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US 5,467,505 AGranted
Card clothing for a carding machine
AssigneeGraf + Cie AG Kratzen- und Maschinenfabrik
InventorRalph Graf
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Abstract
A card clothing has an array of parallel elongated strips each having an inwardly directed and longitudinally extending foot part, a multiplicity of hooks extending outward from the foot part, and a pair of ends. A pair of longitudinally spaced support elements wholly out of direct contact with each other is provided, one end of each of the strips being seated in one of the support elements and the other end of each of the strips being seated in the other support element. The support elements are formed to fit with support structure of the carding machine.
Claims6
A card clothing comprising:
- a cover lining having an inwardly directed and longitudinally extending foot part, a multiplicity of hooks extending outward from the foot part, and a pair of ends;
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- a pair of longitudinally spaced support elements wholly out of direct contact with each other, one end of the cover lining being fixed in one of the support elements and the other end of the cover lining being fixed in the other support element so that the card clothing is self supporting, the support elements together forming an inwardly open T-section recess adapted to fit with a complementary T-section support structure of the carding machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.