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(11) EP 0 571 199 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.07.1994 Bulletin 1994/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.11.1993 Bulletin 1993/47

(21) Application number: 93303888.7

(22) Date of filing: 19.05.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: D01G 15/78
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE ES FR IT LI

(30) Priority: 20.05.1992 GB 9210715

(71) Applicant: JOHN D. HOLLINGSWORTH ON WHEELS INC.
Greenville, South Carolina 29602-0516 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ogden, Geoffrey Andrew
    Rochdale, Lancashire OL16 3UX (GB)
  • Meanock, Brian
    Oldham, Lancashire OL1 3RN (GB)

(74) Representative: Barlow, Roy James 
J.A. KEMP & CO. 14, South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX
London WC1R 5LX (GB)


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    (54) Flat stripping arrangement


    (57) An impeller 2 is located adjacent revolving flats 8 such that the air flow 10 which it produces removes waste, for instance picked up during a carding process, from the flat wire 14 of the revolving flats 8. The waste is then carried by the air 10 into a cylindrical compartment 16 where it is removed by an applied suction, a bleed hole 24 assisting the flow of air along the compartment 16 for the evacuation of the waste 6.






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