Feed tray assembly for advancing fiber material in a fiber processing machine

摘要

A fiber processing machine for forming a fiber lap from fiber tufts, includes a fiber feeding assembly which has a feed roll having a rotary axis; a carrier element extending adjacent and along the feed roll; and a feed tray array cooperating with the feed roll for drawing fiber material into a nip defined between the feed tray array and the feed roll and for discharging the fiber material from the nip. The feed tray array is composed of a series of individual feed trays lined up along the feed roll. Individual, separate rotary supports for mounting each feed tray on the carrier element provide for a pivotal motion of each feed tray in a plane generally perpendicular to the rotary axis of the feed roll.