Patent ID: 6032883
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B02C,C03B,C03C,Y02W

Abstract:
An apparatus for comminuting glass fiber comprising:a housing having a top portion, a bottom portion, and side walls;a plurality of weighted members flexibly connected to and spaced about a rotatable shaft, wherein the weighted members, when rotated about said shaft, define a rotation circumference;a drive member for rotating the shaft;a glass fiber and carrier material intake opening located at the top portion of the housing;a first adjustable plate located adjacent the glass intake opening and positioned such that there is a space between said first adjustable plate and the weighted members' rotation circumference, wherein said space is adjustable; anda first glass suspension chamber comprising the region defined by the glass intake opening, the first adjustable plate, and the rotation circumference of the weighted members, wherein said suspension chamber, in combination with rotating weighted members, is configured to suspend glass within said suspension chamber until the glass becomes small enough to pass through the space between said first adjustable plate and the rotation circumference.