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Devices for producing a continuous thread from a roving composed of parallel short fibers

US4615170A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1985
Grant dateOct 7, 1986
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD01H5/28
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A roving of short fibers is converted to a continuous twisted thread by a device which grips the roving between the facing teeth of two endless belts, and an acoustically generated transverse air jet is directed at the side of the roving, at a fixed point situated between the two belts. The direction of the air jet is reversed each time the fixed point is passed either a pair of facing teeth, or the midpoint in the gap between two successive pairs of facing teeth.

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