Method and apparatus for spraying textile fiber bales
AssigneeTrutzschler GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsFerdinand Leifeld, Rolf Coenen, Werner Oelering, Ludwig Klopp
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Abstract
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 including a spraying nozzle mounted on the assembly for travel therewith as a unit. The spraying nozzle is oriented downwardly for discharging a downwardly directed fluid on the top surface of the bale during travel of the assembly.
Claims10
In a method of spraying textile fiber bales with a liquid, including the steps of drawing the liquid from a reservoir through a conduit and ejecting the liquid from a spraying nozzle downwardly onto the bales;
- the improvement comprising the steps of opening the bales from the top in consecutive working passes by a back-and-forth travelling bale opener;
- effecting travel of the nozzle together with said bale opener;
- and spraying top faces of the bales through said nozzle during said travel.
In a bale opener, having 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 improvement comprising the combination of said bale opener with a spraying means, including a spraying nozzle mounted on said assembly for travel therewith as a unit;
- said spraying nozzle being oriented downwardly for discharging a downwardly directed fluid on the top surface of the bale during travel of the assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.