Abstract: A top comb for a combing machine, comprising a top comb carrier which has a retaining section that is connected to a carrier plate to which a needle strip or a top comb clothing is fastened, the top comb carrier in the area of its retaining section being fixable to a top comb retainer by means of at least one retaining bracket that is associated with the top comb retainer. In order to minimize the wear between the top comb carrier and a retaining bracket that is hinged to a top comb retainer, it is proposed that at least two additional retaining elements are mounted on the retaining section of the top comb and can be encompassed by one retaining bracket in each case, the retaining means, at least in the area that can be encompassed by the respective retaining bracket, being made of a material that is harder than the retaining section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a top comb (1) for a combing machine, comprising a top comb carrier (2) which has a retaining section (4, 34) that is connected to a carrier plate (5) to which a needle strip or a top comb clothing (7) is fastened, the top comb carrier (2) in the area of its retaining section (4, 34) being fixable to a top comb retainer (17) by means of at least one retaining bracket (21, 31) that is associated with the top comb retainer. In order to minimize the wear between the top comb carrier (2) and a retaining bracket (21, 31) that is hinged to a top comb retainer, it is proposed that at least two additional retaining means (30) are mounted on the retaining section (34) of the top comb and can be encompassed by one retaining bracket (31) in each case, the retaining means (30), at least in the area that can be encompassed by the respective retaining bracket, being made of a material that is harder than the retaining section (34).

Abstract: A guide plate is positioned immediately downstream of the detaching rollers of the combing head in order to deflect the web upwardly towards a deflection plate which, in turn, deflects the web back towards a trailing section of the guide plate. The guide plate and deflection plate are electrically conductive and electrically connected to the machine frame of the combing machine in order to discharge the electrostatic charges in the web. A trailing edge of the guide plate may also be inclined to deliver the web to the delivery rollers. The distance between the nip clearance of the detaching rollers and the point at which the web contacts the inclined section of the guide plate is too short to permit jamming of a web due to the rigidity of the web.