Air handling apparatus and method for textile machines
US5279629A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D46/12
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An air handling and filtering system is provided for with conventional textile machines. The apparatus includes a common vacuum system for drawing first and second independent airstreams through the textile machines. A filtering system operates with the vacuum system to filter the useful white waste fiber material from all of the first airstreams. Individual filtering devices are provided for each textile machine and are housed in end-housing units disposed as one end of the textile machine. The individual filtering devices filter generally waste fiber material from the second airstreams drawn through the textile machines. The individual filtering devices can be isolated from the common vacuum system so that the individual waste fiber filters can be cleaned without stopping or otherwise affecting the critical first airstream so as not to detrimentally affect yarn formation at the spinning stations of the textile machines.
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