Separating-distributing device for textile fibers

Claim 1

IN THE SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING FIBERS FROM A SOURCE TO A LOCATION REMOTE FROM SAID SOURCE INCLUDING A PNEUMATIC CONVEYOR CONDUIT AND A FAN FOR BLOWING FIBERS FROM THE SOURCE ALONG THE CIRCUIT; THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF A HOUSING HAVING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED FILTERS DEFINING A CHAMBER THEREBETWEEN, SAID HOUSING HAVING AN INLET AT ITS UPPER PORTION COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING FIBERS AND AIR FROM SAID CONDUIT AND ALSO HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING ITS LOWER PORTION COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBER, SAID INLET AND DISCHARGE OPENING BEING ARRANGED SO THAT FIBERS FALL THROUGH SAID INLET, SAID CHAMBER AND SAID DISCHARGE OPENING UNDER THE IMPETUS OF AIR FLOWING FROM SAID CONDUIT, AND MEANS INCLUDING AN AIR IMPELLER FOR SUCKING AIR OUT OF SAID CHAMBER AND OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID FILTERS TO RELIEVE THE FIBERS IN THE CHAMBER FROM AT LEAST A PART OF THE PRESSURE OF THE AIR ENTERING THE CHAMBER FROM SAID CONDUIT WHEREBY THE FIBERS FALLING THROUGH SAID CHAMBER AND THEN THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING ARE SUBJECTED TO LESSER FORCE OF THE AIR FLOWING FROM SAID CONDUIT.