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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Randall Clark Bascom, Wauseon, OH (US);
Glenn Allen Torbett, Charleston, TN (US);
Inventors:
Randall Clark Bascom, Wauseon, OH (US);
Glenn Allen Torbett, Charleston, TN (US);
Assignee:
Johns Manville, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 18/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. having an idler roll for pressing the item(s) against a backup roll for pulling the item(s) into the chopper, the idler roll being an assembly allowing the idler roll to pivot around a pin inside the idler roll assembly to keep the surface of the idler roll in proper contact with the items being chopped.