Patent ID: 6568042
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: D01H

Abstract:
A condensing unit for condensing a bundle of textile fibers coming from a drafting unit in a spinning station of a spinning machine, the condensing unit comprising a fixed tube of circular cross-section, which is common to several spinning stations located side by side, the tube being connected to a suction source and having at each station a suction slot which is located on the path of the bundle of fibers and is elongate along the direction of movement thereof, a filtering element mounted so as to be freely rotatable on the fixed tube at each spinning station, the filtering element having at least one perforated portion located in the region of at least one corresponding slot, said filtering element being caused to circulate around the fixed tube, coherently with the bundle of fibres, for transporting the bundle of fibres, wherein the tube has, at each spinning station, a second suction opening located proximate to each suction slot.