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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1981
Alex J Keller, Clover, SC (US);
Erchard A Fechner, Gastonia, NC (US);
Joseph R Williams, Kings Mountain, NC (US);
Automatic Material Handling, Inc., Bessemer City, NC (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for removing fiber portions from a selected plurality of bales and delivering the fiber to a receiver, such apparatus including a head that is lowered into contact with the top surface of such bales to grasp fibers therefrom. A control system is provided which generates a signal when the head has traveled a predetermined vertical distance toward a bale, and the signal is used to vary the sequence of pick-up or the amount of fiber picked up, from the plurality of bales to assure that the plurality of bales are maintained at substantially even heights during the sequential pick-up of fiber therefrom.