US1229612A

US1229612A - Dyeing-machine.

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Publication number: US1229612A
Application number: US82335414A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry Higgs
Original assignee: KLAUDER WELDON DYEING MACHINE Co
Current assignee: KLAUDER-WELDON DYEING MACHINE Co; KLAUDER WELDON DYEING MACHINE Co
Priority date: 1914-03-09
Filing date: 1914-03-09
Publication date: 1917-06-12
Anticipated expiration: 1934-06-12

Description

H. HIGGS.

DYEING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 9l 1914.

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Application ille March 9, 191e. Serial No. 823,354.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

'Be it known that I, HENRY Hroos, a subject of the Kin of England, residing at Amsterdam, in t e county of Montgomery and 'State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Dyeing-Machines, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact descr1ption, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a pertains to make and use the same.

Tliis invention relates to dyeing or washing machines, and with res ect to certain more specific features thereo ,to rotary dyeing or washing machines.

This invention has for one of its objects to provide a rotary washing machine which will be eiiicient in action and highly practical. Another of the objects of the invention is to provide improved means to minimize the roughing up or feltin of the goods. It is another object of thls invention to provide simple and practical apparatus adapted to uniformly dye or wash goods.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereafter. q

The invention accordingly consists in th l features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplied in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated inthe following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown one of various embodiments of the invention,-

igure 1 is a view in front elevation of an improved rotary dyeing machine; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional vlew of the same, taken on Athe line 2--2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 1n which similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the different views, the numeral 1 indicates a dye vat which may be constructed of wood or other suitable material and which comprises side walls 2 and. 3, and al peripheral wall 4 referably taking `on the general shape ofp a rotatable frame 5, and connecting with said side walls to confine the dye liquor. At the front of the machine and pivotally mounted on a shaft 6, liXed and extending between the side Walls 2 and 3, is a door 7. This door is adapted' to be closed and removably secured or clamped in engagement with the sidewalls 2 and 3 and w1th the peripheral wall 4, and when so closedand secured forms a part of the liquor retaming vat Wall and is provided with means, which will be hereinafter described, to render the joint or joints between the before-mentioned walls of the vat and the door of a liquid-tight character. Fixed to the shaft 6 are a pair of arms 8 carryin counter-Weights 9 adjustable, asindicate at 10, and adapted to render comparatively easy the opening and closing of the door 7. .l ournaled in the side walls 2 and 3 of the vat l is a shaft 11 which carries in I'iXed engagement therewith, the rotatable frame or carrier 5. Stuling boxes 12 or other suitable liquid-confining means are provided on both sides of the machine and serve to prevent the dye liquor from leaking out of the vat between the rotatable shaft 11 and the side walls 2 and 3. The rotatable frame 5 is preferably constructed with large yperipheral gears 13, one on each end of the frame and, as shown, is permanently mounted in the vat.

The lower edge of the opening which is closed by the door 7, extends below the normal level of the treating liquor in the vat, the liquid tight .arrangement preventing leak of the liquor when operating. rlhus, when dischargin goods from the carrier through the door some liquor may be left in the vat below said opening so that any material not completely treated may not dry out and thereby become streaked or be defective.

A driving shaft 14 is supported in a bracket 15 fixed to the side wall 2 of the vat, as indicated at 16. rlhe shaft 14 is equipped with a driving pulley 17 for obtaining variable speeds, and has also fixed thereto a worm 18 which meshes with a worm wheel 19 fixed on a shaft 20. The shaft 20 extends through suitable bearings in the side walls 2 and 3 of the vat, and has fixed thereto pinions 21 meshing with the largeperipheral gears 13 on the frame 5. The vat 1 practically ensconces the rotatable frame 5 and when filled with dye liquor the frame 5 is substantially' submerged in the liquor. Particular and important advantages arise from the use of a construction of this character. inasmuch as the material is submerged in rateatea aan@ aa, mit.

' or felting 'of the goods.

'slower than would be practical if the material were only submerged in the dye about half of each revolution and by reason. of thls slower movement of the frame or drum thedisturbance of the material is minimized, avoiding to a great extent the roughing up In the present embodiment a slight rolling or tum llng move- -ment of the goodsqin the several compartments is given, as will hereinafter appear. By sustaining the goods in the bath while causing them to rotate about a point substantially within each chamber the goods will be more effectively treated because of the agitationl caused by the shape and movement of the impelling walls of the compartments. When the goods are sustained by the bath the carrier may be more rapidly rotated without rubbing the goods to any substantial extent, and this more rapid rotation is possible, and comports with effective treatment, because the goods are iniiuenced by the treating liquor during the entire rotation of the carrier. Furthermore, it will be perceived that a superior product will result, due to the foregoing, because as the goods are rotated or moved upon themselves inthe chamber to cause more effective penetration of the dye liquor they are at thel same time sustained by-the bath and not heavily rubbed against each other, felting ofthe goods being thus avoided. Heating means are indicated at 22 in the form of steam pipes projected intothe vat to bring the liquor to a proper temperature. The frame 5 comprises a plurality of compartments 23, shown in this preferred form as live in number. These compartments are formed by longitudinal perforate walls 24 extending between spiders 25, to which latter are secured end perforate walls r26 of sector-like appearance. The inner sides of the longitudinal walls 24 take into a small druml or core 27 approximate the shaft 11, and the outer sides ofthe walls 24 are secured to longitudinal struts 28 which may be integral with the spiders 5. There is secured to the frame 5,

about the periphery thereof, a number of pivotally movable doors 29, one associated with each of the compartments 23. These doors are all similar in construction and correspondingly pivoted on longitudinal struts 30, as indicated at 31, and these doors are adaptedto be secured in engagement with the longitudinal struts 28. Clamping means are provided, as indicated at 32, to effect the aforesaid liquid-tight engagement with the strut 28. By means of these doors the material being treated is retainedin the compartments, and access may be had to any one of the chambers or compartments which make up the rotary drum, and accordingly the compartments may be loaded with goods or material to be dyed without removing the frame from the vat. An outlet for the dye liquor is provided at 33.

It is to be notedv that thel drum or frame 5 is uite extensively composed of perforate wal s which may be of wire screening or other suitable penetrable material in order to permit the dye liquor to pass freely in and tion 36 adapted to be engaged by a c amping screw. 37, -which is associated with a threaded. member 38 fixed to one of the conlining walls of the vat. A handle 39 islprovided for the convenience of the operator in tightening or loosenin the clamp.

In loading the mac ine with material to be dyed, they door 7 is unclamped from its engagement with the confining walls of the vatand moved about the pivot shaft 6 into a position allowing easy access to the rotary frame or drum 5 from the front of the machine. The frame is then turned to permit the operator to unclamp one of the doors 29 of a compartment 23, whereupon the operator swings this door into itsopen position and lills the compartment with material. The door is then locked and the frame is rotated to bring the next compartment into iilling position, and there the aforesaid operation is repeated, and so on, until the desired number of compartments have been made ready for the dyeing operation. The front door 7 is then locked and clamped in position against the walls of the vat, a liquidtight relation therewith being secured by means of squeegee or packing strips 40, and the dye liquor introduced to a level suiiicient to submerge any material in any of the compartments in the frame 5. The heating means 22 is then operated to bring the temperature of the dyevliquor to the proper point for dyeing and the drum is slowly rotated to cause slight disturbance of the goods to facilitate the action of the dye liquor. As the carrier 5 rotates the doors of the respective compartments move into and the goods toward andthrough the upper portion of the vat they coperate with gravity to give a slight rollingor tumbling movement of the goods. This rolling or epicyclic movement of4 the material also enables the dye liquor to penetratejthe goods at every angle and thus enhances the uniformity of the work as wellas expediting the operation.

lt will be seen, therefore, 'from the foregoing that there is provided a device which accomplishes, among others, all the objects and advantages hereinbefore set forth.

As many changes could be made inthe above construction and many apparently widely diierent embodiments of this invention could be made Without departin from the scope thereof, it is intended that a matter contained in the above description or shown in theaccom anying drawings shall be interpreted las limiting sense.

lt is also to loination a rotary member comprising a plucom artments adapted to contain material, sai compartments comprising longitudinally extendin concave-convex walls, transverse end wa s and perileral walls, and a va't in which said mem r is rality o ustrative and not in abe understood that the lan- 4guage used in the following claims is indisposed for rotation adapted to contain liquor to a oint where the said lon 'tudinally exten g walls are substantial y continuousl submerged during a complete ro.- tation o said member.

2. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination a rotary member comprising a plurality ci compartments adapted to contain 'materiaL said compartments comprislng longitudinally extending concave-convex perforate walls, transverse end wallsand peripheral walls, and a vat in which said member is disposed for rotation adapted to contain liquor to 'a oint where the said longitudinally extendlng walls are substantially continuously submerged during a complete rotation of said member;

3. Indyeing apparatus or the like, in `combination, a rotary member comprising a plurality .of compartments adapted to contain material, said compartments comprising longitudinally extending concave-convex walls, the concavity of one wall facing the convexitv of. an adjacent wall, transversey HENRY HIGGS. Witnesses:

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during a complete rotation of said'