Patent ID: 9695526
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: D01H

Claim:
1. A support element for a compacting device for two drawing system units disposed adjacent each other in a spinning machine, wherein each drawing system has a suction drum operably associated with a delivery roller pair, the suction drums coaxially arranged with open facing end faces, each suction drum having a suction zone, the support element comprising: two half shells connected to each other at respective end faces to define a suction channel; each of the two half shells comprising an outwardly projecting tubular suction insert, wherein the suction inserts are coaxially adjoined to each other; the suction channel connected to the suction zone of each suction drum via the suction inserts; each suction insert comprising a bearing element having a passage and a brace; and wherein the suction drums are rotatably mounted on a shaft that is supported by the support element, the shaft disposed through the passage in the suction inserts and radially fixed by the brace of the suction inserts.