Patent ID: 6085391
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: D01G

Abstract:
A fleece folding machine comprising:first and second belts;a carriage receiving said first and second belts to form a belt intake and intake section for accumulating nap, said belt intake and intake section being formed by two sections of said first and second belts running adjacent to one another and forming an intake slot, said intake section being adapted to a thickness of the nap, said two belt sections running in one of substantially parallel to each other and running at an acute angle to each other, said two belt sections both guiding and covering opposite sides of the nap in said intake section, each of said two sections of said first and second belts forming said intake section are substantially straight, said carriage includes a belt deflection, said intake section tapers in a funnel-shaped manner for compressing the nap and clamping the nap in said intake section before reaching an end of said intake section.