Round cotton module with machine readable tag

Abstract

In one embodiment, a system for removing a plastic wrap from a cylindrical module includes a conveyor transporting the cylindrical module toward a disperser with the cylindrical axis of the module parallel to the direction of conveyor movement. In another embodiment, the disperser is a travelling head disperser thereby providing relative movement between the modules and the disperser. The direction of the wrap around the module is determined and the cover is removed during rotation of the module, either by unwrapping the plastic or by slitting the plastic and then rotating the module. The equipment used to handle a cylindrical module is moved out of the path of movement of a conventional rectangular module so an installation can handle both rectangular and wrapped cylindrical modules.

1 . A round module of seed cotton having a plastic cover wrapped therearound providing leading and trailing ends and a machine readable device on the cover. 
     
     
         2 . The round module of  claim 1  wherein the device is an RFID tag. 
     
     
         3 . The round module of  claim 1  wherein the device is adjacent one end of the cover. 
     
     
         4 . A plurality of round modules of seed cotton, each having a plastic cover wrapped therearound providing leading and trailing ends and a machine readable device positioned consistently adjacent one end of the cover.