wall of a curved... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6212736 | Tube density separator and method A tube density separator and method for use in a cotton gin to separate cotton from a pneumatically conveyed mixture of cotton and foreign materials has a generally vertical tube for receiving the mixture and separating out the foreign material from the c... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6088881 | Method and apparatus for separating foreign matter from fibrous material An apparatus for separating foreign matter from fiber tufts includes an air duct in which fiber tufts are pneumatically conveyed into the system via a high speed air stream. The air duct provides an air stream that conveys the fiber tufts with trash on to... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5933920 | High slippage feeder for a cotton gin A high slippage feeder for conveying seed cotton from a rotary vacuum of a cotton gin includes a cylinder rotating about an axis with a plurality of pins radially extending from the cylinder and a casing enclosing the cylinder and the pins. The casing has... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5740588 | Cage gin feeding apparatus and method Maximum separation of the seed cotton locks delivered to a cage roller gin is achieved by a ballistic trajectory that carries the locks over the top of the cage roller to a landing area. In the preferred embodiment, the flight of the locks over the cage r... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5423107 | Abrasive seed delinting with cottonseed refrigeration Cotton seed are mechanically delinted by a process such as abrasion. To prevent the heat produced by the mechanical delinting from damaging the germination of the seed, the seed are mechanically cooled, or chilled, or refrigerated, to prevent the interior... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5412844 | Sawless lint cleaner A sawless lint cleaner receives the cotton as doffed from the gin stand in an airstream. The lint is deflected toward spiked cylindrical rollers of a cleaner and wiped across a grating at a speed about equal to the airspeed. The grating is in cylindrical ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5392495 | Airline seed cotton cleaner Seed cotton is cleaned in a cotton gin by wiping it over grid bars having a large gap between them. In this manner more cotton per hour may be cleaned. Excessive seed cotton falling through the grid bars with the trash is reclaimed by saw cylinder reclaim... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5199133 | Lint cleaner feeding rollers The traditional feed plate or stationary feed bar of a lint cleaner in a cotton gin is replaced by a rolling feed bar to press the cotton fibers onto the saw teeth of the saw cylinder. A rolling feed bar is a cylinder of about 1/4 the diameter of the saw ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 4984334 | Method and apparatus for removing a fiber fraction from seed cotton An apparatus for removing a fiber fraction from seed cotton includes a plurality of freely rotatable cage rollers that are arranged substantially parallel to one another. The plurality of rollers are rotatable in a continuous path that has a first side fo... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4967448 | Cottonseed processing apparatus An improved cottonseed delinter includes a magnetic tramp metal separating system in conjunction with a roll feeder. Cylinder saw lifting arms are integrally mounted for pivotal co-movement with a gratefall cover, and a gratefall cover is mounted for outw... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4934029 | Apparatus and method for removing a fiber fraction from seed cotton An apparatus for removing a fiber fraction from seed cotton includes a plurality of freely rotatable cage rollers that are arranged substantially parallel to one another. The plurality of rollers are rotatable in a continuous path that has a first side fo... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4914786 | Feeder for cotton gin In a feeder for a roller gin, locks of seed cotton are pressed against a flexible knobby roller having pockets. Each pocket holds only one seed, thus spacing the seed one from another. A doffing roller adjacent the knobby roller travels at least twice as ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4890357 | Apparatus for cleaning textile fiber material Apparatus for cleaning textile fibers such as cotton, etc. is disclosed wherein the fibers are conveyed by an air current to an opening roller cooperating with a grate, and the transport air is separated at a feed box. The separated air (17) serves for di... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4856148 | Differential ginning process and apparatus Differential ginning is achieved by modifications to conventional saw-type ginning including, providing a saw gang including at least two saw sections each including at least one saw blade, conveying of material to be ginned (e.g. seed cotton) successivel... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4835818 | Differential ginning process and apparatus Differential ginning is achieved by modifications to conventional saw-type ginning including, providing a saw gang including at least two saw sections each including at least one saw blade, conveying of material to be ginned (e.g. seed cotton) successivel... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4606177 | Cotton cleaning structure for a cotton harvester Bypass grate and door control structure for a cotton-cleaning machine mounted on a cotton harvester, and structure for spreading conveyed cotton uniformly across the width of the cleaning machine. A control linkage moves two grates, a door sheet, and an a... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4528725 | Gin lint cleaner A cotton gin lint cleaner includes a rotating saw cylinder. A continuous layer of lint cotton is fed along the cylinder by feed works. The layer is seated in and moved downstream by saw teeth on the cylinder. Foreign matter is loosened from the layer as i... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4479285 | Cotton module dispersing and feeding system with improved electrical controls A system for decompacting modules of compacted seed cotton. The system includes apparatus moveable through the compacted modules to feed the cotton to a remote location for further processing. Improved electronic controls permit automatic activation of a ... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4470172 | Apparatus for opening and cleaning fiber tufts Apparatus for opening and cleaning fiber tufts, composed of a rotatably mounted cylinder with a card clothing mounted on its circumference for gripping tufts and conveying them, a system for pneumatically feeding a mixture of tufts and air toward the cyli... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4458381 | Cotton ginning system embodying a lint cleaner A cotton ginning system embodying a lint cleaner in which the batt of cotton delivered to the lint cleaner is maintained at an optimum thickness even though the rate of ginning varies. The batt thickness is maintained by correlating the same with the rate... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4441232 | Method and apparatus for removing a fiber fraction from seed cotton The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for recovering a fiber fraction from seed cotton. In a first embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of closely spaced, substantially parallel rollers are driven in a continuous path substan... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4407047 | Cotton ginning system embodying a lint cleaner and process of operating the same A cotton ginning system embodying a lint cleaner and a process of operating the same in which the batt of cotton delivered to the lint cleaner is maintained at an optimum thickness even though the rate of ginning varies. The batt thickness is maintained b... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4262390 | Roller gin and feed system incorporating the same Disclosed is an improved ginning system incorporating a roller gin and a feeder for the same. Means is provided for presenting the cotton to the roller gin substantially one lock at a time. Incorporated in the gin is means to move the ginning roller into ... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4214347 | Method and apparatus of feeding cotton to a gin A door is mounted about a vertical axis on the door jambs of a module feeder which is for feeding seed cotton to a cotton gin. The door is mounted to the jambs by a false door. As the end of the module is approached, the false doors are swung shut pushing... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4208766 | Electric clutch feeder drive for seed cotton processing machinery Cottonseed processing machinery has an automatic variable speed feeder. Cottonseed flows through a chute into a hopper and out of the hopper onto a gratefall adjacent turning saw blades. A curved section coextensive with the gratefall overlies the gratefa... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4202079 | Cotton gin feeding system Cotton on a rick is placed upon a slab adjacent to the gin. A feeder unit having a plurality of drums advances against the rick to move the cotton from the rick onto conveyors to feed the cotton gin. The feeder unit is reversible, so that as soon as a ric... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4117571 | Method of feeding cotton to a gin Cotton on a rick is placed upon a slab adjacent to the gin. A feeder unit having a plurality of drums advances against the rick to move the cotton from the rick onto conveyors to feed the cotton gin. The feeder unit is reversible, so that as soon as a ric... | 10/03/1978 |
| 3963111 | Full flow feeder A new apparatus and method for feeding cotton continuously, uniformally, and at a constant rate to individual gin stands in a battery of gin stands is disclosed. The full flow feeder comprises a rectangular chamber with an upper and a lower section. Valve... | 06/15/1976 |
