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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:
Mar. 02, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Reginald M Blackburn, deceased, late of Accrington, GB;
Assignee:
Platt Saco Lowell Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G / ; D01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
19107 ; 19204 ;
Abstract
In opening and cleaning fibers an improved method to increase the proportion of usable fibers in processable textile fiber stock using a plurality of bale opening machines feeding fiber to a line of fiber cleaning and mixing machines, following which the fibers are fed to a plurality of carding machines. At least some of the machines settings are adjusted to remove a higher level of waste, including trash and good fiber, than would conventionally be acceptable. The waste from the machines is centrally collected and passed to a fiber retriever which removes good fibers to return them into the line of cleaning and mixing machines.