Loading station for micronaire testing
AssigneeUster Technologies AG
InventorJames T. Wender
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Abstract
A loading station for forming a fiber mass for micronaire testing. The loading station has a hopper for receiving an unformed fiber mass. A forming chamber receives the unformed fiber mass from the hopper. The forming chamber includes a non-movable back wall and a non-movable bottom plate with ports formed therein. The ports draw an airflow from the hopper into the forming chamber. A selectively movable isolation plate isolates the forming chamber from the hopper, and a selectively movable horizontal forming wall horizontally compacts the fiber mass into a desired horizontal cross-section. A selectively movable vertical forming wall vertically compacts the fiber mass into a desired vertical cross-section. A selectively movable plunger presses axially along the shaped fiber mass.
Claims9
A loading station for forming a fiber mass for micronaire testing, the loading station having:
- a forming chamber for receiving an unformed fiber mass, the forming chamber comprising,
- a non-movable back wall,
- a non-movable bottom plate,
- a selectively movable horizontal forming wall for horizontally compacting the fiber mass into a desired horizontal cross-section, and
- a selectively movable vertical forming wall for vertically compacting the fiber mass into a desired vertical cross-section,
- a selectively movable plunger for pressing axially along the shaped fiber mass,
- a hopper for receiving the unformed fiber mass and delivering the unformed fiber mass to the forming chamber,
- a selectively movable isolation plate for isolating the forming chamber from the hopper, and
- ports formed in the non-movable bottom plate, the ports for drawing an airflow from the hopper into the forming chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.