Roller with clothing retaining structure and card clothing

A roller which is clothed in card clothing, comprising (1) a roller having a slot extending inwardly, in a direction away from its outer surface, and (2) a piece of card clothing wrapped around the said outer surface, the card clothing comprising:

• (a) an elongate strip of resilient material having opposed ends which abut one another in the region of the said slot in the outer surface of the roller;
• (b) wire carding teeth carried by the strip of resilient material, and projecting from one side thereof so as to form a substantially uniform distribution of carding teeth around the outer periphery of the roller;
• (c) an elongate carrier web which is secured to the elongate strip of resilient material, the web having opposed end portions which project beyond respective ends of the strip, and are inserted into the slot in a direction away from the outer surface of the roller;
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• (d) gripping means arranged inside the roller, to engage the end portions of the carrier web and to retain them in the slot, so as to apply tension to the web and to secure the piece of card clothing in position on the outer surface of the roller.