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Suction manifold for the lickerin section of a carding machine

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1. In a carding machine having a feed roll, main cylinder, a lickerin therebetween, a back knife plate covering a portion of the main cylinder periphery adjacent the lickerin, a curved lickerin cover having an edge parallelling the lickerin axis and adjacent the feed roll, the junction region between said edge and said feed roll being imperfectly sealed whereby a fly escape zone occurs thereat through which fly is discharged, and a flats chain of clothed flats having a bight spaced above said lickerin cover; a suction manifold assembly overlying said lickerin cover between the latter and said flats chain bight for capturing fly and trash escaping from said fly escape zone and removing the same to an external collecting station, said suction manifold assembly comprising a pair of side walls of substantially triangular configuration located in vertical planes adjacent the opposite sides of the carding machine and first, second and third transverse wall panels transversely spanning the carding machine and joined at their opposite ends to said side walls coacting therewith to define a plenum chamber of triangular cross-section extending across the width of the carding machine, said first wall panel being disposed in a substantially vertical plane above the feed roll, said first and second wall panels having spaced portions defining a first suction intake slot spanning the width of the plenum chamber and located adjacent and above said fly escape zone at the junction between said feed roll and said edge of said lickerin cover to draw in air and capture fly from the region of said fly escape zone, said said second wall panel including an extension portion, said extension portion and said third wall panel defining a V-shaped trough underlying said flats chain bight to collect trash falling from the flats chain, portions of two of said transverse wall panels defining a second suction intake slot into said plenum chamber adjacent the apex of said V-shaped trough for withdrawing trash which falls therein into said plenum chamber, and means coupled to both of said side walls for applying suction pressure to the interior of the plenum chamber adjacent each of the side walls.
2. A suction manifold assembly for a carding machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said side walls have coupling openings therein, said last-mentioned means including a return tube spanning the width of the carding machine between the plenum chamber and the back knife plate, elbow conduit means extending from one end of the return tube to the coupling opening in one of said side walls, and suction riser means connecting a suction source to the other end of said return tube and to the coupling opening in the other side wall.
3. A suction manifold assembly for a carding machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said second wall panel extends along a plane which inclines upwardly from a location spaced a short distance above said feed roll to an upper edge immediately below the flats chain bight near the back knife plate, and an adjustable seal strip having a U-shaped portion slidably fitted on said upper edge of the lower inclined panel and a strip portion extending therefrom in sealing abutment with the back knife plate, said inclined panel defining the lower wall of the plenum chamber and extending therebeyond to define one side of said V-shaped trough.
4. A suction manifold assembly for a carding machine as defined in claim 2, wherein said second wall panel extends along a plane which inclines upwardly from a location spaced a short distance above said feed roll to an upper edge immediately below the flats chain bight near the back knife plate, and an adjustable seal strip having a U-shaped portion slidably fitted on said upper edge of the lower inclined panel and a strip portion extending therefrom in sealing abutment with the back knife plate, said inclined panel defining the lower wall of the plenum chamber and extending therebeyond to define one side of said V-shaped trough.
5. A suction manifold assembly for a carding machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said second wall panel includes a planar body portion extending in upwardly inclined relation toward the back knife plate from a bend axis spaced from said first wall panel the width of said first intake slot, said second wall panel having a downwardly directed flange portion extending from said body portion at said bend axis and terminating in a lower lip portion disposed in tangential relation to the lickerin cover, and a positioning plate fastened in overlying relation to the lickerin cover having a recurved edge formation defining a groove into which said lip is interfitted.
6. A suction manifold assembly for a carding machine as defined in claim 3, wherein said second wall panel extends from a bend defining the lower edge thereof spaced from said first intake slot, said second wall panel having a downwardly directed flange portion extending from said body portion at said bend and terminating in a lower lip portion disposed in tangential relation to the lickerin cover, and a positioning plate fastened in overlying relation to the lickerin cover having a recurved edge formation defining a groove into which said lip is interfitted.
7. A suction manifold assembly for a carding machine as defined in claim 4, wherein said second wall panel extends from a bend defining the lower edge thereof spaced from said first intake slot, said second wall panel having a downwardly directed flange portion extending from said body portion at said bend and terminating in a lower lip portion disposed in tangential relation to the lickerin cover, and a positioning plate fastened in overlying relation to the lickerin cover having a recurved edge formation defining a groove into which said lip is interfitted.
8. A suction manifold assembly for carding machines as defined in claim 1, including a flats cover panel coupled to said vertical wall panel and extending upwardly therefrom above the level of the axis of the bight of said flats chaIn, a pair of elongated rigid strap members pivotally mounted at their upper ends to opposite side edge portions of said flats cover panel and having trunion formations secured to lower ends of the strap members and extending in supporting relation beneath the second wall panel near said second suction intake slot, the carding machine including an idler sprocket assembly at said bight having an idler axle, and said suction manifold assembly including bracket members coupled by fastener and slot connections to intermediate portions of said strap members and by slot connections to opposite end portions of said idler axle to contribute support to said manifold assembly.
9. A suction manifold assembly for carding machines as defined in claim 5, including a flats cover panel coupled to said first wall panel and extending upwardly therefrom above the level of the axis of the bight of said flats chain, a pair of elongated rigid strap members pivotally mounted at their upper ends to opposite side edge portions of said flats cover panel and having trunion formations secured to lower ends of the strap members and extending in supporting relation beneath the second wall panel near said second suction intake slot, the carding machine including an idler sprocket assembly at said bight having an idler axle, and said suction manifold assembly including bracket members coupled by fastener and slot connections to intermediate portions of said strap members and by slot connections to opposite end portions of said idler axle to coact with said positioning plate and said lip of said second wall panel in supporting the manifold assembly on the carding machine.
10. In a carding machine having a feed roll, a main cylinder, a lickerin therebetween, a back knife plate covering a portion of the main cylinder periphery adjacent the lickerin, a curved lickerin cover having an edge parallelling the lickerin axis and adjacent the feed roll, the junction region between said edge and said feed roll being imperfectly sealed whereby a fly escape zone occurs thereat through which fly is discharged, and a flats chain of clothed flats having a bight spaced above said lickerin cover; a suction manifold assembly overlying said lickerin cover between the latter and said flats chain bight for capturing fly and a trash escaping from said fly escape zone and removing the same to an external collecting station, said suction manifold assembly comprising a pair of side walls, of substantially triangular configuration located in vertical planes adjacent the opposite sides of the carding machine and first, second and third transverse wall panels transversely spanning the carding machine and joined at their opposite ends to said side walls coacting therewith to define a plenum chamber of triangular cross-section extending across the width of the carding machine, said first wall panel being disposed in a substantially vertical plane above the feed roll, and first and second wall panels having spaced portions defining a first section intake slot spanning the width of the plenum chamber and located adjacent and above said fly escape zone at the junction between said feed roll and said edge of said lickerin cover to draw in air and capture fly from the region of said fly escape zone, said second wall panel having an extension portion, said extension portion and said third wall panel defining a V-shaped trough underlying said flats chain bight to collect trash falling from the flats chain, portions of two of said transverse wall panels defining a second suction intake slot into said plenum chamber adjacent the apex of said V-shaped trough for withdrawing trash which falls therein into said plenum chamber, said side walls each having an opening therein alined along a common horizontal axis, short tube sections fixed in said openings defining connection nipple fittings at opposite ends of the plenum chamber, a return tube spanning the width of the carding machine located externally of the plenum chamber between the latter and back knife plate, elbow conduit means extending from one end of said return tube to one of said nipple fittings, and suction riser means located adjacent one side of the carding machine coupling a suction source with the other end of said return tube and with the other of said nipple fittings whereby suction pressure is applied to the interior of the plenum chamber inwardly adjacent each of said opposite side walls.
11. In a carding machine having a feed roll, main cylinder, a lickerin therebetween, a back knife plate covering a portion of the main cylinder periphery adjacent the lickerin, a curved lickerin cover having an edge parallelling the lickerin axis and adjacent the feed roll, the junction region between said edge and said feed roll being imperfectly sealed whereby a fly escape zone occurs thereat through which fly is discharged, and a flats chain of clothed flats having a bight spaced above said lickerin cover; a suction manifold assembly overlying said lickerin cover between the latter and said flats chain bight for capturing fly and trash escaping from said fly escape zone and removing the same to an external collecting station, said suction manifold assembly comprising a pair of side walls of substantially triangular configuration located in vertical planes adjacent the opposite sides of the carding machine and a vertical transverse wall panel and upper and lower transverse wall panels transversely spanning the carding machine and joined at their opposite ends to said side walls coacting therewith to define a plenum chamber of triangular cross-section extending across the width of the carding machine, said vertical wall panel having its lower edge located a short distance above the feed roll and said upper and lower wall panels extending along inclined planes converging toward the back knife plate, the lower and vertical wall panels having spaced portions defining a first suction intake slot spanning the width of the plenum chamber and located adjacent and above said fly escape zone at the junction between said feed roll and said edge of said lickerin cover to draw in air and capture fly from the region of said fly escape zone, said lower transverse wall panels including a portion extending toward the back knife plate beyond the upper wall panel and coacting with the latter to define a V-shaped trough underlying said flats chain bight to collect trash falling from the flats chain, the upper wall panel having its lower edge spaced from the lower wall panel defining a second suction intake slot into said plenum chamber adjacent the apex of said V-shaped trough for withdrawing trash which falls therein into said plenum chamber, said side walls each having an opening therein alined along a common horizontal axis, short tube sections fixed in said openings defining connection nipple fittings at opposite ends of the plenum chamber, a return tube spanning the width of the carding machine located externally of the plenum chamber between the latter and the back knife plate, elbow conduit means extending from one end of said return tube to one of said nipple fittings, and suction riser means located adjacent one side of the carding machine coupling a suction source with the other end of said return tube and with the other of said nipple fittings whereby suction pressure is applied to the interior of the plenum chamber inwardly adjacent each of said opposite side walls.
12. A suction manifold assembly for carding machines as defined in claim 11, wherein said lower wall panel has a major portion of rectangular planar configuration extending along an upwardly inclined plane toward the back knife plate from a bend thereof bounding said first intake slot, said lower panel having a downwardly extending flange portion joining said major portion at said bend and terminating in a lower lip, and a positioning plate fastened in overlying relation to the lickerin cover having a recurved edge portion defining a groove for slidably receiving said lower lip in interfitting reLation therein.
13. A suction manifold assembly for a carding machine as defined in claim 11, wherein said lower wall panel extends to an upper edge immediately below the flats chain bight near the back knife plate, and an adjustable seal strip having a U-shaped portion slidably fitted on said upper edge of the lower inclined panel and an integral strip portion extending therefrom in sealing abutment with the back knife plate.
14. A suction manifold assembly for a carding machine as defined in claim 12, wherein said lower wall panel extends to an upper edge immediately below the flats chain bight near the back knife plate, and an adjustable seal strip having a U-shaped portion slidably fitted on said upper edge of the lower inclined panel and an integral strip portion extending therefrom in sealing abutment with the back knife plate.
15. A suction manifold assembly for carding machines as defined in claim 11, including a flats cover panel coupled to said vertical wall panel and extending upwardly therefrom above the level of the axis of the bight of said flats chain, a pair of rigid strap members pivotally mounted at their upper ends to opposite side edge portions of said flats cover panel and having trunion formations secured to lower ends of the strap members and extending in supporting relation beneath said lower wall panel near said second suction intake slot, the carding machine including an idler sprocket assembly at said bight having an idler axle, and said suction manifold assembly including bracket members coupled by fastener and slot connections to intermediate portions of said strap members and by slot connections to opposite end portions of said idler axle to contribute support to said manifold assembly.
16. A suction manifold assembly for carding machines as defined in claim 12, including a flats cover panel coupled to said vertical wall panel and extending upwardly therefrom above the level of the axis of the bight of said flats chain, a pair of elongated rigid strap members pivotally mounted at their upper ends to opposite side edge portions of said flats cover panel and having trunion formations secured to lower ends of the strap members and extruding in supporting relation beneath said lower wall panel near said second suction intake slot, the carding machine including an idler sprocket assembly at said bight having an idler axle, and said suction manifold assembly including bracket members coupled by fastener and slot connections to intermediate portions of said strap members and by slot connections to opposite end portions of said idler axle to coact with said positioning plate and said lip of said lower wall panel in supporting the manifold assembly on the carding machine.
17. A suction manifold assembly for carding machines as defined in claim 14, including a flats cover panel coupled to said vertical wall panel and extending upwardly therefrom above the level of the axis of the bight of said flats chain, a pair of elongated rigid strap members pivotally mounted at their upper ends to opposite side edge portions of said flats cover panel and having trunion formations secured to lower ends of the strap members and extending in supporting relation beneath said lower wall panel near said second suction intake slot, the carding machine including an idler sprocket assembly at said bight having an idler axle, and said suction manifold assembly including bracket members coupled by fastener and slot connections to intermediate portions of said strap members and by slot connections to opposite end portions of said idler axle to coact with said positioning plate and said lip of said lower wall panel in supporting the manifold assembly on the carding machine.
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