Barbara K Dietz

US Patent:

50605453, Oct 29, 1991

Filed:

Aug 23, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/397536

Inventors:

Charles A. Keith - Blountsville TN
Barbara J. Dietz - Kingsport TN
Jose F. Flores - Kingsport TN
Thomas G. Greenwood - Knoxville TN

Assignee:

Mini Fibers, Inc. - Johnson City TN

International Classification:

D01G 104

US Classification:

83 15

Abstract:

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.