EP0381860B1 - Cleaning machine for textile fibres - Google Patents

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EP0381860B1
EP0381860B1 EP89123948A EP89123948A EP0381860B1 EP 0381860 B1 EP0381860 B1 EP 0381860B1 EP 89123948 A EP89123948 A EP 89123948A EP 89123948 A EP89123948 A EP 89123948A EP 0381860 B1 EP0381860 B1 EP 0381860B1
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  • the invention relates to a cleaning machine for textile fibers transported in a conveying air flow, with a horizontal roller with impact elements and a predetermined diameter, under the underside of which bar grids are arranged and over the top of which an inlet and an outlet are located at one end of the roller for the air flow and between the inlet and the outlet transfer chambers are arranged, which are delimited by guide plates, which form an acute angle of inclination with a plane perpendicular to the roll axis, as well as by approximately vertical side walls and adjoining cover walls, and which limit the air flow rotating around the roll axis forward each about their own axial width in the axial direction, the cover walls being arranged like a terrace roof and enclosing obtuse angles with one another and with the side walls.
  • At least one such cleaning machine is known from French patent no. 1220618 and available on the market. It serves to dissolve the fiber flakes supplied in the conveying air flow and to remove impurities from them. In the known machine, however, the dissolving effect and the production, in kg / h for a given size of the roller, are not always completely satisfactory.
  • the object of the invention is to design the cleaning machine specified at the outset in such a way that the dissolving effect is improved and higher production is made possible.
  • the cleaning machine according to the invention is therefore characterized in that at least four guide plates are present, which delimit at least three transfer chambers, and in that the ascending angle, which the guide plates form with a plane perpendicular to the roller axis, is between 8 and 20 ° is preferably between 10 and 17 °.
  • the pitch angle which the guide plates form with a plane perpendicular to the roll axis is smaller than in the known machine, and it has surprisingly been found that the tendency towards clumping in the transfer chambers decreases with a decreasing pitch angle.
  • the pitch angle should not be chosen too small, since otherwise there is a risk of constipation. Suitable pitch angles are between 8 and 20 °, preferably between 10 and 17 °.
  • the larger number of transfer chambers also reduces the axial width of the individual transfer chambers, which also counteracts the accumulation of larger quantities of flakes in the transfer chambers.
  • the axial width of the transfer chambers naturally also depends on the length of the roller. If this length is relatively large, each transfer chamber can expediently be divided into subchambers by at least one partition wall parallel to the guide plates. As a result, the flake stream is divided into smaller sub-streams when hiking through the transfer chambers.
  • the obtuse angles mentioned can be in the range from 120 to 140 ° and the uppermost of the covering walls can be one from the peripheral surface of the roller
  • the obtuse angles mentioned can be in the range from 120 to 140 ° and the uppermost of the covering walls can be one from the peripheral surface of the roller
  • the cleaning machine shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a horizontal opening roller 1, which is rotatably mounted about its axis A in a housing 2 and the circumference of which is occupied with striking pins 3 in the usual way.
  • the roller 1 is rotated in operation by a drive motor, not shown, in the direction of the arrow.
  • Two rod grids 4, 5 are arranged under the underside of the roller 1.
  • the housing 2 Above the top of the roller 1, the housing 2 has an air inlet 6 at one end of the roller and an air outlet 7 at the other end of the roller.
  • the positions of the inlet 6 and the outlet 7, which are not visible here, are each different indicated by a broken line.
  • baffles 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 are arranged in the housing 2, which are inclined to the roller axis A, so that they have a predetermined, with a plane E perpendicular to this axis A, form acute slope angle ⁇ described below.
  • the six baffles limit over the top of the roller 1 between the inlet 6 and the outlet 7 five transfer chambers 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, which each around the air flow rotating around the roller 1 by about its own axial width b of 5 to 15 cm in the axial direction hand off.
  • the transfer chambers 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 are also limited by housing walls running parallel to the roller axis A, namely by two approximately vertical side walls 21 and 22 and three cover walls 23, 24 and 25 adjacent to them.
  • the cover walls 23, 24 and 25 are arranged in the shape of a terrace roof, i.e. they form three sides of an isosceles trapezoid in vertical section, and they form obtuse angles ⁇ and ⁇ or ⁇ and ⁇ with one another and with the side walls 21 and 22, which are 120 to 140 °, preferably 135 each °.
  • the top, approximately horizontal cover wall 24 has a distance H from the peripheral surface of the roller 1, which is the same 1 12th to 1 5 preferably about 1 7 of the diameter D of the roller 1.
  • the cleaning machine is supplied with textile fibers to be cleaned and dissolved in flake form in a conveying air flow through the inlet 6.
  • the conveying air with the fibers flows essentially six times around the underside of the roller 1 and between them one after the other through the five transfer chambers 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 above the top of the roller 1 and finally through the outlet 7 to the housing 2 leave.
  • the flakes of fiber are processed and increasingly dissolved by the striking pins 3 and grids 4 and 5, and contaminants are separated from the fibers, separated by the grids 4 and 5 and then removed by a suction line 19.
  • the fibers are then flung upwards into the next transfer chamber.
  • the cleaning machine according to the invention contains at least four baffles or three transfer chambers, preferably six baffles and five transfer chambers as shown.
  • baffles or nine transfer chambers should generally not be used, because otherwise the angle ⁇ , which the baffles form with the plane E perpendicular to the roller axis A, can become too small.
  • a small angle .alpha. Has been found to be favorable for avoiding the formation of fiber lumps, but there is a risk of the transfer chambers becoming blocked if the angle .alpha. Becomes too small.
  • the angle ⁇ can expediently be between 8 and 20 °, preferably between 10 and 17 °.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show in a view similar to FIG. 2 each a cleaning machine in which the roller 1.1 or 1.2 is longer than the roller 1 in FIG. 2.
  • the cleaning machines according to FIGS. 3 and 4 again contain the six Baffles 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, which limit the five transfer chambers 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. Due to the greater length of the rollers 1.1 and 1.2, the inclination angle ⁇ of the guide plates is also correspondingly larger, but its size is still in the range specified above (8 to 20 °, preferably 10 to 17 °). At the same time, due to the greater length of the rollers 1.1 and 1.2, the axial width b.1 and b.2 of each of the transfer chambers 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 in Fig. 3 and 4 become larger.
  • each of the transfer chambers is therefore divided into two subchambers 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1 by a partition wall 20 parallel to the guide plates.
  • the axial width bt of each sub-chamber is thus only about half as large as the axial width bl of the transfer chambers.
  • each of the transfer chambers is divided into three partial chambers by two partition walls 20 parallel to the guide plates, the axial width bt of which is still approximately equal to one third of the width b.2 of the transfer chambers.
  • the width of the subchambers should not be greater than about 15 cm, it can usefully be 5 to 15 cm. Due to the partition walls 20, the conveying air flow or flock flow is divided into smaller flows in each transfer chamber, thus reducing the risk of fiber clumping accordingly.
  • the dissolution of a lump twice as large offers more than double difficulties because the networking in the larger lump is more intensive.
  • Another feature of the cleaning machine described which also helps to avoid the formation of larger clumps of fiber, is the fact that the air inlet 6 is arranged in such a way that the conveying air flow entering through it and transporting the fiber flakes is tangential to the opening roller 1 from top to bottom runs in such a way that the air flow at the point where it meets the circumference of the roller has the same direction of movement as the circumference of the rotating roller 1.
  • the striking pins 3 on the roller 1 should therefore not move counter to the incoming conveying air stream.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Reinigungsmaschine für in einem Förderluftstrom transportierte Textilfasern, mit einer liegenden, mit Schlagelementen besetzten Walze mit einem vorgegebenen Durchmesser, unter deren Unterseite Stabroste angeordnet sind und über deren Oberseite bei einem Ende der Walze ein Einlass und beim anderen Ende ein Auslass für den Luftstrom und zwischen dem Einlass und dem Auslass Ueberleitkammern angeordnet sind, die von Leitplatten, welche mit einer zur Walzenachse senkrechten Ebene einen spitzen Steigungswinkel bilden, sowie von etwa vertikalen Seitenwänden und an diese angrenzenden Abdeckwänden begrenzt sind und die den um die Walzenachse drehenden Luftstrom je etwa um ihre eigene axiale Breite in Achsrichtung weiterleiten, wobei die Abdeckwände terrassendachförmig angeordnet sind und miteinander sowie mit den Seitenwänden stumpfe Winkel einschliessen.The invention relates to a cleaning machine for textile fibers transported in a conveying air flow, with a horizontal roller with impact elements and a predetermined diameter, under the underside of which bar grids are arranged and over the top of which an inlet and an outlet are located at one end of the roller for the air flow and between the inlet and the outlet transfer chambers are arranged, which are delimited by guide plates, which form an acute angle of inclination with a plane perpendicular to the roll axis, as well as by approximately vertical side walls and adjoining cover walls, and which limit the air flow rotating around the roll axis forward each about their own axial width in the axial direction, the cover walls being arranged like a terrace roof and enclosing obtuse angles with one another and with the side walls.

Mindestens eine solche Reinigungsmaschine ist bekannt aus dem französischen Patent No. 1220618 und auf dem Markt erhältlich. Sie dient dazu, die im Förderluftstrom zugeführten Faserflocken aufzulösen und Verunreinigungen daraus zu entfernen. Bei der bekannten Maschine sind jedoch die Auflösewirkung und die Produktion, in kg/h bei einer gegebenen Grösse der Walze, nicht immer vollständig befriedigend.At least one such cleaning machine is known from French patent no. 1220618 and available on the market. It serves to dissolve the fiber flakes supplied in the conveying air flow and to remove impurities from them. In the known machine, however, the dissolving effect and the production, in kg / h for a given size of the roller, are not always completely satisfactory.

Die Aufgabe der Erfindung besteht darin, die eingangs angegebene Reinigungsmaschine so auszubilden, dass die Auflösewirkung verbessert wird und eine höhere Produktion ermöglicht wird.The object of the invention is to design the cleaning machine specified at the outset in such a way that the dissolving effect is improved and higher production is made possible.

Es ist gefunden worden, dass sich in der bekannten Maschine die schon teilweise aufgelösten Faserflocken in den Ueberleitkammern gelegentlich wieder zu Klumpen sammeln, die dann erneut von der Walze aufgelöst werden müssen (wobei beim Auflösen solcher Klumpen auch noch die Gefahr der Nissenbildung besteht), was auf eine entsprechende Führung der Fasern in den bekannten Ueberleitkammern zurückzuführen ist.It has been found that, in the known machine, the fiber flakes which have already been partially dissolved occasionally collect again in the transfer chambers to form lumps which then have to be dissolved again by the roller (although there is also a risk of nits forming when such lumps are released), which can be attributed to a corresponding guidance of the fibers in the known transfer chambers.

Die erfindungsgemässe Reinigungsmaschine, mit der die angegebene Aufgabe gelöst wird, ist daher dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens vier Leitplatten vorhanden sind, die mindestens drei Ueberleitkammern begrenzen und, daß der Steigusgswinkel, den die Leitplatten mit einer zur Walzenachse senkrechten Ebene bilden, zwischen 8 und 20° liegt, vorzugsweise zwischen 10 und 17°.The cleaning machine according to the invention, with which the stated object is achieved, is therefore characterized in that at least four guide plates are present, which delimit at least three transfer chambers, and in that the ascending angle, which the guide plates form with a plane perpendicular to the roller axis, is between 8 and 20 ° is preferably between 10 and 17 °.

Zweckmässig können vier bis sieben, vorzugsweise fünf, Ueberleitkammern vorhanden sein, die von fünf bis acht, vorzugsweise sechs, Leitplatten begrenzt sind.Four to seven, preferably five, transfer chambers which are delimited by five to eight, preferably six, guide plates can expediently be present.

Durch die grössere Zahl der Ueberleitkammern wird der Steigungswinkel, den die Leitplatten mit einer zur Walzenachse senkrechten Ebene bilden, kleiner als in der bekannten Maschine, und es hat sich überraschenderweise gezeigt, dass mit kleiner werdendem Steigungswinkel die Tendenz zur Klumpenbildung in den Ueberleitkammern abnimmt. Allzu klein sollte der Steigungswinkel jedoch nicht gewählt werden, weil sonst eine Gefahr von Verstopfung auftritt. Geeignete Steigungswinkel liegen zwischen 8 und 20°, vorzugsweise zwischen 10 und 17°.Due to the larger number of transfer chambers, the pitch angle which the guide plates form with a plane perpendicular to the roll axis is smaller than in the known machine, and it has surprisingly been found that the tendency towards clumping in the transfer chambers decreases with a decreasing pitch angle. However, the pitch angle should not be chosen too small, since otherwise there is a risk of constipation. Suitable pitch angles are between 8 and 20 °, preferably between 10 and 17 °.

Zusätzlich wird durch die grössere Zahl der Ueberleitkammern auch die axiale Breite der einzelnen Ueberleitkammern kleiner, was ebenfalls der Ansammlung von grösseren Flockenmengen in den Ueberleitkammern entgegenwirkt. Die axiale Breite der Ueberleitkammern hängt natürlich auch von der Länge der Walze ab. Wenn diese Länge relativ gross ist, kann zweckmässig jede Ueberleitkammer durch wenigstens eine zu den Leitplatten parallele Unterteilungswand in Teilkammern unterteilt sein. Dadurch wird dann der Flockenstrom beim Wandern durch die Ueberleitkammern in kleinere Teilströme unterteilt.In addition, the larger number of transfer chambers also reduces the axial width of the individual transfer chambers, which also counteracts the accumulation of larger quantities of flakes in the transfer chambers. The axial width of the transfer chambers naturally also depends on the length of the roller. If this length is relatively large, each transfer chamber can expediently be divided into subchambers by at least one partition wall parallel to the guide plates. As a result, the flake stream is divided into smaller sub-streams when hiking through the transfer chambers.

Ausserdem können die genannten stumpfen Winkel im Bereich von 120 bis 140° liegen und kann die oberste der Abdeckwände von der Umfangsfläche der Walze einen Abstand haben, der gleich 1 12

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des Durchmessers der Walze ist, was bei einem vorgegebenen und der Maschine angepassten Luftdurchsatz den Vorteil einer derartigen Faserflockenführung bringt, dass die-Flocken ohne Klumpenbildung und mit einem gewünschten Aufschlag gegen die Abdeckwände geführt werden, wodurch der Reinigungseffekt erhöht wird.In addition, the obtuse angles mentioned can be in the range from 120 to 140 ° and the uppermost of the covering walls can be one from the peripheral surface of the roller Have the same distance 1 12th
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of the diameter of the roller, which, with a given air throughput adapted to the machine, has the advantage of such fiber flake guidance that the flakes are guided against the cover walls without lump formation and with a desired impact, which increases the cleaning effect.

Ausführungsbeispiele der Erfindung werden nachstehend anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert. In dieser zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 eine Reinigungsmaschine schematisch im Vertikalschnitt nach der Linie I-I in Fig. 2,
  • Fig. 2 eine schematische Draufsicht auf die Reinigungsmaschine gemäss Fig. 1 ohne die Abdeckwände und
  • Fig. 3 und Fig. 4 je in einer Ansicht ähnlich wie Fig. 2 jeweils eine Variante.
Embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to the drawing. In this show:
  • 1 is a cleaning machine schematically in vertical section along the line II in Fig. 2,
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of the cleaning machine according to FIG. 1 without the cover walls and
  • 3 and 4 each show a variant in a view similar to FIG. 2.

Die in den Fig. 1 und 2 dargestellte Reinigungsmaschine besitzt eine liegende Auflösewalze 1, die in einem Gehäuse 2 um ihre Achse A drehbar gelagert ist und deren Umfang in üblicher Weise mit Schlagstiften 3 besetzt ist. Die Walze 1 wird im Betrieb von einem nicht dargestellten Antriebsmotor in Pfeilrichtung gedreht. Unter der Unterseite der Walze 1 sind zwei Stabroste 4, 5 angeordnet. Ueber der Oberseite der Walze 1 besitzt das Gehäuse 2 bei einem Ende der Walze einen Lufteinlass 6 und beim anderen Ende der Walze einen Luftauslass 7. In Fig. 2 sind die Lagen des Einlasses 6 und des Auslasses 7, die hier nicht sichtbar sind, je mit einer unterbrochenen Linie angedeutet. Zwischen dem Einlass 6 und dem Auslass 7 sind im Gehäuse 2 sechs Leitbleche 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 angeordnet, die zur Walzenachse A schräg gestellt sind, so dass sie mit einer zu dieser Achse A senkrechten Ebene E einen vorgegebenen, im Nachstehenden beschriebenen spitzen Steigungswinkel α bilden. Die sechs Leitbleche begrenzen über der Oberseite der Walze 1 zwischen dem Einlass 6 und dem Auslass 7 fünf Ueberleitkammern 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, welche den um die Walze 1 drehenden Luftstrom je etwa um ihre eigene axiale Breite b von 5 bis 15 cm in Achsrichtung weiterleiten.The cleaning machine shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a horizontal opening roller 1, which is rotatably mounted about its axis A in a housing 2 and the circumference of which is occupied with striking pins 3 in the usual way. The roller 1 is rotated in operation by a drive motor, not shown, in the direction of the arrow. Two rod grids 4, 5 are arranged under the underside of the roller 1. Above the top of the roller 1, the housing 2 has an air inlet 6 at one end of the roller and an air outlet 7 at the other end of the roller. In FIG. 2, the positions of the inlet 6 and the outlet 7, which are not visible here, are each different indicated by a broken line. Between the inlet 6 and the outlet 7, six baffles 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 are arranged in the housing 2, which are inclined to the roller axis A, so that they have a predetermined, with a plane E perpendicular to this axis A, form acute slope angle α described below. The six baffles limit over the top of the roller 1 between the inlet 6 and the outlet 7 five transfer chambers 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, which each around the air flow rotating around the roller 1 by about its own axial width b of 5 to 15 cm in the axial direction hand off.

Die Ueberleitkammern 14, 15, 16, 17 und 18 sind im übrigen auch durch parallel zur Walzenachse A verlaufende Gehäusewände begrenzt, nämlich durch zwei etwa vertikale Seitenwände 21 und 22 und drei an diese angrenzende Abdeckwände 23, 24 und 25. Die Abdeckwände 23, 24 und 25 sind terrassendachförmig angeordnet, das heisst, sie bilden im Vertikalschnitt drei Seiten eines gleichschenkligen Trapezes, und sie schliessen miteinander und mit den Seitenwänden 21 und 22 stumpfe Winkel γ und δ bzw. β und ε ein, welche 120 bis 140° vorzugsweise je 135°, betragen. Die oberste, etwa horizontale Abdeckwand 24 hat von der Umfangsfläche der Walze 1 einen Abstand H, der gleich 1 12

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vorzugsweise etwa 1 7
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des Durchmessers D der Walze 1 ist.The transfer chambers 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 are also limited by housing walls running parallel to the roller axis A, namely by two approximately vertical side walls 21 and 22 and three cover walls 23, 24 and 25 adjacent to them. The cover walls 23, 24 and 25 are arranged in the shape of a terrace roof, i.e. they form three sides of an isosceles trapezoid in vertical section, and they form obtuse angles γ and δ or β and ε with one another and with the side walls 21 and 22, which are 120 to 140 °, preferably 135 each °. The top, approximately horizontal cover wall 24 has a distance H from the peripheral surface of the roller 1, which is the same 1 12th
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of the diameter D of the roller 1.

Im Betrieb werden der Reinigungsmaschine zu reinigende und aufzulösende Textilfasern in Flockenform in einem Förderluftstrom durch den Einlass 6 zugeführt. Die Förderluft mit den Fasern strömt im wesentlichen sechsmal um die Unterseite der Walze 1 herum und dazwischen jeweils nacheinander durch die fünf Ueberleitkammern 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 über der Oberseite der Walze 1, um das Gehäuse 2 schliesslich durch den Auslass 7 zu verlassen. Beim Herumlaufen um die Unterseite der Walze 1 werden die Faserflocken durch die Schlagstifte 3 und Roste 4 und 5 bearbeitet und zunehmend aufgelöst, und Verunreinigungen werden von den Fasern getrennt, durch die Roste 4 und 5 hindurch abgeschieden und dann durch eine Absaugleitung 19 entfernt. Danach werden die Fasern jeweils nach oben in die nächstfolgende Ueberleitkammer geschleudert.In operation, the cleaning machine is supplied with textile fibers to be cleaned and dissolved in flake form in a conveying air flow through the inlet 6. The conveying air with the fibers flows essentially six times around the underside of the roller 1 and between them one after the other through the five transfer chambers 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 above the top of the roller 1 and finally through the outlet 7 to the housing 2 leave. When running around the underside of the roller 1, the flakes of fiber are processed and increasingly dissolved by the striking pins 3 and grids 4 and 5, and contaminants are separated from the fibers, separated by the grids 4 and 5 and then removed by a suction line 19. The fibers are then flung upwards into the next transfer chamber.

Durch die geeignete Wahl des Steigungswinkels α, der Breite b und der Anzahl der Ueberleitkammern, je in den in dieser Beschreibung angegebenen Bereichen, werden Faseransammlungen und Faserklumpenbildungen in den Ueberleitkammern weitgehend vermieden. Wenn, wie in bekannten Reinigungsmaschinen, nur drei Leitbleche bzw. zwei Ueberleitkammern vorhanden sind, werden zu grosse Flockenmengen an den schräg gestellten Kammerwänden gesammelt und als Klumpen wieder der Auflösewalze zugeführt, die dann beinahe wieder von vorn mit der Auflösung beginnen muss. Daher enthält die erfindungsgemässe Reinigungsmaschine wenigstens vier Leitbleche bzw. drei Ueberleitkammern, vorzugsweise wie gezeichnet sechs Leitbleche und fünf Ueberleitkammern. Mehr als zehn Leitbleche bzw. neun Ueberleitkammern sollten in der Regel nicht verwendet werden, weil sonst der Winkel α, den die Leitbleche mit der zur Walzenachse A senkrechten Ebene E bilden, zu klein werden kann. Ein kleiner Winkel α ist zwar, wie gefunden wurde, günstig für die Vermeidung von Faserklumpenbildungen, jedoch entsteht eine Gefahr der Verstopfung der Ueberleitkammern, wenn der Winkel α allzu klein wird. Zweckmässig kann der Winkel α zwischen 8 und 20° liegen, vorzugsweise zwischen 10 und 17°.Through the appropriate choice of the pitch angle α, the width b and the number of transfer chambers, depending on the ranges specified in this description, fiber accumulations and fiber clump formation in the transfer chambers are largely avoided. If, as in known cleaning machines, only three baffles or two transfer chambers are available, excessive amounts of flakes are collected on the inclined chamber walls and fed back to the opening roller as lumps, which then almost have to start again from the beginning. Therefore, the cleaning machine according to the invention contains at least four baffles or three transfer chambers, preferably six baffles and five transfer chambers as shown. More than ten baffles or nine transfer chambers should generally not be used, because otherwise the angle α, which the baffles form with the plane E perpendicular to the roller axis A, can become too small. A small angle .alpha. Has been found to be favorable for avoiding the formation of fiber lumps, but there is a risk of the transfer chambers becoming blocked if the angle .alpha. Becomes too small. The angle α can expediently be between 8 and 20 °, preferably between 10 and 17 °.

Die Fig. 3 und 4 zeigen in einer ähnlichen Ansicht wie Fig. 2 je eine Reinigungsmaschine, in der die Walze 1.1 bzw. 1.2 länger ist als die Walze 1 in Fig. 2. Die Reinigungsmaschinen gemäss Fig. 3 und 4 enthalten wieder die sechs Leitbleche 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, welche die fünf Ueberleitkammern 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 begrenzen. Durch die grössere Länge der Walzen 1.1 bzw. 1.2 ist der Schrägstellungswinkel α der Leitbleche auch entsprechend grösser, seine Grösse liegt aber immer noch im vorstehend angegebenen Bereich (8 bis 20°, vorzugsweise 10 bis 17°). Gleichzeitig ist durch die grössere Länge der Walzen 1.1 bzw. 1.2 auch die axiale Breite b.1 bzw. b.2 jeder der Ueberleitkammern 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 in Fig. 3 und 4 grösser geworden. Daher ist in Fig. 3 jede der Ueberleitkammern durch je eine zu den Leitblechen parallele Unterteilungswand 20 in zwei Teilkammern 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1 unterteilt. Die axiale Breite bt jeder Teilkammer ist damit nur etwa halb so gross wie die axiale Breite b.l der Ueberleitkammern. In Fig. 4 ist jede der Ueberleitkammern durch je zwei zu den Leitblechen paralle Unterteilungswände 20 in drei Teilkammern unterteilt, deren axiale Breite bt noch etwa gleich einem Drittel der Breite b.2 der Ueberleitkammern ist. Die Breite der Teilkammern sollte nicht grösser als etwa 15 cm sein, sie kann zweckmässig 5 bis 15 cm betragen. Durch die Unterteilungswände 20 wird der Förderluftstrom bzw. Flockenstrom in jeder Ueberleitkammer in kleinere Ströme unterteilt, womit die Gefahr der Faserklumpenbildung entsprechend reduziert wird. Die Auflösung eines doppelt so grossen Klumpens bietet mehr als doppelte Schwierigkeiten, weil die Vernetzung im grösseren Klumpen intensiver ist.3 and 4 show in a view similar to FIG. 2 each a cleaning machine in which the roller 1.1 or 1.2 is longer than the roller 1 in FIG. 2. The cleaning machines according to FIGS. 3 and 4 again contain the six Baffles 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, which limit the five transfer chambers 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. Due to the greater length of the rollers 1.1 and 1.2, the inclination angle α of the guide plates is also correspondingly larger, but its size is still in the range specified above (8 to 20 °, preferably 10 to 17 °). At the same time, due to the greater length of the rollers 1.1 and 1.2, the axial width b.1 and b.2 of each of the transfer chambers 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 in Fig. 3 and 4 become larger. 3, each of the transfer chambers is therefore divided into two subchambers 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1 by a partition wall 20 parallel to the guide plates. The axial width bt of each sub-chamber is thus only about half as large as the axial width bl of the transfer chambers. In FIG. 4, each of the transfer chambers is divided into three partial chambers by two partition walls 20 parallel to the guide plates, the axial width bt of which is still approximately equal to one third of the width b.2 of the transfer chambers. The width of the subchambers should not be greater than about 15 cm, it can usefully be 5 to 15 cm. Due to the partition walls 20, the conveying air flow or flock flow is divided into smaller flows in each transfer chamber, thus reducing the risk of fiber clumping accordingly. The dissolution of a lump twice as large offers more than double difficulties because the networking in the larger lump is more intensive.

Ein weiteres Merkmal der beschriebenen Reinigungsmaschine, welches ebenfalls dazu beiträgt, die Bildung grösserer Faserklumpen zu vermeiden, ist die Tatsache, dass der Lufteinlass 6 so angeordnet ist, dass der durch diesen eintretende, die Faserflocken transportierende Förderluftstrom von oben nach unten etwa tangential zur Auflösewalze 1 verläuft, und zwar derart, dass der Luftstrom an der Stelle, wo er den Walzenumfang trifft, die gleiche Bewegungsrichtung hat wie der Umfang der rotierenden Walze 1. Die Schlagstifte 3 auf der Walze 1 sollen sich also nicht entgegengesetzt zum eintretenden Förderluftstrom bewegen.Another feature of the cleaning machine described, which also helps to avoid the formation of larger clumps of fiber, is the fact that the air inlet 6 is arranged in such a way that the conveying air flow entering through it and transporting the fiber flakes is tangential to the opening roller 1 from top to bottom runs in such a way that the air flow at the point where it meets the circumference of the roller has the same direction of movement as the circumference of the rotating roller 1. The striking pins 3 on the roller 1 should therefore not move counter to the incoming conveying air stream.

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  1. A cleaning machine for textile fibres conveyed in a conveying air stream, with a horizontal roller (1) provided with beater elements (3) and having a predetermined diameter (D), with bar grates (4,5) being arranged below its lower side, with an inlet (6) being provided over their upper side at the one end of the roller (1) and with an outlet (7) being provided at the other end for the air stream and with transfer chambers (14,15,16,17,18) which are arranged between the inlet (6) and the outlet (7) and are limited by guide plates (8,9,10,11, 12,13) forming an acute angle of inclination (α) with a plane (E) being vertical to the roller axis (A) and by substantially vertical side walls (21,22) and cover walls (23,24,25) adjacent thereto and which chambers advance the air stream rotating about the roller axis (A) in the axial direction by approximately their own axial width (b), with the cover walls (23,24,25) being arranged in terraced-like manner and enclosing both mutually and with the side walls (21,22) obtuse angles (β,γ,δ,ε), characterized in that at least four guide plates (8,9,10,11,12,13) are present which limit at least three transfer chambers (14,15,16,17,18) and that the angle of inclination (α) which the guide plates (8,9,10, 11,12,13) form with a plane (E) vertical to the roller axis (A) is between 8 and 20°, preferably between 10 and 17°.
  2. A cleaning machine as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that three to nine transfer chambers (14,15,16,17,18) are present which are limited by four to ten guide plates (8,9,10,11, 12,13).
  3. A cleaning machine as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that four to seven, preferably five transfer chambers are present (14,15,16,17, 18) which are limited by five to eight, preferably six guide plates (8,9,10,11,12,13).
  4. A cleaning machine as claimed in one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the axial width (b) of the transfer chambers (14,15,16,17,18) is between 5 and 15 cm.
  5. A cleaning machine as claimed in one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that one transfer chamber (14,15,16,17,18) is subdivided into partial chambers by at least one partition wall (20) being parallel to the guide plates (8,9,10,11,12,13).
  6. A cleaning machine as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the axial width of each partial chamber (14.1 - 18.1; 14.2 - 18.2) is between 5 and 15 cm.
  7. A cleaning machine as claimed in one of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the air inlet (6) is arranged in such a way that the supplied air flows approximately tangentially to one side of the roller (1), which side moves in the same direction as the supplied air during the rotation of the roller.
  8. A cleaning machine as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the air inlet (6) is arranged in such a way that the supplied air flows from above downwardly to the said side of the roller (1).
  9. A cleaning machine as claimed in one of the claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the said obtuse angles (β,γ,δ,ε), are in the range of 120 to 140° and are preferably approximately 135°.
  10. A cleaning machine as claimed in one of the claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the uppermost cover wall (24) is provided at a distance from the circumferential surface of the roller (1) which is equivalent to 1/2 to 1/5, preferably equivalent to 1/7, of the diameter (D) of the roller (1).
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