Card flat removal device
AssigneeMaschinenfabrik Rieter AG
InventorHans-Peter Schatzmann
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Abstract
A method and a device for drawing off a clothing strip from a card-flat bar are presented. A clothing strip held on the card-flat bar by fastening means in the form of clips or clamps is released form the card-flat bar with the aid of a device resulting in at least partial opening of the fastening means. The device has a bearing face and a retainer for bearing on the card-flat bar or on the clip and has a spike for the at least partial opening of the clip.
Claims11
A device for drawing off a clothing strip from a card-flat bar, the clothing strip being held on the card-flat bar by fasteners in the form of clip or clamp-like members, the device comprising:
- a bearing face configured for engagement against the card-flat bar or fastener on a side of the card-flat bar having the fastener intended to be removed;
- a retainer spaced from the bearing face and configured for engagement against another component or portion of the card-flat bar such that the card-flat bar is retained between the bearing face and the retainer;
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- a spike pivotally mounted relative to the bearing face and configured to engage and open the fastener intended to be removed away from the card-flat bar upon pivotal movement of the spike.
A method for drawing off a clothing strip from a card-flat bar, the clothing strip being held on the card-flat bar by fasteners in the form of clip or clamp-like members, the method comprising sequentially engaging and deforming defined longitudinal sections of the fastener along one longitudinal side of the card-flat bar such that the fastener opens and disengages from the card-flat bar along the longitudinal side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.