US1909232A

US1909232A - Dyeing machine

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Publication number: US1909232A
Application number: US479882A
Authority: US
Inventors: Soroka Bernard
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-09-05
Filing date: 1930-09-05
Publication date: 1933-05-16
Anticipated expiration: 1950-05-16

Description

May 16, 1933. B. soRoKA 1,909,232

DYEING MACHINE Filed sept. 5, 195o s sheets-sheet 1 J4 57 as sa 42 37 34 TTORNEY May 16, 1933. B. soRoKA 1,909,232

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FIG' 4 jATT'OP/VEK Patented May y16, v1933 AQU-euren,-ks'rarris BERNARD vSOROKA, F LACI-IINE, QUEBEC, CANADA DYEING MACHINE 'Appncanon med september-5,1930. serial No. 479,882.

The inventionv relates to a dyeing machine, as described in the present specification and illustrated' in they accompanying drawings c that form part of the saine. f

The invention VVconsists essentially in the novel means employed ofi segregating and Vhandling pieces' of work and in the means employed of distributing the dye, as pointed out inA the claims for noveltyv following Va description in detail ofthe preferred forni of the invention. Y n

The objects ofthe. invention are to eliminate the buncliing of goods and the conseb quent infolding, whereby the dye stuff will 'i5 be apt to accumulate and be pocketed Athereby disturbing the evenness of the color throughout; to avoid the creasing ofV clothes in the kettle, thus materially lessening the labor or A pressing; to facilitate the operations o f dyeing by maintaining a constant agitation of thedyeing solution and of the pieces being dyed; to enable the operatorv to remove pieces requiring ashorter period of immersion than the other pieces;` to economize -in so far as time and labor are concerned through the mechanical appliances Aand through the proper distribution of the dye stuff;4 and generally to provide for dyeing establishments a systematicand eiiicient apparatus requiring the minimum of expert attention and at the same time accomplishing the maximum output.l p In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevational view showing the lifting and agitating devices. n Figure 2 is a plan view of the kettle and contents. Y Y

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the kettle showing the devices used in removing the dyed garments from the boxes or 're-` ceptacles. y, Figure 4 is a side View of the machine showing Dthe interior and the movingdevices andv omitting the lifting and agitating. mechanism. v

Figure 5 is a perspective detail of the re-` ceptacle frame. Y

Figure 6 is a perspective detail ofthe work receptacle-or box. 0 Figure 7 is an elevationalfview of the lifting and agitating frame, containing a modi-r fied form of work holder.

Figure 8 is a front elevational view of the'v frame and Work holder illustrated in Fig-` ure 7. n 55' Figure 9 is an enlarged detail of the work clamp for holding piece goods at the ends.

Figure l0 is an enlarged detail vof the wedge block and operating arm. Figures ll and l2 show modified holders. f 60` Vtop and the front being joined to close the receptacle by the snap fastener 23, thus a box is'fornied for containing thev pieces `of goods or work, which areint-ended to be dyed.

rlhere are several ofY these boxes, asmany as will comfortably fillY the kettle and they are made of suitable material, such ascopper wire or coated wire, or such metal aswill noty be affected by the dye solution to the detriment of the garments, cloth or other materials being treated.

The frame 24 is preferably formed of anglebars of suitable material and braces 26' which are riveted` together to form a bottom, sides andfback, adaptedA torcontain the receptacles l5 resting on the brackets 27 and slidable thereon. fThe liftingvbars Q8 are secured to the ends of the lframe and extend upwardly therefrom, each set of lifting bars converging to andV carrying at their upper angle ends the pins 29 extending transversely and out-` wardly therefrom through they connecting rods 30 Yhaving' the longitudinal slots 31.

'The'connecting rods 30 connect the lifting bars 28 to the crank shaft 32, andy particularly to the cranks 33, the crank shaft 32 being journalled in the bearingsf'34 and operated" through the gear mechanism 35 by the motor 100 36, thus as the crank shaft 32 is slowly turned, the cranks are rotated and lift the frame 24 through the lifting bars 28 and as this frame is lifted the boxes or receptacles are also lifted, and as the boxes or receptacles 15 are lowered, the dye solution is thoroughly distributed, that is to say, the lifting of the work in the boxes has a tend ency to disturb the solution which recovers on the lowering of the boxes or receptacles, causing a continuous. swishing of' the fluid and a shaking up of the work that effects a thorough penetration of the dye stuff into the garment ory other article being treated.

The cord drums 37 are loosely mounted on the shaft 32, but not slidable thereon and the clutch members 38 extend inwardly t0- wards the center of the shaft and coact with the clutch members 39 keyed to the shaft 32 `and slidable thereon, the clutch members 39 encircling the springs l0 between the bearing and keyed ends lll, said springs l0 engaging the fixed collars 42 on the shaft 32 and cxerting pressure against the inner ends of the clutch members 39, in order to hold said clutch members 39 from the clutch members 38 at all times except during the operation.

The wedge block and brake member i3 is intended to split the clutch members 39 and 3. `)force them into engagement with the clutch members 38, this wedge block being carried at the end of the pivoted arm 44 which is pivoted in the bracket l5 and which has the iandle end 46 adapted to be locked under i) the catch during the operation.

This clutch is operated to bring the cord drums into lifting engagement with the lifting bars 28, through the cords i8 wound on said drums and attached to said lifting bars,

4Q; and it will be noticed that as the shaft rotates, the cords wind on the drums and draw on the lifting frame 24 and the result of this is that the pins 29 slide upwardly in the slotted connecting rods 30, therefore the cranks .1533.3 are rotating idly until the frame 24 is againy lowered.

In Figures 3 and l the means for removing the dyed garments from the boxes or receptacles is shownv and it will be seen in these 5Qgligures that the kettle i9 has the extending basin at one end on which is mounted a grating 56., this basin 55 supports the boxes or receptacles containing the garments when they are rst pulled out from the frame and 55g as a general rule, it is not necessary to pull the box completely out, for half way is suiiicientto remove the garments, that is to say, the outer hinged half of the top of the box is turned up. and the garment grasped and 61%; pulled out,

'Ihe dye solution dripping from the garmenty flows back into the kettle through the grating 56. In suits, it is better to remove them. on, a hanger indicated by the numeral" The arms 58 extend upwardly and frontwardly from the kettle 4:9 and are joined by the shaft 59 which carries the pulley 60 and a smaller pulley 6l journalled on said shaft 59.

A cord 62 winds on the reel 63 iixedly secured on the shaft 64 journalled in suitable bearings from the side of the kettle, thecrank handle 65 being lsecured to the end of the shaft 64.

The said cord is trained over the pulley 60 and hangs therefrom having the hook 66 i at the end thereof which is intended to grasp the hanger 57 with the garment thereon and be elevated to the clothes line 67 trained around the pulley 61 and around a smaller pulley beyond.

The faucet 68 is mounted on the kettle i9 at the lower end thereof and forms the means of draining the solution from said kettle.

In the same views'ligures 3 `and 4 the steam connection is shown in the pipe 69 to the steam jacket around the kettle for heating purposes. Of course the dye stuli' may be heated by means of an open steam connection into the kettle. There are several ways of doing this.

In Figures 7 and 8, another form of work holder is shown, somewhat differentfrom the box or receptacle. In this form the racks 70 slide in the same kind of slideways already described, but herein indicated by the numeral 7l, and these racks have the rails 72y in A staggered arrangement from the bar 73 to the bar 74C'.

The

end rails

75 and 76 form clamps and are split, the split pieces in each case being held together by the

screws

77 and 78. y

These racks 70 may be bodily removed from the frame and doused in a receptacle of cold water afterV which the piece goods. indicated by the numeral 79` are removed..

Briefly the operation of the machine is as follows The pieces of goods, which are to be segregated are laid inthe di'lferent boxes or receptacles, which, as has been stated befor may be made of any suitable material, that is to say, they may be perforated boxes or they may be wire mesh receptacles as found desirable, the only necessity being the free circulation of the dyeing solution through ythe ends, top, bottom, back and front of the enclosure.

In the beginning the garments or stuif material or furs, are laid in the open box, which at the moment has the top wide open, then the top is fastened as explained so as to leave a perfectly flat top surface.

The boxes are then laid on the slideways. in the frame, one above the other until! the frame is completely filled, that is whe-re there is a full load, each van being forced Vinwardly beyond the spring rubbing catches 5l, of course one box may be treated or two,fiasthe case may be, though as a general rule they will all be well filled and it will be seen that the different pieces of clothes cannot fall against or roll into one another. One ybox may contain a full suit of clothes, or it may be used for one part of a suit, the chief feature being that there are not a lot of different pieces of clothes all bundled together.

The frame is now lowered into the dye solution in the kettle 49 which is heated by open steam heat or by a steam jacket or by any other heating system, herein indicated by the numeral 50 and as the shaft 32 is free, the boxes or receptacles may be lowered without hindrance though it is avery simple matter to avoid any sudden drop by laying a hand on the shaft or holding back the drums.

As soo-n as the frame reaches the bottom` of the kettle, the power is turned on and the shaft caused to rotate, and as this shaft rotates, the cranks raise and lower theframe 24 through the connecting rods 30, and this operation is continued, until it is thought the dyeing of the work is complete. Y The? handle of the shifting device is then operated, which causes the drums to rotate thereby winding up on the cord and lifting the frame 24 clear of the solution.

This lifting operation may be controlled by the shifting wedge being brought into close contact with thexshaft 32 by means of the handle which is depressed to cause a braking action on the shaft. Of course it is obvious that this lifting operation may occur at any time, and the clothes in any receptacle may be examined at any time, so when it is desirable to remove any piece of work it can be done with ease by simply pulling out the box without removing the rest of the boxes or receptacles and then sliding it back again, consequently the work of dyeing is very much facilitated and better results can be obtained, as it is not necessary to leave a piece of goods requiring less'immersion in the solution for the full time that is required for other pieces, in fact the operator who understands the work of dyeing goods may use udgment and discretion in the matter of removing pieces which according to their texture and. color do not require the same immersion as others.

There are a great many advantages, especially in the mechanical devices employed for removing the goods and for agitating that afford the dyeing establishments opportunities to carry on the work economically and eiiiciently.

In Figures 11 and l2 the receptacle or holder is a complete wire mesh boX 80 of rectangular form having the sliding drawer shelves 81 closingone end and the handles 82 for pulling out the shelves, which slide on the strip brackets 83 secured to the frame 84'. This holder is dropped into the lifting and agitating frame.

What I claim is 1. A dyeing machine comprising a tub containing a removable frame having tray supports therein, open mesh wire baskets having wire covers and forming the trays supported in said frame and slidable outwardly therefrom over the upper edge of the tub,

means lfor reciprocating said frame and trays `ly slotted connecting bars operatively connected to said frame, suspension and elevating members for Vdrawing up said frame clear of the engagement of said bars with said frame, and means for clutching and declutchingsaid elevating mechanism.

3. In a dyeing machine, a tub, a frame slidable inwardly to and outwardly from said tub, trays having openings in the walls thereof, and supported in said frame, pins extending outwardly from the upper end of said frame, an elevating and suspending mechanism formed of cables and drums mounted on a shaft and clutchable thereto, means for operating said shaft, a crank mechanism operated 'with said shaft and reciprocating longitudinally slotted bars adapted to engage said pins at the lower end of the slot, and to form paths for the slidable upward movement of said pins and means for operating said shaft.

4L. In a dyeing machine, a tub having a tray shelf at one end, a frame adapted to be raised and lowered in said tub, and having a limited reciprocatory movement, trays slidably arranged in said frame and withdrawable therefrom on said shelf, a reciprocating esY mechanism having a shaft suitably driven of June 1930.

BERNARD SOROKA.