Patent ID: 7386919

Claim:
An apparatus for recycling finished and unfinished textile products into reusable fibers comprising: a housing; a shaft rotating about an axis carried by said housing; a carrier mounted for rotation with said shaft within said housing; said rotating carrier having a plurality of teeth on at least one side thereof, said teeth of said rotating carrier extending radially of said shaft; a stationary disk mounted in said housing in spaced position from said shaft, said stationary disk having a plurality of teeth on one side thereof, said teeth of said stationary disk extending circumferentially of said shaft; said one side of said rotating carrier and said stationary disk being arranged adjacent each other forming a restricted channel of diminishing width; a feed opening formed about said shaft, beneath said stationary disk; and a collection chamber located outwardly of said restricted channel; wherein, said textile product fed through said feed opening is picked up by said teeth carried by said rotating carrier and urged outwardly into said restricted channel where said teeth of said stationary disk and rotating carrier interact with said product reducing it to opened fibers, said product of opened fibers being expelled out of said restricted channel into said collection chamber.