Implement for mechanically gleaning cotton from the ground

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A TRACTIVE IMPLEMENT HAVING AN ENGINE, AND A COTTON RECEIVING CAGE, A COTTON GLEANER COMPOSED OF A CARRYING FRAME HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REARWARD END, MOVABLY SUPPORTED AT THE FORWARD END TO THE REAR OF SAID IMPLEMENT AND AT THE REAR END BY RIDING WHEELS, A TRANSVERSE STATIONARY SHAFT MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, A SUBSTANTIALLY SPHERICAL GLEANER UNIT, JOURNALLED TO ROTATE ON SAID SHAFT, HAVING AN ANNULUS TO SUBSTANTIALLY CONFORM TO A COTTON FIELD ROW, A PLURALITY OF SUCTION HOLES AROUND ITS SAID PERIPHERY, AND AXIAL OPENINGS HAVING EDGES, A STATIONARY CYLINDER MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT WITHIN SAID UNIT, HAVING A SLOT OPENING IN THE LOWER REAR GUADRANT OF SAID CYLINDER, BAFFLE PLATES EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE EDGES OF SAID SLOT, FLEXIBLE EDGE SEALS ON THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID BAFFLE PLATES BEARING ON THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID SPHERE, HEADERS ON THE END PORTIONS OF SAID SHAFT CONNECTED BY AIR TIGHT SLIP JOINTS TO THE EDGES OF THE AXIAL OPENINGS IN SAID SPHERE, A SUCTION BLOWER MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND DRIVEN BY SAID ENGINE, PIPING CONNECTING THE INLET OF SAID BLOWER TO SAID HEADERS TO PRODUCE SUCTION IN THE HOLES IN THE LOWER REAR QUADRANT OF SAID SPHERICAL UNIT, A COTTON REMOVING CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET OPENING CONFORMING TO THE CONTOUR OF THE ANNULUS OF SAID SPHERE AND DISPOSED ADJACENT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LOWER REAR QUADRANT OF SAID SPHERE, A COTTON REMOVING BLOWER MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND DRIVEN BY SAID ENGINE, PIPING CONNECTING THE SUCTION INLET OF SAID BLOWER TO SAID CHAMBER, PIPING CONNECTING THE OUTLET OF SAID BLOWER TO THE COTTON RECEIVING CAGE ON SAID IMPLEMENT.