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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1980
Franz Peters, Dulmen, DE;
Hergeth KG Maschinenfabrik und Apparatebau, Dulmen, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for opening and mixing fibrous materials including a conveyor for moving bales of fibrous material along a generally horizontal path toward an inclined surface, means moving along the surface or the inclined path of travel of the conveyor for removing fibrous material from the bales, the removing means being, for example, a teasing roll which is connected by telescopic and/or flexible ducts to an extractor fan which discharges the removed fibrous material into a bin having in a lower portion thereof a conveyor belt which is driven to maintain the fibrous material within the bin at a generally constant uniform level, and a discharge conveyor for removing the fibrous material from the bin for subsequent processing.