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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1996
Helmut Stueble, Spartanburg, SC (US);
LTG Technologies, Inc., Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
An air handling apparatus and method for use with textile machines for filtering waste fiber material without adversely interrupting operation of the textile machine is provided. A common vacuum system is configured for drawing first, second and third independent air streams from the textile machine. Each of the independent air streams conveys a type of waste fiber material from the textile machine. A filtering system in pneumatic communication with the common vacuum system includes filtering devices for combining and commonly filtering the air streams. The filtering system includes a first filter device configured to selectively filter the waste fiber material types from, and to combine, the first, second and third air streams so that a desired at least one waste fiber material may be conveyed by the combined air stream. The filtering system also includes a second filter device configured to separate waste fiber material from the combined air stream.