Method and apparatus for cutting tow into staple

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5060545
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07397536

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An apparatus for cutting tow into staple including a shaft having a tow passageway for guiding tow into a cutting mechanism as well as fluid inlet and fluid outlet passageways for providing a cooling media to a whorl assembly; a whorl assembly attached to the shaft and having a tow outlet in communicaiton with the tow passageway and cooling fluid chambers in communication with the fluid inlet and outlets; a rotor assembly mounted around the shaft and the whorl assembly that has a plurality of cutting blades for cutting the tow that is progressing through the shaft and whorl a ssembly into staple having uniform lengths.

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MINIFIBERS INC TENN CORP A CORP OF TNTN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dietz, Barbara J Kingsport, TN 1 3
Flores, Jose F Kingsport, TN 1 3
Greenwood, Thomas G Knoxville, TN 1 3
Keith, Charles A Blountsville, TN 1 3

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