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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186020 | Revolving flat A method for fastening a clothing strip to a card-flat bar by a fastening means in the form of clips is presented. In this case, the clips are integrally formed onto the card-flat foot by press rams guided simultaneously from both sides of the card-flat bar and para... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7337500 | Card flat bar for a carding machine A carding machine, includes a carrier element with a clothing support part (card flat heel). Two end head parts are associated with the carrier element. The carrier element and the end head parts form at least three assembled components, and the end head parts compr... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7162776 | Apparatus in a spinning preparation machine for measuring distances at the flat bar clothing An arrangement in a spinning preparation machine is provided. The arrangement has a clothed roll having clothing presenting free ends; flat bar slide elements; clothed flat bars having clothing presenting free ends and cooperating with the clothing of the clothed ro... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7020932 | Apparatus at a carding machine, wherein at least one stationary carding segment is associated with a roller In an apparatus at a carding machine, wherein at least one stationary carding segment comprising a carrier together with at least two carding elements is associated with a roller, for example a cylinder, which carding elements are arranged behind one another in the ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6973699 | Device on a carding machine for setting the working gap between the cylinder and at least one neighboring roller In a device on a carding machine for setting the working gap between the cylinder and a neighboring roller, which cooperate with one another with a working gap between their cylindrical surfaces at the fiber transfer points, the working gap is readjustable as a resu... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6889406 | Separating device for a textile processing machine In a device on a spinning preparatory machines, especially a carding machine, cleaning machine or the like for cotton having at least one separating blade for impurities, which is associated with a clothed roller, for example a licker-in or the like, wherein the sep... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6408488 | Device for setting the clearance between cooperating clothings in a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes a roll having a circumferential surface provided with a first clothing having clothing points; a counter member having a surface provided with a second clothing cooperating with the first clothing and having clothing po... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6317931 | Distance measuring device in a spinning preparation machine A fiber processing machine includes a rotary roll provided with a peripheral clothing; a counter element having a part cooperating with the roll clothing; a sensor stationary relative to the counter element and having a sensing portion facing said roll cl... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6269522 | Method of operating a card and a card flat for carrying out the method A method and apparatus for operating a carding machine having a drum with a drum fitting and a plurality of card flats wherein each card flat is provided with a card flat fitting. A predetermined distance between the drum fitting and the card flat fitting... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6205620 | Fibre processing apparatus A method of producing apparatus for use in fiber processing, and in particular blades for pre-carding flats in a cotton card. The method comprises the steps of providing a body (32) defining a multiplicity of bores (34) extending between rear and front fa... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6145166 | Trash elimination apparatuses for fiber cleaning aggregates In a fiber processing machine with a separating edge in which fibers as well as air are guided in a substantially predetermined transporting direction past the edge, trash particles are selectively removed from the fiber/air stream with the help of the ed... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6138326 | Mote knife A mote knife for use with a cleaning system including a rotating cylinder which creates a binary air flow while which entrains a fiber web formed of fibers of various fiber lengths about a circular path. A waste removal duct is arranged adjacent the perip... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6101680 | Card flat for a textile card machine A flat of a revolving flat card is provided with a clothing the points of which are subdivided into groups. The flat preferentially presents an area provided with clothing of a length of more than 1000 mm. The groups each may present a "heel", or a clothi... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101681 | Fixed and adjustable carding element for textile material opening or carding machines Fixed adjustable carding element for textile fibre carding and opening machines consisting of a support structure which contains and guides in the radial direction a movable element which supports the carding clothing.... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6085390 | Device for adjusting the distance between a roll and a stationary carding segment in a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes a fiber processing roll carrying a roll clothing on a circumferential surface thereof; an operationally substantially stationary carding segment carrying a segment clothing for cooperating with the roll clothing along a... | 07/11/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5930869 | Scanning sensor for adjustment of a textile machine card clothing gap The carding distance (KA) between clothings (14, 15) is scanned using an optical device (22, 26) e.g. using a laser beam (24) from the side of the working area. The measuring value thus obtained can be compared to a pre-set target value in such a manner t... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5530994 | Dust and trash removal system for carding machines The present invention relates to a dust and trash removal system for carding machines or cards including a cylinder and fixedly mounted carding segments cooperating therewith. The system comprises a mote knife having a blade section whose blade is arrange... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5398381 | Measuring clothing clearances directly at the facing points A fiber processing machine includes a fiber processing roll carrying a first clothing on the surface thereof; and a countermember carrying a second clothing thereon. The first and second clothings cooperate with one another during operation of the fiber p... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5228170 | Card for cotton and for similar uses, with fixed carding flats which form cleaning members A card suitable for cleaning cotton fibers and other fibrous materials is provided. The card comprises fixed carding flats adjacently disposed about a peripheral portion of a rotatable cylinder adapted to receive clothing on the surface thereof. Each of t... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5142742 | Main cylinder casing segment A main cylinder casing segment for use with a revolving flat on a card, each of the segments including opposite end portions, adapted for fastening on a frame of the card, and a longitudinal body between the end portions for covering the main cylinder. Th... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5142741 | Carding elements with variably inclined teeth for working textile fibers and method A method and apparatus for cleaning or carding textile fibers between a fine cleaning or carding drum (2) with clothing (7) fixed thereon and carding elements (5) surrounding said drum, a clothing (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) also being provided thereon. The t... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5127134 | Method and apparatus for carding machine heat removal A cooling system and method for a carding machine having covering elements covering the swift of the card and a revolving flats arrangement defining the main carding zone. Heat is removed from the covering elements and/or the revolving flats arrangement b... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5075930 | Carding engine A card is provided with a cover assembly adapted to provide enhanced cleaning efficiency. The cover is 4 covers in one with each part being set at a prescribed distance from the carding cylinder to induce increased cleaning. Air drawn through a gap at the... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5040272 | Spacing sensor arrangement and method of checking the spacing between a main carding cylinder and carding machine parts A carding machine comprises a main carding cylinder and parts which are adjustable relative thereto, such as a licker-in, a stationary flat, a revolving flat and a doffing cylinder, such parts preferably having a nominal spacing relative to the main cardi... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5031279 | Textile machine having adjustable stationary processing elements mounted on a common carrier element A textile fiber processing machine has a fiber processing roller; a carrier element supported in the machine immediately radially adjacent the roller and covering a circumferential portion thereof; a plurality of fiber processing elements arranged on the ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5005260 | Stationary flat, top bar and carding engine In order to make gauge regulation simple and to make it possible to exchange or grind the card clothing in each individual top bar, the present invention provides a stationary flat unit which is composed of a stationary flat having a plurality of top bars... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4996745 | Flat for a carding engine A flat for a carding engine comprises an elongate support bar (11) designed to be supported at each end thereof on a bend at the respective side of the carding engine. Carding elements (19) are carried by an elongate carrier (14), the support bar and carr... | 03/05/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4982478 | Carding machine with modular subdivision of the carding zones A card wherein at least the pre-carding zone, located between the licker-in and the revolving flats is subdivided into a multiplicity of angular ranges with respect to the axis of the main cylinder, all of which have a unified angular extension or an inte... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4974295 | Mote knife arrangement for fitting to a flat of a carding machine A mote knife arrangement is fitted to a flat of a card or carding machine in a position so as to extend substantially transversely to the carding direction and the mote knife or blade is at an inclination so as to extend in a direction substantially oppos... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4969235 | Mote knife assembly cooperating with a roller of a fiber processing machine A textile fiber processing machine has a clothed roller, a clothed stationary carding element cooperating with the clothed roller, a mote knife cooperating with the clothed roller, a stationary component situated adjacent the circumferential periphery of ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4947522 | Mounting arrangement for a stationary flat of a carding machine The stationary flat of a card or carding machine having mounting flanges arranged at end surfaces of a carding cylinder is mounted at these mounting flanges by means of spring clips. Each spring clip is constructed as a resilient element comprising a radi... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4542560 | Pre-opening device for a carding machine In the present invention, a plurality of fixed flats are disposed in juxtaposition to one another, and an opening 5 to 33 mm wide is formed between each pair of adjoining fixed flats, in such a manner that the dust is entrained in the discharge air curren... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4314387 | Dirt separator A dirt separator which is arranged between adjacent carding plates of a carding device and which comprises a knife blade and a collecting rail. Each of these elements is radially adjustable with respect to the main cylinder of the carding device. The knif... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4286357 | Card cylinder shroud, flat mounting and bearing assembly An assembly is illustrated for use in connection with the main cylinder and the like of a carding machine wherein an annular shroud has a segmental portion of reduced thickness for providing a ledge type bearing surface for support and securement directly... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4271564 | Comber-cleaner carding device A carding device of the large rotating carding drum type including a comber-cleaner assembly particularly well suited for combing and cleaning universal flat cards is provided. The comber-cleaner including a worker roller and a stripper roller mounted for... | 06/09/1981 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4011631 | Combing-cleaning device for universal cards At least one assembly grouping of cooperating cylindrical rollers comprising a rotatable worker and a rotatable stripper roller is mounted in specific relation to a rotatable carding drum. The worker roller performs a pick-up and retaining function in tha... | 03/15/1977 |
