Patent ID: 6082088
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: D01H

Abstract:
A cleaner for a roving apparatus including a bottom roller cleaning device for cleaning at least one bottom roller of a draft apparatus, said cleaner comprising:a flyer rail;a roller beam supporting said draft apparatus, said roller beam having a front side and a back side, wherein the front side is adjacent to the flyer rail;a guide rail having an end, said guide rail disposed along a longitudinal direction of an apparatus frame and adjacent to the back side of the roller beam, said guide rail including:a bottom part located below an upper surface of said roller beam; anda wall for preventing the fall of fibers, said wall spaced from and facing said back side of the roller beam,conveying means for conveying said fibers guided to said bottom part of said guide rail to an end of said guide rail, said conveying means having an engagement portion moving along said guide rail; anda collecting portion located at an end of said apparatus frame, said collecting portion collecting said fibers conveyed by said conveying means to said end of said apparatus frame.