US 12,331,431 B2
Module for a fiber preparation machine and fiber preparation machine
Pascal Meyer, Winterthur (CH); and Lukas Braun, Winterthur (CH)
Assigned to Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG, Winterthur (CH)
Filed by Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG, Winterthur (CH)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,600.
Claims priority of application No. 00211/21 (CH), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0275540 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. D01H 5/16 (2006.01)
CPC D01H 5/16 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber preparation machine, comprising: a plurality of modules, each module comprising:
a cuboid shape having a length (L), a width (B) and a height (H);
opposite and parallel lateral walls spaced apart by the width (B), the lateral walls having a rectangular shape defining the length (L) and height (H) of the cuboid shape;
a cross beam connecting the lateral walls to one another, the cross beam defining the width (B) of the cuboid shape;
each of the lateral walls encompassed by a continuous and unbroken frame around the length (L) and height (H);
wherein at each of the lateral walls a first leg of the frame is arranged along a plane of the lateral wall and a second leg of the frame is arranged at a right angle to the plane of the lateral wall and faces away from the opposite lateral wall; and
wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of modules are assembled together via connection of the second legs along the length (L) or height (H) of the adjacent ones of the plurality of modules such that the connected second legs are continuous and unbroken along an entirety of the assembled modules.