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US 9,803,297 B2Granted
Device for guiding fibre tows through oxidation furnaces
AssigneeOerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsErwin Glawion, Rolf Schröder, Christian Knörzer
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for passing at least one fiber tow multiple times through an oxidation furnace by means of godets, the at least one fiber tow being diverted via at least one godet that is arranged offset. According to the invention, the godet comprises a shaft on which at least two single rollers are arranged to be mounted, each single roller being arranged so as to be rotatable on the shaft.
Claims6
An apparatus for passing at least one fiber tow multiple times through an oxidation furnace, comprising:
- at least a first and at least a second godet arranged opposite to each other, the at least first godet comprising a first shaft and the at least second godet comprising a second shaft, wherein the first shaft is arranged angularly offset relative to the second shaft so that the at least one fiber tow is diverted by the at least first godet, wherein at least the first shaft is a straight shaft, wherein the at least first godet further comprises at least two single rollers arranged rotatable on the first straight shaft;
- wherein each of the at least two single rollers has a first end face and a first shoulder at least in a region of the first end face;
- wherein at least one of the two single rollers has a depression in the region of the first end face having the first shoulder, into which depression a second end face of another one of the at least two single rollers is received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.