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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Nicole Saeger, Aachen, DE;
Johannes Bossmann, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Thomas Schmitz, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Nicole Saeger, Aachen, DE;
Johannes Bossmann, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Thomas Schmitz, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Trützschler GmbH & Co. KG, Möchengladbach, DE;
Abstract
In an apparatus for fiber-sorting or fiber-selection of a fiber bundle comprising textile fibers, especially for combing, the fiber bundle is supplied to a fiber-sorting device, clamping devices are provided, which clamp the fiber bundle at a distance from its free end, and mechanical device is present, which generates a combing action from the clamping site to the free end of the fiber bundle. To increase productivity in a simple manner and obtain an improved combed sliver downstream of the supply device there are at least two rotatably mounted rollers rotating rapidly without interruption, the combing device are associated with a said roller, and an arrangement for optimum feed and/or positioning of the fiber material to be combed is associated with the combing device.