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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7832061 | Air guidance at a cellulose opener Air guidance between a cellulose opener and a diaper machine is characterized in that the air used for removal and conveying to the diaper machine is guided back to the opener and is again used for fiber conveying. Specifically, air guidance achieved by designing th... | 11/16/2010 |
| 6865780 | Method of and apparatus for controlling the suction in a thread-breakage suction unit of a textile machine A method and a device for controlling the suction, by speed alteration of a blower motor, in a unit for suctioning away thread breakage in a textile machine. A standard speed of the blower motor without speed control is established to achieve the suction, after whic... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6253923 | Apparatus for separating trash from lint cotton An apparatus including ductwork with an inlet duct having an inlet port for receiving a cotton/trash mix discharged by a cotton gin, a lint cotton outlet duct having a lint cotton outlet port for allowing lint cotton to exit therethrough, and a trash outl... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5481862 | Pneumatically operated debris removal device for an open-end spinning device An open-end spinning device (1) of the type having a sliver opening device (30) and a pneumatically operated debris removal device (34) is disclosed. The opening cylinder housing (11) of the sliver opening device (30) has a debris discharge opening (15) a... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5150502 | Textile fiber length sorting apparatus and method A textile apparatus for sorting fibers according to their length. A fiber opening device loosens and separates raw textile fibers transported by an air flow created by an air blower along an air path. A fiber extracting device extracts fibers having an av... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5065479 | Venturi-type conveyor for fiber laying in nonwoven material production A device for producing fibrous non-woven structures. The device includes a first duct for conveying an air flow over the lateral surface of a carding cylinder to remove the fibers from the carding cylinder and to convey them to a mobile forming surface. I... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5014396 | Non-woven article made of a heat-resisting material, method for manufacturing the article and apparatus for implementing the method In a method for manufacturing the fiber-containing article, the discontinuous fibers, intermingled with fibers serving as a binder, are couched into a fiber mat in such a manner that the discontinuous fibers are advanced into contact with an air flow whic... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4258455 | Method for classifying fibers A process and mechanism for the dry screen forming of fibers to attain a dispersion in air of substantially individual fibers from which a fibrous sheet is formed. Fibrous nits, pills and flocs are removed from the dispersion by rolling the nits, pills an... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4224720 | Apparatus for the opening-up and cleaning of cotton waste An apparatus for the opening-up and cleaning of cotton waste, especially strips, card fly and scutcher material and the like with a fiber material draw-in roller for feeding the fiber material to be cleaned to a saw tooth barrel the peripheral portion of ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4223423 | Cotton lint cleaner A cotton lint cleaner having a number of new and unique features. The lint cleaner uses a common air stream laden with cotton to be cleaned through a moving screen and then through feed rollers to a cylindrical saw, where a centrifugal air flow doffing im... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4150461 | Cleaning of textile fiber tufts In order to remove dust from textile fiber tufts, the tufts are conveyed by an air-penetrable, continuously advancing screening element and a single stream of air is passed a plurality of times through the screening element in order to alternately mix wit... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4074393 | Method and apparatus for dry forming a layer of fibers In dry forming a layer of fibers, the fibers are conveyed by carrier air to a distributor housing having a perforated bottom wall through which the fibers pass downwards on to a foraminous forming surface connected on its underside to a suction box. The i... | 02/21/1978 |
| 3999250 | Method of fiber distribution and ribbon forming By combination and interaction of mechanical and aerodynamic forces, textile fibers are doffed from a processing cylinder, purged of foreign matter, subdivided and directed into a network of conveying tubes, and distributed to a multiplicity of fiber by-p... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3976412 | Apparatus for making fibrous sheet material Apparatus for dry forming one or more fibrous layers on a forming surface to provide eventually fiberboard or paper in which the fibers are fed by carrier air to a distributor immediately above the forming surface. The rate of flow of the carrier air and ... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3976074 | Absorbent article An absorbent article comprising, an absorbent pad having a mass of hydrophilic fibers and a matrix of a comminuted hydrophobic material dispersed in the interfiber spaces defined by the fibers throughout at least a portion of the pad.... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3961397 | Clump removal devices Clump-removal devices are disclosed for separating unacceptably large clumps from an air stream containing both clumps and substantially individualized fibers. The devices include an inlet duct for receiving the air stream containing the fiber/clump mix; ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3943605 | Fluff article and method and apparatus for forming same A fluff pad for an absorbent product such as a diaper, sanitary napkin or the like is formed by superposing two layers of fluff top-to-top. The layers are formed separately but simultaneously on conveyor wires. The non-wire side of a layer is the "top". E... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3941530 | Conversion of nonwoven fabric into staple fibers Nonwoven fabric is fed at a first rate into the bite between a first shredding element and a stationary working surface. The first shredding element has a plurality of projections which penetrate the fabric and at least substantially shred the fabric as t... | 03/02/1976 |
