Axial saw cotton seed reclaimer

摘要

A reclaimer cylinder for use in reclaiming cotton seeds containing spinnable lint from partially ginned cotton seeds utilizes channel saws mounted axially on a cylindrical body with axially closely spaced teeth that virtually eliminate the variation in likelihood the teeth will fail to grasp the fibers present on such cotton seeds. Triangular grid bars facilitate removal of fully ginned seeds that are not entrained in fibers of other seeds.

主权项

1. A saw cylinder for a cotton ginning reclaimer wherein cotton seeds with spinnable fibers remaining thereon are separated from a commingled flow with cotton seed that have few or no spinnable fibers remaining thereon comprising: a cylindrical body mounted for driven rotation about a longitudinal axis extending there through; and, a plurality of channel saws comprising metal channel shaped strips mounted axially along the outer surface of said cylinder in spaced relation to each other circumferentially about said cylinder by a distance greater than one average seed length, each of said channel strips having sharp teeth along the edges of their legs such that said teeth are less than one average seed diameter apart.