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Lubrication apparatus and method of applying a lubricant

US6543580B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

Barmag AG · DE

Inventors

Egon Gathmann · Remscheid, DE
Helmut Weigend · Leipzig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 24, 2000
Grant date	Apr 8, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 24, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01F35/882
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus and method for applying a lubricant to an advancing yarn, to facilitate the further processing of the yarn, and wherein the lubricant is composed of a plurality of components such as an emulsion of water and oil. The apparatus includes separate containers for the components of the lubricant, and a feed device for combining and mixing the components in a mixing chamber. The feed device also includes a pump for delivering the resulting lubricant to a wetting device which applies a metered quantity of the lubricant to the yarn. Provision is also made for maintaining a desired mixing ratio of the components of the lubricant.

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