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US 4,349,140 AGranted
Apparatus for partitioning and shaping a fibrous batt
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
InventorAnthony Passafiume
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Abstract
Apparatus for partitioning and/or shaping a fibrous batt by gripping the batt along adjacent lines with resilient means gripping one surface and non-resilient means gripping the opposite surface and displacing said lines with respect to each other to separate the batt without compacting the parted edges of the batt.
Claims13
Apparatus for partitioning a batt of loosely compacted short fibers comprising:
- a pair of rolls disposed adjacent each other with their axes parallel, said rolls each having at least one jaw member affixed to the roll and extending along the surface of the roll parallel to the roll axis a distance at least equal to the width of the batt being partitioned;
- each jaw member comprising a non-resilient means and a resilient means disposed adjacent each other, said non-resilient means being constructed with the furthest tip of said means projecting outwardly from the surface of the roll at least about 0.1 inch;
- the non-resilient means having a first face forming said furthest tip, said first face disposed substantially perpendicular to a plane in which the axis of the roll lies, a second curved face forming an initial angle of 90.degree. or less with said first face at one end thereof and curving inwardly under said first face and extending at least to the surface of the roll, and a third face extending from the opposite end of said first face to the surface of the roll;
- the resilient means comprising an arcuate projection, extending from and about the surface of the roll to a first face disposed adjacent said one end of said first face of said non-resilient means and perpendicular to a plane in which the axis of the roll lies, said first face of said resilient means projecting outwardly from the surface of the roll at least about as far as said non-resilient means and extending along the surface of the roll parallel to the roll axis at least as far as said non-resilient means, and means for rotating the rolls in opposite directions so that jaw members on the oppositely rotating rolls engage each other in a manner that the non-resilient means of one roll engages the oppositely rotating resilient means of the other roll with the second face of the non-resilient means of one roll passing the second face of the non-resilient means of the other roll with a clearance between the faces of at least 0.03 inch.
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Apparatus for shaping and partitioning a batt of lossely compacted short fibers comprising:
- a pair of rolls disposed adjacent each other with their axes parallel, said rolls each having at least two jaw members affixed to the roll, one jaw member extending about a portion of the periphery of the roll and the other jaw member extending along the surface of the roll parallel to the roll axis a distance at least equal to the width of the batt being partitioned;
- each jaw member comprising a non-resilient means and a resilient means disposed adjacent each other, said non-resilient means being constructed with the furthest tip of said means projecting outwardly from the surface of the roll at least about 0.01 inch;
- the non-resilient means having a first face forming said furthest tip, said first face disposed substantially perpendicular to a plane in which the axis of the roll lies, a second curved face forming an initial angle of 90.degree. or less with said first face at one end thereof and curving inwardly under said first face and extending at least to the surface of the roll, and a third face extending from the opposite end of said first face to the surface of the roll;
- the resilient means comprising an arcuate projection extending from and about the surface of the roll to a first face disposed adjacent said one end of said first face of said non-resilient means, and perpendicular to a plane in which the axis of the roll lies;
- said first face of said resilient means projecting outwardly from the surface of the roll at least about as far as said non-resilient means and extending along the surface of the roll at least as far as said non-resilient means, and means for rotating the rolls in opposite directions so that jaw members on the oppositely rotating rolls engage each other in a manner that the non-resilient means of one roll engages the oppositely rotating resilient means of the other roll with the second face of the non-resilient means of one roll passing the second face of the non-resilient means of the other roll with a clearance between the faces of at least 0.03 inch.
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