JPH0797761A - Continuous expanded fabric washing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To favorably wash expanded fabric by applying both vibration and flexing action to the fabric without the need of applying tension thereto owing to the synergistic action between projections on the outer periphery of a revolving drum in a washing tank, projections on the inner periphery of a stationary drum and nozzles for spouting or make suctions of washing liquid. CONSTITUTION:In a continuous expanded fabric washing operation, expanded continuous fabric (a) is continuously fed, via a feed roll 6 at an inlet 7, into a washing tank 1 where both vibration and flexing action are applied to the fabric (a) owing to the synergistic action between (A) projections 4 and 5 formed on the outer periphery of a revolving drum 2 and the inner periphery of a stationary drum 3 enclosing the drum 2 along the respective periphery directions at regular intervals with their numbers differing from each other respectively and (B) the spouting or suction of washing liquid through nozzles 10, 11 set up close to the top of the projections 4, 5, and the fabric a is washed. Subsequently, the fabric (a) is pulled out of the tank 1 through a nip roll 8 at an outlet 9 on the tank 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for washing cloth in a continuously spread state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a cloth cleaning device, an open soaper is known which cleans a cloth by running it up and down with a large number of guide rollers provided inside and outside the liquid, and kneading and vibrating. As a cleaning device for adding, a vibro water washing machine by rotation of an eccentric shaft porous drum, or a conveyor moving in a water washing tank is provided, and a vibrating plate facing the water above the conveyor is provided, and the cloth retained on the conveyor is A vibration type water washing machine for washing and a suction drum type water washing machine using a water flow are known.

[0003]

However, the open soaper has a problem that the tension applied to the fabric becomes large because a large number of guide rollers provided in and outside the liquid are rotated by the fabric.

Further, the vibro washing machine and the suction drum type washing machine have drawbacks such that the amount of cloth retained per washing tank is small and many washing tanks are required.

Further, in the vibration type water washing machine, since it is not possible to obtain a large number of vibrations of the vibration plate, there is a problem that it takes a long time to wash.

An object of the present invention is to obtain a cloth continuous spreading and cleaning apparatus in which such a problem is solved.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a continuous cloth spreading and washing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cloth is introduced into a washing tank by a feed roll provided at an inlet on one side. In a continuous cloth spreading and washing apparatus in which a nip roll provided at the outlet on the other side draws the cloth from the washing tank, the washing tank is formed between a rotary drum and a fixed drum surrounding the rotary drum. However, a plurality of ridges are provided at equal intervals along the circumferential direction on the outer circumference of the rotary drum and the inner circumference of the fixed drum, and the number of ridges on the rotary drum and the fixed drum is different. And

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a continuous spreading and washing apparatus for a cloth, wherein the rotary drum and the fixed drum are provided near the top of the ridge,
A feature is that a nozzle for ejecting or sucking a fluid is provided.

[0009]

According to the apparatus for continuously spreading and spreading cloth according to claim 1 having the above-mentioned structure, the cloth in the cleaning tank filled with the cleaning liquid is moved between the rotating drum and the fixed drum as the rotating drum rotates. By repeatedly staying in the space and moving, the fabric is gradually spread toward the outlet side and washed with water while being rubbed in the expanded state. Then, by adjusting the processing speed of the feed roll and the nip roll and the number of rotations of the rotary drum, the amount of cloth retained in the cleaning tank can be adjusted.

Further, a plurality of ridges are provided on the outer circumference of the rotary drum and the inner circumference of the fixed drum at equal intervals along the circumferential direction, and the number of ridges on the rotary drum and the fixed drum are different. Thus, between the rotary drum and the fixed drum, there are a portion for shielding the cloth and a portion for opening the cloth, which are sequentially displaced by the rotation of the fixed drum, so that the cloth is vibrated and kneaded.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a continuous cloth spreading and washing apparatus, wherein the fluid is jetted or sucked from a nozzle provided in the vicinity of the tops of the ridges of the rotary drum and the fixed drum, to thereby eject the fluid. The vibration action and the kneading action are further added.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a cleaning tank, which is formed between a rotary drum 2 and a fixed drum 3 surrounding the rotary drum 2. A plurality of ridges 4 and 5 are provided on the outer periphery of the rotary drum 2 and the inner periphery of the fixed drum 3 at equal intervals along the circumferential direction.
The number of 5 was changed.

To explain this, the fixed drum 3 is composed of a drum whose lower half part, which is formed by notching the upper half part of the cylindrical tubular body, has an arc shape, and is assumed to have the upper half part of the fixed drum 3. Six arcuate ridges 5 were formed at equal intervals on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body. That is, in practice, four convex shapes 5 are provided on a drum having an arc shape, and the rotary drum 2 formed of a cylindrical tubular body is concentrically provided in the fixed drum 3, and the peripheral surface of the rotary drum 2 is provided. 10 protrusions 3 were provided on the.

Reference numeral 6 is a feed roll for introducing cloth into the cleaning tank 1 provided at an inlet 7 on one side of the upper portion of the cleaning tank 1.
Indicates a nip roll for leading the cloth out of the cleaning tank 1 provided at the outlet 9 on the other side of the upper portion of the cleaning tank 1, and the feed / feed speed of the feed roll 14, the nip roll 16 and the rotary drum 2, and the rotary drum. The rotation speed of 2 is adjusted by changing the speed by a control device (not shown) to adjust the amount of cloth retained in the cleaning tank 1.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a nozzle for ejecting or sucking the liquid, which is provided near the top of the convex 4 of the rotary drum 2, and 11 denotes a nozzle for ejecting or sucking the liquid, which is provided near the top of the convex 4 of the fixed drum 3. Indicates.

In the illustrated example, the inside of the rotary drum 2 and the inside of the cleaning tank 1 are connected by a connecting pipe 12 with a circulation pump 12a interposed therebetween so that the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank 1 is ejected from the nozzle 11. . Further, a liquid chamber 13 that covers the outer side of the fixed drum 3 is provided outside the fixed drum 3, and the liquid chamber 14 and the inside of the cleaning tank 1 are connected by a connection pipe 14 with a circulation pump 14a interposed therebetween to perform the cleaning. The cleaning liquid in the tank 1 was ejected from the nozzle 11.

However, the cleaning liquid can be sucked from the nozzles 10 and 11 by changing the rotation directions of the circulation pumps 12a and 14a.

Considering the blowout angle of the nozzle 10 provided near the outlet of the cleaning tank 1 of the fixed drum 3, that is, if the fabric a is opened upward along the drawing direction of the fabric a as shown in the drawing, the fabric is pulled out. Sometimes the tension applied to the fabric can be reduced.

The number of nozzles 10 and nozzles 11 provided on the rotary drum 2 and the fixed drum 3 and the mounting positions and angles are appropriately set depending on the type of the cloth a to be processed and are not limited to those shown in the drawing. Further, the number of ridges 4 provided on the rotary drum 2 and the fixed drum 3 is 10 and 8.
It goes without saying that it is also possible to use a book or a combination other than the above, such as 8 and 6.

The rotary drum 2 has shafts 2a, 2a at both ends thereof.
Is rotatably supported by the cleaning tank 1 and is rotated at a constant speed in cooperation with a motor 15 provided outside the cleaning tank by one shaft 2a thereof.

Next, the operation of this apparatus will be described.

For example, the feeding speed of the cloth is 30 m /
Set the peripheral speed of the rotating drum to 15m / min,
When the cloth a is supplied to the cleaning tank 1, the cloth a is deposited on the ridges 4 of the rotary drum 2, and when the rotary drum 2 reaches a certain extent, the cloth a slips off the ridges 4 and the fixed drum 3 is deposited on the ridge 4 of the rotary drum 2 which is close to the ridge 4 of the rotary drum 2, the rotary drum 2 is further rotated, and the ridge 4 of the rotary drum 2 is separated from the ridge 4 of the fixed drum 3. Further, the cloth a is slipped off and deposited on the bottom surface of the fixed drum 3.

By repeating the accumulation on the convex strips 4 and the retention and movement of slipping off, the cloth a is vibrated and kneaded to be washed.

Moreover, the cloth a is moved in the cleaning tank 1 whose width is regulated by the rotary drum 2 and the fixed drum 3 to provide the above-mentioned action while maintaining the spread state.

[0026]

According to the cloth continuous spreading and cleaning apparatus of the first aspect having the above-mentioned structure, the following effects can be obtained.

A plurality of ridges are provided on the outer circumference of the rotary drum and the inner circumference of the fixed drum at equal intervals along the circumferential direction, and the ridges provided at equal intervals on the outer circumference of the rotary drum and the inner circumference of the fixed drum. By making the number different, the ridges of the rotary drum and the ridges of the fixed drum can always come close to each other somewhere.In this state, the fabric stays on the ridges of the rotary drum. As the rotary drum rotates, the ridges of the rotary drum and the ridges of the fixed drum separate from each other, and the fabric moves repeatedly in the washing tank, and the fabric is gradually vibrated and rubbed. Can be washed without applying tension to.

Moreover, since the processing is performed in the narrow processing chamber formed between the rotary drum and the fixed drum, the cloth can be processed in the expanded state.

The cloth continuous treating apparatus having the above-mentioned structure has the following effects.

A nozzle is provided in the vicinity of the top of the ridge between the rotary drum and the fixed drum, and by ejecting or sucking the fluid from the nozzle, the vibration action and the rubbing action by the fluid are further enhanced and a better cleaning is performed. Can be given.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view in which a part of an example of implementing the present invention is cut away.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Cleaning Tank 2 Rotating Drum 3 Fixed Drum 4 Projection 5 Projection 6 Feed Roll 7 Inlet Port 8 Nip Roll 9 Outlet Port 10 Nozzle 11 Nozzle

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A continuous spreading and washing apparatus for a fabric, wherein a cloth is introduced into a washing tank by a feed roll provided at an inlet on one side and is pulled out from the washing tank by a nip roll provided at an outlet at the other side. The cleaning tank is formed between a rotary drum and a fixed drum surrounding the rotary drum, and a plurality of convex stripes are provided at equal intervals along the circumferential direction on the outer circumference of the rotary drum and the inner circumference of the fixed drum. And a rotary drum and a fixed drum in which the number of ridges is different from each other. 2. A continuous spreading and washing apparatus for a cloth according to claim 1, wherein a nozzle for injecting or sucking a fluid is provided in the vicinity of the top of the ridge between the rotary drum and the fixed drum.