Setting device for a carding engine

A carding engine comprising:

• a main toothed cylinder;
• a revolving flats assembly comprising flats which are movable along a working path adjacent to the outer periphery of the main cylinder in order to carry out a carding operation in co-operation with the teeth of the cylinder;
• a fixed bend and an adjustable bend which are adjustably interconnected so as to define a required working path for the movable flats;
• adjustment means operative to vary a spacing between the fixed bend and the adjustable bend so as to enable any desired predetermined clearance values to be pre-set between tips of the flats and the outer periphery of the main cylinder;
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• a number of setting devices which are arranged at spaced apart setting locations with respect to the working path and which are operative to provide a predictable adjustment movement from the pre-set clearance values between the tips of the flats and the outer periphery of the main cylinder set by said adjustment means.