Improvements relating to opening and cleaning machinery for cotton and other textile fibres

摘要

239,658. Bancroft, J., and Howard & Bullough, Ltd. July 26, 1924. Openers and cleaners. -The exhaust cage of an opener or cleaner for cotton &c. is provided with an internal plate F shaped to give an airpassage B of minimum area at the centre H and of maximum area at the sides J where the cage connects to the ducts leading to the exhaust fan, so as to secure a uniform flow of air over the whole of the width of the cage. The plate can be moved inside the cage to alter its position circumferentially relatively to the cage.