US 7,320,639 B2 | ||
Lid to lower basket sealing apparatus for a cotton packager machine | ||
Tracy R. Archer, West Liberty, Iowa (US); Michael J. Covington, Bettendorf, Iowa (US); and Timothy A. Meeks, Davenport, Iowa (US) | ||
Assigned to CNH America LLC, New Holland, Pa. (US) | ||
Filed on Mar. 31, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/95,170. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0218888 A1, Oct. 05, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. A01F 12/60 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 460—119 [56/28; 100/214] | 16 Claims |
1. A cotton receiving basket for an on-board cotton harvesting machine, comprising:
a lower basket having a plurality of upwardly extending walls having upper portions including elongate upper seal elements
extending therealong, respectively;
a basket lid having a plurality of downwardly extending walls having lower portions including elongate lower seal elements
extending therealong, respectively; and
the lower basket and the basket lid being telescopically related so as to be movable one relative to the other between a telescopically
retracted position and a telescopically extended position, and wherein the upper and lower seal elements have oppositely facing
tapered upper and lower seal surfaces, respectively, the upper and lower seal surfaces are cooperatively slidably engageable
along substantially the lengths thereof forming substantially sealed conditions therebetween when the lower basket and the
basket lid are in the telescopically extended position, wherein the upper seal surface is angled in an upward and inward direction
from the upwardly extending walls, further wherein the lower seal surface is angled in a downward and outward direction from
the downwardly extending walls.
|