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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7082646 | Revolving flats cleaning brushing and resharpening apparatus in a carding machine An apparatus for on card cleaning and grinding of revolving flats (4) in a carding machine is disclosed. The apparatus mounts an interchangeable rotary cleaning brush (14) or grinding wheel (16) on a wheel drive (11) so that the wheel can... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076839 | Card top bar for a carding machine, having a carrying member and a clothing portion A card top bar for a carding machine, has a carrying member and a releasable clothing portion in which card top bar there are provided two card top heads, each of which slides on a slideway, the card top heads comprise at least one sliding region, which is in contac... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7062819 | System for guiding and drawing along mobile flats in a flat card A cogged-belt drive device for drawing along mobile flats of flat cards, in which the cogged belts are equipped, in their development facing the flat guides, with scraping or cleaning elements that eliminate the accumulation of foreign bodies from the guides on whic... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055221 | Flat end head made of polymer material A flat end head with a mounting section for the flat rod and at least one sliding surface for progressive movement on a sliding guide of a card is made of a polymer material. The polymer material may be fiber-reinforced. Further, the polymer material may include a s... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6748628 | Latched snap-in connection A drive belt assembly for a revolving flat card includes a flexible belt. At least a pair of connecting elements are integrally formed with the belt. The connecting elements include a cross-beam with an inclined surface. A locking element is disposed between the pai... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6691373 | Slide guide assembly for traveling flats in a carding machine A carding machine includes a carding cylinder and a plurality of traveling flat bars. Each flat bar has a flat bar clothing carried on an underside of the flat bar for cooperating with the cylinder clothing. The flat bar clothing of the flat bars is orien... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6578237 | Device for cleaning the guides of travelling flats in a flat carding machine Device for cleaning the guides of travelling flats in a flat carding machine, to eliminate from these deposits of foreign material found in the carded fibrous material, consisting in fitting the travelling flats assembly with flats provided with scraping ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6353972 | Apparatus for cleaning traveling flat bars of a carding machine A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder and a traveling flats assembly including flat bars circulating in a path and cooperating with the main carding cylinder. The carding machine further includes an apparatus for cleaning the flat bars. The a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6314620 | Cleaning device for traveling flats of a carding machine A carding machine includes flat bars traveling in an endless path. First and second end rolls periodically reverse the travel direction of each flat bar. First and second drive shafts carry and rotate the respective first and second end rolls. An apparatu... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6226837 | Gearing for jointly driving flat bars and a flat bar cleaning device of a carding machine A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder, a travelling flats assembly having a plurality of flat bars provided with a clothing cooperating with the clothing of the main carding cylinder; an endless flat bar driving element trained about end spro... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6167594 | Shifting device for establishing contact between a flat bar and a cleaner in a carding machine A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder, a travelling flats assembly having a plurality of flat bars provided with a clothing cooperating with the clothing of the main carding cylinder; an endless flat bar driving element trained about end spro... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6052871 | Device and method for cleaning the coverings of the mobile flats in a flat carder Device for cleaning the coverings of the mobile flats in a flat carder, consisting of a rotary brush which is parallel to the to the cards, provided with mobile cleaning equipment, comprising a toothed rake which moves transversely to the brush, and a fix... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6047446 | Carding machine including a device for adjusting the distance between flat bars and the carding cylinder A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder having a cylinder axis and carrying a cylinder clothing on a circumferential surface thereof and a traveling flats assembly cooperating with the main carding cylinder along a circumferential length portio... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5956811 | Revolving flat card In some embodiments, the drive belt for receiving the flats in a revolving flat card employs pairs of connecting elements for snap-fitting into an aperture in an end head at one end of a flat. Each connecting element has an inclined surface which extends ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5761770 | Sliding flat for carding devices and a guiding and drive system therefor A carding flat and a system for guiding and driving it in a card with moving flats driven by articulated chains, in which coupling between the flats and chains is achieved by a form fit using recesses and projections without fixed retention devices, so th... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5749126 | Device for guiding and coupling the sliding flat with the drive belt in a flat card A carding flat and a system for guiding and driving it in a card with moving flats driven by toothed belts, in which coupling between the flats and belts is achieved by a form fit between cavities and projections without fixed retention means, so enabling... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5022121 | Carding machine or scribbler with transversely moving carding element sets A carding machine including a carding drum and a plurality of carding elements cooperating with the carding drum is provided with a cleaning belt carrying a card cloth and mounted for displacement transversely of the direction of rotation of the carding d... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4996746 | Flat cleaning apparatus for a card The flat cleaning apparatus employs a comb for loosening fibers and dirt particles carried by the revolving flats of the revolving flat clothing. In addition, a casing which travels across the width of the revolving system has a suction nozzle for drawing... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4991262 | Lubricating device for the revolving flat arrangement of a carding machine A lubricating device for the revolving flat arrangement of a carding machine having two chains arranged at the sides of the card and engaging ends of the revolving flats. The chains move in a loop and are guided by stationary guides at least in the area o... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4987647 | Securing a flat head to a travelling flat chain bar using coupling pin and circlip means in a textile carding machine A travelling flat bar includes a head, an opening in the head, a coupling element received in the opening and arranged for attaching the flat bar to a flat-moving chain and a securing (locking) arrangement for readily releasably retaining the coupling ele... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4945609 | Revolving flat arrangement for a carding machine A revolving flat arrangement for a carding machine is characterized in that a suction tube with a suction opening is arranged within the loop at the deflection position from the card cylinder to the cleaning device and/or at the deflection position before... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4827573 | Top bar A top bar for carding machines formed from an elongated hollow cold drawn annealed profile. The annealing relieves any stresses developed in the profile during the cold drawing and a dimensionally stable top bar results therefrom.... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4771514 | Arrangement for cleaning the flats in a revolving flats card A cleaning apparatus or arrangement for cleaning a set of flats of a revolving flats card has a pivotable brush for engaging the strips or strip accumulations of the flats and a suction device arranged behind or downstream of the pivotable brush considere... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4766650 | Traveling flat mounting means Improvements in textile raw material card machines of the type of a machine that comprises a structure whereupon a horizontal transversal carding cylinder is rotatively mounted, its revolution surface being provided with barbs and operatively related with... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4759102 | Cleaning apparatus for cleaning the flats of a revolving flats card The cleaning apparatus for cleaning the set of flats of a revolving flats card has a shaft supported by a carrier. The shaft is pivotable about the lengthwise axis of the shaft together with a cleaning brush fixedly mounted on the shaft and extending over... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4757575 | Carding engine; and to movable flats therefor A carding engine equipped with a series of movable flats (1), each flat being clothed with a plurality of carding elements (2) and having a downwardly facing supporting face (13) at each end of the flat. Each end of each flat is secured to a support membe... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4580318 | Carding engines A carding engine comprises a carding cylinder (1) rotatable between bends (2a) at each side of the carding engine. A series of flats (20) are provided, each flat having opposite end sections, the flats being movable over an arc of the cylinder surface. Ea... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4559674 | Movable flat for a carding engine and a support assembly therefor A movable flat assembly for a carding engine. Each of a plurality of flat bars is connected at each end thereof to a chain at the respective side of the carding engine. Each chain comprises a plurality of connected units, each having coupling means for co... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4368561 | Apparatus for stripping revolving card flats A carding machine has a main cylinder, revolving flats provided with clothing and moving along a circumferential portion of the main cylinder, a cleaning apparatus for cleaning the revolving flats and a suction device disposed underneath the apparatus for... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4321731 | Method and apparatus for driving card flats An arrangement for driving the traveling flats of a carding machine. A drive gear is readily releasably secured to the carding machine at one end of the flats for driving the flats in one revolving direction and, for driving the flats in another revolving... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4276677 | Traveling cover A revolving flats arrangement for carding operation, and which is provided with a drive, guide and deflection element. Flats on both ends slide on guides, and are constructed so as to avoid the use of a flats chain. A driving element pushes ahead the flat... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4126915 | Apparatus for stripping card flats and the like An apparatus is illustrated which is especially useful for cleaning the flats of a textile carding machine wherein a rotatable suction conduit has circumferentially spaced slots therein which are successively exposed in cleaning relation to successive fla... | 11/28/1978 |
| 3936910 | Carding method and machine A carding method in which the rotary flats of a carding machine are driven intermittently so that each time the flats are driven only a portion (1/6 to 1/4) of the flats opposed to the cylinder of the machine are replaced by fresh flats, thereby decreasin... | 02/10/1976 |
