Patent ID: 6230368
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: D01G

Abstract:
Device for the removal and cleaning of a web (3) produced by a carding machine, the web (3) being removed from a cloth-covered surface of a doffer (2) by a stripper cylinder (4), being conveyed to a compacting assembly consisting of a pair of web-squeezing cylinders or rollers (5, 6) which are subjected to the action of scraper blades (17) to maintain the said web-squeezing rollers free from possible windings of fibres, the said device being characterized in that the scraper blades (17) are set on supporting elements (20) for movement of said scraper blades tangentially away from and alternatively close to the web-squeezing rollers (5, 6) during normal operation of the carding machine, the supports (20) being provided with a plurality of nozzles (29) for blowing compressed air or other fluid into gaps between the blades (17) and the rollers (5, 6) for removal of the material that accumulates at the point of contact between the blades and the rollers.