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                           | (19) |  |  | (11) | EP 0 033 590 A3 | 
         
            
               | (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION | 
         
            
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                        | (88) | Date of publication A3: |  
                        |  | 09.09.1981 Bulletin 1981/36 |  
 
                     
                        | (43) | Date of publication A2: |  
                        |  | 12.08.1981 Bulletin 1981/32 |  
 
 
                     
                        | (22) | Date of filing: 14.01.1981 |  |  | 
         
         
            
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                        | (84) | Designated Contracting States: |  
                        |  | CH DE FR IT LI |  
 
                     
                        | (30) | Priority: | 05.02.1980 GB 8003768 
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                        | (71) | Applicant: WM. R. STEWART & SONS (HACKLEMAKERS) LIMITED |  
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                        | (72) | Inventors: |  
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                              Stewart, William Rennie()
Stewart, David Bruce()
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                  | (54) | Pinned component for textile machinery and method | 
            
(57) A pinned component for use in textile finishing machines and other purposes, the
            component having a plurality of pins projecting from the surface of its body and wherein
            the surface of the body is given a textured finish by means of a sandblasting or chemical
            etching process. The sandblasting or etching removes unwanted burrs or the like from
            the surface of the body and if the pins are secured in their apertures with adhesive
            will also remove excess adhesive, thereby allowing the component to operate more efficiently.
            A typical component which would incorporate the invention would be an opening roller
            for an open-end spinning machine.