ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,149, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Cotton Picking Mind LP (Lubbock, Texas).
"Moisture conditioner with slats for cotton processing" was invented by William D. Gruben (Abilene, Texas), Jeremy J. Osborne (Lubbock, Texas) and S. Christopher Jackson (Lubbock, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The specification describes a moisture conditioner with slats. At least one example is a method of supplying moisture to fibrous material, the method comprising: feeding a batt of fibrous material into an annular channel between a cylindrical drum that is rotating and set of louvers that are stationary, the set of louvers defining a drum sid...