US1397860A

US1397860A - Dyeing-machine

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Publication number: US1397860A
Application number: US339659A
Authority: US
Inventors: Howard M Dudley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-11-21
Filing date: 1919-11-21
Publication date: 1921-11-22
Anticipated expiration: 1938-11-22

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H. M. DUDLEY. DYEING MACHINE. APPLICATION man NOV. 21, 1919.

1,397,860, Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

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PATENT OFFlCE.

HOWARD M. DUDLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DYEING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

Application filed November 21, 1919. Serial No. 339,659.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Howinn M. DUDLEY. a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia. county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dyeing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to dyeing machines and refers particularly to machines suitable for the dyeing of skeins.

One object of my invention is a device whereby skeins of fiber may be treated equally and evenly by a circulating dyeing liquid and whereby the condition of the fiber may be determined without opening the entire apparatus or removing all or the skeins therefrom.

In the modified forms of the device of my invention, shown in the accompanying drawings, similar parts are designated by similar numerals Fignre 1 is a vertical cross-section of one form of my device.

Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section through the line of Fig. 1 showing the arrangement of parts in the propeller chamber.

Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3 show ing the arrangement of parts in a modification of the propeller chamber.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of through the line 2-2 a section on the line 6-6 of ii 7 is a fragmentary horizontal section of the devices shown in Fig. 8. showing the distributing feed plates.

Fig. 8 is a vertical section of a modification of my device with a propeller at each end thereof, with parts removed.

The particular form of my device, illustrated in the accompanying drawings. comprises a receptacle formed by the sides 10. 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, the top 16 and the bottom 17. A partition 18. having the two series of

openings

19, 19, and 20, 20. extends between the

sides

14 and 15, the top 16 and the bottom 17 dividing the receptacle into a propeller chamber 21 and a dyeing chamber 22. Fixedly attached to the interior face of the side 10 is the plate 23, having a lower flange 24. Fixedly attached to the face of the partition 18 is a plate 25 extending between the

sides

14 and 15. having a flange 26. a series of

openings

27, 27 in alinement with the openings 1.9, 19 and a series of openings 28. 28 in alinement with the

openings

20, 20. Spaced from the side 14 and supported thereto by the

brackets

29, 29 is a plate 30 having the flange 31. Spaced from the side 15, and supported thereto by the

brackets

32, 32 is a plate 33 having a flange 34. Carried by the

flanges

24, 26, 31 and 34 is a toraminous plate 35. The

plates

23, 25, 30 and 33 and the toraminous bottom 35, therefore, form a dye box open at the top.

Between the

openings

28, 28 of the plate 25 extending between the

sides

18 and 33 is a series of

plates

36, 36 extending inwardly and then downwardly. A similar series of inwardly and downwardly extended plates 37, 37 is positioned upon the opposite side of the device between the side 14 and the plate 30 and between the corresponding openings in the plate 25. Corresponding inwardly and upwardly

extended plates

38, 38 are upon each upper side of the device be tween the

openings

27, 27 of the plate 25. A series of

brackets

39, 39 aid in the support of the dye box.

Capable of placement within the dye-box is a toraminons plate 40. Capable of suspension below the i'joraminous plate 40, is a rod-supporting member comprising the two parallel bars 41, 41 having oppositely opposed

openings

42, 42 for the insertion of

rods

43, 43.

In order to remove one oi the skeins of fiber to determine its dyed condition without removing all of the skeins, oppositely opposed slots 44, 44 are made within the two bars 41, 41. The bar 45 connects the two

members

46, 46 fitting in cut-out portions of the foraminous plate 40 and resting upon the plates 30 and The members 46, 4'6 having the downwardly extended members 47. 47, having oppositely opposed openings 48, 48 carrying the rod 49. The removal of the bar 45 will therefore remove the rod 49 from the dye-box without removing the

rods

43, 43.

Directly over the bar 45. and to allow the removal thereof, there is an opening 50, covered by a lid 51, hinged at 52 and capable of being maintained in closed position by. a series of

clamps

53, 53.

A series of

chains

54, 54 connect the top 16, the toraminous plate 40 and the rod-supporting members so that they may all be re moved simultaneously.

The construction of the propeller chamber 21 is shown in F igs. 1 and 3, the inner construction thereof being such as to allow oi the free movement of the liquid from the openings 20, 2O upwardly into the

openings

19, 19. The member 55, concave upon its one face, carries the elliptical shaped mem ber 58. The member 59 is concave on its in nor face and the member 11 is also concave in its upper inner face. Situated within the space formed by the

elliptical members

56 and 58 is a liquid propeller 60, fixedly mounted upon the revoluble axis 61, having the pulley 62 capable of revoluble movement. The blades of the propeller 60 are so an ranged as to draw liquid from the bottom of the propeller chamber and discharge it in wardly into the upper portion of the propeller chamber.

The operation of the device is as follows

Skeins

100, 100 are placed upon the rods 43, 4-3 which are inserted within the

openings

42, 42. A skein 100 is placed upon the rod 49 which is inserted within the opening a8. These slreins with the rod-supporting member, the foraminous plate 40 and the top 16 are then lowered into position and the top clamped on, the proper dyeing liquid having been previously introduced into the receptacle. The propeller 60 is then started, which draws the liquid through the spaces between the

plates

36, 36 and 37', 37 through the

openings

28, 28 and 20, 20 into the lower portion of the propeller chamber, thence upwardly and through the

openings

19, 19 and 27, 27 and into and through the spaces be tween the

plates

38, 38. The liquid is thus passed continuously downwardly through the foraminous plate 4-0, the skeins and the foraminous plate 35, the

plates

38, 38 causing an even distribution of liquid into the top of the receptacle and

plates

37, 37 and 36, 36 causing it to be taken equally from the various portions of the bottom of the receptacle.

When it is desired to determine the condition of the skeins, the propeller 60 is stopped, the lid 50 opened and the rod e5 withdrawn thus also withdrawing the shein 100' for e:-:- amination.

The modification shown in Fig. l is of the same construction as that previously described except that the propeller 60 is replaced by a pair of propellers 63 and 64, the

members

56 and 58 are replaced by the members 65 and 66 and the inwardly extended members 67 and 68 are introduced to allow a free movement of the liquid.

The operation of this modification is simi lar to that described above.

The modification shown in Figs. 7 and 8 is of the same construction as that shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 except that it has a propeller chamber and a propeller at each end. These chambers are similar in construction and similar parts are designated by similar prime numerals. Between the

openings

28, 28 of the plate 25 is a series of: distributing

feed plates

36, 36 extending inwardly and then nownwardly, a similar series of plates 70, 70 being between the open ings 28 28 of the plate 23. Corresponding inwardly and upwardly extended plates, similar to

plates

38, 38 of Fig. 2, are upon each upper side of the device between the

upper openings

27, 27 and 27 and 33.

In this modification the

propellers

60 and 60 draw the liquid between the spaces between the

plates

36, 36, 70, 70 into the propeller chambers 21 and 21', thence through the

openings

19, 19, 19, 27, 27, 27, 27', into and through the spaces between the up-- per plates, the liquid thus passing downwardly through the device and the fiber therein.

I do not limit myself to the particular size, shape, number or arrangement of parts described and shown, all of which may be varied without going beyond the scope of my invention as shown, described and claimed.

What I claim is V 1. In a dyeing machine, in combination, a closed receptacle, a dyeing chamber within the receptacle and spaced therefrom, the dyeing chamber having a foraminous top and a foraminous bottom, a propeller chamber connecting the upper and lower chambers formed by the tops and bottoms of the receptacle and the dyeing chamber, a revoluble propeller within the propeller chamber, a series of openings connecting the side chambers formed by the sides of the dyeing chamber and the receptacle with the lower portion of the propeller chamber and a series of openings connecting the side cham bers formed by the sides of the dyeing chamber and the receptacle with the upper portion of the propeller chamber.

2. in a dyeing machine, in combination, a closed receptacle, a dyeing chamber within the receptacle and spaced therefrom, the dyeing chamber having a foraminous top and a foraminous bottom, a propeller chamber connecting the upper and lower chambers formed by the tops and bottoms of the receptacle and the dyeing chamber, a revoluble propeller within the propeller chamber, a series of openings connecting the side chambers formed by the sides of the dyeing chamber and the receptacle with the lower portion of the propeller chamber, a series of openings connecting the side chambers formed by the sides of the dyeing chamber and the receptacle with the upper portion of the propeller chamber and a series of chambers within the side chambers connected with the propellelnchamber.

3, In a dyeing machine, in combination, a

27 of the plates closed receptacle, a dyeing chamber within the receptacle and spaced therefrom, the dyeing chamber having a foraminous top and a foraminous bottom, a propeller chamber connecting the upper and lower chambers formed by the tops and bottoms of the receptacle and the dyeing chamber, a revoluble propeller Within the propeller chamber, a series of openings connecting the side chambers formed by the sides of the dyeing chamber and the receptacle with the lower portion of the propeller chamber, a series of openings connecting the side chambers formed by the sides of the dyeing chamber and the receptacle with the upper portion of the propeller chamber and a series of inwardly and downwardly extended plates from the above openings and Within the side chambers.

Signed at Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Wassachusetts, this 15th day of November, 1919.

HOWARD M. DUDLEY.