Waste separator for a card
AssigneeTrutzschler GmbH & Co. KG
InventorPeter Jagst
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Abstract
A card includes a main carding cylinder having a direction of rotation, a doffer cooperating with the main carding cylinder and a waste separator situated above the doffer and adjacent the main carding cylinder. The waste separator includes a knife blade situated close to the main carding cylinder and being oriented in a direction opposite the direction of rotation, a plate situated at a small radial distance from the main carding cylinder and having an edge defining a gap with the knife blade and a casing defining a suction chamber shrouding the gap. The casing and the knife blade are formed of a single-piece component.
Claims8
In a card including a main carding cylinder having a direction of rotation, a doffer cooperating with the main carding cylinder and a waste separator situated above the doffer and adjacent the main carding cylinder;
- the waste separator including a knife blade situated close to the main carding cylinder and being oriented in a direction opposite said direction of rotation, a plate situated at a small radial distance from the main carding cylinder and having an edge defining a gap with the knife blade and a casing defining a suction chamber shrouding said gap;
- the improvement wherein said casing and said knife blade are formed of a single-piece component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.