Patent ID: 8112845
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: D01B,D01G

Abstract:
1. In a fiber cleaning apparatus including a revolving cleaning cylinder capable of engaging fiber tufts to separate said fiber from comingled foreign matter in which fiber tufts commingled with foreign matter are pneumatically conveyed into the apparatus in an air stream, flowing through an air duct, said air duct terminating at an outlet, the improvement comprising: a separator reel mounted for rotation about an axis parallel said cleaning cylinder and positioned adjacent said outlet, said reel partially circumscribed by a screen pervious to air flow and impervious to said tufts such that air flow passing through said reel exits through said screen depositing any entrained tufts thereon, and, an air seal and fiber transfer cylinder mounted for rotation about an axis parallel said separator reel and said cleaning cylinder and disposed there between to receive fiber tufts directly from said outlet and from said revolving reel and to transfer said fiber tufts along a substantially air tight path to said cleaning cylinder.