Process and apparatus for carding cotton fibers

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED PROCESS OF CARDING COTTON FIBERS TO INCREASE THE RATE OF CARDING OBTAINABLE OVER A LIKE SINGLE CYLINDER COTTON CARD AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE CARDED PRODUCT WHICH COMPRISES CONTINUOUSLY CARRYING OUT THE FOLLOWING STEPS IN THE SEQUENCE NAMED: (A) FEEDING THE FIBERS TO BE CARDED AT MORE THAN TWICE THE RATE OF FEED OF SAID LIKE SINGLE CYLINDER COTTON CARD TO A FIRST REVOLVING CARD CYLINDER HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT TOOTH CLOTHING THEREON, (B) IMPARTING CARDING ACTION TO THE FIBERS ON SAID FIRST CARD CYLINDER BY CARDING FLATS, (C) REMOVING THE THUS FIBERS IN A UNIFORM, LOOSE WEB FROM SAID FIRST CARD CYLINDER BY GENTLE ACTION OF A FIRST TRANSFER CYLINDER HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT TOOTH CLOTHING THEREON, (D) ROTATING SAID FIRST TRANSFER CYLINDER IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID FIRST CARD CYLINDER AND AT A SURFACE SPEED LESS THAN THE SURFACE SPEED OF SAID FIRST CARD CYLINDER, (E) TRANSFERRING SAID FIBERS IN A UNIFORM, LOOSE WEB FROM SAID FIRST TRANSFER CYLINDER TO A SECOND CARD CYLINDER HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT TOOTH CLOTHING THEREON BY GENTLE ACTION OF A SECOND TRANSFER CYLINDER HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT TOOTH CLOTHING THEREON, (F) ROTATING SAID SECOND TRANSFER CYLINDER IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID FIRST TRANSFER CYLINDER, (G) ROTATIANG SAID SECOND CARD CYLINDER IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID SECOND TRANSFER CYLINDER AND AT A SURFACE SPEED GREATER THAN THE SURFACE SPEED OF SAID SECOND TRANSFER CYLINDER, (H) IMPARTING CARDING ACTION TO SAID FIBERS ON SAID SECOND CARD CYLINDER BY CARDING FLATS, AND (I) DOFFING SAID FIBERS FROM SAID SECOND CARD CYLINDER.