Patent ID: 6263545
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: D01G,D04H

Abstract:
Apparatus for forming a non-woven fiber batt of fibrous material comprising;a feed having a plurality of feed chutes for feeding fibers from a plurality of sources;a housing connecting with discharge ends of said feed chutes, said housing having an exit opening which delivers said fibers into a fiber batt forming chute;said housing having a feed roll adjacent each said discharge end of said feed chutes and independent drive motors driven at selected RPMs for each said feed roll said feed rolls acting to withdraw said fibers from said feed chutes in selected volumes and to deliver said fibers into a mixing chamber;a combing roll within said housing, driven at RPM's greater than said feed rolls acting to move said fibers from said mixing chamber onto a beater roll which moves said fibers through a beater chamber; wherein,said fibers are further blended and opened during delivery to further processing.