Apparatus for removing trash from carded fibers

Claim 1

In a carding machine having a main cylinder, means feeding fibers to said main cylinder, and stationary plate means carried in superposed fixed spaced relation to the card clothing on the main cylinder having card clothing in carding relation to card clothing on the main cylinder, apparatus for removing trash from carded fibers prior to delivery of the carded fibers to a doffer comprising: A. a plate portion conforming generally to the card clothing on the main cylinder; B. means positioning said plate portion in superposed fixed spaced relation to the card clothing on the main cylinder; C. an edge of the plate portion beveled rearwardly and upwardly forming a sharpened lower edge facing in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the main cylinder; D. said stationary plate means having an edge opposite said sharpened lower edge; E. means positioning said sharpened lower edge below said opposite edge and in spaced relation thereto; and F. said sharpened lower edge and said opposite edge defining a passageway permitting removal of trash therethrough at least partially responsive to centrifugal force imparted to the trash by the main cylinder but retaining the fibers for delivery to the doffer; whereby a substantial portion of the trash is removed while fibers are retained for delivery by the main cylinder to the doffer.