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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1977
Hermann Trutzschler, Monchen-Gladbach, DE;
Trutzschler GmbH & Co. KG, Monchen-Gladbach, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for cleaning textile fiber tufts by depositing such textile fiber tufts onto the upper surface of a supporting member provided with openings, directing streams of compressed air upwardly through the openings in the member and against the textile fiber tufts from delivery nozzles arranged below the supporting member for propelling the tufts upwardly to release dust therefrom and permit heavy particles to be separated from the tufts and to fall through the openings in the supporting member; drawing away the released dust by means of a suction device disposed above the supporting member, and conveying the fiber tufts along the supporting member.