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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Applicant:
Tino Oldani, Rockford, IL (US);
Inventor:
Tino Oldani, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ingersoll Machine Tools, Inc., Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for substantially containing dust generated along a fiber tow path extending from a creel to a compression roller in an automated fiber placement machine, by enclosing substantially all of the path of the fiber tows between the creel and the compression roller within a barrier that is substantially impermeable to dust. A dust collection apparatus may have a porous media and/or utilize an electrostatic charge for entrapping the dust.