GB2192014A

GB2192014A - A fabric fulling and/or washing machine in rope form

Info

Publication number: GB2192014A
Application number: GB08714785A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Clermont Jose Maria Serracant; Clermont Juan Serracant
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1986-06-26
Filing date: 1987-06-24
Publication date: 1987-12-31
Anticipated expiration: 2007-06-24
Also published as: GB2192014B; IT1215579B; JPS6359466A; IT8721031A0; ES2000295A6; DE3720204A1; GB8714785D0

Description

1 GB 2 192 014 A 1

SPECIFICATION peripheral speed comprised between the peripheral speed of the associated cylinders to a fabric Afabricfulling and/orwashing machine in ropeform circulation through said cylinders and an advance linearspeed of the fabric folds through the retaining

The present invention refersto a fabricfulling and 70 system.

combined fulling and washing machine in rope To provide a more detailed explanation and form, particularly made basically from wool and understanding, two drawing sheets are annexed blends. wherein a practical case of embodiment of the Essentially, the machines known of this type present machine has been shown cited only byway comprise two treatment cylinders performing by 75 of a non-exhaustive example of the scope of the pressure and traction the delivery of the fabric to a present invention.

retaining system made up with a retaining box In the drawings:

through which the fabric advances making up folds Figures la, lb and 1c are respective elevation due to the retaining action of at least one of the sides views schematically illustrating in an enlarged way of the boxwhich is oscillating and subjected to an 80 the machine being the object of the present adjustable orfixed pressure, when the fabric goes invention.

out from the retaining box falls into a bottom vat Figure2 is another elevation and schernatical view containing the treatment bath, thereafter the fabric of a machine according with the invention.

goes up in the cylinders to being a newcycle. In the fabricfulling machines and combined fulling To this time, there are two types of treatment 85 and washing machines of wool and blended fabrics cylinders, smooth and grooved combined with in the rope form according to the present invention, tongues and arranged at the cylinder grooves and is included the arrangement of a fabric conveying also furtherthere are many types of retaining and extracting intermediate device 1 between the systems where the retaining box walls oscillating or treatment cylinders 2,2 by pressure and traction and not can show any static or not convenient build-up. 90 a retaining system 3 made up with any known type of In the fulling and/orwashing operations, said retaining system made up with a fabric retaining box treatment cylinders, smoothed or grooved, directly which arrangement prevents any possibility of fabric feed the fabric to the retaining system and being nipped.

particularly according tothetype of fabricto be Said fabric 4 conveying and extracting treated, a fabric nipping is sometimes caused and 95 intermediate device 1 comprises two extracting defects arethen seen in the treated fabric. rollers 5,5 preferably axially grooved and The present invention prevents any possibility of associatedly located with cylinders 2,2 upper and fabric being nipped independently of anytype of bottom ones contiguous to respective cylinderand cylinders, smoothed or grooved and of any retaining parallel thereof, said rollers 5with a lower diameter system later used, avoiding the fabric contact 100 than that of the cylinders and being directly driven between a movable body and anotherfixed one, and through a positive transmission drive 6 subjected to helping at bestthe fabric extraction at delivery side, tensioning means- not illustratedbythe from said cylinders by means of the arrangement respective cylinder as illustrated in the drawings.

between said treatment cylinders and said retaining The operation of the rollers 5 by the cylinders 2 is enclosure of a fabric conveying and extracting 105 such that the roller peripheral speed is lowerthan intermediate device which prevents any possibility that of the cylinders and preferably said peripheral of fabric being nipped and comprising respective speed of the extracting rollers 5 is comprised extracting rollers associated with the cylinders between the peripheral speed of the treatment arranged parallel and contiguous to respective cylinders 2 associated to the fabric circulation at its cylinder, these rollers showing a lower diameter 110 passage through said cylinders 2 and the advance than that of the cylinders and being driven bythe linearspeed of the folds P of the fabric 4 bysaid associated cylinderto a lower peripheral speed; retaining system. As illustrated in the drawings both these rollers are mutually separated an associated extracting rollers 5,5 upper and bottom ones are distance with the height or separation of the mutually separated and associated distance with the retaining system enclosure and being provided with 115 height or separation of the retaining box 3 of the a plurality of peripheral annular channelswherein retaining system allowing build-up of folds P. Said are located respective fabric conveying rods extracting rollers 2 are provided with respective projecting outfrom the delivery side of said rollers pluralities of peripheral annular grooves 7 wherein upto the retaining enclosure, thetwo opposed rod are located respective conveying rods 8 of thefabric series making up the opposing walls of an 120 4,these rods projecting OUtfrom the rollers 5 intermediate conveying enclosure between the delivery side up to the retaining box enclosure 3, treatment cylinders and the retaining system. thesetwo series of opposed rods making upthe Preferably, said rods are made up according to a opposing walls of a conveying intermediate substantially U-shaped configuration of fixed ends, enclosure 9 between thetreatment cylinders and the on which branches are arranged within the 125 retaining system. The conveying-extracting action of associated groove between contiguous cylinder and the rollers 5, 5 combined with the conveying action roller and the other branch making up the conveying of the rods 8 preventthe fabricto be nipped.

part itself projected outfrorn the roller and being As illustrated, the present machine is applicable connected to its free end to the retaining system lqoth to smoothed cylinders as illustrated in figure enclosure. Also the extracting rollers are driven to a 130 la, asto grooved cylinders provided with grooves 2a 2 GB 2 192 014 A 2 as illustrated infigures lb and 1cwherein cylinders both cylindersofthe assemblyof pairs of cylinders2 grooves 2a and those 7 of the rollers are mutually and rollers 5 can be arranged according to the engaged. horizontal as illustrated in the figures or according to The conveying rods 8 bythemselves preferably the vertical or any intermediate one.

show a substantially U-shaped configuration as 70 Definitelythe present machine essentially illustrated in figures 1 a and 1 bwhich ends arefixed, comprisesthe arrangementof a fabric conveying one of which branches, afree end of which is fixed at and extracting intermediate device between 8b is arranged within the associated groove between smoothed or grooved treatment cylinders and any cylinder 2 and contiguous roller 5 whilethe other known retaining system of the retaining boxwhich branch 8a makes upthe conveying portion itself and 75 prevents any possibility of fabricto be nipped inthe projectsfrom the cylinder until itsfree end is treatment remarkably improving all known connected to a point 10 atthe access of the retaining arrangements.

box 3 of the retaining system, taking care that depth Also the present machine provides the conveying and width of the grooves7 of the rollers 5 can be any rods can show any convenient structure as to convenient one for the central portion of said rods 8 80 sturdiness, hardness, etc. Also, according to the to be rested as illustrated infigure lcand infigure 1 b. present invention the angle or opening formed by As can be noted, the ends of branches 8a of the the two pluralities of opposing rods making up the conveying rods 8 connected to the access of the conveying systems of said intermediate device can retaining box 3 are preferably and slightly abovethe be any convenient one.

upper extracting roller and slightly underthe bottom 85

Claims

extracting roller. The present invention providesthat CLAIMS said rods

onlytake overthe outlet of the rollers 5 being connected upwardly and clownwardlyto the 1. A fabric fulling and/or washing machine in access of the retaining box as illustrated in figure 1c, rope form comprising two treatment cylinders by performing the same function of defining the 90 pressure and traction feeding the fabricto an conveying enclosure 9. enclosure of a retaining system which makes up the The retaining box 3 of the retaining system building of folds in the fabric, characterized inthat schematically illustrated and disclosed inthe between said treatment cylinders and said retaining drawings can be made in any one of a known system is arranged a fabric conveying and extracting retaining system either based on a fixed bottom wall 95 intermediate device preventing any possibility of 11 and upper oscillating one 12 and subjected to a fabricto be nipped and comprising respective fixed weight oradjustable pressure by means of a grooved extracting rollers axially associated with the pressure plunger 13, so as to applyto thefabric 4the cylinders which are arranged parallel and required pressurefor building-up folds P concerned contiguousto the respective cylinder, these rollers in thetreatment of saidfabric. Obviouslysaid 100 showing a lower diameterthan that of the cylinders retaining means can also be made with a retaining and being driven by the associated cylinderto a boxwhere at leasttwo opposing sides of thefour lower peripheral speed, these extracting rollers defining a retaining box can be made by respective being mutually separated an associated distance aprons or in one case by respective successions of with the height or separation of the retaining system rollers.

105 enclosure and being provided with a plurality of Thetreatment cylinders 2 in themselves used in peripheral annular grooves wherein are located the machine of the present invention can be made as respective fabric conveying rods projected from the respective smoothed and flexible cylinders, of which outlet side of said rollers up to the retaining system the bottom one can be of a fixed shaft and the upper making up the two series of opposed rods, the one of a movable shaft alternatively subjected to 110 opposing walls of an intermediate conveying pressure means such as a plunger 14. enclosure between the treatment cylinders and the In the operation of the machine and particularly retaining system.

coming backto figure 2 and fabric4 is advanced by
2. A fabric fu I ling and/or washing machine in the action of the treatment cylinders 2 going through rope form according to Claim 1, characterized in that the conveying and extracting intermediate device 1 115 said rods according to a substantially U-shaped which bythe action of the extracting rollers 5 and configuration of fixed ends, one of which branches is combined with the conveying rods 8 feed the fabric arranged within the associated groove between the totheretaining system 3which bytheaction ofthe cylinder and the contiguous roller and the other plunger 13 causes the folds P inthefabric4atthe branch makes uptheconveying portion itself and intermediate device enclosure 1 and in the retaining 120 being projected from the roller its free end being box itself 3 of the retaining system, said fabric being connected to the retaining system enclosure.

projected from the retaining box 3 when the pressure
3. A fabric fulling and/or washing machine in of the folds P exceed any pressure exerted by the rope form according to Claims land 2, characterized plunger 13 from which outlet the fabric 4 goes to a in thatthe extracted rollers are driven at a cylinder bottom vat 15 containing the treatment bath - not 125 peripheral speed is comprised between the illustrated- and from which goes up duly guided by peripheral speed of the treatment cylinders a convenient means- not illustrated - up to an upper associated to the fabric circulation through said roller 16to come backto the treatment rollers 2 with cylinders and the advance linear speed of thefabric the purpose to begin the cycle again. folds by the retaining system.

It must be emphasized thatthe plane tangential to 130
4. A fabric fulling and/or washing machine in 3 GB 2 192 014 A 3 ropeform substantiallyas herein describedwith referenceto and as illustrated in anyone ofthe accompanying drawings.

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