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US 5,205,018 AGranted
Apparatus for making a lap from textile fibers
AssigneeTrutzschler GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsFerdinand Leifeld, Klaus Staats
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Abstract
An apparatus for making a fiber lap comprises the following combination: a plurality of serially arranged, vertically oriented hoppers charged with fiber tufts from above; removing device for removing the fiber tufts from the hoppers from below; a conveyor arranged to successively run past the hoppers and simultaneously receive fiber tufts therefrom whereby a multilayer fiber tuft mass is formed on the conveyor; a reinforcing device for stabilizing the multilayer fiber tuft mass and forming a fiber lap therefrom; and a wet treatment device.
Claims6
An apparatus for making a fiber lap, comprising in combination
- (a) a fiber tuft mixer, including
- (1) a plurality of serially arranged, vertically oriented hoppers each having a top inlet and a bottom outlet;
- (2) a charging device arranged for filling the hoppers with fiber tufts from above through the top inlet;
- (3) delivering devices arranged for withdrawing fiber tufts from the bottom outlet of each hopper;
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- (4) a conveyor device extending underneath the hoppers and arranged to successively run past the outlets of the hoppers for successively receiving fiber tufts from the hoppers, whereby a multilayer fiber tuft mass is being continuously formed on the conveyor device;
- (b) a needling machine for forming a stabilized fiber lap from the multilayer fiber tuft mass, said needling machine being arranged for receiving the multilayer fiber tuft mass from the conveyor device;
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- (c) a wet treatment device arranged for receiving the fiber lap from said needling machine.
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