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US 6,294,002 B1Granted
Apparatus and process for reclaiming textile fiber waste
AssigneeW. McGee and Associates, LLC
InventorWilliam E. McGee
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Abstract
Apparatus and process for reclaiming textile fiber waste utilizes an inner perforated duct and an outer continuous duct for removing air-borne fibers from air handling systems of equipment such as cotton carding machinery. A pressure differential switch monitors the operation and when a selected pressure differential occurs, the perforated duct is purged and the collected fibers in the form of a web are drawn through a conduit and returned for further processing.
Claims20
Fiber reclaiming apparatus comprising:
- a perforated duct, said perforated duct defining an inner chamber for collecting fibers, a continuous outer duct, said perforated duct contained within said outer duct and spaced therefrom to form an outer chamber therebetween, a purge conduit, said purge conduit in communication with said outer chamber, said purge conduit for delivering air to said outer chamber for releasing fibers collected along said inner chamber, a fiber return conduit, said fiber return conduit in communication with said perforated duct whereby fibers released from said inner chamber will flow into said fiber return conduit, a fiber reprocessing device, said fiber return conduit in communication with said fiber reprocessing device whereby said fibers flowing through said fiber return conduit are delivered to said reprocessing device.
Fiber reclaiming apparatus comprising:
- a fiber source, a first conduit, a perforated duct, said perforated duct forming an inner chamber for collecting fibers reclaimed by said first conduit, said first conduit in communication with said fiber source and with said inner chamber, a second conduit, a fiber reprocessing device, a continuous outer duct, said outer duct surrounding said perforated duct to form an outer chamber between said outer duct and said perforated duct, and a purge conduit, said purge conduit in communication with said outer chamber to urge fibers collected within said inner chamber to release the same therefrom, said second conduit communicating with said inner chamber and said fiber reprocessing device whereby fibers collected and released in said inner chamber flow to said fiber reprocessing device.
A process for reclaiming waste fiber comprising the steps of:
- a) drawing fibers into a perforated duct;
- b) collecting the fibers inside the perforated duct along the apertures;
- c) releasing the collected fibers from inside the perforated duct;
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- d) directing the released fibers from the perforated duct into a fiber reprocessing device via a conduit in fluid communication with said perforated duct and said fiber reprocessing device.
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