Waste collector for a card
AssigneeTrutzschler GmbH & Co. KG
InventorPaul Teichmann
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Abstract
An apparatus for removing waste from a card has a circulating perforated component supported spaced from the licker-in in the lower zone thereof; a vacuum generator connected with the inside of the perforated component for drawing air through the perforated component; and a connecting chamber extending from an opening in the lower zone of the licker-in to the perforated component for providing a passage of air and waste drawn by the vacuum.
Claims11
In an apparatus for removing waste from a card having a feed table on which fiber material is advanced, a licker-in receiving fiber material from the feed table and a carding cylinder receiving fiber material from the licker-in;
- said apparatus including means defining an opening in a lower zone of said licker-in;
- vacuum means for drawing away waste from said card;
- the improvement comprising
- (a) a rotary perforated component supported spaced from said licker-in in the lower zone thereof;
- (b) means forming part of said vacuum means and situated within said perforated component for drawing air through said perforated component;
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- (c) means defining a connecting chamber extending from said opening to said perforated component for providing a passage of air and waste drawn by said vacuum means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.