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System and Method for Measuring Stickiness of Materials such as Cotton
Patent Number: 5700961
Docket Number: 27093
Serial Number: 8666769
Date Patented: 12/23/1997
Agricultural Research Service
Date Issued:
December 23, 1997
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system and method for grading cotton. There are four grades or levels of stickiness for
cotton. Currently the Minicard test and the Thermodetection test are used for grading cotton but both are slow and
expensive and neither is suitable for continuous on-line measurements. Stickiness is a result of sugar. The current
invention uses two moisture detectors. The first reference detector measures resistance and/or capacitance of cotton
being processed to determine moisture level. The second moisture detector uses infra-red (IR), which is responsive
to both sugar and moisture. Analyzing the variation between the reference moisture content and sugar based
moisture contents with a desktop computer allows rapid and accurate measurement of sugar levels and thus stickiness
of cotton as it is being processed.
Inventors:
William S. Anthony
USDA, ARS, Cotton Ginning Research
Stoneville, MS 38776
(601) 686-3093 / Fax: (601) 686-5483
e-mail: santhony@ag.gov |
Richard K. Byler
(Same address as first inventor)
(601) 686-3093 / Fax:(601) 686-5483
e-mail: rbyler@ag.gov |
Industry Keywords:
fiber, honeydew, whiteflies, aphids, cotton gin, ginning
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