Patent ID: 6047446
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: D01G

Abstract:
A carding machine comprising(a) a main carding cylinder having a cylinder axis and carrying a cylinder clothing on a circumferential surface thereof; said cylinder clothing having clothing points;(b) a traveling flats assembly cooperating with said main carding cylinder along a circumferential length portion thereof; said traveling flats assembly including(1) a plurality of flat bars each having a flat bar clothing cooperating with said cylinder clothing; said flat bar clothing having clothing points; and(2) drive means for moving said flat bars in unison in an endless path;(c) a rigid support member fixedly held on a machine frame laterally of said main carding cylinder and having a convex supporting surface; and(d) a slide guide at least indirectly held on said supporting surface of the support member; said slide guide having a convex upper surface supporting said flat bars for sliding motion thereon and an opposite, lower surface; a radial distance between clothing points of the flat bar clothings and the carding cylinder clothing being determined and being changeable by one of a shape and position of said slide guide.