Carding and drafting apparatus

Claim 1

A CARDING AND DRAFTING APPARATUS, WHICH COMPRISES A PLURALITY OF CARDS PRODUCING RESPECTIVE SILVERS AND EACH HAVING A CYLINDER, A DOFFER, AND A LICKER-IN, THE CYLINDER, DOFFER, AND LICKER-IN HAVING RESPECTIVE SHAFTS, THE CARDS BEING ARRANGED IN A ROW WITH THEIR CYLINDER SHAFTS ALIGNED, MEANS FOR COUPLING THE CYLINDER SHAFTS, A PRIME MOVER CONNECTED TO THE COUPLED CYLINDER SHAFTS, MEANS FOR DRIVING THE LICKER-IN SHAFTS, A COUNTER SHAFT PARALLEL TO THE CYLINDER SHAFTS, A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN ONE CYLINDER SHAFT AND THE COUNTERSHAFT, THE DRIVING CONNECTION INCLUDING A CLUTCH, MEANS FOR DRIVING THE DOFFER SHAFTS FROM THE COUNTERSHAFT, A DRAW BOX RECEIVING THE SLIVERS ISSUING FROM THE CARDS AND DISCHARGING A SINGLE DRAFTED SLIVER, A COILER RECEIVING THE DRAFTED SLIVER AND DEPOSITING IT IN A CAN, MEANS FOR DRIVING THE DRAW BOX AND THE COILER FROM THE COUNTERSHAFT, CAN DOFFING MEANS FOR REPLACING A FULL CAN BY AN EMPTY ONE, AND MEANS OPERATING AFTER THE DEPOSIT OF A SELECTED QUANTITY OF SLIVER IN THE CAN TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH AND START THE OPERATION OF THE CAN DOFFING MEANS.