.~ With drive train for imparting compound movement to finger-like elements {1}
12.5
.~.~ Rotating and orbiting elements
DEFINITION
Classification: 56/12.5
(under subclass 12.4) Machine, each of said prong members having an axis that extends along its length, and the members all lying in substantially a common plane, wherein each member rotates on its own axis and all the members move in an endless path lying in said plane.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a harvester for picking cotton wherein the picking fingers rotate to wind the cotton boll onto the fingers, and are carried on an endless chain that brings the fingers to a position whereat the cotton is stripped from the fingers.
