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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2003
Karl Collida, Ofallon, MO (US);
Edwin T. Wood, Jr., Ofallon, MO (US);
Karl Collida, Ofallon, MO (US);
Edwin T. Wood, Jr., Ofallon, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A fiber stuffing and fluffing machine utilized for fiber stuffing toys, pillows, and other skins having a venturi vacuum system, a unique agitation cavity and blade arrangement, and various unique mechanical and electrical features which provide improved stuffing and fluffing capabilities over the prior art. The art of the present invention is capable of integration into a single stand alone unit which performs improved fluffing and stuffing operations without the need for external pneumatic sources. The art of the present invention, in its various embodiments, also utilizes scroll compressors or turbine compressors heretofore not found in prior art stuffing and fluffing applications. The present art further provides means for separating foreign objects from the ingested stuffing fibers to protect the fluffer blower.