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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
May. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ferdinand Leifeld, Kempen, DE;
Bernhard Rübenach, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Assignee:
Trutzschler GmbH Co. KG, Monchengladbach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 2/500 ;
Abstract
A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder and a doffer to which fiber material is transferred from the main carding cylinder and a fiber removing device positioned downstream of the doffer as viewed in an advancing direction of the fiber material through the carding machine. A gathering device including at least one gathering roll is disposed downstream of the doffer for effecting a negative draft on the fiber material between the doffer and the gathering roll.