EP0518065B1 - Apparatus for wet-treating textile materials - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a device for the wet treatment of textile goods in the form of an endless strand.
- the device consists of a closable container which is divided into a dwell zone which receives the strand in loops and an acceleration zon arranged above it and which circulates the strand.
- the dwell zone is formed by an arcuate channel with an inlet and outlet opening pointing in the direction of the acceleration zone.
- the acceleration zone contains a deflection roller which is freely rotatably mounted above the outlet opening of the channel and a ring nozzle which can be acted upon by a radial fan with a gas stream.
- the outlet opening of the ring nozzle points in the direction of the inlet opening of the channel.
- Nozzles that act on the strand with the treatment liquor are arranged downstream of the ring nozzle in the strand circulation direction.
- Such a device is known from French patent application 87 12171 (2 619 834) and makes it possible to accelerate the strand more gently and to keep it in continuous circulation by using a gaseous drive medium for the strand instead of the otherwise usual liquid treatment medium.
- the gas flow generated by a radial fan inserted in the container center and fed directly from the container interior is not only a gentler drive means in contrast to the treatment liquor, but also simplifies the device construction and lowers the operating costs of the device compared to devices of another type operated with the treatment liquor as the drive medium.
- the known device has two particularly significant disadvantages: On the one hand, it results from the central arrangement of the radial fan in the interior of the container that treatment liquor is inevitably entrained with the gas stream sucked in from this and consequently a gas / liquid mixture acts less gently on the strand than a purely gaseous drive means. In addition, the known device requires a higher drive power for the non-purely gaseous funding.
- the blower axis which is arranged essentially coaxially with the horizontal container axis, prevents several textile strands from being treated in succession independently of one another within the container, which would represent a significant economic improvement with regard to the construction and operating expenditure for such machines.
- the radial blower provided with a drive motor to be arranged outside the container cannot be coupled to further radial blowers arranged coaxially if these require individual torques and speeds for various reasons.
- the invention has for its object to provide a device of the type described in such a way that a radial fan can be arranged in a simple manner in the interior of the container, the suction-side intake area of which is effectively shielded from the liquor, and that, in addition, several strand circulation paths can be formed in the interior of the container , each of which can be assigned a radial fan that can be operated independently.
- the radial fan to be arranged directly thereafter can be introduced into the interior of the container in a simple manner.
- the vertical alignment of the axis of the radial blower connected with its housing to the inside of the container makes it possible, by means of the axial extent of the container, to place several radial blowers arranged in this way flat against the container ceiling, to withdraw them from the catchment area of the fleet and to drive them independently of one another.
- the opposite arrangement of the ceiling-side opening in the housing of the radial fan and the ceiling opening of the container allows free access to the interior of the fan housing, so that the fan impeller is easy to remove and install for maintenance and inspection purposes.
- a guide tube which is pivotable about a vertical axis and opens into the inlet opening of the channel is arranged on the outlet side of the ring nozzle.
- the guide tube which can be swiveled horizontally back and forth, for example by means of a crank mechanism, feeds the textile strand to the inlet opening of the arcuate channel, so that the textile strand is deposited therein with an even formation of loops and can in this form pass through the dwelling zone in an organized manner.
- the inlet opening of the channel which is rectangular in cross section, is equipped with at least one row of nozzles which can be acted upon by treatment liquor at two opposite, horizontally extending opening reveals.
- the textile strand is continuously wetted with a curtain from the treatment liquor before it is completely or partially immersed in the treatment liquor in the lower region of the channel.
- an embodiment of the invention provides that the nozzles can be acted upon via pressure lines of a pump which is connected to a suction line starting from the bottom region of the container.
- the device according to the invention can be operated with an extremely small and therefore particularly economical liquor ratio if all auxiliary units, such as radiators, liquor pumps and filters, are arranged below the liquor level which is established in the channel of the dwell zone. A sufficient amount of liquor is therefore always available on the suction side of the pump even with a liquor ratio of, for example, only 1: 2.
- the arrangement of the ancillary units below the fleet level also ensures that the latter is only slightly lowered when the pump is switched on.
- the device comprises an essentially cylindrical container 1, which is arranged horizontally with its longitudinal axis, in which at least one endless textile strand 2 rotates in a substantially vertical direction and, for example, liquor is applied to it.
- each textile strand 2 is introduced as a piece of a certain length into the container 1 via a closable opening 3, whereupon the respective strand ends are connected to one another.
- a lower dwell zone 4 which receives the textile strand 2 in loops and an upper acceleration zone 5 which sets the textile strand 2 in circulation.
- the dwell zone 4 is formed by a channel 6 with a rectangular cross section, which delimits a gap 7 radially on the outside with the inside of the container 1.
- the channel interior is directly connected to the gap 7 and also to the rest of the container interior via perforations 8 in the wall of the channel 6.
- An inlet opening 9 and an outlet opening 10 of the channel 6 delimit the dwell zone 4 and point in the direction of the acceleration zone 5.
- the acceleration zone 5 comprises - seen in the direction of rotation of the textile strand 2 - a guide ring 11 arranged parallel at a distance above the horizontal cross section of the outlet opening 10, the normally vertical central axis of which forms a tangent to the outer circumference of a freely rotatable deflection roller 12.
- the textile strand 2 is fed via the deflecting roller 12 to the center of a ring nozzle 13 which can be subjected to air, as a result of which a driving force is exerted on the textile strand 2 in the circumferential direction, so that it is pulled out of the outlet opening 10 in the same way as it is Entry opening 9 is pressed.
- the textile strand 2 passes through a guide tube 15 in the form of a flattened funnel which adjoins the outlet side of the ring nozzle 13 and can be pivoted about an axis 14 by a crank mechanism in the horizontal plane, the free cross section of which continuously increases in the conveying direction of the textile strand 2.
- the end of the guide tube 15 facing the inlet opening 9, which protrudes into the channel 6, is opposite a wall surface of the channel 6 which is provided with perforations 16 and which is inclined so that the textile strand 2 impinging thereon is deflected downward.
- the liquor jets emerging from the chamber 21 arranged underneath the strand course form a load-bearing radiation curtain, which helps to lay down the textile strand 2 emerging from the funnel-shaped guide tube 15 in ordered loops in the channel 6.
- the liquor supply of the chambers 20, 21 takes place via lines 22 and 23, which are provided with control valves 24 and are connected to the pressure line 26 of a pump 27 with the interposition of a filter 25.
- a suction line 28 of the pump 27 stands over a heat exchanger 29, through which the liquor is heated and up Temperature is maintained in communication with a container sink 30.
- the filter 25, the pump 27 and the heat exchanger 29 are arranged below the liquor level marked with "a" in the container 1.
- a radial fan 31 is installed in the zenith of the container 1, the impeller 32 of which rotates about a vertical axis and the housing 33, which is open on the ceiling, connects to a ceiling opening 34 in the jacket of the container 1.
- the ceiling opening 34 is provided with a flange 35 screwed to the outside of the container 1 on its jacket. This surrounds a bush 36 through which a drive shaft 37 for the impeller 32 is passed in a pressure-tight manner.
- the drive shaft 37 is part of a motor 38 mounted on the flange 35.
- a suction opening 39 is provided in the bottom of the housing 33, through which the radial fan 31 is supplied with air from the interior of the container 1.
- a blow-out opening 41 which is provided laterally tangentially on the housing 33, is connected to the ring nozzle 13 via a line piece 40 and acts upon the latter with the air flow conveyed by the radial fan 31 for driving the textile strand 2.
- the devices described above can be arranged several times over its length, so that a total of a corresponding number of textile strands 2 can be treated independently of one another with the device at the same time.
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Naßbehandeln von Textilgut in Form eines endlosen Stranges. Die Vorrichtung besteht aus einem verschließbaren Behälter, der in eine den Strang in Schlaufen aufnehmende Verweilzone und in eine darüber angeordnete, den Strang in Umlauf versetzende Beschleunigungszonge aufgeteilt ist. Die Verweilzone ist durch einen bogenförmigen Kanal mit einer in Richtung der Beschleunigungszonge weisenden Eintritts- und Austrittsöffnung gebildet. Die Beschleunigungszone enthält eine oberhalb der Austrittsöffnung des Kanals frei drehbar gelagerte Umlenkwalze und eine durch ein Radialgebläse mit einem Gasstrom beaufschlagbare Ringdüse. Die Austrittsöffnung der Ringdüse weist in Richtung der Eintrittsöffnung des Kanals. Den Strang mit Behandlungsflotte beaufschlagende Düsen sind der Ringdüse in Strangumlaufrichtung nachgeordnet.The invention relates to a device for the wet treatment of textile goods in the form of an endless strand. The device consists of a closable container which is divided into a dwell zone which receives the strand in loops and an acceleration zon arranged above it and which circulates the strand. The dwell zone is formed by an arcuate channel with an inlet and outlet opening pointing in the direction of the acceleration zone. The acceleration zone contains a deflection roller which is freely rotatably mounted above the outlet opening of the channel and a ring nozzle which can be acted upon by a radial fan with a gas stream. The outlet opening of the ring nozzle points in the direction of the inlet opening of the channel. Nozzles that act on the strand with the treatment liquor are arranged downstream of the ring nozzle in the strand circulation direction.
Eine derartige Vorrichtung ist aus der französischen Patentanmeldung 87 12171 (2 619 834) bekannt und ermöglicht es, durch die Verwendung eines gasförmigen Antriebsmediums für den Strang anstelle des im übrigen üblichen flüssigen Behandlungsmediums den Strang schonungsvoller zu beschleunigen und in kontinuierlichem Umlauf zu halten. Der durch ein im Behälterzentrum eingesetztes und aus dem Behälterinnern unmittelbar gespeistes Radialgebläse erzeugte Gasstrom stellt aber nicht nur im Gegensatz zur Behandlungsflotte ein schonungsvolleres Antriebsmittel dar, sondern vereinfacht die Vorrichtungskonstruktion und senkt die Betriebskosten der Vorrichtung gegenüber den mit Behandlungsflotte als Antriebsmedium betriebenen Vorrichtungen anderer Bauart.Such a device is known from French patent application 87 12171 (2 619 834) and makes it possible to accelerate the strand more gently and to keep it in continuous circulation by using a gaseous drive medium for the strand instead of the otherwise usual liquid treatment medium. The gas flow generated by a radial fan inserted in the container center and fed directly from the container interior is not only a gentler drive means in contrast to the treatment liquor, but also simplifies the device construction and lowers the operating costs of the device compared to devices of another type operated with the treatment liquor as the drive medium.
Die bekannte Vorrichtung ist jedoch mit zwei besonders wesentlichen Nachteilen behaftet:
Zum einen ergibt sich aus der zentrischen Anordnung des Radialgebläses im Behälterinnern, daß mit dem aus diesem angesaugten Gasstrom unvermeidbar Behandlungsflotte mitgerissen wird und folglich ein Gas-/Flüssigkeitsgemisch den Strang weniger schonungsvoll beaufschlagt als ein rein gasförmiges Antriebsmittel. Darüber hinaus erfordert die bekannte Vorrichtung eine höhere Antriebsleistung für das nicht rein gasförmige Fördermittel.However, the known device has two particularly significant disadvantages:
On the one hand, it results from the central arrangement of the radial fan in the interior of the container that treatment liquor is inevitably entrained with the gas stream sucked in from this and consequently a gas / liquid mixture acts less gently on the strand than a purely gaseous drive means. In addition, the known device requires a higher drive power for the non-purely gaseous funding.
Zum anderen verhindert es die zur horizontalen Behälterachse im wesentlichen koaxial angeordnete Gebläseachse, innerhalb des Behälters aufeinanderfolgend mehrere Textilstränge gleichzeitig unabhängig voneinander zu behandeln, was eine wesentliche wirtschaftliche Verbesserung hinsichtlich des Konstruktions- und Betriebsaufwandes für derartige Maschinen darstellen würde. Das mit einem außerhalb des Behälters anzuordnenden Antriebsmotor versehene Radialgebläse läßt sich nicht mit koaxial angeordneten weiteren Radialgebläsen kuppeln, wenn diese aus den verschiedensten Gründen individuelle Drehmomente und Drehzahlen erfordern.On the other hand, the blower axis, which is arranged essentially coaxially with the horizontal container axis, prevents several textile strands from being treated in succession independently of one another within the container, which would represent a significant economic improvement with regard to the construction and operating expenditure for such machines. The radial blower provided with a drive motor to be arranged outside the container cannot be coupled to further radial blowers arranged coaxially if these require individual torques and speeds for various reasons.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Vorrichtung der eingangs beschriebenen Art so auszubilden, daß sich in einfacher Weise ein Radialgebläse im Innern des Behälters anordnen läßt, dessen saugseitiger Einzugsbereich wirksam gegen die Flotte abgeschirmt ist, und daß sich zudem im Behälterinnern mehrere strangumlaufstrecken bilden lassen, denen jeweils ein unabhängig für sich betreibbares Radialgebläse zugeordnet werden kann.The invention has for its object to provide a device of the type described in such a way that a radial fan can be arranged in a simple manner in the interior of the container, the suction-side intake area of which is effectively shielded from the liquor, and that, in addition, several strand circulation paths can be formed in the interior of the container , each of which can be assigned a radial fan that can be operated independently.
Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe wird von einer Vorrichtung der im Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 genannten gattungsgemäßen Art ausgegangen, welche erfindungsgemäß die in seinem kennzeichnenden Teil angegebenen Merkmale aufweist.To achieve this object, a device of the generic type mentioned in the preamble of
Über die erfindungsgemäße Deckenöffnung im Mantel des Behälters läßt sich das unmittelbar daran anschließend anzuordnende Radialgebläse in einfacher Weise in das Behälterinnere einbringen. Die vertikale Ausrichtung der Achse des mit seinem Gehäuse an die Innenseite des Behälters angeschlossenen Radialgebläses ermöglicht es, über die Axialerstreckung des Behälters mehrere in dieser Weise flach gegen die Behälterdecke angeordnete Radialgebläse zu plazieren, sie dem Einzugsbereich der Flotte zu entziehen und unabhängig voneinander anzutreiben. Die gegenüberliegende Anordnung der deckenseitigen Öffnung im Gehäuse des Radialgebläses und der Deckenöffnung des Behälters ermöglicht eine freie Zugänglichkeit zum Innern des Gebläsegehäuses, so daß das Gebläselaufrad zu Wartungs- und Inspektionszwecken einfach aus- und einbaubar ist. Dazu ist lediglich der dicht an die Außenseite des Behälters und daher auch selbst frei zugängliche Flansch zu lösen, der die Öffnung überlagert. Durch die Anordnung des Antriebsmotors auf dem Flansch kann, sobald dieser gelöst ist, das Laufrad des Radialgebläses zusammen mit dem Antriebsmotor als Baueinheit vom Behälter de- und remontiert werden. Die druckdichte Durchführung der Motorwelle durch die vom Flansch eingefaßte Buchse vervollständigt die vormontierbare Baueinheit. Die im Gehäuse des Radialgebläses bodenseitig vorgesehene Ansaugöffnung liegt in einem Bereich, in den auch bei hohen Umlaufgeschwindigkeiten des Stranges von diesem mitgerissene Flottenpartikel nicht ohne weiteres gelangen können. Gleichwohl läßt sich die zum Gehäuse des Radialgebläses tangentiale Ausblasöffnung über ein verhältnismäßig kurzes Leitungsstück mit der Ringdüse auf direktem Wege verbinden.Via the ceiling opening according to the invention in the jacket of the container, the radial fan to be arranged directly thereafter can be introduced into the interior of the container in a simple manner. The vertical alignment of the axis of the radial blower connected with its housing to the inside of the container makes it possible, by means of the axial extent of the container, to place several radial blowers arranged in this way flat against the container ceiling, to withdraw them from the catchment area of the fleet and to drive them independently of one another. The opposite arrangement of the ceiling-side opening in the housing of the radial fan and the ceiling opening of the container allows free access to the interior of the fan housing, so that the fan impeller is easy to remove and install for maintenance and inspection purposes. All that needs to be done is to loosen the flange that is freely accessible to the outside of the container and therefore freely accessible and that overlaps the opening. As a result of the arrangement of the drive motor on the flange, the impeller of the radial fan, together with the drive motor as a structural unit, can be removed and removed from the container as soon as it is loosened. The pressure-tight passage of the motor shaft through the socket encased in the flange completes the preassembled unit. The suction opening provided on the bottom side in the housing of the radial fan lies in an area in which the line of the line runs even at high speeds entrained fleet particles cannot easily get there. Nevertheless, the outlet opening tangential to the housing of the radial fan can be connected directly to the ring nozzle via a relatively short line piece.
Nach einer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist an die Austrittsseite der Ringdüse ein um eine vertikale Achse schwenkbares, in die Eintrittsöffnung des Kanals mündendes Führungsrohr angeordnet.According to one embodiment of the invention, a guide tube which is pivotable about a vertical axis and opens into the inlet opening of the channel is arranged on the outlet side of the ring nozzle.
Das beispielsweise durch einen Kurbeltrieb horizontal hin- und herschwenkbare Führungsrohr leitet den Textilstrang der Eintrittsöffnung des bogenförmigen Kanals zu, so daß der Textilstrang darin unter gleichmäßiger Schlaufenbildung abgelegt wird und in dieser Form geordnet die Verweilzone durchwandern kann.The guide tube, which can be swiveled horizontally back and forth, for example by means of a crank mechanism, feeds the textile strand to the inlet opening of the arcuate channel, so that the textile strand is deposited therein with an even formation of loops and can in this form pass through the dwelling zone in an organized manner.
Nach einer weiteren Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist die im Querschnitt rechteckförmige Eintrittsöffnung des Kanals an zwei gegenüberliegenden sich horizontal erstreckenden Öffnungslaibungen mit mindestens je einer Reihe durch Behandlungsflotte beaufschlagbare Düsen bestückt.According to a further embodiment of the invention, the inlet opening of the channel, which is rectangular in cross section, is equipped with at least one row of nozzles which can be acted upon by treatment liquor at two opposite, horizontally extending opening reveals.
Durch die im Mündungsbereich des Führungsrohres oberhalb und unterhalb des Strangverlaufs über die Breite der Eintrittsöffnung des Kanals angeordneten, vorzugsweise schlitzförmigen Düsen wird der Textilstrang laufend mit einem Vorhang aus Behandlungsflotte gleichmäßig benetzt, bevor er im unteren Bereich des Kanals gänzlich oder teilweise in die Behandlungsflotte eintaucht.Due to the preferably slit-shaped nozzles arranged in the mouth area of the guide tube above and below the strand profile across the width of the inlet opening of the channel, the textile strand is continuously wetted with a curtain from the treatment liquor before it is completely or partially immersed in the treatment liquor in the lower region of the channel.
Schließlich sieht eine Ausgestaltung der Erfindung noch vor, daß die Düsen über Druckleitungen einer Pumpe beaufschlagbar sind, die an eine vom Bodenbereich des Behälters ausgehende Saugleitung angeschlossen ist.Finally, an embodiment of the invention provides that the nozzles can be acted upon via pressure lines of a pump which is connected to a suction line starting from the bottom region of the container.
Die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung kann mit einem extrem kleinen und damit besonders wirtschaftlichen Flottenverhältnis betrieben werden, wenn sämtliche Nebenaggregate, wie Heizkörper, Flottenpumpe und -filter, unterhalb des sich im Kanal der Verweilzone einstellenden Flottenspiegels angeordnet sind. Der Saugseite der Pumpe steht dadurch auch bei einem Flottenverhältnis von beispielsweise nur 1 : 2 stets eine ausreichende Flottenmenge zu Verfügung. Durch die Anordnung der Nebenaggregate unterhalb des Flottenspiegels ist zudem gewährleistet, daß sich dieser beim Einschalten der Pumpe nur unwesentlich absenkt.The device according to the invention can be operated with an extremely small and therefore particularly economical liquor ratio if all auxiliary units, such as radiators, liquor pumps and filters, are arranged below the liquor level which is established in the channel of the dwell zone. A sufficient amount of liquor is therefore always available on the suction side of the pump even with a liquor ratio of, for example, only 1: 2. The arrangement of the ancillary units below the fleet level also ensures that the latter is only slightly lowered when the pump is switched on.
In der Zeichnung ist ein Ausführungsbeispiel der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung schematisch dargestellt. Es zeigt:
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Die Vorrichtung umfaßt einen im wesentlichen zylindrischen, mit seiner Längsachse horizontal angeordneten Behälter 1, in dem mindestens ein endloser Textilstrang 2 in einer im wesentlichen vertikalen Richtung umläuft und dabei mit beispielsweise Farbflotte beaufschlagt wird. Dazu wird in konventioneller Weise jeder Textilstrang 2 als Stückware von bestimmter Länge über eine verschließbare Öffnung 3 in den Behälter 1 eingebracht, worauf die jeweiligen Strangenden miteinander verbunden werden.The device comprises an essentially
Im Behälter 1 sind eine untere, den Textilstrang 2 in Schlaufen aufnehmende Verweilzone 4 und eine obere, den Textilstrang 2 in Umlauf versetzende Beschleunigungszone 5 vorgesehen.Provided in the
Die Verweilzone 4 wird durch einen im Querschnitt rechteckförmigen Kanal 6 gebildet, der radial außen mit der Innenseite des Behälters 1 einen Spalt 7 begrenzt. Über Perforationen 8 in der Wandung des Kanals 6 steht der Kanalinnenraum unmittelbar mit dem Spalt 7 und auch mit dem übrigen Behälterinnenraum in Verbindung.The dwell zone 4 is formed by a
Eine Eintrittsöffnung 9 und eine Austrittsöffnung 10 des Kanals 6 begrenzen die Verweilzone 4 und weisen in Richtung der Beschleunigungszone 5.An inlet opening 9 and an outlet opening 10 of the
Die Beschleunigungszone 5 umfaßt - in Umlaufrichtung des Textilstranges 2 gesehen - einen im Abstand parallel über dem horizontalen Querschnitt der Austrittsöffnung 10 angeordneten Führungsring 11, dessen normalerweise vertikale Mittelachse eine Tangente zum Außenumfang einer frei drehbar gelagerten Umlenkwalze 12 bildet. Der Textilstrang 2 wird über die Umlenkwalze 12 dem Zentrum einer mit Luft beaufschlagbaren Ringdüse 13 zugeleitet, wodurch auf den Textilstrang 2 eine Antriebskraft in Umlaufrichtung ausgeübt wird, so daß dieser in dem Maße wie er aus der Austrittsöffnung 10 herausgezogen in die Eintrittsöffnung 9 hineingedrückt wird. Dabei passiert der Textilstrang 2 ein sich an die Austrittsseite der Ringdüse 13 anschließendes, durch einen Kurbeltrieb in horizontaler Ebene um eine Achse 14 schwenkbares Führungsrohr 15 in Form eines abgeflachten Trichters, dessen freier Querschnitt in Förderrichtung des Textilstranges 2 kontinuierlich zunimmt.The
Dem der Eintrittsöffnung 9 zugewandten Ende des Führungsrohres 15, das in den Kanal 6 hineinragt, liegt eine mit Perforationen 16 versehene Wandfläche des Kanals 6 gegenüber, die so geneigt ist, daß der darauf aufprallende Textilstrang 2 nach unten abgelenkt wird.The end of the
Die im Querschnitt rechteckförmige Eintrittsöffnung 9 ist an zwei gegenüberliegenden Öffnungslaibungen 17, 18, die sich horizontal erstrecken, mit über die Länge verteilt angeordneten Düsen 19 versehen, welche aus angrenzenden Kammern 20, 21 mit Behandlungsflotte gespeist werden. Die aus der unterhalb des Strangverlaufs angeordnete Kammer 21 austretenden Flottenstrahlen bilden einen tragfähigen Strahlenvorhang, der dazu beiträgt, den im ausgebreiteten Zustand aus dem trichterförmigen Führungsrohr 15 austretenden Textilstrang 2 in geordneten Schlaufen im Kanal 6 abzulegen.The inlet opening 9, which is rectangular in cross section, is provided on two opposite opening reveals 17, 18, which extend horizontally, with
Die Flottenspeisung der Kammern 20, 21 erfolgt über Leitungen 22 bzw. 23, die mit Regelventilen 24 versehen sind und unter Zwischenschaltung eines Filters 25 an die Druckleitung 26 einer Pumpe 27 angeschlossen sind. Eine Saugleitung 28 der Pumpe 27 steht über einen Wärmetauscher 29, durch den die Flotte aufgeheizt und auf Temperatur gehalten wird, mit einer Behältersenke 30 in Verbindung. Dabei sind der Filter 25, die Pumpe 27 und der Wärmetauscher 29 unterhalb des mit "a" markierten Flottenniveaus im Behälter 1 angeordnet.The liquor supply of the
Im Zenit des Behälters 1 ist ein Radialgebläse 31 installiert, dessen Laufrad 32 um eine vertikale Achse rotiert und dessen deckenseitig offenes Gehäuse 33 an eine Deckenöffnung 34 im Mantel des Behälters 1 anschließt. Die Deckenöffnung 34 ist mit einem auf der Außenseite des Behälters 1 an dessen Mantel verschraubten Flansch 35 versehen. Dieser faßt eine Buchse 36 ein, durch welche eine Antriebswelle 37 für das Laufrad 32 druckdicht hindurchgeführt ist. Die Antriebswelle 37 ist Bestandteil eines auf den Flansch 35 montierten Motors 38.A
Bodenseitig ist im Gehäuse 33 eine Ansaugöffnung 39 vorgesehen, über die das Radialgebläse 31 mit Luft aus dem Innern des Behälters 1 versorgt wird. Über ein Leitungsstück 40 ist eine seitlich tangential am Gehäuse 33 vorgesehene Ausblasöffnung 41 mit der Ringdüse 13 verbunden und beaufschlagt diese mit dem vom Radialgebläse 31 geförderten Luftstrom für den Antrieb des Textilstranges 2.A
Je nach der Axialerstreckung des Behälters 1 lassen sich über dessen Länge verteilt die zuvor beschriebenen Einrichtungen mehrfach anordnen, so daß mit der Vorrichtung insgesamt zeitgleich eine entsprechende Anzahl Textilstränge 2 unabhängig voneinander behandelt werden kann.Depending on the axial extent of the
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- An apparatus for the wet treatment of textile material in the form of at least one endless skein, consisting of a closable vessel which is partitioned for each skein into a holding zone which receives the skeins in loops and into an acceleration zone which is disposed above the holding zone and which sets the skein in circulation, wherein the holding zone is formed by an arcuate channel with an inlet opening and an outlet opening pointing in the direction of the acceleration zone and the acceleration zone contains a deflection roller which is mounted freely rotatable above the outlet opening of the channel and a concentric nozzle which can be acted upon with a gas stream by a radial fan, the outlet opening of which concentric nozzle points in the direction of the inlet opening of the channel, wherein nozzles which act upon the skein with treatment liquor are disposed downstream of the concentric nozzle, characterised in that- a top opening (34) is provided in the shell of the vessel (1), through which opening the radial fan (31) can be inserted into the vessel (1) with its axis vertical;- a housing (33) attached to the inside of the vessel (1) encloses the radial fan (31);- a top opening in the housing (33) of the radial fan (31) is opposite the top opening (34) of the vessel (1);- a detachable flange (35) attached close to the outside of the vessel (1) is situated above the openings;- a drive motor (38) for the radial fan (31) is disposed on the flange (35);- a bushing (36) for the pressure-tight lead-through of the motor shaft (37) is bordered by the flange (35);- an intake opening (39) is provided in the base of the housing (33) of the radial fan (31);- a blower opening (41) is provided tangentially to the housing (33) of the radial fan (31);- a guide piece (40), via which the concentric nozzle (13) can be acted upon by the gas stream, is attached to the blower opening (41).
- An apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that a guide tube (15) leading into the inlet opening (9) of the channel (6) and which can swivel about a vertical axis (14) is disposed on the outlet side of the concentric nozzle (13).
- An apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the inlet opening (9), which is rectangular in cross-section, of the channel (6) is equipped at each of two opposite, horizontally extending opening inner surfaces (17, 18) with at least one row of nozzles (19) which can be acted upon by treatment liquor.
- An apparatus according to claim 3, characterised in that the nozzles (19) can be acted upon via pressure lines (22, 23) of a pump (27) which is connected to a suction line (28) starting from the base region of the vessel (1).
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