Carding machine

Claim 1

IN A CARDING MACHINE HAVING A FRAME, FIRST AND SECOND SERIALLY ARRANGED LICKER-IN CYLINDERS, MEANS FOR FEEDING FIBERS TO SAID FIRST LICKER-IN CYLINDER WHEREBY FIBERS ARE TRANSFERRED FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND LICKER-IN CYLINDER, A THIRD, MAIN, CYLINDER ARRANGED TO RECEIVE FIBERS FROM SAID SECOND LICKER-IN CYLINDER, AND MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID MAIN CYLINDER; IMPROVED MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION FROM SAID MAIN CYLINDER TO SAID LICKER-IN CYLINDERS COMPRISING A FIRST PAIR OF WHEELS IN FIXED AXIAL RELATION TO THE RESPECTIVE SECOND AND THIRD CYLINDERS, ONE OF SAID FIRST WHEELS BEING A FIRST GEAR AND THE OTHER OF SAID FIRST WHEELS BEING A FIRST SPROCKET WHEEL, A SECOND GEAR JOURNALED ON SAID FRAME AND MESHING WITH SAID FIRST GEAR, A SECOND SPROCKET WHEEL IN FIXED AXIAL RELATION TO SAID SECOND GEAR, A FIRST ENDLESS SPROCKET CHAIN ENGAGING SAID FIRST AND SECOND SPROCKET WHEELS AND THEREBY ROTATING SAID SECOND CYLINDER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THAT OF SAID THIRD CYLINDER, A SECOND PAIR OF WHEELS IN FIXED AXIAL RELATION TO THE RESPECTIVE FIRST AND SECOND CYLINDERS, ONE OF SAID SECOND WHEELS BEING A THIRD GEAR AND THE OTHER SAID SECOND WHEELS BEING A THIRD SPROCKET WHEEL, A FOURTH GEAR JOURNALED ON SAID FRAME AND MESHING WITH SAID THIRD GEAR, A FOURTH SPROCKET WHEEL IN FIXED AXIAL RELATION TO SAID FOURTH GEAR, AND A SECOND ENDLESS SPROCKET CHAIN ENGAGING SAID THIRD AND FOURTH SPROCKET WHEELS AND THEREBY ROTATING SAID FIRST CYLINDER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THAT OF SAID SECOND CYLINDER.