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Carding trash removing apparatus and method
Assignee: John D Hollingsworth on Wheels Inc
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Filing: 1979-07-02
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Granted: 1982-01-12
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Expires: 1999-07-02
Abstract
Abstract A carding apparatus is illustrated wherein trash removal means is provided utilizing a carding flat means together with a first plate carried for vertical adjustment relative to the flat means for varying the setting between the plate and a clothed carding cylinder. A second plate has means for setting a surface thereof in close proximity to the surface of the clothed cylinder. A relatively wide setting is provided for the first plate and a slot is formed by the first and second plates which will be self-expelling of trash, short fibers and the like by reason of such wide setting of the first plate followed by the close setting of the second plate acting as an air barrier upon the opened fibers carded by the carding flat means. A suction plenum provides a system of removing a large part of the already expelled trash so as to greatly improve the carding operation while minimizing loss of desirable longer fibers.
Inventors
- 👤 Joe K. Garrison
- 👤 Brian C. Claycomb
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-01 21:35
CPC Classifications
D; D01; D01G; D01G15/00; D01G15/76; D01G15/80; D01G15/805
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
Trash removal apparatus for a carding machine having a clothed cylinder comprising: a stationary flat carrying card clothing on an inner surface thereof in a carding relation to said clothed cylinder; a first plate carried for vertical adjustment relative to said stationary flat varying the setting between the first plate and said clothed cylinder; a second plate independent of said first plate; means mounting said second plate in closely set relation to said clothed cylinder; means mounting said first and second plates in circumferentially spaced relation to each other adjacent a trailing edge of said stationary flat forming a slot; and said first plate being carried adjacent said stationary flat; whereby said first and second plates are so set, independently of each other, in relation to said clothed cylinder that said second plate acts as a barrier causing said slot to be self-expelling of trash, short fibers and the like.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
Trash removal apparatus for a carding machine having a clothed cylinder comprising: a stationary flat carrying card clothing on an inner surface thereof in a carding relation to said clothed cylinder; a first plate carried for vertical adjustment relative to said stationary flat varying the setting between the first plate and said clothed cylinder; a second plate independent of said first plate; means mounting said second plate in closely set relation to said clothed cylinder; means mounting said first and second plates in circumferentially spaced relation to each other adjacent a trailing edge of said stationary flat forming a slot; and said first plate being carried adjacent said stationary flat; whereby said first and second plates are so set, independently of each other, in relation to said clothed cylinder that said second plate acts as a barrier causing said slot to be self-expelling of trash, short fibers and the like.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The structure set forth in claim 1, wherein said second plate has a sharp edge adjacent said clothed cylinder facing the direction of rotation thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The structure set forth in claim 2 including a plenum opening along said slot and having a source of suction on one end and an opening on the other end for removing trash, short fibers and the like expelled from said slot.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
155 words
Trash removal apparatus for a carding machine having a clothed cylinder comprising: a stationary flat carrying card clothing on an inner surface thereof in a carding relation to said clothed cylinder; a first plate carried for vertical adjustment relative to said stationary flat varying the setting between the first plate and said clothed cylinder; a second plate independent of said first plate; means mounting said second plate in closely set relation to said clothed cylinder; means mounting said first and second plates in circumferentially spaced relation to each other forming a slot; and said first plate being carried adjacent said stationary flat; whereby said first and second plates are so set, independently of each other, in relation to said clothed cylinder that one of said plates, being set closer with respect to said clothed cylinder than the other, acts as a barrier causing said slot to be self-expelling of trash, short fibers and the like.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
155 words
Trash removal apparatus for a carding machine having a clothed cylinder comprising: a stationary flat carrying card clothing on an inner surface thereof in a carding relation to said clothed cylinder; a first plate carried for vertical adjustment relative to said stationary flat varying the setting between the first plate and said clothed cylinder; a second plate independent of said first plate; means mounting said second plate in closely set relation to said clothed cylinder; means mounting said first and second plates in circumferentially spaced relation to each other forming a slot; and said first plate being carried adjacent said stationary flat; whereby said first and second plates are so set, independently of each other, in relation to said clothed cylinder that one of said plates, being set closer with respect to said clothed cylinder than the other, acts as a barrier causing said slot to be self-expelling of trash, short fibers and the like.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
The structure set forth in claim 4 wherein said second plate has a sharp edge adjacent said clothed cylinder facing the direction of rotation thereof including, a plurality of said slots, and a plenum opening along each of said slots having a source of suction on one end and an opening on the other end for removing trash, short fibers and the like expelled from said slots.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
192 words
Trash removal apparatus for a carding machine having a clothed cylinder, a first stationary flat carrying a card clothing on an inner surface thereof in a carding relation to said clothed cylinder, and a second stationary flat carrying card clothing on an inner surface thereof in a carding relation to said clothed cylinder, comprising: a first plate carried for vertical adjustment between said stationary flats varying the setting between the first plate and said clothed cylinder; a second plate between said first and second stationary flats independent of said first plate; means mounting said second plate in closely set relation to said clothed cylinder; means mounting said first and second plates in circumferentially spaced relation to each other forming a slot; and said second plate having a sharp edge adjacent said clothed cylinder facing the direction of rotation thereof; whereby said first and second plates are so set, independently of each other in relation to said clothed cylinder that one of said plates, being set closer with respect to said clothed cylinder than the other, acts as a barrier causing said slot to be self-expelling of trash, short fibers and the like.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
192 words
Trash removal apparatus for a carding machine having a clothed cylinder, a first stationary flat carrying a card clothing on an inner surface thereof in a carding relation to said clothed cylinder, and a second stationary flat carrying card clothing on an inner surface thereof in a carding relation to said clothed cylinder, comprising: a first plate carried for vertical adjustment between said stationary flats varying the setting between the first plate and said clothed cylinder; a second plate between said first and second stationary flats independent of said first plate; means mounting said second plate in closely set relation to said clothed cylinder; means mounting said first and second plates in circumferentially spaced relation to each other forming a slot; and said second plate having a sharp edge adjacent said clothed cylinder facing the direction of rotation thereof; whereby said first and second plates are so set, independently of each other in relation to said clothed cylinder that one of said plates, being set closer with respect to said clothed cylinder than the other, acts as a barrier causing said slot to be self-expelling of trash, short fibers and the like.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
The structure set forth in claim 6 including a plenum opening along said slot having a source of suction on one end and an opening on the other end for removing trash, short fibers and the like expelled from said slots.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
171 words
A method of carding textile fibers utilizing a stationary carding flat having card clothing carried by an inner surface thereof in carding relation to a clothed cylinder comprising the steps of: subjecting said textile fibers to the carding action of said carding flat and said cylinder; then providing a first plate set more distantly from the clothed cylinder than said flat thus opening the setting upon said fibers prior to passage of the fibers on the cylinder past an open slot; thereafter providing a second plate independent of said first plate set more closely to the clothed cylinder than said first plate thus closing the setting upon said fibers to act as a barrier to the extent that said slot is self-expelling of trash, short fibers and the like responsive to air currents generated by rotation of the cylinder; and repeating the aforesaid steps while removing the trash, short fibers and the like thus expelled by subjecting the slots to the action of an air suction plenum opening along said slots.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
171 words
A method of carding textile fibers utilizing a stationary carding flat having card clothing carried by an inner surface thereof in carding relation to a clothed cylinder comprising the steps of: subjecting said textile fibers to the carding action of said carding flat and said cylinder; then providing a first plate set more distantly from the clothed cylinder than said flat thus opening the setting upon said fibers prior to passage of the fibers on the cylinder past an open slot; thereafter providing a second plate independent of said first plate set more closely to the clothed cylinder than said first plate thus closing the setting upon said fibers to act as a barrier to the extent that said slot is self-expelling of trash, short fibers and the like responsive to air currents generated by rotation of the cylinder; and repeating the aforesaid steps while removing the trash, short fibers and the like thus expelled by subjecting the slots to the action of an air suction plenum opening along said slots.
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