摘要 |
In a card top bar 14 for a carding machine the card top chains 15 are detachably secured to the outer ends of the heads 14a of 14 in each case by means of a securing element (e.g. bolt 16), a recess for accommodating bolt 16 being provided in each of the head ends. In order to permit simple manufacture and rapid assembly, bolt 16 is positively locked by a locking device 17 snappingly engaging a groove of bolt 16 through a slot 14d in head 14a. The locking device may be sprung by a leaf spring or may be a bent spring having a bend fitting around the bolt or in the form of a yoke with an angular resilient projection that fits around the bolt inside a groove thereon. The locking device may be provided on the securing element for engagement with the wall of the recess and may be in the form of sprung legs 16h, 16i engageable in the slot 14d. …<IMAGE>… |