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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
Applicant:
Donald William Van Doorn, Savannah, GA (US);
Inventor:
Donald William Van Doorn, Savannah, GA (US);
Assignee:
Lummus Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning foreign matter from separated tufts of fiber uses a revolving open reel type structure mounted within a porous housing to separate a conveying air stream from tufts of fiber conveyed thereby and deliver the tufts to a toothed cleaning cylinder which passes beneath a plurality of cleaning bars. The open reel utilizes brush like outer surfaces to sweep tufts of fiber from the housing back into the air stream adjacent the cleaning cylinder.