Device for attaching a flexible clothing in a textile machine

A device for attaching a flexible clothing strip to a card flat bar or a revolving card flat, wherein the card flat bar includes a card flat foot with a clothing take-up surface and a web disposed above the card flat foot, and wherein the clothing strip includes clips for attachment to the card flat foot, the device comprising:

• a receiver configured to accommodate and hold the card flat bar and clothing strip, the receiver further comprising a bearing surface having an adjustable linearity in a longitudinal direction of the card flat bar;
• movable press rams configured on opposite sides of the card flat bar and guided in a movable direction that is generally parallel to the take-up surface and transverse to the longitudinal direction of the card flat bar, the press rams moveable into engagement with the clips thereby causing the clips to deform to the card flat foot;
• a drive configured with the press rams, the drive comprising a first compression hose that expands under pressure to cause movement of the press rams;
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• a clamping mechanism attached to the receiver at locations so as to provide adjustment of the linearity of the bearing surface upon actuation of the clamping mechanism.