Clearer device for draft roller

In combination with a draft roller of a drafting apparatus, the draft roller having a peripheral face and the drafting apparatus including an apron roller, the draft roller being rotatable about a fixed axis, a clearer device for clearing waste from said draft roller peripheral face, said clearer device including

• an elongated support frame,
• clearer pad means projecting from said support frame,
• means for mounting said support frame parallel to the draft roller axis with draft roller engageable parts of the clearer pad means in a first mounted upright positioning of the support frame being engaged with the peripheral face of the draft roller at one side of the draft roller axis for brushing waste away from said peripheral face,
• said mounting means including pivot means connected to said support frame intermediate the ends thereof,
• an elongated resilient plate, said resilient plate at a first end thereof being connected to said support frame at a lower part of said support frame, an opposite end of said resilient plate being engageable/disengageable with an arresting ring extending from said apron roller so that each time said apron roller rotates, said resilient plate is engaged by said arresting ring and raised causing said support frame to pivot in a predetermined direction to a second mounted position in which it is inclined downwardly and the clearer pad means is moved to a position clear of the draft roller peripheral face with the draft roller engageable parts of said clearer pad means disposed at an opposite side of the draft roller axis and in which second mounted position waste accumulated on said support frame and clearer pad means can drop therefrom, disengagement of the resilient plate opposite end with from said arresting ring causing a repulsive force present in said resilient plate to pivot said support frame in an opposite direction and back to its first mounted position.