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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7152278 | Nonwoven card for the production of nonwoven fabric of fiber material In a nonwoven card for the production of nonwoven fabric of fiber material, with a drawing-in means (2,4), a licker-in (6), a main cylinder (16), and at least one fiber doffer means (18) engaged with the main cylinder (16), for dof... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7003853 | Intermediate card for manufacturing nonwovens of fibrous material as well as method for manufacturing nonwovens of fibrous material In an intermediate card for manufacturing nonwovens of fibrous material, with a drawing-in means (2), with at least one main cylinder (4), and with several fiber take-off means (6a, 6b, 6c) for taking over at l... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6932590 | Apparatus for the continuous production of spun-bond web An apparatus for producing spun-bond webs has, beneath the receiving belt, a suction unit having at least two suction zones including a primary suction zone and at least one other suction zone, the primary suction zone receiving most of the filaments from an aerodyn... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6073313 | Intermediate card and a web-production process A method and apparatus for producing a web of non-woven fibrous material which is cross-linked in the carding step by means of an intermediate card. There is a main cylinder with two web forming rollers engaging the main cylinder, each taking off one card... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5974628 | Card for textile fibers with carding cylinders cooperating in series A feed roller with clothing, the so-called taker-in (1A), feeds a first carding cylinder (3,) which presents it to a second carding cylinder (7) which rotates at greater speed than that of the first carding cylinder and which in turn presents the material... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5974629 | Method and apparatus for measuring fiber length and nep number in a carding machine A method of measuring fiber material while being processed by fiber processing components of a carding machine, includes the following steps: measuring fiber length and nep number at an outlet of the carding machine; applying measured values of the fiber ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5926918 | Apparatus and method for opening and for reclaiming fibers A driven opening roll (A) covered with card clothing receives a web (W) over a feed plate (B) which carries a pair of serially arranged feed rolls (C) and (D) for separating fibrous material from the web and removing the fibrous material in a passageway (... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5920961 | Ventilating carding roll A ventilated carding cylinder for allowing heat generated in the carding cylinder during operation to be dissipated. The carding cylinder includes an internal, longitudinally extending, air flow passage and impeller means provided therein for moving air t... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5918453 | Melamine fiber-containing fabrics with improved comfort Fabrics containing melamine fibers are rendered more comfortable by carding the melamine fibers under vacuum so as to exhibit a narrower fiber diameter distribution (δd) and/or a narrower staple length distribution (δl) as compared... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5890264 | Aeromechanical individualizer An aeromechanical individualizer for individualizing entities within a fiber sample includes a cylindrical rotating beater wheel, having a non-permeable cylindrical surface and having carding elements, such as pins or wire points, on the cylindrical surfa... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5839166 | Carding machine and process for producing an aerodynamic card web A card apparatus for producing an aerodynamically formed fibrous web (4), includes a fiber feed means (6), a main cylinder (8) rotating at high speed and a shaft (10) arranged at main cylinder (8), the shaft transporting thrown-off fibers in an airflow (1... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5771541 | Apparatus for cleaning fibers The invention provides an apparatus for cleaning fibers by means of revolving rollers, the fiber mass being divided, expanded, and recombined while being successively transferred over at least three rollers, the outer surface of at least one of the roller... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5666697 | Card of the tandem-card type with fixed carding units below a carding cylinder The card comprises a first-taker-in (3) and a conveying-carding roller (7), a first carding cylinder or main cylinder (9), a first doffer roller (12), a second carding cylinder (14), a second doffer roller (18) and a web removing assembly (20); at least t... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5459990 | Facility and method for producing yarn A high efficiency facility for producing yarn is provided wherein fibers pass through machines in the following order: a mixing mechanism (1), a first pair of cleaners (5, 7), a laydown cross blender (11), a second pair of cleaners (15, 17), an air fiber ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5446945 | Waste removal system for processing animal fibers A dehairing system with rotating cylinders bearing tines is provided to dehair fibers by forces, including centrifugal force. The dehairing system may include multiple dehairing units forming a dehairing processing line such that fibers for dehairing may ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5442836 | Apparatus for making a nonwoven web by sucking fibers from a carding drum onto a moving fiber collecting surface An apparatus for making a nonwoven web comprises a carding drum and a continuously movable, air-permeable collecting surface member, which is arranged to collect the fibers which have been discharged from the carding drum and are entrained by an entrainin... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5430911 | Method for producing a random laid fiber web A feeder 1 for supplying a fiber material, a plurality of fiber opening cylinders 21, 22, 23, . . . 2n (n is a natural number) mounted adjacent to one another for transferring and opening the fiber material fed from the fe... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5375298 | Apparatus for producing a fiber web The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a fiber web comprising a feeder 1 for supplying a fiber material, a plurality of fiber opening cylinders 21, 22, 23, . . . 2n (n is a natural number) mounted adja... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5333357 | Carding machine having a fine-fiber brush An improved carding process utilizing a brush attached to a cylinder carding machine for inhibiting the buildup of napped fibers. Mounted just downstream of the transfer region where carding takes place, the brush is stationary with respect to the revolvi... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5307540 | Wool card A wool card includes a rotatable Morel roller and first and second burr beaters rotatable relative to the Morel roller and relative to each other and spaced apart about the periphery of the Morel roller. The wool to be carded moves in one direction about ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5303452 | Wool card The present invention concerns a wool card applicable in the field of the textile industry. The card is characterized in that it is equipped with at least three Morel rollers (1), in that it does not have an intermediate comb and in that the tangential ve... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5289618 | Apparatus for making a nonwoven web An apparatus for making a nonwoven web has a carding drum (1), a continuously moving, air-permeable collecting surface member (2) for collecting fibers which fly in an entraining air stream from the carding drum (1), a suction box (4), connected to the co... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5218740 | Making rounded clusters of fibers Ball-shaped and other rounded fiber clusters that have a density that may be controlled, as desired, with good uniformity of size and density, may be obtained from staple fiber that has been crimped mechanically, as well as from spirally crimped polyester... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5031278 | Device for the elimination of dirt from a fiber fleece A card including a main cylinder, a revolving flat as well as a licker-in roller and a doffing roller (also called a doffer roll) also includes a suction device in combination with a separating knife in order to improve the carding result and eliminate di... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4972551 | Apparatus for making a non-woven fabric An apparatus for making a non-woven fabric comprises a plurality of tooth-carrying carding drums, which rotate in the same sense and succeed each other in the direction of travel of the preliminary web. Each carding drum which succeeds another in the dire... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4799294 | Apparatus for making slivers from a lap For use in the making of slivers from a lap, an apparatus is proposed which comprises a plurality of tooth-carrying carding drums (3, 4, 5, 6), which succeed each other in the direction of travel of the lap. Each carding drum (4, 5, 6) which succeeds anot... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4712276 | Carding roller for processing staple fibers Carding roller apparatus for processing staple fibers is disclosed which includes rollers combined to form operative carding units (A) to provide a desired effect which may be combined to provide a desired levelling and carding of fibers. The operative un... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4642850 | Rotating cleaner for cotton and wool card in general An improved cleaning device for textile fibres is provided comprising at least one carding drum and a taker-in cylinder or drum in tangential arrangement with a lower peripheral portion of the carding drum, the taker-in drum having cooperatively associate... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4583267 | Apparatus for making a fibrous web Apparatus for making a fibrous web comprises a plurality of carding drums (3, 4, 5, 6), which closely succeed each other in the direction of travel of the feed web and rotate in the same sense. An air-permeable collecting surface is provided, on which the... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4534086 | Apparatus for making fibrous webs A fibrous feed web is delivered by a feeder to tooth-carrying carding drums, which rotate at a surface velocity which causes the fibers to flow off under centrifugal force to fly onto a continuously moving, air-permeable collecting surface, which is subje... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4499632 | Carding engine A carding engine having a rotatable hollow carding cylinder (5). The inner surface of the cylinder is formed with a fluid-conveying pathway (18 to 21) in a pattern such that fluid circulated through the pathway will maintain the surface temperature of the... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4434531 | Apparatus for controlling the working conditions in a processing machine of the staple fiber spinning plant An apparatus for controlling the working conditions between two rotating cylinders equipped with a point clothing wherein complete elimination of the disturbing influences of the centrifugal force and the increase in temperature of the cylinders onto the ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4384388 | Method for controlling the working conditions in a processing machine of the staple fiber spinning plant and apparatus for implementing the method The working conditions between two rotating cylinders (4,5), which are provided with a point clothing (9,19) and are processing or mutually transferring a fibre web, of a processing machine of the staple fibre spinning plant are always maintained on a pre... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4300267 | Total fiber recovery method and apparatus A total fiber recovery method and apparatus are disclosed which will recover substantially all of the usable fiber contained in discarded waste material comprising a mixture of fibers, motes and trash. The method consists of conveying the input material i... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4274177 | Carding A method and apparatus wherein a machine for carding cotton, man-made fibres and mixtures thereof is provided with a trash removing device usually in the form of a longitudinally fluted roller that cooperates mechanically with a roller clothed with flat-t... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4219908 | Process and apparatus for treating fibrous materials for subsequent processing Processes and apparatus for treating fibrous materials for subsequent processing are described. Such processes and apparatus are able to provide a continuously high throughput, e.g., 400 pounds per hour or more, while achieving an acceptable degree of cle... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4129924 | Apparatus for separating card strips during carding of fibrous materials This disclosure relates to apparatus for separating card strips, such as fiber neps, fiber adhesions, short fibers, foreign particles, waste fibers and the like from fibrous material during a carding operation in which a rotating carding cylinder has mean... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4126914 | Process and apparatus for treating fibrous materials for subsequent processing Processes and apparatus for treating fibrous materials for subsequent processing are described. Such processes and apparatus are able to provide a continuously high throughput, e.g., 400 pounds per hour or more, while achieving an acceptable degree of cle... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4115903 | Processing of fibrous materials to reduce same to a generally homogeneous mass of fibers Fibrous materials are processed to produce a homogeneous mass of fibres by using a series of clothed cylinders, the fibrous material having passed from one cylinder to another. The cylinders progressively have coarser teeth, alternate cylinders rotating i... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4090276 | Textile carding A roller train in a carding machine comprises first, second and third card-clothed rollers, the second roller having two sets of teeth pointing in opposite directions, and the relative surface speeds of the rollers being such that one set of teeth on the ... | 05/23/1978 |
