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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4377021 | Apparatus for opening and mixing fibrous material, e.g. cotton An apparatus for opening and mixing fibrous materials including a conveyor for moving bales of fibrous material along a generally horizontal path toward an inclined surface, means moving along the surface or the inclined path of travel of the conveyor for... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4357739 | Apparatus for laying fiber fleeces or the like on a moving withdrawal belt A device is disclosed for laying fiber fleeces or the like delivered from a carding machine of the like onto a withdrawal belt driven at a predetermined speed. The device comprises a feed belt driven at a predetermined speed, storage, layer and balance ca... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4279060 | Method of and apparatus for the production of open non-woven fabric from fibrous material This disclosure relates to a novel method of and apparatus for producing an open non-woven fabric from fibrous material by delivering the fiber flocks through a carding zone during which time the fiber flocks are loosened and spread to form a non-woven fa... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4187052 | Method of opening bales This disclosure relates to a method of removing a generally uniform layer portion of fibrous material from the top of a bale of compressed fibrous material and loosening the fibers of the layer portion during the removal thereof by providing a bale of rel... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4167694 | Control device for a periodically oscillating member A control device is disclosed for controlling the drive means and consequently the oscillation range of a periodically oscillating member particularly when it is necessary to maintain the speed of the periodic oscillation movement such that it corresponds... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4129924 | Apparatus for separating card strips during carding of fibrous materials This disclosure relates to apparatus for separating card strips, such as fiber neps, fiber adhesions, short fibers, foreign particles, waste fibers and the like from fibrous material during a carding operation in which a rotating carding cylinder has mean... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4084433 | Method and apparatus for quantitatively and qualitatively determining the dust content of fibrous material Method and apparatus for quantitatively and qualitatively determining the dust content of fibrous material, in which a representative sample of the fibrous material is opened to obtain individual fibers and release the dust contained therein. The individu... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4025989 | Opening and cleaning machine for fibrous material, especially cotton This disclosure relates to an opening and cleaning machine for fibrous material, including a plurality of rotatable beaters disposed within a housing, grating means adjacent to and beneath the beater units, guide plate meansgenerally adjacent to and above... | 05/31/1977 |
