Patent ID: 6996878

Claim:
A carding machine comprising a cylinder provided with a lining, and at least two carding segments which are arranged one after the other in the direction of rotation at least over an area of the circumference of said cylinder and which are each provided with a toothed lining, said toothed linings of said carding segments being designed differently, characterized in that the teeth of the toothed linings are provided with a rake angle which, on average at least, is larger in an upstream carding segment than in a downstream carding segment so that, when the fibres are engaged by the toothed lining of the carding segment constituting the upstream carding segment in the direction of rotation, the resultant influence on an individual fibre entrained by the circumference of the cylinder will exceed the influence exerted when the fibres are engaged by the toothed lining of a carding segment constituting a downstream carding segment in the direction of rotation.