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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7173703 | Apparatus on a textile fibre processing machine for evaluating textile fibre material In an apparatus for inspecting and evaluating fiber material, for example a sliver or fleece, an opto-electronic system, is provided across the width of a textile machine and scans the moving fiber material and converts the measured values into electronic signals. T... | 02/06/2007 |
| 5337454 | Milling machine on paths Process for the reduction of fiber bales. The fiber bales are set up in several long parallel rows and are reduced by a reducing element travelling along the rows of bales. The reducing element reduces the material in closely adjoining, overlapping paths.... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5282141 | Method of blending textile fibers The method for mixing textile fibers utilizes a computer which is inputted with data concerning the characteristics of the fibers of the individual fiber bales to be processed as well as the data indicative of the desired characteristics of the board sliv... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5245728 | Clump dissolving baffle in conduit between flake supplying and pad forming devices Absorbent flakes or particles are transported from a source to a pad form device by an air flow passing the flakes or particles through a conduit between the source and the pad forming device. In order to supply a homogenous flake flow to the pad forming... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5090629 | Opening device In an opening device for opening pressed fibre bales, e.g. cotton and viscose staple bales and the like, comprising a plurality of opener rolls (3,4) on which a plurality of milling discs (14) are arranged side by side such that they are offset with respe... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5044045 | Method of, and apparatus for, extracting fiber flocks from fiber bales In order to extract fiber flocks from fiber bales conveyed on a conveyor belt by very small steps in a predetermined direction of travel, an extraction member is moved over the fiber bales in a direction substantially perpendicular to the predetermined di... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5025533 | Method of blending textile fibers Individual fiber components are blended in accordance with the properties of a required intermediate product such as a card sliver or an end product such as a yarn. The fiber bales are combined into component groups and the fiber components in the groups ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5001814 | Apparatus for opening fiber bales of spinning material Opening and blending apparatus for removing fiber from a row of bales has spaced parallel drums carrying disks and the like illustrated in spaced overlapping relation and being driven in opposite directions at different speeds. Spaced grid bar members may... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4999882 | Adjustable grid for fiber bale opener The extraction arm of a fiber bale opening machine is provided with an adjustable grid made up of spaced apart grid bars between which driveable fiber removal members project to detach tufts of fiber from the bales. The depth of projection of the fiber re... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4951358 | Flock delivery system The flock delivery system employs a microcomputer with a storage cell for each marker and a storage cell for each stretch of path (containing one or more bale groups) between the markers. The control system is conditional selectively to "permit" or "inhib... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4908910 | Process and apparatus for blending fibers of at least two flows of fiber material, in particular spinning material A process and apparatus for blending fibers of a plurality of fiber flow is disclosed which includes a fiber feed device (2a, 2b, 3a, 3b) which feeds fiber layers (12) through an angular channel (13, 14) which rearranges the vertical layers into generally... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4888857 | Apparatus for removing fiber material accumulations, in particular from bales of spinning material A textile fiber opening and removing apparatus (1) is disclosed having a tower (2) wherein at least one cantilevered arm (5, 6) is supported on the tower in such a manner that the cantilevered arm rotates about a longitudinal axis of the tower and a centr... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4845812 | Device for the automatic opening and mixing of fiber bales The device for the opening and mixing of fiber bales contains a bale opening device capable of being lowered on a bale suspended from a bridge-like machine frame which is fashioned in the form of a portal and is capable of travelling along a guide rail, s... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4827572 | Device for the stripping of fiber bales In a plucking device, capable of travelling back and forth, for the plucking of fibers from bales of fiber two toothed rollers are provided. One is located before, and the other after, the toothed plucking roller, their axes being parallel to the axis of ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4813103 | Device for the removal of fiber material by suction Apparatus for the removal by suction of fiber material on a movable bale opener which includes a suction channel with a fixed connection opening and a movable connection opening. The movable connection opening is part of a longitudinal slit in the suction... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4796335 | Method and apparatus for opening fiber bales A bale opener has an opening device arranged for a horizontal back-and-forth travel above a row of fiber bales. The opening device includes two parallel-arranged and horizontally oriented opening rollers provided with teeth. The opening rollers are spaced... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4793028 | Fiber-removing roll for a bale opener In a fiber removing roll 1 for a bale opener, the teeth 2 are removably attached on the circumference of the roll. They are provided with a contact surface 21 adapted to the circumferential contour of the fiber-removing roll and are held on the contour by... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4785504 | Suction duct for the pneumatic removal of fiber tufts detached by a bale opener A fiber bale opener includes a downwardly open housing which is adapted to be supported above fiber bales to be opened and which accommodates an opening roller having an axis and being arranged for detaching fiber tufts from upper bale surfaces. In the ho... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785506 | Apparatus for opening pressed fiber bales of spinning material An apparatus for opening pressed bales of textile fiber comprising spaced grid rods which are adapted to press against the surface of the bale. A toothed disk is mounted on a shaft which extends transversely of the grid rods and is supported to rotate in ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4780933 | Apparatus for reducing fiber bales of spinning material An apparatus for reducing pressed fiber bales arranged in a row is disclosed which facilitates removal of fibers from the upper surface of the bales adjacent a stationary member (28). Transversely extending rollers (18, 19) parallel to milling rollers (4,... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4771513 | Apparatus for reducing the material of rows of bales consisting of spinning material Apparatus is disclosed for reducing bales of fiber which includes a tower that reciprocates alongside a row of bales. The tower has a cantilevered portion which extends transversely over the row of the bales and supports two milling rollers for removing f... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4756059 | Fiber bale opener A fiber bale opener includes a downwardly open housing adapted to be supported above fiber bales to be opened and accommodating an opening device having a width dimension. The opening device includes an opening roller oriented parallel to the width dimens... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4750240 | Apparatus for opening serially arranged fiber bales A bale opener is arranged for travel along a series of fiber bales and has a detaching (opening) device for progressively removing and hurling away fiber tufts from top faces of the fiber bales. The detaching device includes a generally horizontally suppo... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4748725 | Opening device for detaching fiber material from compressed fiber bales A travelling opening device for detaching fiber material from top faces of fiber bales includes two opening rollers having generally horizontal longitudinal axes oriented perpendicularly to a travelling direction of the opening device; opening elements ca... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4747187 | Method and apparatus for opening serially positioned fiber bales A bale opener includes a carriage arranged for floor travel along a travelling path; a tower mounted on the carriage for travel therewith as a unit and for rotation relative to the carriage about a vertical axis through 180° at ends of the travelling pat... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4712275 | Method for driving a bale opener A method of operating a bale opener, including the steps of propelling a carriage of the bale opener in a path of travel to execute consecutive back and forth passes in a generally horizontal direction along and between two parallel fiber bale rows having... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4707888 | Method and arrangement for extracting fiber flocks from textile fiber bales An arrangement for extracting fiber flocks from textile fiber bales includes a fiber flock extraction member which passes between and projects to a predetermined extent beyond respective grid bars which rest on the bale surface during the extraction opera... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4698878 | Fiber bale opener and method of operating the same A fiber bale opener includes a housing arranged for horizontal travel along a series of fiber bales and a pair of horizontally spaced, parallel opening rollers defining an intermediate space therebetween. Each opening roller has a rotary axis oriented tra... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4662031 | Opening roller for removing material from fiber bales An opening roller for removing tufts from fiber bales includes a cylindrical core adapted to be supported for rapid rotation and annular toothed discs affixed peripherally to the cylindrical core. The toothed discs which have teeth adapted to penetrate in... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4660257 | Method of and a control arrangement for a machine for extracting fiber flocks from textile fiber bales In order to extract fiber flocks from individual textile fiber bale groups with a substantially constant extraction power independently of density variation distribution over the bale height, the individual bale groups are subdivided into a plurality of h... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4587691 | Method and apparatus for feeding fiber material to a plurality of fiber processing machines A method of selectively supplying fiber material from an output of a fiber bale opener to a plurality of fiber processing lines each formed of a series of fiber processing machines, includes the steps of removing fiber by the bale opener sequentially from... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4586217 | Grate for a fiber bale opener A bale opener includes an opening roller arranged for travel over fiber bales, opening elements on the opening roller arranged to engage top faces of the fiber bales, a grate travelling with the opening roller and formed of a plurality of parallel spaced ... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4566152 | Method of removing flocks from fiber bales The removal of flocks from the series of fiber bales is controlled by a control signal which is generated in response to a deviation from a predetermined ratio of the operating time intervals and the non-operating time intervals of the flock removal membe... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4557021 | Laying out and opening of fiber bales A method of textile fiber bale opening wherein fiber bales are laid within a circle on the floor in a predetermined arrangement and are opened by a beater which rotates about the center of the circle and sweeps over the tops of the bales to loosen and str... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4554708 | Method and apparatus for spraying textile fiber bales A bale opener has a horizontally back-and-forth travelling assembly, including an opening device for progressively removing fiber material from a top surface of the bale during a working pass. The bale opener is combined with a spraying arrangement includ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4541144 | Textile-fiber mixing chamber In order to reduce the sliding friction between an endless conveyor which was up to date constructed as a flexible conveyor belt and the stationary chamber floor of a textile-fiber mixing chamber provided with a pneumatic charging device and an endless co... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4514881 | Method and apparatus for reducing fiber bales Process and apparatus for reducing the material of rows of fiber bales by means of a milling device reciprocating between two rows of bales. The milling device can be rotated 180° to transfer the milling device between the rows of bales whereby fibers ca... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4513479 | Apparatus for opening textile fiber bales To avoid damage to apparatus for opening textile fiber bales by foreign bodies, a fiber diverting member, against an edge of which such foreign bodies strike during opening of the fiber bales, is mounted to be pivotable out of either one of two possible p... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4510646 | Device for control of conductive materials in bale-breaker machines The present invention proposes a device for control of the presence of conductive bodies or materials in bales for processing in bale-breaker machines equipped with rotating members for the take-off of fibre locks from the bales disposed in a row and also... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4507826 | Method and apparatus for opening fiber bales Apparatus for removing fiber from a plurality of bales including a carriage for movement along the bales and a head which is carried by the carriage for vertical movement to engage the bales and remove fiber therefrom during traverse movement of the carri... | 04/02/1985 |
