Abstract: A can coiler with sliver inlet opening (1) on its head side, which opening is arranged in a rotating plate (11) and is flanked by calender rolls (16) the drive for which is derived from the rotary motion of the rotating plate (11) in the head of the can coiler. A structural form which is simple to manufacture and favorable in use and for maintenance is provided by the drive of the calender rolls being developed as a belt drive with a friction wheel (13) which can be shifted into position of application against an annular surface (18') of the head (10) of the can coiler.

Abstract: A method of depositing sliver in a can by a sliver coiler having a rotating coiler head provided with an outlet opening travelling in a circular path, comprises the following steps: discharging sliver from the outlet opening during rotation of the coiler head; introducing sliver from the outlet opening immediately into a stationary annular chamber which can hold at least two superposed sliver coils and which is aligned with the circular path and which further has an open top oriented towards the outlet opening and an open bottom oriented away from the outlet opening; compressing the sliver in the annular chamber upon introduction therein and ejecting a lowermost sliver coil from the annular chamber through the bottom thereof by the pressure of a superposed compressed sliver coil dwelling in the annular chamber.

Abstract: A sliver coiler for a carding machine or the like includes a can having an open top; a support for positioning the can in a generally upright orientation; a rotary head having a guide arranged eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotary head. The central axis of the can is spaced from the axis of rotation of the rotary head, whereby during rotation of the rotary head and the can, the rotary head deposits sliver in the can in superposed continuous circular loops which are eccentric with respect to the central axis of the can. There is provided an adjusting arrangement for arbitrarily altering the distance between the central axis of the can and the axis of rotation of the rotary head for effecting contact between outer parts of the circular loops and inner wall faces of the can irrespective of the thickness of the sliver deposited in the coiler.