Method and apparatus for fiber batt treatment
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Mar 2, 2004
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Jul 11, 2002
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Nov 16, 2001
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Feb 2, 2000
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A method and apparatus for conditioning a fibrous material. The conditioning arrangement includes a moisturizing chamber having two series of opposed rollers arranged to accept a fiber batt into a pressing space therebetween. The pressing space tapers from a batt entrance toward a batt exit. This tapered configuration is affected for compressing a fiber batt as it is rolled therethrough. As illustrated, before entering the conditioner, the cotton batt has a greater thickness than after compaction and processing through the moisturizing chamber. A moisture infusion assembly is provided within the moisturizing chamber and has an air distributor configured to dispense moisture laden air adjacent to a fiber batt being processed through the pressing space. An air collector is configured to pull exhaust air away from the fiber batt being processed through the pressing space. The moisturizing chamber is configured to confine and circulate dispensed moisture laden air through the fiber batt being processed through the pressing space for optimizing a finished moisture content thereof.
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