Patent · US Expired

Cleaning of textile carding machines

US3943596A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 24, 1974
Grant dateMar 16, 1976
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Expiry dateJul 24, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD01G15/82
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In the removal of trash and waste from beneath a carding machine the trash and waste is collected on support means positioned beneath the carding elements of the machine and a flow of air is created in a direction to transport the trash and waste on the support means to a waste collection zone by supplying pressurized air to a plurality of spaced nozzles arranged above the support means in such a manner that each of a plurality of preselected groups of rows of said nozzles is supplied with the pressurized air in turn and cyclically.

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