James R Edinburgh

US Patent:

53867670, Feb 7, 1995

Filed:

Sep 29, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/128248

Inventors:

James K. Edinburgh - Crosbyton TX

International Classification:

B30B 1516

US Classification:

100 48

Abstract:

An automatic control for a cotton module builder controls the traversing motor which moves the tamping mechanism in a horizontal direction atop the cotton module builder as well as the packing cylinder which moves a tamping platen up and down. The automatic controller operates continuously in predetermined cycles having adjustable durations. In a first portion of each predetermined cycle the tamping platen is moved up. In a second portion of each predetermined cycle the tamping platen is moved down to compress any cotton within the bin of the cotton module builder located directly below the tamping mechanism. In an overlap portion located about a transition between the first and second portions of each predetermined cycle, the traversing motor is activated to move the tamping mechanism in a predetermined direction for a predetermined distance so as to place the tamping platen over another portion of the bin.