EP0485014B1 - Mixing structure for staple material, especially cotton staples - Google Patents
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
- D01G—PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING
- D01G13/00—Mixing, e.g. blending, fibres; Mixing non-fibrous materials with fibres
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
- D01G—PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING
- D01G23/00—Feeding fibres to machines; Conveying fibres between machines
- D01G23/02—Hoppers; Delivery shoots
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
- D01G—PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING
- D01G23/00—Feeding fibres to machines; Conveying fibres between machines
- D01G23/08—Air draught or like pneumatic arrangements
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- This invention relates to a mixing structure for staple material, especially cotton staples.
- the bins are generally filled to different levels, wherein those bins closest to the feed side of the material have a higher level of material and this level gradually decreases towards the final bin, i.e. the bin furthest away from the feed side.
- the system of distributing the material to the various bins also involves perceptible rarefaction of the material as it approaches the final bin, so that, in addition to having an increasingly lower level, the material is also decreasingly compact from one bin to the next. Consequently, the material has a different degree of compaction at the outlet of the various bins, where feed and mixing rollers are disposed, thus resulting in non-homogeneous mixing, wherein quantities of material originally having the same characteristics are mixed together in different states at the outlet of the bins.
- the FR-E-80675 discloses a mixing structure constituted by a series of bins of a progressive height that are wholly filled in succession with staple material by a belt conveyor, so that the mixture is obtained by mixing the fibres stored in said bins that have been drawn from the original bales and delivered to the bins in different times.
- GB-A-1295455 discloses a mixing structure for fibre flock material constituted by a series of bins of a progressive height, connected in their upper parts by a pressurised duct for the fed fibre material in which deflecting elements are inserted which progressively decrease the available cross section of the upper duct. That mixing device is essentially directed to the effect of the uniform distribution of the fibre material.
- the transportation conditions for the material taken directly from the conveyor are substantially different from those for the subsequent material, increasingly further away from the conveyor, which is removed from the material underneath by means of friction. Therefore, once again, this can lead to different degrees of compaction of the material arriving at the delivery rollers.
- the object of this invention is to overcome the abovementioned limitations and to obviate the disadvantages currently encountered in the case of the known mixers, by providing a mixing structure capable of providing substantially homogeneous mixing without any significant increase in the overall dimensions and substantially retaining the greater part of the conventional structure of the mixer.
- the material supplied in a current of air to the inlet of the mixer is driven in a substantially uniform manner into the various bins, wherein there are no mechanical transporting and conveying elements in the ascending path and the current of air for transportation directs all of the material into the interior of the various bins, said material, by virtue of the inclination of the upper part of the mixer, being distributed among the various bins at different levels, as is necessary for true mixing, but substantially with the same degree of compaction, thereby eliminating the disadvantage specified at the outset and making it possible to achieve improved homogenisation of the material at the outlet.
- the material advanced upwardly into the mixer by a vertical component may also advantageously be distributed among the various bins to a certain extent as a function of the weight of the staples, wherein the vertical component can have a certain influence owing to the force of gravity, acting in the opposite direction to the direction of movement of the material. In this manner, it is possible to obtain a certain degree of sorting of the material into the various bins, this having an advantageous effect on the results of the final mixing.
- a mixer 1 comprises a plurality of adjacent vertical bins 2, separated by means of dividing walls 3 and communicating with one another at the top and having a duct 4 for supplying the staple material, e.g. cotton staples.
- staple material e.g. cotton staples.
- the bins 2 have associated mixing means, e.g. in the form of pairs of delivery feed rollers 5, below which are disposed mixing rollers 6, in an arrangement known per se.
- the rollers 5 of each pair are actuated so as to rotate in opposite directions, with the aid of means known per se.
- Both the rollers 5 and the rollers 6 can be operated at different speeds for the various bins 2, e.g. at a speed gradually decreasing from the bin closest to the feed side to the bin furthest away from the feed side or vice versa, according to a technique which is known per se and which will therefore not be described and illustrated in more detail.
- rollers 5 and 6 supply the material to a common mixing and conveying delivery channel 7, from where the mixed material is drawn into the next machine, e.g. an opener or a carding machine, in the manner known per se.
- a common mixing and conveying delivery channel 7 from where the mixed material is drawn into the next machine, e.g. an opener or a carding machine, in the manner known per se.
- the opposing lateral walls 8 of the body of the mixer 1 are provided with windows 9 so that it is possible to verify the proper movement of the material inside the bins 2.
- a pressure detector 10 is provided in the supply duct 4, at the inlet of the mixer 1.
- means 11 for generating a current of air for the transportation of the material are also disposed in the duct 4.
- this means is an axial-inlet, radial-outlet fan. It is of the known type and is disposed to rotate with the aid of a motor (not shown). The fan draws the material into a current of air, e.g. from a sampler, and delivers it into the mixer 1.
- the walls 8 of the mixer 1 have perforated portions 12 and associated discharge pipes 13, through which the air delivered by the fan 11 leaves the mixer 1.
- the discharge pipes 13 converge into one common outlet 14.
- the structure of the mixer in its upper part is such that the feed direction of the material at the inlet of the mixer, indicated by the arrow 15, slopes upwards and the bins 2 are of a height gradually increasing in the feed direction of the material in the mixer 1.
- the mixer 1 therefore has an inclined top 16, the interior thereof defining a guide surface 17 for the material in the sloping feed direction of the said material. This surface is connected by means of a portion 18 to the wall of the final bin 2.
- the dividing walls 3 end at the top in profiled deflection surfaces 19 known per se, but succeeding one another in a sloping line parallel to the feed direction of the material, so as to define, together with the top 16, a sloping feed channel 20, the inlets to the various bins 2 having gradually decreasing levels departing from the bottom of said channel.
- the transverse inlet sections of the various bins 2 at the surfaces 19 can be of identical size, as illustrated, or they can be of gradually varying size, e.g. gradually decreasing from the bin 2 closest to the feed side to the bin 2 furthest away from the feed side.
- the path 4a of the supply duct external to the mixer 1 is advantageously directly connected thereto, and it also slopes with a degree of inclination equal to that of the feed direction of the material into the mixer 1, so that the material is delivered into said mixer without being subjected to deflection and the entire section of the material can enter the mixer in the same state, resulting advantageously in uniform distribution of the material throughout the various bins 2.
- the angle of inclination of the feed direction, or of the channel 20 and the duct path 4a is preferably between 10° and 70°, according to the nature and quality of the material to be mixed.
- the staple material is delivered in a substantially uniform manner into the various bins 2, so that there is an almost equal degree of compaction in each bin 2, irrespective of its distance from the feed side.
- This inclined arrangement results in the material being disposed at different levels in the various bins 2, thereby creating the conditions for true mixing of different quantities of material, obtained by the successive removal of different qualities of material from the original bale.
- the fan 11 is advantageously controlled as a function of the pressure detected by the pressure detector 10, so as to maintain constant and optimum feed conditions.
- the level of material in the bins 2 can be modified by varying the speed of the delivery feed rollers 5 and the associated mixing rollers 6. E.g. by gradually increasing the speed of the rollers 5 and 6 of the bins 2 closest to the feed side compared to those furthest away from the feed side, it is possible to obtain a more inclined arrangement (indicated by the broken line 21) of the level of material in the various bins 2, thereby varying the characteristics of the mixing.
- the upper part of the mixer 1 can be provided with a cover 23 hinged on to the body of the mixer and capable of being fixed in different angular positions, defining the same inclination as that of the feed direction of the material.
- the duct path 4a is connected to the fixed part of the duct 4 by means of a flexible connection 4b.
- a mixer having a structure according to the invention involves only a modest increase in the overall dimensions, virtually only with respect to its height, and therefore in the direction posing fewest problems, so that it is possible by simple and inexpensive means to achieve more uniform feeding of the bins and thus improved homogenisation of the material.
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- Preliminary Treatment Of Fibers (AREA)
- Yarns And Mechanical Finishing Of Yarns Or Ropes (AREA)
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IT02197890A IT1243895B (it) | 1990-11-06 | 1990-11-06 | Struttura di miscelatore per materiali in fiocchi di fibre, in particolare di cotone |
IT2197890 | 1990-11-06 |
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EP0485014A1 EP0485014A1 (en) | 1992-05-13 |
EP0485014B1 true EP0485014B1 (en) | 1997-09-03 |
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WO2017083911A1 (en) * | 2015-11-17 | 2017-05-26 | Everbright Innovations Pty Ltd | Apparatus for evenly distributing fibres onto a conveyor |
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DE4438224A1 (de) * | 1994-10-26 | 1996-05-02 | Rieter Ag Maschf | Vorrichtung zum Abscheiden von Faserflocken aus einem Transportluftstrom |
DE19846299B4 (de) * | 1998-10-08 | 2010-09-30 | Temafa Maschinenfabrik Gmbh | Öffnervorrichtung |
DE60322175D1 (de) * | 2003-03-27 | 2008-08-28 | Marzoli Spa | Verbindungsteil, um einen Faserzufuhrkanal mit mindestens einer Textilmaschine zu verbinden |
CN107177906A (zh) * | 2017-07-24 | 2017-09-19 | 宁夏如意科技时尚产业有限公司 | 一种清花多仓混棉机 |
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FR80675E (fr) * | 1960-07-18 | 1963-05-31 | Perfectionnements aux procédés et aux machines pour le mélange des matières texties en vue de leur filature | |
CH490525A (de) * | 1968-11-08 | 1970-05-15 | Rieter Ag Maschf | Vorrichtung zum Beschicken eines Schachtes mit flockenförmigen Fasermaterial mittels eines pneumatischen Flockenfördersystems für Spinnereimaschinen |
DE2939968C2 (de) * | 1979-10-02 | 1982-09-02 | Temafa, Textilmaschinenfabrik Meissner, Morgner & Co Gmbh, 5070 Bergisch Gladbach | Füllschacht für eine Krempelspeiseeinrichtung |
DE3151063C2 (de) * | 1981-12-23 | 1984-05-24 | Trützschler GmbH & Co KG, 4050 Mönchengladbach | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Mischen von Textilfasern |
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- 1990-11-06 IT IT02197890A patent/IT1243895B/it active IP Right Grant
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Cited By (1)
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WO2017083911A1 (en) * | 2015-11-17 | 2017-05-26 | Everbright Innovations Pty Ltd | Apparatus for evenly distributing fibres onto a conveyor |
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IT1243895B (it) | 1994-06-28 |
IT9021978A1 (it) | 1992-05-06 |
DE69127528T2 (de) | 1998-04-02 |
IT9021978A0 (it) | 1990-11-06 |
EP0485014A1 (en) | 1992-05-13 |
DE69127528D1 (de) | 1997-10-09 |
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