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Abstract

An improved cotton harvester having a plurality of harvesting mechanisms, each harvesting mechanism having at least one light grease receiving area including a picker bar having a plurality of rotatably driven picker spindles, and at least one heavy grease receiving area including a cam and a roller arrangement and a gear arrangement for drivingly oscillating the picker bar, and an automatic lubrication system for periodically lubricating the light grease receiving area with a light grease at a first pressure, the improvement including a heavy grease reservoir on the harvester for receiving a quantity of a heavy grease; a pump on the harvester having an inlet connected to the heavy grease reservoir and a discharge, the pump being operable for drawing the heavy grease from the heavy grease reservoir and discharging the heavy grease from the discharge at a second pressure which is substantially greater than the first pressure, the discharge being connected to one end of at least one high pressure lubricant line having another end including at least one opening or outlet disposed for discharging the heavy grease to the at least one heavy grease receiving area; and a controller connected to the pump for operating the pump for causing the heavy grease to flow through the at least one high pressure lubricant line and discharge through the opening to the at least one heavy grease receiving area.

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First Claim