US1389627A

US1389627A - Textile-fabric-treating machine

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Publication number: US1389627A
Application number: US424929A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clarenbach Louis
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-11-18
Filing date: 1920-11-18
Publication date: 1921-09-06
Anticipated expiration: 1938-09-06

Description

L. CLARENBACH.

TEXTILE FABRIC TREATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1920.

1,389,627. e sept 6, 1921.

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WITNESSES A TTORNEYS L. CLARENBACH.

TEXTILE FABRIC TREATING MACHINE.

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TEXTI'LE FABRIC TREATING MACHINE.

1 1 APPLICATION FILED NOV- 13, I920. 1,389,627. v PatentedSept. 6, 1921.

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Louis. cmminracmflor rnssnic, NEWlJERsE TEXTILE-FABRIC-TRE T NG M CHINE" To all whom it may concern: 1 1

Be it known that I, Louis OLARENBAOH, a citizen of. the United States, and a resident ofPassaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved TeXtile-Fabric-Treating Machine, of which the following is a.full,clear, and exact description. '1 V This invention relates to machines for treating in liquids textilefabrics in open width or in'the form ofstri-ngsor ropes and has for oneof its objects toprovide. a construction wherein. dyeing, scouring, inipregnatingv and otherwise treating of the fabric maysbecarried on rapidly and uni- Another object of the invention is to provide a machine for treating in liquid either fabrics oryarns in such manner as to cause the treating. liquid to quickly. and evenly enetrate the cloth or'yarns.

A still further object .is to provide amachine in which the material being "treated will be inoved in'a substantiallyhorizontal direction forcibly against the treating llq'llld shortened treatment is and uniform results secured,

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical secti'onfrom' a machine for treating textilefaboneembodiment-of the invention. Y

- Fig. 2 is a transverse section through Fig. 1'online2"2.- a a Fig.2?) is a'sectional view'through: Fig. 1

" on line 1 being, preferable in the case of cloth,

' Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the construction shown in Fig.

In using. the machine the treatment of the cloth may be washing, dyeing, impregnating withthe washing or other compound or for treating the f-abricgor-yarnsforother pur poses.- Y Thefabricmaybe passed through the.:machinefeither-inthe form of ropes or strings or-"in open'width, the open width whereas in the case of yarnsithe slightly twisted stringsofrope form and are acted upon in a positive and forceful manneras'theypass. In: treating the fabric according tothe present invention, one or. a large-number of tanks could be used according to the amount of treatment des'i'redand other'circumstances surrounding the; particular material being treated... In the 1 accompanying drawings only tWoftanks 1 and. .2.have been shown.

' p m 1 Maris-mm. Patented Sept. 6,1921 Application filed November 18, 1920'. Serial No. 424,929.

. F rom ,Fig. '1 itwill be seen that'the tank 1 is provided'with a quantity of liquid which 7 may be .dye, scouringliquid or othertreat ng liquids Adjacent the bottom of tank 1 is arranged a series of coi1s 10 which may be supplied with steamor other heating'meaiss to maintain the treating solutionat the deslred temperature. Arranged adjacent the top'and the bottom of tankl are guiding rollers 11 which guide the'

respective bars

12 and 12 as they reciprocate. These bars extend through suitable packing boxes 13 and 14s and are connected to the respective connecting rods 15 and 16whichconnect- 1n rods are connected with-the

respective crankushafts

17 and 18. Similar connecting rods-and other parts are provided in respect to the tank 2 but as the parts are identical, no additional description is necessary. The shaft-18 hasv a' gearv wheel 19 rigidly secured thereto which continually meshes with an I idler 20- and-said idler inturni meshes with a gear wheel 21 rigidly. secured to shaft 17. The shaft 18 may be driven through :any suitable connections with a source of power.

As shown in Fig. 4, a sprocketwheel22is secured to shaft 18 and accommodates the chain 23 which fits over the sprocket wheel 24 secured to the shaft25. As this shaft is driven from the power connected withthe 'ulleys-S'shaft 18-will therefore be-driven at the right'proportion ofspeed; .As indicated in Fig. 4, shaft 25 carries sprocket wheels '26 and 2-7, sprocketiwheel 26 accommo'dating chain 28 while sprocket wheel 27 accommodates chain 29 fitting over the sprocketwh'eel 30. The sprocket wheel; 80 is rigidlyqsecured to shaft 313-which shaft has a'second sprocket wheel 32 rigidly secured thereto'and accommodates the chain 9 which chain also passes over a. sprocket whee133' secured to shaft 7 on which the pulleys 8 are mounted. By this arrange ment of drive the parts are. driven in the rightdirection and at the right proportion ofv speed to securethe results desired. By I means of this mechanism it will be observed that as thesprocket wheels 19 and 21 =rotate, bars 12 and 12f will reciprocate; #These bars accommodate a number of rollers .34: and 35 respectively over which the clotlior other matter 36 passes as the machineoperates. The shaft 7 is rigidly secured to the roller-4 which roller acts as a driving member or a drivingdrum and co-actswitht-he driving drums or rollers 36 and .31 rigidly 1 for treating cloth.

secured to the shafts 31 and 25 respectively. By this arrangement the cloth or other material in tank 1 is being driven from three points thoughit is evident that a greater or less number of driving rollers could be provided. The driving motion is continuous and acts during the reciprocation of the

bars

12 and 12 so that there will be a con'-' tinuous passage of the cloth through the machine and, c nsequently, a uniform treatment thereof. The

reciprocationof rods

12 and 12 is preferably rather small and as an example, may be only four inches where the bars are four feet apart. 1

In order to compensate for the differentpositions of the

rollers

34 and 35, a number of tension rollers are provided, namely, rollers 38, 39, 40 and 41 for tank 1. Ordinarily this number oftension rollers will be sufficient though a greater number may be used if desired and also if desired the'tension rollers may be of the gravity type as shown in 'Fig. 1 of-the drawing or may be positively driven either in the same manner as shown in my prior patent or in some other equally desirable way. The roller 37 has associated therewith a squeezing roller 43 which is mounted on shaft 45 whichshaft is eccentrically mounted on suitable bearings 47 and said eccentric is provided with anfarm 49 accommodating the weight 51 which may be adjusted along thearm forcausing a greater or less pressure of the roller 43 against roller 37. A squeezing action of roller 43 is especially important in view of the fact that the cloth passes from tank 1 over into tank 2 which latter tank may in some circumstances contain a different liquid from that'provided in tank 1.

' When the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 1 all that is necessary to do is to start the parts moving whichwill take place as soon as the pulleys 8 are rotated. The goods either as woven fabric in open width or as warp yarn in chain form will be fed from any'suitable supply to roller 4 and thence will pass over the various tension rollers and also

rollers

34 and 35 as well as the

rollers

36 and 37. During the passage-way of the cloth through the tank it is subjected to the action of the liquid in the tankwhich may be dye, a scouring compound or'otherliquid By reason of the reciprocation of the'bars l2 and 12 the cloth is movedflat-wise against the liquid whereby theliquid is forced in a certain sense to penetrate the cloth for dyeing and cleaning purposes or for some other desirable purpose.

Under some circumstances the movementof' the

rollers

34 and 35 with

thebars

12 and 12 would produce an undesirable tension on the cloth passing through the machine but in order to provide a complete structure which will take care of all kinds provided a pair of rollers 52 and 53 between the runs of cloth beneath the respective rollers35sas clearly shown in Fig. 1. These rollers aremounted upon suitable end bars 54 which end bars are connected to suitable shafts 55. Each of these shafts is provided with a sprocket wheel 56 for receivingthe chain 57, which chain also passes over a sprocket wheel 58 connected with the idler 20, which idler acts as. a driving member for the chain. As the chain 57 engages all of the gear wheels 56 connected tothe respective shafts 55, all of the shafts will be rotated in unison and, consequently, the rollers 52 and 53 will be moved in a circle continu-' ously as long as the machine. is in operation and will assume the position shown in F l'when the position of the

rollers

34 and 35 have a tendency to produce slackness in the various runs of fabric. As the rollers move they will tend to take up this supposed slackness and in order to allow such action, the chain 57'moves the various parts including the rollers 52 and 53 until said rollers are outof theway. By this mechanism a substantially -even tension is provided'on thefabric as it passes through the machine so that there will be no stretchingor distortion of the fabric. 5

In exceptional cases when using the machine for'scouring purposes, a brush could be arranged above one of the feed rollers,

as for instance, roller 36 so that a thorough cleaning action will be produced. This brush could reciprocate, rotate or move in any desired manner. What I claim is V r l. vat L for open width with liquid consisting of a compartment, a frame structure arranged in said compartment with fabric carrying rollers, means for operating said frame to cause the fabric to engage the liquid flatwise while in the substantially vertical position" and :means for feeding said fabric through said compartment. Y

2. A device for treating textile fabrics with liquid comprising'a vat forcontaining the liquid, apair of spaced reciprocating bars acting as a frame, rollers arranged on each of saidbars adapted to receive the fabric to be treated and over which said fabric passes, means for feeding fabric through said vat over said rollers, means for recipro eating said bars, and'means for moving said reciprocating bars simultaneouslyin oppo- Width or Warp yarns in chain form comprls 111g a vat for containing a treatlng llqllld, a

palr of reciprocating spaced bars arranged 1n sald vat, means for moving said bars s1- multaneously in opposite directions, a plurality of guide rollers arranged on each of said bars for guiding the goods to be treated through said vat, feeding means for feeding the cloth through the vat'and a squeezing roller for squeezing the goods as they pass from the vat. 1 i

5. A device for treating textile fabrics comprising a tank for receiving a treating liquid, a pair of spaced reciprocating bars arranged in said tank, a plurality of rollers arranged on each of said bars adapted to guide the fabric as it passes through the vat, means for driving said fabric, means for maintaining a tension in said fabric as the bars reciprocate and move said driving rollers and driving means connected with said bars for causmg a reciprocation thereof.

6. A device for treating textile fabrics with liquid comprising a tank for receiving the treating liquid, reciprocating means in said tank for receiving the fabric so that the fabric will extend substantially in a vertical position, means for moving said reciprocating means so that said fabric will be engaged substantially flat-wise, a liquid in said vat and driving means for moving the fabricthrough the vat.

LOUIS OLARENBACH.