Patent ID: 7748084
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: D01G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus on a textile machine for cleaning fibre material, wherein the apparatus comprises: a first rotating roller arranged to convey a travelling fibre web; a second rotating roller co-operating with the first roller to form a first nip; a third roller co-operating with the second roller to form a second nip and with the first roller to form a third nip, the second roller being downstream of the third roller; a drive arrangement arranged to rotate at least one of the second and third rollers in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation of the first roller, such that fibre material is opened and detached by the second roller at the first nip, the detached fibre material is conveyed by the second roller to the second nip, and is conveyed by the third roller to the third nip, where it is transferred back to the first roller; and at least one fixed carding element located upstream of a roller pair comprising said second and third rollers and opposed to said first roller, having clothing with clothing tips which are inclined in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the first roller.