Abstract: An arcuate card-clothed element is manufactured by combining a deformable sustaining element which may for example be a slotted stiffener or a layer of fibre glass with a flexible toothed foundation while the sustaining element is in a deformable condition and shaped to the desired arcuate contour of the card-clothed element, and introducing a hardenable bonding medium such as a resin to hold the foundation in the shape of the sustaining element and convert the sustaining element to a substantially rigid state. The card-clothed element may be made in individual sectors, or may comprise sectors cut from a cylindrical assembly built on a former.

Abstract: A method and apparatus whereby a carded web is removed from a rotating member carrying the web by passing the web through a mouth constituted by a nip between a rotating element such as a stripping roller which may have a non-circular cross-section and a stationary element such as a blade-like member that may be oscillated toward and away from the rotating element, the mouth continuously opening and closing in a plane radial of the rotating element.