Cleaning of textile carding machines
AssigneePlatt International Limited
InventorsThomas Henry Wright, Robert Lane
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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.
Claims16
A textile carding machine including pneumatic waste removal apparatus for removing trash and waste from beneath the carding machine, said apparatus comprising:
- air supply means for supplying pressurized air;
- trash and waste support means positioned beneath the carding elements of the machine and on which trash and waste are deposited;
- a waste collection zone;
- a plurality of nozzles arranged in spaced relation above the support means for emission of blasts of air from said air supply means to create a flow of air over said support means to transport trash and waste entrained thereby to said waste collection zone;
- said nozzles being further arranged in a plurality of rows containing at least one nozzle each;
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- an air supply distribution means to contribute said supply of pressurized air in turn and cyclicly to each of a plurality of preselected groups of said rows of said nozzles, said groups each consisting of at least one row of nozzles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.