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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2010
Applicant:
Donald Van Doorn, Savannah, GA (US);
Inventor:
Donald Van Doorn, Savannah, GA (US);
Assignee:
Lummus Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning foreign matter from separated tufts of fiber uses a transfer cylinder intermediate a revolving open reel type structure mounted within a porous housing to separate a conveying air stream from tufts of fiber conveyed thereby and a toothed cleaning cylinder to separate air flow through said revolving reel from said cleaning cylinder such that air is not drawn through said cleaning cylinder into said porous housing.