Patent ID: 7926147
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: D01G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, the apparatus comprising: a fibre-sorting device comprising at least a first roller and a second roller that, in use, rotate rapidly without interruption, and clamping devices distributed spaced apart about a periphery of at least one of the first and second rollers, each clamping device adapted to clamp a bundle of the textile fibers at a distance from a free end of the bundle, wherein the first roller is a turning rotor and the second roller is a combing rotor, the directions of rotation of the turning rotor and the combing rotor being opposed; a supply device adapted to supply the fibre bundle to the fibre-sorting device; at least one mechanical device adapted to generate a combing action from the clamping site to the free end of the fibre bundle in order to loosen and remove non-clamped constituents, wherein the mechanical device is associated with at least one of the first and second rollers; a control and regulation device coupled to at least one of the fibre-sorting device, the supply device and the at least one mechanical device; a plurality of drive devices connected to the control and regulation device; and a plurality of measured value sensors adapted to detect machine-related and technical values relating to the fibres, wherein the measured value sensors are connected to the control and regulation device, and wherein the control and regulation device is adapted to process the measured machine-related and technical values and to emit electrical signals to connected elements to perform in each case at least one function.