Mounting apparatus for a textile machine, especially a card

Claim 1

A mounting apparatus for a textile machine, in particular a carding machine, comprising support means for maintaining the textile machine in spaced relationship from a foundation supporting the textile machine, a pneumatic cleaning device having blow- and suction openings arranged at least beneath the textile machine, a pressure connection and suction connection, air channels separate from said support means and communicating with the pressure connection and suction connection, said support means having hollow spaces, the air channels being constructed with respect to their flow characteristics independent of the support means and being interfittingly arranged in the hollow spaces of said support means, said air channels comprising profile-like elements located in a plane, said profile-like elements piercingly extending through said support means in the lengthwise direction thereof, and said air channels enclose in an approximately frame-like manner the outline of the textile machine, said support means comprising spaced apart hollow profile elements arranged at predetermined locations along said air channels and straddling said air channels, said spaced apart hollow profile elements providing means for allowing air to escape from the hollow spaces of the support means.