Apparatus for stripping revolving card flats

Claim 1

In a carding machine including a main cylinder, revolving flats provided with clothing and moving along a circumferential portion of the main cylinder, a cleaning apparatus for cleaning the revolving flats and a suction device disposed underneath said apparatus for removing waste generated during operation of the cleaning apparatus; the improvement in said cleaning apparatus comprising (a) a flat stripping brush mounted for rotation adjacent the traveling path of said flats for cooperating with the clothing of the flats to remove waste therefrom; said flat stripping brush having a brush assembly; (b) a brush cleaning roll mounted for rotation and having a brush assembly arranged at a small distance from the brush assembly of said flat stripping brush to continuously remove waste from said brush assembly of said flat stripping brush; (c) a waste collecting means for catching waste thrown by said brush cleaning roll and for guiding the waste to said suction device; and (d) a stripping edge forming a part of said waste collecting means and cooperating with the brush assembly of said brush cleaning roll.