US1174662A - Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile materials. - Google Patents

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1., T. & E. BEANDWOOD.

, APPARATUS FOR THE FLUID TREATMENT OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- I2. 1 913.

1., T. & E.- BRANDWOOD.

APPARATUS FOR THE FLUID TREATMENT OF TEXTILE MATERIALS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. I913.

1,174,662. v I Patented Mar. 7,1916.

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BRANDWOOD, or BURY,

APPARATUS FOR THE FL UID TREATMENT OF TEXTILE? MATERIALS.

Specification of Letters l atent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

Application filed February 12, 1913. Serial No. 747,963.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JoHN BRANDWOOD, THOMAS BRANDwooD, and EDWARD BRAND- wooo, subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and residents of Bury, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Apparatus for the Fluid Treatment of Textile Materials, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for dyeing, bleaching, or otherwise treating with liquors, gases, or vapors, textile materials wound upon perforated beams or'cylinders.

In carrying this invention into effect the perforated hollow beam, cylinder or the like, is placed in a suitable treating chamber with its lower end upon a seat surrounding a liquid inlet'or outlet. The'upper end of the beam has combined with it ascrew or other pressure applying device by means of which suflicient pressure is applied to the upper end of the beam to maintain and additionally press the lower end upon and to its seat. This maintaining and pressure applying device may also be utilized to force a cover or cap on to the upper end of the beam to-close such end if this end is not normally closed. The pressure applying device is capable of being moved away from its position over the beam sothat the beam can be lifted from or loweredto its seat. The chamber in which the treatment takes place is generally closed, but we do not confine ourselves to working with the chamber closed, as certain processes can be satisfactorily carried out in an open chamber, as, for

instance, in dyeing with certain substantive colors, in certain operations in bleaching,-

and in air exhausting the liquor remaining in the textile materials on the beam after the conclusion of a liquid treatment process.

The apparatus and the mode of treatment will be described as being applied in the dyeing of warps upon beams, and from this description their application to other treatments and to other understood. a

The accompanying drawings illustrate a form of machine designed for effecting the simultaneous treatment of six beams according to this invention.

Figure 1 is a half vertical section andhalf elevation of the dyeing apparatus, various than warp beams will be accessories being also shown. Fig. 2 illus trates the apparatus of Fig. l partly in plan and partly in horizontal section. Figs. 3 and 4: are diagrams of modified forms of apparatus.

Referring to the drawings A. is a closed vertlcal cylindrical treating chamber'provided with a lid or cover B which can be lifted or opened. Near to its lower end'this chamber is provided with a horizontal partition C. This partition has six holes D through it arranged at equal angular distances apart. Each of these holes is provided with an encircling seat formed with an elastic packing ring E. On to each packing ringthe lower ring shaped end of a hollow perforated beam F comes and rests. The stat onary wall which surrounds each packing r ng may be downwardly convergent so as seat. When the beams are in place standing on their lower ends ontheir seats theirupper ends are held and the beams properly secured by spoke like arms G radiating from a hub G capable of rotary motion around the upper end of a central pillar H in the chamber A. With the spokes. G in the posi tion shown in Fig. 2 directly above the beams, screws J passing through the spokes are screwed down on to the upper ends of the beams to hold them in place and to securely hold their lower ends down on to their seats. If the upper ends of the beams are open in the same manner as the lower ends,

such open upper ends are covered by caps K through which the screw pressure is exerted.

hen the/dyeing of the material on the beams is completed the lid of the treating positions of Fig. 2, and the lid is then put in place again. The ends of the spokes G are prevented from springing or giving wayunder screw pressure by sliding between plates or brackets g on the wall of the cylinder. 2 The central pillar H is bolted over a hole L formed centrally in the horizontal partition C. This hole is closable by a valve M the stem M of which passes upward through the pillar H and can be operated by a 'handle M which is removable with the lid. In ordinary working the valve M is closed.

5 N is a pump for forcing or drawing the dye liquor through the apparatus, N is a pipe leading from the pump to the space below the partition C in the chamber A, N are pipes leading from the tank back to the pump. The liquor canbe caused to flow from the pump to the interiors of the beams, thence through the beams and the material thereon to the interior of the chamber, and then through pipes N back to the pump, or

in the reverse direction.

An important feature in connection with the apparatus is the employment of a reserve and regulating tank 0 into which the liquor is discharged and in which it is stored when it is not being used in dyeing, from which liquor is withdrawn when dyeing is to take place, and through which liquor may pass while dyeing is taking place.

0 and O are" pipes by which the reserve and regulating tank is connected up to the pumping system. When dyeing is to take place the liquor is withdrawn from the tank 0 containing it and is circulated through the pump pipes N and N and the dyeing tank A and the beams therein. When the dyeing is completed the liquor is withdrawn from the chamber A and is returned to the reserve tank 0. During the progress of the dyeing any required proportion of the liquid which is circulating may pass through the tank 0 by giving a/suitable amount of opening to valves situated in the pipes 0 and O When the chamber A is empty it is opened and the beams withdrawn either 40 before or after treatment with air or the like hereinafter described.

A is an escape pipe situated at the top of the chamber. A through which liquor may pass away and fall into the tank 0 until it is seen'thatno air remainsin the circulating system.

P is a filter plant through which filtered liquor can be drawn into the circulating systorn by the pump;

Q is a' closed, air chamber (or several may be used) by means of which air under pressure or vacuum can be forced or drawn through the dyed warps after the liquor has been removed from-the chamber A by the pump and discharged to the tank 0.

= Q is the pipe by which the air is led into the interior of the treating chamber A. Q is a pipe by which aircan be drawn or exhausted through the chamber A and the beams. e chamber would be open for such exhaustion or vacuum-treatment of the beams. Or instead of air other gases or vapors may be passed through.

The treatment with air or thelike may take place in a separate apparatus if demasses sired instead of inthe one where treatment with liquid has taken place, and successive treatments of the beams with liquor may take place in successive chambers.

The various pipes have valves by which they are closed or opened according to the. uses to which they are to be put.

When the valve M is lifted and opened the chamber A canbe completely emptied, openings h in the central pillarpermitting the necessary liquid flow.

7 Instead of formingthe chamber A with a horizontal partition to give aspace below such partition which forms a distribution device to distribute the liquor to the various beams, such partition may be dispensed with and the seats for the beams be formed in the bottom of the tank, the liquor distribution being thenefiected by a separate liquor supply pipe or a separate branch of such pipe led to each seat.

Fig. 3. is a diagrammatic plan view of an open chamber for two beams which is not circular. With this arrangement the arms G are not angularly movable around a central part but can be lifted out of suitable brackets, or can be hinged at one end and locked at the other, so that when unlocked the arms can be angularly raised clear of their beams.

Fig. 4: is a diagrammatic view of an apparatus generally similar to that of Fig. 3v but arranged for four beams.

The construction of beam illustrated in sectional view in Fig. 1 is preferred. In this a thin perforated plate of the special metal required in dyeing or like operations is bent to form the cylindrical shell f of the beam F. A few of the perforations only are shown at m, but it is well known in connection with beam dyeing that these perforations are formed close together over thewhole surface of the cylindrical shell. At the ends of the shell are placed thin flat rings F of the special metal to form the flanges of the beam. Each such flange is held in place and supported by a thick rin g" F of ordinary metal such as iron or st el.

which does not come into contact with the material under treatment. Each ring F is riveted to the cylindrical shell and has it's flange riveted or otherwise secured toit. Each ring F may be furnished with internal spokes to carry a bearing or the like I upon which the beam may be mounted for rotation. Within the cylindrical'shell are placed a convenient number of supporting-and strengthening rings R of any suitable metal secured to the shell in any con venient manner. All metal parts which come into contact with textile material are made of the special metal.

To enable its construction to be seen the beam shown in Fig. -1 has 'no warps or other material wound upon it, but it is well understood in beam dyeing that the warps or other fibers or fabrics are wound upon the cylindrical shell and it is while so wound that a beam is placed in the tank for treatment.

What we claim is:

1. Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile material wound upon a perforated tubular single element beam, such apparatus comprising a chamber adapted to contain the beam, a fluid conduit in the lower part of said chamber, an annular horizontally disposed seat of soft elastic material mounted on said conduit and in open communication therewith. said seat being adapted to receive the lower end of a vertically disposed beam and to make a fluid tight joint therewith when a downward pressure is applied to the beam, a screw device for exerting a downward pressure upon the upper end of the beam to maintain the lower end thereof in fluid tight contact with said seat, a fluid inlet leading to said fluid conduit, and a fluid outlet from the chamber, substantially as described.

2. Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile'material wound upon a perforated tubular single element beam, such apparatus comprising a chamber adapted to contain the beam, a fluid conduit in the lower part of saidchamber, an annular horizontally disposed seat of 57ft elastic material mounted on said conduit and in open communication therewith. said seat being adapted to receive the lower end of a vertically disposed beam and to make a fluid tight joint therewith when a downward pressure is applied to the beam, a screw device for closing the upper end of said beam and for exerting a downward pressure upon the upper end of the beam to maintain the lower end thereof in fluid tight contact with said seat, a fluidv inlet leading to said fluid conduit, and a fluid outlet from the chamber, substantially as described. I

3. Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile material wound, upon perforated tubular single element beams, such apparatus comprising a closable chamberya plurality of fluid conduits in the lower part of said chamber, horizontally disposed annular seats mounted on said conduits and in open communication therewith, said seats being spaced angular distances around a common point, each. of said seats being adapted to receive the lower end of a vertically disposed beam and to make a fluid tightjoint there-- with when downward pressure is applied to the beam, a spider having a plurality of angularly disposed horizontal arms rotatably mounted in the upper end of said chamber, a screw deyice mounted on each of said arms for exerting a downward pressure upon the upper end of a vertically disposed beam to maintain the lower end of said beam in fluid tight contact with its seat, a fluid inlet leading to said conduits ind a fluid outlet leading from said chamers.

4:. Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile material wound upon perforated tubular single element beams, such apparatus comprising a closable chamber, a pluralityof fluid conduits in the lower part of said chamber, horizontally disposed annular seats mounted on said conduits and in open communication therewith, said seats being spaced angular distances around a common point, each of said seats being adapted to receive the lower end of a vertically disposed beam and to make a fluid tight joint therewith when downward pressure is applied to the beam, at spider'having a plurality of angularly 'disposed horizontal arms rotatably mounted in the upper end of said chamber, a screw device mounted on each of said arms for closing the upper end of a beam and for exerting a downward pressure thereupon to maintain the lower end thereof in fluid tight contact with its seat,

, a fluid inlet leading to said conduits and a valve for controlling such communication, a plurality of arms mounted to angularly move around the upper end of the pillar,

means combined with such arms for applying screw pressure to the upper ends of the beams to force the lower ends of such beams down on to said seats to make said fluid tight joints, a fluid passage opening into the space below the partition, and a fluid passage opening into the chamber above the partition, substantially as herein set forth.'

.6. Apparatus for the fluid treatment of textile material wound upon perforated beams, such apparatus consisting of a closable chamber, a lior'izontalpartition near the bottom of the chamber, a plurality of openings formed through such partition, seats surrounding such openings for' the .lower ends of the beams, a central pillar rising from said partition, holes for establishing communication through thex'pillar between the chamber spaces .above and below the partition, a valve for controlling such communication, 4 a plurality. of arms mounted to angularly move around the -upper end of the pillar, means for applying screw pressure to the upper ends of the beams combined with such arms,

partition, a fluid passage opening into the chamber above the partition, a pump connected to such passages, a reserve and regulating tank for containing liquor, pipes con necting such tank with the pump pipes, a gas propellingdevice, pipes connecting such gas propelling device with the chamber, and I a fluid passage opening into the space below the 1,174,eea

valves controlling the various pipes, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof our hands in the presence of two subscribing I witnesses.

JOHN BRANDWOOD. THOMAS BRANDWOOD, EDWARD BRANDWOOD.

\Vitnesses WILLIAM GEo. HAYs, JOHN OCONNELL.

we have hereunto set 13

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