| 摘要 |
Surface fibres are removed from live animals, carcasses or hides, and particularly wool is removed from sheep, by a broad fibre impacting member 9 having a plurality of spaced shallow indentations which is rotated so as to strike successive groups of fibres in a direction transverse to the direction of the fibres. The fibre impacting members 9, are connected to rotating blades 1 and 2 which are rotatably driven within a housing 8 having a wool intake opening 12 and a fibre and air discharge opening 13. The blades have means 11 which create air movement within the housing into which the removed fibres are entrained for removal to the discharge opening 13. If desired a separate air stream may be created for the same purpose. The apparatus is particularly suitable for use in the removal of chemically weakened wool from sheep but is equally applicable to the removal of fibres from carcasses and hides. <IMAGE> |
