Apparatus for blending bales of fibres.

摘要

Apparatus for removing staple fibre or like material from a plurality of differing sources, such as bales, located adjacent each other including a stationary material collection conduit (12) and a material pick-up means (24) characterised by a movable material collection conduit (21) having one end movably associated with the stationary conduit (12) such that material collected in the movable conduit can be delivered to the collection conduit (12), and in that the material pick-up means (24) has a discharge means movably associated with the movable conduit (21) whereby material from the plurality of sources may be gathered therefrom into the pick-up means (24) and thence into the travelling and collection conduits (21, 12).