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US 5,473,795 AGranted
Flat bar with gliding pins for carding machine travelling flats
AssigneeTrutzschler GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsGuido Spix, Andreas Ebenhoh, Hermann Trutzschler
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Abstract
A flat bar for a travelling flats assembly of a carding machine includes a carrier body having opposite end faces spaced from one another parallel to a longitudinal axis of the carrier body; and a flat bar end adjoining each end face of the carrier body. Each flat bar end includes an element which has a gliding portion having a part arranged for being in a gliding contact with a slideway of the travelling flats assembly; and a securing portion supporting the gliding portion and being attached to the carrier body.
Claims36
A flat bar for a travelling flats assembly of a carding machine;
- said flat bar comprising
- (a) a carrier body having a longitudinal axis and opposite end faces spaced from one another parallel to said longitudinal axis;
- said carrier body having a travelling direction generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and each said end face having a width dimension measured parallel to said travelling direction;
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- (b) a flat bar end adjoining each said end face of said carrier body;
- each said flat bar end being composed of at least one elongated pin having a width measured parallel to said travelling direction;
- said width of said pin being less than said width dimension of said end face;
- said pin having a securing portion fixedly supported by said carrier body;
- said pin further having a length portion being adjacent said securing portion and extending outwardly from said end face;
- said length portion including a gliding surface for slidingly contacting a slideway of the travelling flats assembly.
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