| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for harvesting cotton, arranged for forward motion through a cotton crop comprising cotton plants having cotton bolls. The apparatus includes a mounting assembly, gathering rollers mounted to the mounting assembly for gathering the cotton plants into a processing disposition, a cutter assembly for cutting stems from the cotton plants to produce cut cotton plant material, a pair of toothed rollers providing a pinch therebetween, the spacing between the toothed rollers being selectable to permit passage of the cut cotton plant material through the pinch, one or more beater rollers to permit further passage of the cut cotton plant material through the pinch between the toothed rollers; one or more cotton fibre removal rollers for removing the cotton fibre from the toothed rollers, a drive transmission, and a drive operatively associated with the drive transmission for driving the drive transmission and thereby the rotatable parts about their respective axes or for moving the moveable parts. The method includes steps of gathering an upper portion of the cotton plants into cotton harvesting apparatus; cutting the upper portion from the cotton plants from the remainder to provide cut cotton plant material; substantially removing cotton fibre from the cut cotton plant material to provide cotton plant discard; discharging the cotton fibre from the cotton harvesting apparatus; and discharging the cotton plant discard from the cotton harvesting apparatus.
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