Abstract: A door is mounted about a vertical axis on the door jambs of a module feeder which is for feeding seed cotton to a cotton gin. The door is mounted to the jambs by a false door. As the end of the module is approached, the false doors are swung shut pushing the doors against the end of the module. After the false doors are swung shut, the bottom of the doors are pushed against the bottom of the module to push the cotton into the feeder drums, the feeder drums being angled so that the top is more advanced against the module then the bottom.

Abstract: Cotton on a rick is placed upon a slab adjacent to the gin. A feeder unit having a plurality of drums advances against the rick to move the cotton from the rick onto conveyors to feed the cotton gin. The feeder unit is reversible, so that as soon as a rick is finished in the first direction, it may be reversed to feed against a rick in another direction. The height of the unit is adjustable. Doors close behind the last of the rick to prevent the cotton from scattering, and extending panels on the door contain the cotton along the slab.

Abstract: Cotton on a rick is placed upon a slab adjacent to the gin. A feeder unit having a plurality of drums advances against the rick to move the cotton from the rick onto conveyors to feed the cotton gin. The feeder unit is reversible, so that as soon as a rick is finished in the first direction, it may be reversed to feed against a rick in another direction. The height of the unit is adjustable. Doors close behind the last of the rick to prevent the cotton from scattering, and extending panels on the door contain the cotton along the slab.