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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1984
Donald E Weder, Highland, IL (US);
Erin H Weder, Highland, IL (US);
Howard M Ruth, Highland, IL (US);
Michael J King, Staunton, IL (US);
Franklin J Craig, Valley Park, MO (US);
Larry J Jones, Highland, IL (US);
Kenton D Badgley, Alton, IL (US);
Harry J Snider, deceased, late of Phoenix, AZ (US);
Laura Snider, legal representative, Rochelle, IL (US);
S Owen Dye, Highland, IL (US);
Clay R Wiedner, Trenton, IL (US);
Bill C Weder, Highland, IL (US);
Robert L Langenberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Highland Manufacturing & Sales Company, Highland, IL (US);
Abstract
Bales of filamentary material are separated into weighed charges of the material by disintegrating the bales in a rotating drum to produce tufts that are passed to a picking chamber wherein a toothed roll strips individual filaments from a supply roll formed from the tufts and passing the filaments to scales upon which the charges are accumulated. Each time a charge is accumulated on a scale, air is blown across the scale to discharge the scale. The charges are delivered to a magazine having a plurality of vertically stacked chambers, each chamber underlain by a movable gate, through which the charges are passed sequentially to be discharged at a fixed schedule from the lowermost chamber.