Patent ID: 6615455
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: D01G

Abstract:
An opener for opening fibers comprising:a feed section; an opening station located beneath said feed section and including a cabinet having an inner chamber, a waste removal chamber and a fiber web removal unit; said inner chamber having on one side a doffing roll and on a second side a contaminant area, each arranged above one of first and second horizontally spaced opening rolls and a main roll located beneath said opening rolls; said waste removal chamber and said fiber web removal unit being arranged beneath said main roll and said first and second opening rolls; wherein, fibers delivered into said inner chamber are acted on by primarily a first of said opening rolls creating a tumbling action in which contaminants are dislodged and deposited into said contaminant area while fibers picked up by a second of said opening rolls are doffed onto said main roll forming a fiber web for delivery to said fiber web removal section.