Abstract: An apparatus and method of processing textile stock to achieve cleaning and opening by use of a retracting tooth processing cylinder is disclosed. Self doffing is achieved by means of each tooth folding from a positive rake to a negative rake and eventually disappearing to the surface of a rotating cylinder during each cycle of rotation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 6, 1976
Date of Patent:
August 23, 1977
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture