Abstract:
Apparatus for removing trash from carded fibers includes a plate portion conforming generally to card clothing on the main cylinder, means for positioning the plate portion in superposed spaced relation to the card clothing on the main cylinder between the means feeding fiber to the main cylinder and the doffer, and a passageway defined at least in part by the plate portion permitting removal of trash therethrough responsive to centrifugal force imparted to the trash by the main cylinder but retaining fibers for delivery to the doffer.
Abstract:
Method for grinding the sides of the teeth of flexible card clothing by continuously grinding the sides of the teeth along the full width of said card engine. The grinder comprises a rotatable shaft on which is mounted a plurality of spaced apart abrasive discs along the entire length of the shaft. The grinder extends the entire width of the card engine and while rotating about the axis of the shaft also reciprocates in the direction of the axis to grind the sides of the teeth along the full width of the card engine.
Abstract:
A concave metallic surface suitable for carding and the like is applied to a concave support by placing a predetermined concave reverse set curvature in a band of wire so that teeth on a side of the band opposite a base of the band face inwardly, cutting a plurality of concave segments from said band, positioning the concave segments in adjacent rows in alignment on the concave support with the teeth facing inwardly away from the support, and fastening the segments on the support as by clamping.