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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Derek Barnes, West Vancouver, CA;
Roger Wayne Kozak, Port Coquitlam, CA;
Thomas Howard Murphy, Burnaby, CA;
Assignee:
MacMillan Bloedel Limited, Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198382 ;
Abstract
A strand orienter formed by a plurality of substantially planar parallel partition walls further includes a plurality of shafts extending substantially perpendicular to the partition walls, each mounting wipers in the passages in position to wipe strands that may tend to plug the orienter from the passages and off the upper edges of the partition walls over substantially the full length of these upper edges and thereby prevent plugging of the orienter.