Fiber integrating apparatus

Claim 1

IN A CARDING MACHINE THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A FIRST ROTATABLE CYLINDER, A SECOND ROTATABLE CYLINDER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CYLINDERS FOR ROTATION ABOUT PARALLEL AXES, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CYLINDERS IN THE SAME DIRECTION WITH THE PERIPHERAL SPEED OF SAID SECOND CYLINDER SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THAT OF SAID FIRST CYLINDER, CLOTHING FOR SAID FIRST AND SECOND CYLINDERS COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF TEETH, SAID TEETH HAVING THE FORWARD FACES THEREOF SUBSTANTIALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH PROLONGATIONS RADIAL FROM THE RESPECTIVE AXES OF ROTATION OF SAID CYLINDERS, AND SAID TEETH BEING IN JUXTAPOSED SPACED RELATION AT THE NIP BETWEEN SAID CYLINDERS, AND COVER MEANS FOR SAID FIRST AND SECOND CYLINDERS HAVING OPPOSED MARGINS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID NIP AND HAVING INNER ARCUATE SUR-