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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1982
Alex J Keller, Clover, SC (US);
Akiva Pinto, Gastonia, NC (US);
Automatic Material Handling, Inc., Bessemer City, NC (US);
Abstract
A chute feed having an opening roller and a vertical chute therebeneath for receiving and collecting fibers, the chute having one generally vertical side wall formed with an area of perforations extending above and below the normal level of fibers collected in the chute, and a blower for generating an air current around the upper portion of the opening roller and toward the perforations to entrain fibers leaving the roller and to assist in equalizing the level of fibers collected in the chute. A fiber level sensing device is provided adjacent the area of wall perforations to control the flow of fibers from the opening roller to the chute.