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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Ross Atkinson, Highton, AU;
Assignee:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Campbell, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 1/584 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 1/584 ;
Abstract
Card clothing comprises a strip of profile wire having a plurality of longitudinally aligned teeth ( ) with respective overhanging tips ( ). The edge-face ( ) of each tooth under the overhanging tip includes at least one undercut edge-segment ( ) spaced along the edge-face from the tip. This undercut edge-segment increases the retention of fibres by the edge-face during carding.