Apparatus for cleaning textile fiber material
AssigneeHergeth Hollingsworth GmbH
InventorsAkiva Pinto, Guenter Lucassen, Bernhard Bocht
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Abstract
Apparatus for cleaning textile fibers such as cotton, etc. is disclosed wherein the fibers are conveyed by an air current to an opening roller cooperating with a grate, and the transport air is separated at a feed box. The separated air (17) serves for discharging contaminants accumulating in a space (9, 11) beneath the cleaning grate (8). The opening roller (7) may be provided with a toothed wire (20) whose teeth have a relatively acute top rake (22).
Claims11
Apparatus for cleaning textile fibers such as cotton and the like in which the fibers are conveyed by a transport air current through a feed box to an opening roller, a cleaning grate is disposed in working relation to said opening roller, said transport air is separated at said feed box, and waste accumulating as contaminants beneath said cleaning grate is discharged, characterized in that means are provided for using said separated transport air for discharging said contaminants accumulating in a space beneath said cleaning grate.
In an apparatus for cleaning textile fibers, the combination comprising:
- a feed box to which said textile fibers are conveyed by transport air;
- a fiber opening roller disposed near one end of said feed box;
- a cleaning grate disposed in working relation to said opening roller through which contaminants are discharged from said fibers upon opening;
- an air exit disposed in said feed box upstream of said opening roller through which said transport air is separated at said feed box;
- a collection space disposed beneath said cleaning grate for accumulating said contaminants;
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- means for conveying said contaminants accumulating in said collection space away from said space using said separated transport air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.