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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7730591 | Apparatus on a flat card or roller card for textile fibres, such as cotton, synthetic fibres or the like, for removing short fibres An apparatus on a carding machine has a covering comprising work and cover elements lying opposite the clothing of a high-speed cylinder. There is, in succession, an air exhaust opening for the exit of air and an opening for entry of air, past which openings a flow ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7293572 | Cleaning equipment for cleaning a moving surface particularly in a paper machine Cleaning equipment for cleaning a moving surface particularly in a paper machine includes a washing head with a chamber in it opening onto the surface to be cleaned and nozzle elements arranged inside the chamber. The cleaning equipment also includes vacuum means an... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7249606 | Apparatus for online and offline cleaning of industrial systems An industrial air or liquid handling device access and cleaning apparatus which allows the cleaning operator to clean the interior of a device while the device continues in operation, thus negating the need to shut down the system. The apparatus incorporates a clean... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7173207 | Apparatus at a spinning preparation machine for detecting waste separated out from fibre material In an apparatus at a spinning preparation machine, for example a cleaner, opener, carding machine or the like, for detecting waste which is separated out from fibre material, for example cotton, and consists of foreign matter and good fibres and which is collected i... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6996878 | Device such as a carding machine for processing fibres The present invention relates to a device, such as a carding machine, for processing fibers, said device comprising a cylinder, which is provided with a lining, and at least two carding segments which are arranged one after the other in the direction of rotation at ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6726027 | Device for spinning preparation A device is provided for a spinning preparation machine for removing foreign particles, the machine having a rotating cylinder with ends. The device has a knife blade having a separation edge, the knife blade being arranged at an adjustable distance to and angled co... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6675441 | Device and method for detecting lightweight waste in a carding machine A carding machine includes clothed rolls for processing and carrying fiber material thereon; an arrangement for separating lightweight waste from the fiber material processed by the clothed rolls; a conduit for receiving the lightweight waste; an air stre... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6668425 | Device on a carding machine for cleaning and opening fiber material A fiber cleaning device is provided for use with a carding machine having a rotating clothing cylinder, a housing surrounding the cylinder, and an opening in the housing for removing impurities. The device has a separating knife with a knife edge for loca... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6640391 | Pressure regulating device for use on a carding machine A pressure control system is provided for use with a carding machine having a carding cylinder with clothing. The pressure control system has a cover for positioning opposite the carding cylinder clothing, an opening in the cover for separating foreign pa... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6539586 | Trash removal assembly in a fiber processing machine A fiber processing machine includes a first roll having a circumferential surface carrying a first clothing; a second roll having a circumferential surface carrying a second clothing and adjoining the first roll for taking over fiber material carried by t... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6477742 | Device for separating waste from fiber material while processed in a carding machine A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder having a cylindrical surface carrying a cylinder clothing; a cover arrangement extending along a part of the cylindrical surface at a clearance therefrom to define a space between the cylinder clothing an... | 11/12/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6230368 | Device and process for cleaning web-squeezing rollers at output from a carding machine Device and process for cleaning web-squeezing rollers (5, 6) at output from a carding machine, and their scraper blades (17), in which the said blades are mounted so that they can move tangentially away from and up to the web-squeezing rollers (5, 6) and ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6065190 | Stationary flat system for carding machines A carding machine has a cylinder (3), stationary, self-cleaning flats (2) fixed at a chain (45) and guided and adjusted by a flexible bend (48). Additional active trash, dust and short fibre extraction units (1) are placed in the main carding zone. The un... | 05/23/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5259092 | Method and apparatus for cleaning carding flats Method and apparatus for the intermittent cleaning of carding flats by the use of pressurized air. A carriage having a plurality of nozzles is oscillated intermittently back and forth on a track adjacent to flats revolving about a carding cylinder of a ca... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5144723 | Device for assisting the transfer of a fleece from the card main cylinder to the doffer roll In order to optimally control the air supply in a diverging gap between a card main cylinder and a doffer roll, an air guide plate with a predetermined spacing on the narrowest part between the air guide plate and the surface of the main cylinder and with... | 09/08/1992 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4797980 | Waste separator for a card A card includes a main carding cylinder having a direction of rotation, a doffer cooperating with the main carding cylinder and a waste separator situated above the doffer and adjacent the main carding cylinder. The waste separator includes a knife blade ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4592213 | Pneumatic fiber recovery and redistribution system for sliver high pile fabric knitting machines Apparatus for removing excess fibers from the doffer of a sliver high pile fabric knitting machine and returning the fibers to the main cylinder for refeeding to the doffer. During the return of the fibers to the main cylinder, they are combed and aligned... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4532780 | Pneumatic fiber recovery and redistribution system for sliver high pile fabric knitting machines Apparatus and method for removing excess fibers from the doffer of a sliver high pile fabric knitting machine and returning the fibers to the main cylinder for refeeding to the doffer. Upon the return of the fibers to the main cylinder, they are combed an... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4379357 | Method and apparatus for separating waste from a fiber-and-waste mixture For separating waste from a fiber-and-waste mixture in a textile machine, the mixture is tangentially thrown from a rotating roll by centrifugal force. An air flow is directed onto the traveling particles of the mixture such that fibers are returned to th... | 04/12/1983 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
