Fiber collecting apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY REMOVING LINT FROM A PLURALITY OF SPINNING MACHINES ARRANGED IN ROWS ON A FLOOR WITH AISLES BETWEEN ADJACENT ROWS AND COLLECTING LINT FROM NEAR THE FLOORS OF THE AISLES, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING (A) A TRACKWAY DISPOSED LENGTHWISE OF, AND CENTRALLY ABOVE, SAID ROWS OF MACHINES, (B) A CARRIAGE MOUNTED FOR TRAVEL ON SAID TRACKWAY, (C) A LATERALLY EXTENDING CASING SUPPORTED BY SAID CARRIAGE AND HAVING AN OUTER END DISPOSED IN AN AISLE ON ONE SIDE OF THE MACHINES, (D) SAID CASING HAVING A FAN CHAMBER, A VACUUM CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FAN CHAMBER, HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE CONDUITS EXTENDING FROM THE FAN AND VACUUM CHAMBERS, RESPECTIVELY, TO SAID OUTER END OF THE CASING, (E) A HIGH PRESSURE TUBE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID HIGH PRESSURE CONDUIT BESIDE THE MACHINES AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE OPENING ON THE SIDE ADJACENT TO THE UPPER PART OF SAID MACHINES, (F) A LOW PRESSURE TUBE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID LOW PRESSURE CONDUIT BESIDE THE MACHINES AND HAVING AN INLET FOR AIR AND LINT NEAR THE FLOOR, (G) A FAN IN SAID FAN CHAMBER, (H) A FAN ACTUATING MOTOR SUPPORTED BY THE CARRIAGE, AND (I) SCREENING MEANS FIXED IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE LINT CARRYING AIR STREAM TO REMOVE LINT FROM SAID STREAM.