Patent ID: 6799957
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: D01D,D04H

Abstract:
An air handler for positioning below a melt spinning apparatus configured to discharge filaments of material onto a collector moving in a machine direction and collecting air discharged from the melt spinning apparatus, said air handler comprising:an outer housing having first walls defining a first interior space, one of said first walls having an intake opening positioned below the collector for admitting the discharged air into said first interior space and another of said first walls having an exhaust opening for exhausting the discharged air; an inner housing positioned within said first interior space and having second walls defining a second interior space coupled in fluid communication with said exhaust opening in said outer housing, one of said second walls of said inner housing having an elongate slot with a major dimension extending in a cross-machine direction, said elongate slot coupling said first interior space in fluid communication with said second interior space; and a first adjustable flow control device positioned in said first interior space, said first flow control device operative for controlling the flow of the discharged air between said first interior space and said second interior space.