Combing machine with noil measuring

A combing machine, with a plurality of combing heads, each one of said heads comprising means for feeding one lap each to be combed;

• means for combing out noils;
• means for detaching combed fibre tufts from the lap and for forming a single head sliver;
• guiding means for pneumatically carrying off the removed noils;
• a device for one of continuous and periodic automatic generation of a signal representative of the presence of the noils during the operation of the combing machine, said generation device comprising a measuring apparatus for determining the quantity of noils carried off per time unit, said measuring apparatus comprising, within said guiding means, a chamber with an entrance side closable by means of a movable plate and a discharge side closable by means of a movable screening plate and a quantity measuring device for determining the quantity of noils contained in the closed chamber.

A combing machine, with a plurality of combing heads, each one of said heads comprising means for feeding one lap each to be combed;

• means for combing out noils;
• means for detaching combed fibre tufts from the lap and for forming a single head sliver;
• guiding means for pneumatically carrying off the removed noils;
• a device for one of continuous and periodic automatic generation of a signal representative of the presence of the noils during the operation of the combing machine, said generation device comprising means for measuring the lap quantity supplied per time unit.