公开(公告)号：US20030173436A1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-18

申请号：US10388106

申请日：2003-03-13

申请人： Johns Manville International, Inc.

发明人： Randall C. Bascom ,  Jeffrey James Bryant ,  Gary Lee Dachenhaus ,  Archie Mead ,  Mark J. Scott ,  Randy C. Hyter

IPC分类号： B02C018/18

CPC分类号： D01G1/04 ,  C03B37/16 ,  Y10T29/49547 ,  Y10T29/4973 ,  Y10T29/49895 ,  Y10T83/9377 ,  Y10T83/9469 ,  Y10T83/9488

摘要： A chopper for chopping continuous items like fiber, fiber strand, yarn, string, wire, tape or ribbon, etc. which enters the chopper in unwound form at a high linear speed is disclosed having improvements that permit the chopper to tilt to change the angle of discharge of the chopped item(s). Also disclosed is a fast acting roll retainer and a chopper having the fast acting roll retainer that permits a backup roll and a blade roll to be removed and replaced in a faster and less damaging manner. Methods of chopping and changing rolls on an apparatus using the disclosed apparatus are also disclosed.