Eastman-kodak Company

Vernon Leon Leonard

Daniel Isaiah Saxon

A cheekplate holder assembly for use in a stuffer box crimper for continuous filament tow, with the cheekplate and its holder assembly as a unit being safely and readily removable from and reinsertable into the stuffer box crimper and the cheekplate movable into operative position against the endfaces of the feedrolls of the stuffer box crimper without stopping the rotation of the feedrolls.

Cheekplate holder assembly for stuffer box crimper

A flexible backing member is provided to bear in supporting relation against one side of a moveable ribbon sideplate in a stuffer box crimper to provide a smooth, elastic curved surfaced path for the ribbon sideplate to move thereagainst in all positions of its adjustment, with one end of the flexible backing member being connected in cantilevered manner at a location in or beyond the exit end of the crimping chamber.

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Bristol, TN, United States of America

Vernon Leon Leonard