Servicing attachment for a carding machine

摘要

An improved servicing attachment, for occasional use on a carding machine, having a support beam traversing a roller of the carding machine and removably mounted on the carding machine, a traversing unit reciprocably mounted on the support beam and a motor on the beam for moving the unit, a motor and driven spindle on the unit, a grinder or fettler on the spindle for treating the card clothing on the roller of the carding machine, support structure including stub axle supports on the beam mating with bearings on the carding machine which are aligned with the axis of the traversing unit driven spindle so that there are a range of angles about the axis of the spindle at which the attachment can be oriented without altering the setting between the grinder or fettler and the roller being treated, and handles on the beam ends for lifting the servicing attachment onto and off of the carding machine being serviced.