bar for example designed according to european patent 0 567 747 a1 has a back part 14 a and a support body 14 b as shown in fig3 a the support body 14 b has an underside 14 c and two side surfaces each flat bar 14 is provided on its two ends with respectively one flat bar head 14 u2032 14 u2033 see fig6 a with respectively two steel pins 14 1 14 2 or 14 3 14 4 see fig6 a and 6 b these pins are fastened with a section for example glued in an axial direction in recesses of the support body 14 b as shown in fig2 the sections of the steel pins 14 1 14 2 that project over the front surfaces of the support body 14 b slide along the convex outside surface 20 a of the sliding guide 20 in the direction of arrow d a clothing strip 18 is attached to the underside 14 c of the support body 14 b as shown in fig3 d clothing strip 18 has a support element 23 of for example a textile material and flat bar clothing 19 having a plurality of points support element 23 has a thickness f the flat bar clothing for example wire needles 19 extends through the surface of and are attached in the support element 23 the points on the other end of the clothing 19 are exposed a circle 21 defined by the points of the flat bar clothing 19 is shown in fig2 the main carding cylinder 4 is provided along its circumference with a clothing 4 a.