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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1999
Ferdinand Leifeld, Kempen, DE;
Trutzschler GmbH & Co. KG, Monchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
A feeding device for advancing fiber material includes a driven feed roll; a support element immovably held during operation and extending spaced from and generally parallel to the feed roll; and a feed tray assembly composed of a plurality of side-by-side positioned feed tray segments. Each feed tray segment is of a resilient material and has a first portion (end portion) immovably affixed to the support element and a movable, second portion having a surface oriented toward the feed roll and cooperating therewith for advancing the fiber material passing through a nip defined between the feed roll and each feed tray segment. The second portion of each feed tray segment is displaceable toward and away from the feed roll.