Abstract: In an apparatus at a carding machine for cotton, synthetic fibers and the like, wherein at least one card flat having a card flat clothing is present, the card flat clothing is attached to the card flat, and the clothing is located opposite a roller, for example the cylinder, and an attaching means is present between the card flat and the card flat clothing. In order to make possible, in simple manner, a dimensionally stable clothed card flat and simpler and faster re-clothing (clothing replacement), at least one hook-and-loop closure is present between the card flat and those regions of the card flat clothing which face the card flat.