US1153004A

US1153004A - Process of treating thread.

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Publication number: US1153004A
Application number: US68531912A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles Scott Althouse
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-03-21
Filing date: 1912-03-21
Publication date: 1915-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 1932-09-07

Description

C. S. ALTHOUSE.

PROCESS OF TREATING THREAD.

APPLICATION F'ILED MAR. 21. 1912.

Patehted Sept. 7, 1915.

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PROCESS OF TREATING THREAD.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES SCOTT ALT- HOUSE, citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes of Treating Threads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a new process of treating threads or yarns or other solid substances, as for instance washing, dyeing or otherwise treating said substances.

The invention consists of taking the substance to be treated from a source of supply, passing it together with a liquid through a tube to a moving body, shedding the liquid as the substance engages the body, separating the substance from the moving body by the application of a second liquid in which it is carried through a second tube to a drying apparatus, applying a drying medium to the substance While it is on the drying apparatus and removing it from said drying apparatus by a second jet of air. e apparatus for performing this process is fully described in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the a'ccompanying drawing, in which thenumeral 1 designates the source of supply of the substance to be treated. 2 designates a guide to direct said supply into the mouth of a tubular member 3. 4 designates a tube conveying a stream of liquid into the mouth of said tube 3.

The substance to be treated, indicated as a thread by the dotted line 1, is carried through the tube 3 by the action of the liquid and is at the same time treated by said liquid, as for instance, dyeing it. The liquid, as it passes out of the open end of the tube will be automatically shed into a receptacle 5 while the thread will engage a moving body 6, shown as an endless belt, which passes close to the open end of the tube, in an upwardly direction, carrying the thread away from the liquid. I have ,shown this moving body as of substantially triangular form, and, as the thread is carried down on the opposite side thereof a second liquid is applied thereto through a tube 7, which directs the liquid directly against the moving body and separates the thread from it, while the liquid together with the thread, pass into the mouth of a second tubular member 8, during the passage through which Specification of Letters Patent.

' tube the thread is Patented Sept. '7, 1915.

Application filed March 21, 1912. Serial N 0. 685,319.

again subjected to any suitable treatment by the liquid, as for instance, washing, and the thread and liquid pass out of the open end of the tube and against the surface of a moving drying device 9 in the form of an endless belt or apron. When the liquid passes out of the tube, it is free to fall and does fall'from the moving apron into a receptacle 10, while the thread engages the apron and is carried upward on its surface.

Immediately above the apron I locate a suitable device 11 by means of which a blast or current of air is directed against the thread in a downwardly direction-and as the thread passes around the upper end of the apron, a second jet of air is applied thereto from below, by means of a nozzle 12, which latter action serves to separate the thread from the apron and to any suitable destination, a winding reel. It is evident that the number of liquid applications to the thread and the separation of the liquid therefrom is immaterial and that it may be repeated any number of times by merely supplying the intermediate units. It is also evident that the last step in the operation, that is the drying of the thread, is not essential to the operation of the process, as the thread may in some cases, be taken directly from the mouth of the tube and wound in a wet condition, or it may be dried in any other manner preferable.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letas for instance,

ters Patent is 1. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying the thread, immersed in liquid through the tube, to a movable separator; separating the liquid from the thread by the movement of the separator and engaging the thread in a second liquid before it leaves the separator.

2. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying the thread, immersed in liquid through a tube to a separator; separating the liquid from the thread, automatically picking up the thread by the said separator and engaging the thread in a second liquid as it leaves said separator.

3. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying the thread through a tube to a separator while immersed in liquid; automatically picking up the thread by permit it to be carriedsaid separator, shedding the liquid and engaging the thread in a second liquid as it leaves the separator.

4. The process of treating threads Which consists in carrying the thread, immersed in liquid, through a tube to a revolving separator; shedding the liquid from the thread by the action of the separator, and removing the thread from the separator by means of a second liquid applied thereto.

5. The process of treating threads which consists in carrying the thread through a tube while immersed in a liquid, to a separator; automatically shedding the liquid as the thread engages the separator and automatically removing the thread from the separator. i

6. The process of treating threads which consists in carrying the thread, immersed in liquid, through a tube, to a revolvin separator; shedding the liquid from the t read by the action of the separator, and removing the thread from the separator.

7. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying the thread from a source of supply through a tube to a revolving body; engaging the thread by said body; shedding the conveying medium when the thread. engages the body and automatically separating the thread from said body.

8. The process of treating threads which-- consists in conveying the thread through a tube from a source of supply to a revolving body; engaging the thread by said body; separating the conveying medium from the thread as it engages the body; separating the thread from the body by applying a liquid thereto and conveying the thread in said liquid to a second revolving body.

9. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying the thread through a tube from a source of supply to a revolving body; separating the conveying medium from thethread as it engages the body; separating the thread from the body by applying liquid thereto; conveying the thread in said liquid to a drying apron and subjecting the thread to a blast of air whileengaging the apron. v I

10. The process of treating threads which consists in conveying the thread, immersed in liquid, from a source of supply to a revolving body; separating the liquid from the thread as it engages said body; separating the threadfrom the body by applying a second liquid thereto; conveying t e thread through a. tube in said second liquid to a drying apron; applying a blast of air to dry the thread and a second blast of air to separate the thread from the apron.

11. The process of treating threads or like solid substances which consists in conveying said thread from a source of supply to a revolving body; separating the conveying medium from the thread as "it engages the body, separating the thread from the body by applying a liquid thereto; conveying said thread through the medium of said liquid to a drying member and directing a blast of air against said thread while on said drying member.

12. The process of treating threads or like substances which consists in conveying the substance, immersed in liquid through a tube, from a source of supply to a separator;

separating the liquid from the substance as it automatically engages the separator automatically; separating the substance from the said separator and conveying it'to a sec-- ond separator through the medium of the separating element.

13. The method of treating threads which consists in admitting the thread together with a liquid into a receptacle; conveying the thread by. means of the liquid, from the receptacle to a revolving body; diverting the flow of liquid from the revolving body as the thread engages said body; separating.

the thread from the said body by applying a second liquid thereto; conveying the thread by means of'the second liquid, from the re volving body, through a tube, to a movable drying device and applying a blast of air to the thread while being carried by the drying device. g

14. The process of treating threads or like substances whichconsists in immersing said substance in a solution; conveying it while in the solution to a revolving body; separat ing the solution from the substance as it engages the body; separating the substance from the revolving body by applying a second solution thereto and conveying it, while in said second solution, through a tube to a second revolving body.

15. The method of treating threads or like substances which consists in immersing said substance in a solution; conveying the solu tion and substance to a separator; diverting the flow of the solution as the substance engages the separator; removing the substance from the separator by applying thereto a second solution; conveying the substance and the second solution through a tube to a movable drying apron and applying a drying blast to the substance while on the apron.

16. The process of treating threads or like solid substances which consists in conveying the thread, immersed in a liquid, through a tube, from a source of supply to a separator; automatically picking up the thread by the separator, shedding the liquid from the thread as it engages the separator. and deconsists in conveying the threads in a liquid through a tube from a source of supply to a separator, automatically picking up the threads by the se liquid therefrom.

18. The consists in process of treating threads which conveying the threads through a 5 tube from a source of parator, and shedding the In testiniony whereof I aifix m in presence of two witnesses.

supply to a separator, Witnesses: and automatically picking up the threads CLARA E. YOUNG,

En. A. KELLY.

by said separator.

y signature CHARLES SCOTT ALTHOUSE.