Self regulated apparatus for feeding carding machines
OwnerGuido Bettoni, Cesare Bettoniinventors
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Abstract
The apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises a fiber preparatory unit having means for opening the material and regulating the type of wad which is to form the mattress. Also included are means for the recovery and recycling of the excess material and one or more units for the formation and preparation of the wad mattresses with means for the regulated retrieval of the material from the preparatory unit. Means for the distribution of the material within the unit itself with the regulation of the type of mattress to be produced by each unit also comprise part of this invention.
Claims11
A self-regulating system for the preparation of wads for feeding to carding machines, said apparatus comprising a preparatory unit for the fiber and at least one unit for the production of wad mattresses for feeding to an equal number of carding machines, said preparatory unit being connected to each of said wad production units through a first conduit with a fan-aspirator for the transportation of the material, characterized in that said preparatory unit comprises a hopper container on the upper part of which there is mounted a condenser for sending said material to said container;
- first and second pairs of rollers for retrieving the material from the bottom of said container and transporting it to a chamber defined by a cylindrical body;
- and a beater-drum rotatable within said chamber and having a plurality of tips for the opening and reduction of the material into smaller bits;
- and further characterized in that connected to said chamber are first aspiration inlets of said first conduit for the retrieval of said material from said chamber and second aspiration inlets of second conduit means connected only to said preparatory unit for the recycling of excess material which is not retrieved by said first conduit means;
- said second conduit means being connected to the inlet of said condenser for regulating an amount of material in said chamber.
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