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US 4,382,315 AGranted
Apparatus for opening bales of fiber
AssigneeSchubert & Salzer Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGeorg Goldammer, Gunter Mahrt
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Abstract
An apparatus for opening bales of fibers using a gripper which detaches a layer of fibers from the top of a bale and then moves upwardly. A hold-back device is provided for grasping a web of fibers hanging down from said gripper device after the gripper device has been raised with the detached fiber material.
Claims6
An apparatus for opening a bale of fibers with a gripper device which is moved from above said bale to detach fiber material from the top of said bale, and raising said detached fiber material with a web of fibers hanging down therefrom comprising:
- a hold-back means (2) for grasping said web of fibers hanging down from said gripper device (10) after said gripper device has raised said detached fiber material from said bale.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.