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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard J Savageau, Seneca, SC (US);
Assignee:
Platt Saco Lowell Corporation, Easley, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1915 / ;
Abstract
A freely-rotatable fluted roll compressively engages the sliver projecting upwardly from a sliver can as such can is doffed from a textile sliver coiling apparatus. The roll exerts compressive and snubbing forces upon the sliver strand extending between the sliver can and the coiler head of the apparatus, causing separation of such strand during and in response to the can changing movement of the can away from the coiler head. Also disclosed are a preferred design of, and a preferred mounting arrangement for a sliver-separating roll usable for the foregoing purpose.