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An apparatus for continuously making chopped amorphous fibers that uses an air transport system. The apparatus includes a source of floss, a duct for transporting the floss while it is entrained in a stream of gaseous carrier medium, a chopper for chopping the floss, and a separator. In a preferred

An apparatus for continuously making chopped amorphous fibers that uses an air transport system. The apparatus includes a source of floss, a duct for transporting the floss while it is entrained in a stream of gaseous carrier medium, a chopper for chopping the floss, and a separator. In a preferred embodiment, the floss is chopped while it is entrained in the stream of gaseous carrier medium using a rotating ring chopper, and the chopped floss is subsequently separated using a cyclone separator.

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An apparatus for continuous production of chopped fibers comprising: a flow-inducing device which establishes flow of a continuous stream of gaseous carrier medium; a source of floss which provides Said floss in a form for transport by said continuous stream of gaseous carrier medium; a floss-proces

An apparatus for continuous production of chopped fibers comprising: a flow-inducing device which establishes flow of a continuous stream of gaseous carrier medium; a source of floss which provides Said floss in a form for transport by said continuous stream of gaseous carrier medium; a floss-processing duct disposed in fluid communication with said flow-inducing device for bounding said flow of said stream, said duct having a first end in fluid communication with said source of floss, an intermediate portion having a size and shape sufficient to accommodate floss chopping, and a second end; a chopper which chops floss to reduce said floss to fibers, said chopper having a moving chopping member, said chopper being mounted in said intermediate portion of said duct and having a configuration which chops substantially all floss carried in said stream while said floss is suspended in said stream; and a separator which receives and separates said fibers from said stream of carrier medium without interruption of flow of said stream, said separator being disposed in fluid communication with said second end of said floss-processing duct; whereby floss is continuously produced and chopped to fibers in the presence of said continuous stream of gaseous carrier medium, and said chopped fibers are separated from said continuous stream of gaseous carrier medium.