Card cylinder shroud, flat mounting and bearing assembly

A mounting assembly for stationary flats for a carding machine having a clothed roll and a mounting surface comprising:

• a pair of spaced adjustable stops carried adjacent an end portion of each flat bearing upon said mounting surface;
• pivotal means securing said flat to said mounting means;
• and
• resilient means yieldably urging said flats toward said arcuate mounting means.

A bearing assembly for a carding machine having a roll carried between card frame members for rotation by shafts projecting from opposed ends of the roll comprising:

• a pair of annular bases each having a bore therein;
• means fixing each of said bases in an upright position upon a frame member with a shaft projecting through a respective bore;
• a cylindrical hollow bearing cap for receiving said shaft on one end and being open on the other;
• a seat for carrying an antifriction means for positioning said shaft thereon within said hollow bearing cap adjacent the other end thereof adjacent said annular base;
• and
• means securing said bearing cap to said annular base;
• whereby should a bearing fail the roll will remain with its shafts positioned within said annular bases fixed to respective frame members.

A bearing assembly for supporting a shaft end for rotation comprising:

• a base having a shaft receiving bore therein;
• a cylindrical hollow bearing cap for receiving said shaft on one end and being open on the other;
• a seat within said bearing cap for carrying the outer race of a rolling bearing means having an inner race positioned upon said shaft;
• means securing said bearing cap to said base;
• spacing means carried between said races and said base;
• a pair of inserts spaced one on each side of said shaft carried by said cap;
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• a projecting portion carried by said inserts engageable with said inner race independently of said outer race.