Title of Invention

CARD TOP BAR FOR A CARDING MACHINE, HAVING A CARRYING MEMBER AND A CLOTHING PORTION

Abstract The invention relates to a card top bar (14) for a carding machine, comprising a carrying member (14b) and a releasable clothing portion, the clothing portion having clothing (18,19,23), a carrier (24, 26) for the clothing (18, 19, 23), and two card top heads (14', 14", 14 to 14 ), the card top heads comprising at least one sliding region (14 14 ) arranged for sliding, in use, on a slideway (2O), wherein the card top heads and the carrier (26) for the clothing are in engagement with one another and form a structural unit.
Full Text Card top bar for a carding machine, having a carrying
member and a clothing portion
The invention relates to a card top bar for a carding
machine, having a carrying member and a releasable clothing
portion, in which card top bar there are provided two end
head-pieces (card top heads), each of which slides on a
slideway, the end head-pieces comprising at least one
sliding region, which is in contact with the slideway, and
at least one fixing region, which is in engagement with the
card top bar and which at the same time holds the sliding
region.
In a known card top bar, the end head-pieces (card top
heads) are associated with the carrying member.
The problem of the invention is to improve the known
card top bar still further.
The invention provides a card top bar for a carding
machine, having a carrying member and a releasable clothing
portion, in which card top bar there are provided two end
head-pieces (card top heads), each of which slides on a
slideway, the end head-pieces comprising at least one
sliding region, which is in contact with the slideway, and
at least one fixing region, which is in engagement with the
card top bar and which at the same time holds the sliding
region, characterised in that the card top heads and a

carrier for the clothing are in engagement with one another
and form a structural unit.
The fact that the card top heads are in engagement with
the carrier for the clothing makes it possible for the
clothing portion, including the card top heads, to be
manufactured as a separate component. In the process, it is
made possible for a constant setting to be obtained for the
important spacing between the sliding surface of the card
top heads and the free ends (tips) of the clothing.
Manufacturing tolerances in the carrying member, which is
made, for example, from extruded aluminium, can no longer
have an adverse effect on that spacing. A further advantage
is that, when the clothing has become worn, the complete
clothing portion (clothing strip, holding device and card
top heads) can be removed and thrown away. It is especially
advantageous that replacement of the clothing portion is
carried out by simple means in the spinning room, it being
possible for the carrying members to be re-used without
modification. Precise setting of the card top heads
relative to the clothing tips and, accordingly, of the
important spacing between the clothing tips and the
cylinder clothing (carding nip) is made possible by means
of the measures according to the invention.
The carrier may be of one-piece construction. The
carrier may instead consist of a carrying element for the

clothing and a compensating layer which may be connected to
one another. The compensating layer may be arranged
between the carrier and the carrying member. The card top
heads may be in engagement, preferably non-releasably, with
the carrier, for example with a compensating layer thereof,
for example, directly or by way of an auxiliary carrier.
The fixing region for the card top heads may be arranged
in the compensating layer, for example with the sliding
region extending outwardly beyond the carrier. Each card
top head may have two elements, for example, pins of
hardened steel or the like, the sliding surface of which
may be ground, fine-ground and/or polished. The card top
heads may be fixed in the respective end face of the
carrier. Advantageously, the lower boundary of the card
top heads is spaced from the free clothing tips. The
carrying member and the clothing portion may form at least
two composite components. The clothing portion
advantageously comprises the carrier, the clothing and the
card top heads. The carrying member and the clothing
portion are advantageously connected to one another by
releasable fixing means, for example, clips, clamps or the
like. Fixing means, for example, resilient snap-fit
elements, may be attached to the carrying member or to the
clothing portion.

The card top heads maybe connected to the carrier by
adhesive action or the like. Advantageously, at least one
continuous rod or the like, advantageously of a wear-
resistant material, is provided, which extends over the
width of the card top bar. The rod or the like may be
accommodated within the carrier. The ends of the rod or
the like may extend out beyond the carrier on both sides,
in the form of card top heads.
Where a compensating layer is present, that may be of
plastics material or the like, for example of a synthetic
resin such as epoxy resin, or of polyester or the like.
The plastics material, synthetic resin or the like may be
curable, and/or may be pourable. It may be, for example,
an adhesive. The plastics material, synthetic resin or the
like advantageously adheres more strongly to the clothing
carrier than at the bottom surface of the carrying member.
The compensating layer may be a rigid foam.
Advantageously, an adhesive layer may be provided between
the compensating layer and the bottom surface of the card
top bar. A compensating step may be provided in the bottom
surface of the carrying member.
The card top bar and the card top clothing are
associated with the same reference plane. The reference
plane may be a flat counterpart surface for the tip of the
card top clothing, for example a plate or the like. The

card top carrying member may be an extruded member of a
light metal, for example aluminium, which is advantageously
hollow and may be cut to length, for example by sawing.
Advantageously, the cut-to-length carrying member can be
straightened. Two end head-pieces (card top heads) may be
associated with the carrier. Advantageously, a carrying
element for the card top clothing, for example of textile
material, and a compensating layer are arranged at a recess
in the bottom surface of the carrying member.
Advantageously, a spacing between the sliding surfaces at
the card top heads on the outer surface of the slideway and
the envelope curve of the card top clothing tips is even.
The card top heads may lie on a reference plane, for
example a flat metal member or the like. The reference
plane may be a magnetic plate. The plate and the reference
plane may be attached to a common holding element. The
reference plane and a further reference plane coinciding
with the clothing tips may be orientated parallel to one
another. The spacing between the reference planes may be
adjustable.
For manufacture, the clothing tips are set down on the
further reference plane and the card top heads are set down
on the reference plane, and an intermediate layer is
applied between the carrying member and the clothing strip.
The intermediate layer may be applied by melting, for

example, after warming or otherwise heating. The underside
of the carrying member may be structured, for example
having recesses, protrusion, holes or the like. The
carrier may have lateral recesses, grooves or the like for
engagement of the fixing elements. Fixing elements may be
present on the carrying members for engagement with the
bottom surface of the carrier. The carrying member may
have lateral shoulders, recesses or the like for engagement
of fixing elements present on the carrier. For fixing the
clothing portion, fixing means for example resilient snap-
in elements may be attached to the carrier.
The invention will be described hereinafter in greater
detail with reference to exemplary embodiments shown in the
drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 shows, in a diagrammatic side view, a
carding machine having the apparatus
according to the invention;
Fig. 2 shows clothed card top bars, portions of
a slideway and flexible bend, and the
spacing between the card top bar
clothing and cylinder clothing;
Fig. 3a shows, in a sectional side view, the
rear part and carrying member of the
card top bar;
Fig. 3b shows, in a side view, a carrier;

Fig. 3c shows, in a side view, a section through
a clothing strip;
Fig. 3d shows the card top bar having the
apparatus according to the invention, in
an assembled state;
Figs. 4a, 4b show a further arrangement of the card
top bar and holding element, having a
click and snap-in connection;
Fig. 5 shows, in a side view and partly in
section, an arrangement according to the
invention, having a device for alignment
of the card top bar for application of a
compensating layer;
Fig. 6 is a detailed view of the arrangement
according to Fig. 5; and
Figs. 7 to 10 show further arrangements of the
apparatus according to the invention.
Fig. 1 shows a carding machine, for example a
Triitzschler DK 903 high-performance carding machine, having
a feed roller 1, feed table 2, lickers-in 3a, 3b, 3c,
cylinder 4, doffer 5, stripper roller 6, nip rollers 7, 8,
web-collecting element 9, web funnel 10, draw-off
rollers 11, 12, revolving card top 13 having clothed card
top bars 14, can 15 and can coiler 16. Curved arrows
indicate the directions of rotation of the rollers.

Reference letter A denotes the work direction. Stationary-
carding elements 33 and 34 are arranged opposite the
cylinder clothing 4a.
In accordance with Fig. 2, on each side of the carding
machine, a flexible bend 17 having several adjustment
screws is fixed laterally to the machine frame. The
flexible bend 17 has a convex outer surface 17a and an
underside 17b. On top of the flexible bend 17 there is a
slideway 20, for example made of low-friction plastics
material, which has a convex outer surface 20a and a
concave inner surface 2 0b. The concave inner surface 2 0b
rests on top of the convex outer surface 17a and is able to
slide thereon in the direction of arrows B, C. Each card
top bar, which may be constructed, for example, in
accordance with EP 0 567 747 A1, consists of a rear
part 14a and a carrying member 14b. The carrying member 14b
has a bottom surface 14c, two lateral surfaces 14d, 14e and
two upper surfaces 14f, 14g (see Fig. 3a). Each card top
bar 14 has, at each of its two ends, a card top head 14',
14' (cf. Fig. 5), each of which comprises two steel pins
141, 142 and 143, 144, respectively, a portion of which in
the axial direction is fixed in a compensating layer 24.
Those portions of the steel pins 141, 142 (see Fig. 9) that
extend out beyond the end faces of the carrying member 14b
slide on the convex outer surface 20a of the slideway 20 in-

the direction of the arrow D. The clothing strip 18 is
attached to the underside of the carrying member 14b.
Reference numeral 21 denotes the circle of tips of the card
top clothings 19. The cylinder 4 has on its circumference a
cylinder clothing 4a, for example a sawtooth clothing.
Reference numeral 22 denotes the circle of the tips of the
cylinder clothing 4a. The spacing between the circle of
tips 21 and the circle of tips 22 is denoted by reference
letter a and is, for example, 3/1000". The spacing between
the convex outer surface 20a and the circle of tips 22 is
denoted by reference letter b. The radius of the convex
outer surface 20a is denoted by reference letter rx and the
radius of the circle of tips 22 is denoted by reference
letter r2. The radii r1 and r2 intersect at the centre
point M of the cylinder 4.
In accordance with Fig. 3a, the card top bar 14, which
is extruded from aluminium, is composed of the rear
part 14a and the carrying member 14b. The carrier 26
according to Fig. 3b, which is extruded from aluminium, is
composed of a holding element 26a and two fixing
elements 26b and 26c. The free end regions 26b1 and 26c2 of
the holding elements 26b and 26c are bent at right angles
in different directions. They may, in each case, also be
bent at an acute angle. The carrier 26 is made of one piece
from one material. The fixing elements 26b and 26c may also-

be attached to the holding element 26a, for example by
laser welding. The fixing elements 26b, 26c and the holding
element 26a may also be made from different materials. The
regions 26a2 and 26a3 are used for additional holding of
the carrying element 23 for the clothing strip 18 (see
Fig. 3c). In accordance with Fig. 3c, the clothing strip 18
consists of clothing tips 19 (small wire hooks) and a
carrying element 23 made from a textile material. Reference
letter f denotes the thickness of the carrying element 23.
At one of their ends, the small wire hooks 19 are fixed in
the carrying element 23, through the surface 23'. At the
other end, the small wire hooks 19, that is to say the
clothing tips, are free.
Fig. 3d shows the card top bar 14 according to
Figures 3a to 3c in the assembled state. The clothing
strip 18 is fixed to one face 262 (the inner face) of the
carrier 26. The other face 26i (the outer face) of the
carrier 26 lies against the carrying member 14b. The end
regions 26b2 and 26c2 of the fixing elements 26b and 26c,
respectively, press against the upper surfaces 14f and 14g,
respectively, of the carrying member 14b, as a result of
which the carrier 26, together with the clothing strip 18,
is fixed to the card top bar 14. Arranged between the inner
face 262 of the carrier 26 and the carrying element 23 is
an intermediate layer 24, for example made from cured

synthetic resin or the like. The compensating layer 24 is
able to compensate for disparate spacings between the card
top bar 14, namely the bottom surface 14c, and the card top
clothing 19, namely the envelope contour of the free tips.
The fixing region for the steel pins 14l, 142 forming the
card top head 14' is arranged in the compensating layer 24
(see Fig. 6). The sliding region of the steel pins 141, 142
extends freely outwards, beyond the end face of the
compensating layer 24 (see Figs. 5 and 6). In that manner,
the card top heads 14', 14' and the holding device -
which, in accordance with Fig. 3d, is composed of the
holding element 26 and the compensating layer 24 - for the
clothing strip 18 are in engagement with one another and
together form a structural unit. The structural unit
consisting of holding element 26, compensating layer 24,
clothing strip 18 and card top heads 141, 142 is
prefabricated separately. A further advantage is that the
structural unit can be mounted on the carrying member 14b,
and removed from the carrying member 14b, by simple means
both in the manufacturing factory and at the user's
premises, that is to say in the spinning room itself. The
structural unit can be supplied to the user in the form of
a prefabricated replacement part.
As Fig. 5 shows, arranged in a fixed position on a flat
plate 25, between the card top pins 141, 142 and the

plate 25, is a parallelepipedal supporting element 27a
having parallel and flat surfaces and, between the card top
pins 143, 144 and the plate 25, a further parallelepipedal
supporting element 27b of the same height h. Using this
apparatus and further lateral fillet elements (not shown)
or the like (for example, displaceable boundary surfaces
for the compensating layer 24 and/or the carrying
element 23), it is possible to position the clothing
tips 19 of the clothing strip 18 on the plate 25 and the
pins 141, 142, 143, 144 on the supporting elements 27a, 27b.
The compensating layer 24 is then introduced between the
carrier 26 and the carrying element 23. That may be
accomplished by, for example, pouring it in, injecting it,
spreading it in, laying it in or the like. The compensating
layer 24, for example of paste-like consistency, becomes
distributed in the intermediate space, filling it in
compensating manner.
In accordance with Fig. 6, there is provided a static
carrier element 14*, which can, for example, in accordance
with Fig. 3a, be constructed in the form of a T-carrier or
the like. The receiving portion for the card top pins 142
may consist of, for example, a poured compound/adhesive,
construction foam or the like. The height h always has the
same dimension in the case of all card top bars, thereby
eliminating dimensional tolerance. The fixing region of the-

card top pin 142 is arranged in the compensating layer 24,
and the free end thereof - the region sliding on the
slideway 20a of the sliding bend 20 (see Fig. 2) - is
located outside the compensating layer 24.
In accordance with Fig. 7, separate spring clips 29a,
2 9b are provided, by means of which the structural unit
composed of compensating layer 24, clothing strip 18
(consisting of clothing 19 and carrier 23) and card top
pins 14i, 142 (143 and 144 are not shown) is releasably
fixed to the carrying member 14b of the card top bar 14.
Fig. 8 shows an arrangement wherein resilient clips 14h,
14i are integrally formed on the carrying member 14b, for
example during extrusion. As a result, the clips 14h, 14i
are integrated into the card top bar 14. The compensating
layer 24 has longitudinal grooves 30a, 30b on its sides,
extending in the width-wise direction, in which the bent-
over free ends of the resilient clips 14h, 14i releasably
engage.
Fig. 9 shows an arrangement, wherein resilient clips
26d, 26e are integrally formed on the carrier 26, for
example during extrusion. As a result, the clips 26d, 26e
are integrated into the carrier 26. The clips have, on
their free ends, engagement portions, which are in
releasable engagement with corresponding engagement
surfaces on the carrying member 14b. The parts in.

engagement with one another may be bent over, for example
at an acute or obtuse angle.
In accordance with Fig. 10, the compensating layer 24 is
enclosed by an approximately U-shaped tension bar 31 made
from metal, above which the rear part 14a of the card top
bar 14 is formed from rigid foam or the like. Provided at
the top of the rear part 14a is an approximately U-shaped
compression bar 32 made from metal. The compression bar 32
and tension bar 31 equalise forces and stabilise the rear
part 14a. The statically supporting part is also integrated
into the wearing component. A sandwich construction makes
that technically possible. This solution precludes the need
for on-site assembly.
The apparatus according to the invention substantially
reduces the flatness tolerance and dimensional tolerance,
measured over the clothing surface, within a card top set
consisting of several card top bars 14. A further important
advantage is that, when clothings are replaced at the
customer's premises, the installation work is reduced. As a
result of the invention, the interface between pins (and
clothing) is shifted. The pins are an integral part of the
wearing portion, namely the clothing. As especially Figures
3d, 5, 6 and 7 to 10 show, the clothing 19, material 23,
tolerance-compensating layer 24 and card top pins 141, 142
form one component. It is accordingly possible for

dimension h always to be kept the same and for the customer
to be provided with a component in which precision is
already in-built.
Figures 7 to 10 show, by way of example, secure and
simple mounting of this unit (component) on the static
carrier.

WE CLAIM
1. A card top bar (14) for a carding machine, comprising a carrying member
(14b) and a reteasable clothing portion, the clothing portion having
clothing (18,19,23), a carrier (24,26) for the clothing (18,19,23), and two
card top heads (14', 14", I41, to 144), the card top heads comprising at
least one sliding region (141, 142) arranged for sliding, in use, on a
slideway (20), wherein the card top heads and the carrier (26) for the
clothing are in engagement with one another and form a structural unit.
2. A card top bar as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carrier (26) is of one-
piece construction.
3. A card top bar as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carrier (26) comprises a
carrying element (23) for the clothing and a compensating layer (24).
4. A card top bar as claimed in claim 3, wherein the carrying element (23)
and the compensating layer (24) are connected to one another.
5. A card top bar as claimed in claim 3 or claim 4, wherein the
compensating layer (24) is arranged between the rest of the carrier (26)
and the carrying member (14b).
6. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the card
top heads (143, 144) are in engagement with the compensating layer
(24).

7. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein the card
top heads each have at least one fixing region arranged in the
compensating layer.
8. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein the
compensating layer is made from plastics material.
9. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 8, wherein a synthetic
resin, for example epoxy resin, is provided as compensating layer.
10. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 8, wherein polyester is
provided as compensating layer.
11. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the
plastics material, synthetic resin or the like to be used for the
compensating layer is curable.
12. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the
plastics material, synthetic resin or the like to be used for the
compensating layer is pourable.
13. A card top bar as claimed in arty one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the
plastics material, synthetic resin is adhesive.

14. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein the
plastics material, synthetic resin adheres more strongly to the clothing
carrier than at the bottom surface (14c) of the carrying member (14b).
15. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 8, wherein a rigid
foam is provided as compensating layer.
16. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 8, wherein an
adhesive layer is provided between the compensating layer (24) and the
bottom surface (14c) of the carrying member (14b).
17. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the
sliding region of each card top heads extends outwards beyond the
carrier.
18. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the card
top heads are in engagement with the carrier directly.
19. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the card
top heads are in engagement with the carrier by way of an auxiliary
carrier.
20. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein the card
top heads are non-releasably connected to the carrier.

21. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 20, wherein each card
top head has two elements.
22. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 21, wherein the card
top heads are fixed in the respective end face of the carrier.
23. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 22, wherein the card
top heads comprise pins of hardened steel.
24. A card top bar as claimed in claim 23, wherein the pins have a sliding
surface that is ground, fine-ground and/or polished.
25. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 24, wherein the lower
boundary of the card top heads is in a plane that is spaced from a further
plane in which the free clothing tips are located.
26. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 25, wherein the
carrying member and the clothing portion form at least two composite
components.
27. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 26, wherein the
clothing portion comprises the carrier, the clothing, and the card top
heads.

28. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 27, wherein the
carrying member and the clothing portion are connected to one another
by releasable fixing means (26b, 26e).
29. A card top bar as claimed in claim 28, wherein the fixing means are
separate dips, or damps.
30. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 28, wherein, for
attachment to the clothing portion, fixing means, for example resilient
snap-in elements, are attached to the carrying member.
31. A card top bar as claimed in claim 30, wherein the carrier has lateral
recesses, grooves (30a, 30b) for engagement of the fixing elements.
32. A card top bar as claimed in claim 30, wherein the fixing elements
present on the carrying member are in engagement with the bottom
surface of the carrier.
33. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 28, wherein, for
attachment to the carrying member, fixing means, for example resilient
snap-in connections, are provided on the clothing portion.
34. A card top bar as claimed in claim 33, wherein the carrying member has
lateral shoulders, recesses for the like for engagement of fixing elements
present on the carrier.

35. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 33, wherein the card
top heads are connected to the carrier by adhesive action.
36. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 35, wherein the
clothing portion comprises at least one continuous rod, which extends
over the width of the card top bar.
37. A card top bar as claimed in daim 36, wherein the rod is accommodated
within the carrier.
38. A card top bar as claimed in claim 36 or claim 37, wherein the ends of the
rod extend out beyond the carrier on both sides, in the form of card top
heads.
39. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 36 to 38, wherein the rod
is made from wear-resistant material.
40. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 39, wherein a
compensating step is provided in the bottom surface of the carrying
member.
41. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 40, wherein the
carrying member is an extruded member of a light metal, for example
aluminum.

42. A card top bar as claimed in claim 41, wherein the extruded member is a
hollow member.
43. A card top bar as claimed in claim 41 or claim 42, wherein the carrying
member can be cut to length, for example by sawing.
44. A card top bar as claimed in claim 43, wherein the cut-to-length card top
bar can be straightened.
45. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 44, wherein two card
top heads are associated with the carrying member.
46. A card top bar as claimed in claimed 45, wherein the card top heads are
pins made form hardened steel.
47. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 46, wherein the
carrier comprises a carrying element and a compensating layer arranged
at a recess in the bottom surface of the carrying member.
48. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 47, wherein the
spacing between the sliding surfaces of the card top heads which slide, in
use, on the outer surface of slideway and an envelope curve of the card
top clothing tips is substantially uniform.
49. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 48, wherein the
underside of the carrying member is structured.

50. A card top bar as claimed in claim 49, wherein underside has recesses,
protrusions, notes.
51. A card top bar for a carding machine, comprising a carrying member and
a releasable clothing portion, the card top bar having two end head-
pieces, each of which slides on a slideway, the end head-pieces
comprising at least one sliding region, which is in contact with the
slioeway and at least one fixing region, which is in engagement with the
card top bar and which simultaneously holds the sliding region,
characterized in that the card top heads and the holding device for the
clothing are in engagement with one another and form a structural unit.
52. A card top bar substantially as described herein with reference to and as
illustrated by any of Figures 3a to 3d, 4a and 4 b, and 5 to 10.
53. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 52, wherein the card
top heads are located on a reference plane, for example a flat metal
member.
54. A card top bar as claimed in claim 53, wherein a magnetic plate is
provided as a reference plane for the clothing tips.
55. A card top bar as claimed in claim 54, wherein the plate and the
reference plane for the card top heads are attached to a common holding
element.

56. A card top bar as claimed in arty one of claims 53 to 55, wherein the
reference plane for the clothing tips and the reference plane for the card
top heads are oriented parallel to one another.
57. A card top bar as claimed in any one of datms 54 to 56, wherein the
spacing between the reference planes is adjustable.
58. A card top bar as claimed in claim 53, wherein the card top bar and the
card top clothing are associated with the same reference plane.
59. A card top bar as claimed in claim 58, wherein the reference plane is a
flat counterpart surface for the tip of the card top clothing, for example a
plate or the like.
60. A card top bar as claimed in any one of claims 53 to 59, wherein the
clothing tips are set down on the reference plane for the clothing tips,
wherein the card top heads are set down on the reference plane for the
card top heads, and wherein an intermediate layer is provided as a
compensating layer between the carrying member and the clothing strip.
61. A card top bar as dawned in claim 60, wherein the compensating layer is
provided to the carrying member by melting.

62. A card top bar as claimed in claim 61, wherein the carrying member is
warmed or heated before application of the compensating layer by
melting.

The invention relates to a card top bar (14) for a carding
machine, comprising a carrying member (14b) and a releasable
clothing portion, the clothing portion having clothing
(18,19,23), a carrier (24, 26) for the clothing (18, 19, 23), and
two card top heads (14', 14", 14 to 14 ), the card top heads
comprising at least one sliding region (14 14 ) arranged for
sliding, in use, on a slideway (2O), wherein the card top heads
and the carrier (26) for the clothing are in engagement with one
another and form a structural unit.

Documents:

307-KOL-2003-(13-08-2012)-FORM-27.pdf

307-KOL-2003-(28-11-2011)-FORM-27.pdf

307-KOL-2003-FORM 27.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-abstract.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-claims.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-correspondence.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-description (complete).pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-drawings.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-examination report.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-form 1.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-form 18.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-form 2.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-form 26.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-form 3.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-form 5.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-priority document.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-reply to examination report.pdf

307-kol-2003-granted-specification.pdf

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Patent Number 226452
Indian Patent Application Number 307/KOL/2003
PG Journal Number 51/2008
Publication Date 19-Dec-2008
Grant Date 17-Dec-2008
Date of Filing 03-Jun-2003
Name of Patentee TRUTZSCHLER GMBH & CO. KG.
Applicant Address DUVENSTR. 82-92, D-41199 MONCHENGLADBACH
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 SCHURENKRAMER MICHAEL SCHMOLDERSTR. 253 D-41239 MONCHENGLADBACH
2 LEDER ARMIN AM PATORAT 21, D-41189 MONCHENGLADBACH
PCT International Classification Number D01G 15/00
PCT International Application Number N/A
PCT International Filing date
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 10229172.1 2002-06-28 Germany