摘要 |
<p>Apparatus for producing, in bulk, long tailed neps, is disclosed the apparatus including a housing 1 supporting a main rotor 11 the periphery of which has a plurality of teeth 13 and beaters which co-operate with teeth on a set of feed rollers 9, 10 mounted in the housing 1 alongside the periphery of the main rotor, the housing 1 having an intake chute 3 and a closeable discharge door 5, the arrangement being such that, in use, a synthetic or material fibrous material is fed to the intake chute 3, while the discharge door 5 is closed, is fed into the housing 1 by the feed rollers 9, 10, the fibrous material being removed by beaters and teeth 13 of the rotor 11 from the feed rollers 9, 10, the fibrous material being spun in the housing 1 and the interaction between the teeth and the beaters of the main rotor 11 and the teeth of the feed rollers causing the fibrous materials to be entangled and felted to form a plurality of long tailed neps which are discharged from the housing 1 when the discharge door 6 is opened.</p> |