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Apparatus for making fibrous webs

US4534086A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 26, 1984
Grant dateAug 13, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 26, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD01G15/465
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fibrous feed web is delivered by a feeder to tooth-carrying carding drums, which rotate at a surface velocity which causes the fibers to flow off under centrifugal force to fly onto a continuously moving, air-permeable collecting surface, which is subjected to suction. In order to make a uniform fibrous web with simple structural means even at a high throughput, the carding drums are closely spaced apart in the direction of movement of the collecting surface and each carding drum which succeeds another carding drum in the direction of movement of the collecting surface constitutes a working roller for such preceding carding drum.

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