Patent ID: 7469121
Filing Date: 2008-12-23
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A soft contact portion flicker bar assembly for mounting in a machine to contact and flick fibers moving along a fiber path; the flicker bar assembly comprising: (a) a base portion for mounting to a frame portion of the machine; (b) a body portion including a distal, first end, and an opposite, second end connected to said base portion; and (c) a tip portion connected to said first, distal end for contacting and interfering with fibers moving along said fiber path, said tip portion being made of a material having a Shore A durometer hardness of less than 85 for reducing a jarring effect of impact forces between said tip portion and the moving fibers, thereby preventing detrimental dislodging of built up crusts of particles from any part of the flicker bar assembly.