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Apparatus for producing a lap for a carding machine
Assignee: Truetzschler GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1983-07-28
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Granted: 1984-12-11
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Expires: 2003-07-28
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for forming a fiber lap to be processed by a carding machine includes a generally vertically oriented feed chute having generally parallel and vertically oriented front and rear walls. The chute has an opening at the top for receiving fiber tufts and an opening at the bottom for delivering a fiber lap. An air stream is introduced into the chute for flow in the direction of the bottom thereof. Air exit openings are provided in the zone of at least one of the walls allowing the air stream to leave the feed chute. The depth of the feed chute measured horizontally at the height level of the air exit openings varies along the chute width, whereby a fiber lap of varying thickness along the lap width is produced.
Inventors
- 👤 Ferdinand Leifeld
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 11:21
CPC Classifications
D; D01; D01G; D01G15/00; D01G15/02; D01G15/12; D01G15/40; D01G15/42; D01G23/00; D01G23/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
In an apparatus for forming a fiber lap to be processed by a carding machine; said apparatus including a generally vertically oriented feed chute having generally parallel and vertically oriented front and rear walls, said chute having an opening at the top for receiving fiber tufts and an opening at the bottom for delivering a fiber lap; said feed chute having a width measured horizontally parallel to said walls and a depth defined by the distance between said walls; the fiber lap having a thickness determined by said depth; means for introducing a forced air stream into said chute for flow in the direction of the bottom thereof, and means for defining air exit openings in the zone of at least one of said walls allowing the air stream to leave the feed chute; the improvement wherein said depth measured at a height level of said air exit openings varies along said width for delivering a fiber lap of varying thickness along the lap width measured parallel to the width of the feed chute.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
In an apparatus for forming a fiber lap to be processed by a carding machine; said apparatus including a generally vertically oriented feed chute having generally parallel and vertically oriented front and rear walls, said chute having an opening at the top for receiving fiber tufts and an opening at the bottom for delivering a fiber lap; said feed chute having a width measured horizontally parallel to said walls and a depth defined by the distance between said walls; the fiber lap having a thickness determined by said depth; means for introducing a forced air stream into said chute for flow in the direction of the bottom thereof, and means for defining air exit openings in the zone of at least one of said walls allowing the air stream to leave the feed chute; the improvement wherein said depth measured at a height level of said air exit openings varies along said width for delivering a fiber lap of varying thickness along the lap width measured parallel to the width of the feed chute.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
106 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a wall element situated at least partially in said feed chute and having a dimension measured horizontally and parallel to said walls; said dimension being less than the width of said feed chute; and adjusting means for displacing said wall element in a direction parallel to the depth of said feed chute for varying said depth along one part of the width of said chute at a height level of said air exit openings for setting the thickness of said lap along one part of the lap width measured parallel to the width of the feed chute.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein at least some of said air exit openings are provided in said wall element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein said wall element is situated in its entirety in said feed chute.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein said wall element forms part of one of said walls.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said means for defining air exit openings comprises filter inserts.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein said filter inserts are mountable in said feed chute at desired positions for varying said depth.
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