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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1990
Filed:
May. 31, 1989
Rene Waeber, Winterthur, CH;
Robert Demuth, Nuerensdorf, CH;
Fritz Knabenhans, Winterthur, CH;
Othmar Bachmann, Winterthur, CH;
Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG, Winterthur, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of reducing the stickiness or tackiness of cotton flocks. For this purpose, cotton flocks delivered by any suitable conveyor mechanism are received in a flock chute and brought, by rolls or rollers, as a fiber batt between a number of heated rolls or rollers, in order to be heated such that the stickiness or tackiness of the honeydew on the cotton is thus reduced to an extend which no longer has an adverse effect on subsequent machinery. Downstream of the heated rolls or rollers the fiber batt is again opened into cotton flocks by an opening roll or roller and fed to a pneumatic conveyor line through which the cotton flocks are fed to the subsequent machine.