US4539729A
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Apparatus for the continuous compression or determination of the mass of a fiber sliver
Assignee: RIETER MACHINE WORKS Ltd A CORP OF SWITZERLAND
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Filing: 1982-10-04
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Granted: 1985-09-10
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Expires: 2002-10-04
Abstract
Abstract Fiber slivers must be condensed during the course of a spinning process or their mass must be determined. For this purpose there are employed so-called grooved pairs of rollers, that is to say, profiled rolls which define a sliver throughput groove which is limited or confined at both sides. The sliver is guided through a feed or delivery funnel up to the throughput groove. The danger thus exists that individual fibers can jam between the side surfaces or faces of the rollers which form the lateral boundaries of the groove. This danger is eliminated with the invention in that the fiber outlet opening of the feed funnel is located within the region of a wedge-shaped gap which is bounded by an overlapping zone of the side surfaces or faces of the rollers.
Inventors
- 👤 Hanspeter Meile
- 👤 Viktor Pietrini
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 12:00
CPC Classifications
D; D01; D01H; D01H5/00; D01H5/18; D01H5/70; D01H5/72; D01G; D01G15/00; D01G15/02; D01G15/12; D01G15/46; D01H13/00; D01H13/14; D01H13/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
An apparatus for the continuous compression or determination of the mass of a fiber sliver, comprising: a pair of coacting rollers which can be pressed towards one another; each of said rollers having a peripheral portion; said rollers possessing side surfaces cooperating with one another at an overlapping zone; said peripheral portions of said rollers interengaging with one another in such a manner that there is formed a laterally bounded nip zone at the region of said cooperating side surfaces; a feed funnel for inputting fiber sliver to the nip zone of said coacting rollers; said feed funnel having a fiber outlet opening; and said fiber outlet opening of said feed funnel being disposed within the region of a substantially wedge-shaped gap which is bounded by said overlapping zone of said side surfaces of the coacting rollers.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
137 words
An apparatus for the continuous compression or determination of the mass of a fiber sliver, comprising: a pair of coacting rollers which can be pressed towards one another; each of said rollers having a peripheral portion; said rollers possessing side surfaces cooperating with one another at an overlapping zone; said peripheral portions of said rollers interengaging with one another in such a manner that there is formed a laterally bounded nip zone at the region of said cooperating side surfaces; a feed funnel for inputting fiber sliver to the nip zone of said coacting rollers; said feed funnel having a fiber outlet opening; and said fiber outlet opening of said feed funnel being disposed within the region of a substantially wedge-shaped gap which is bounded by said overlapping zone of said side surfaces of the coacting rollers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: the fiber outlet opening of said feed funnel has a diameter which is smaller than the length of a nip line of said nip zone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein: said feed funnel has a bore through which passes the fiber sliver; and said bore possessing a substantially cylindrical portion located within the overlapping zone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: the fiber outlet opening of said feed funnel has a diameter which is smaller than the width of the wedge-shaped gap.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein: said feed funnel has a bore through which passes the fiber sliver; and said bore possessing a substantially cylindrical portion located within the overlapping zone.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: the fiber sliver does not undergo any further guidance from parts of the feed funnel after emergence of said fiber sliver from the outlet opening of said feed funnel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: each said roller defines an axis: said pair of coacting rollers defines a plane containing said axes of said rollers; said feed funnel defines a lengthwise axis; and said lengthwise axis of said feed funnel extending essentially normally relative to said plane containing said axes of said rollers.
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