Cotton harvester for removing loose cotton from the ground

Claim 1

IN A COTTON HARVESTER, THE COMBINATION OF: A MOBILE MACHINE HAVING FORWARD AND REARWARD ENDS; PICKING MECHANISM CARRIED BY SAID MACHINE AND ADAPTED TO PICK COTTON FROM COTTON PLANTS; VACUUMATIC PICKUP CONDUITS LOCATED IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE REAR-END OF SAID MACHINE, SAID CONDUITS HAVING OPEN ENDS DISPOSED IN OPPOSED FACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER: ONE OF SAID OPEN ENDS OF ONE OF SAID CONDUITS BEING OFFSET FORWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE OTHER, SAID CONDUITS CARRIED BY SAID MACHINE IN POSITIONS TO MOVE AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF A ROW OF COTTON PLANTS WITH SAID OPEN END DIRECTED TOWARD SAID PLANTS, SAID OPEN ENDS DISPOSED AT A LOCATION ON SAID MACHINE ADJACENT THE GROUND; SIDE PLATES DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER TO CONFINE THE COTTON PLANTS INTO A NARROW ROW IN THE AREA OF SAID OPEN ENDS SO THAT SAID OPEN ENDS MAY BE OPERATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER TO ATTAIN MAXIMUM VACUUMATIC OPERATION BETWEEN SAID SIDE PLATES; BLOWER MEANS HAVING AIR INLET MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONDUITS; SAID BLOWER MEANS HAVING OUTLET MEANS; A DELIVERY CONDUIT COUPLED TO SAID OUTLET MEANS; AND A DELIVERY END OF SAID DELIVERY CONDUIT DISPOSED TO DELIVER COTTON INTO COTTON PLANTS IN AN AREA OF SAID MACHINE FORWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID PICKING MECHANISM.