US2196559A - Combined raw stock and package dyeing apparatus - Google Patents

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I April 1940- s. w. JACK-SON ,559

COMBINED RAW STOCK AND PACKAGE DYEING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 17, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 55 r 51 o 0 7 0 l l 6 50 y I 622; 26 10 "IIIIIIIIIIIIIII I April 1940- s. w. JACKSON 2,196,559

COMBINED RAW STOCK AND PACKAGE DYEING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 17, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ig-2. 26

Patented Apr. 9,1940

UNITED STATES COMBINED RAW STOCK AND PACKAGE DYEING APPARATUS Stonewall W. Jackson,

Columbus, Ga., assignor to Morton Machine Works, Columbus, Ga. Application January 17, 1939, Serial No. 251,439

2 Claims.

The invention aims to provide a new and improved dyeing apparatuswhich may be used to equal advantage for dyeing cotton or the like in packages, or batches of raw stock, and may be quickly and easily changed in the most simple manner, to adapt it for either use.

A further object is to provide a simple and effective arrangement for fluid-tightly connecting a dye passage of a package carrier with a dye passage in the vat bottom, and for permitting easy removal of said carrier for the purpose of unloading the same or'to permit the substitution of a perforated false bottom which is employed when the apparatus is to be used for raw stock dyeing.

Yet another object is to .provide a novel arrangement in which a follower which is provided to rest on any batch of raw stock being dyed, coacts with other parts in securing the package carrier in operative position when packages are to be dyed.

A still further aim is to provide a novel and advantageous bottom structure for the vat having an effective joint member which cooperates with another joint member on the package carrier to connect dye passages of said bottom and carrier with each other.

With the foregoing and minor'objects in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, description being accomplished by reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing the apparatus conditioned for package dyeing.

35 Fig. 2 is a sectional view illustrating the mannef in which the package carrier and the packages are bodily insertible into or bodily removable from the vat when the cover of the latter is removed.

Figure 3 is a sectional view showing the apparatus conditioned for raw stock dyeing.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the vat bottom.

In the drawings above briefly described, a preferred construction has been illustrated, and while this construction will be rather specifically explained, it is to be understood that variations may be made within the scope of the invention as claimed.

A vat 5 is provided, the bottom of which is denoted at 6, and a removable cover at I, suitable clamps 8 being provided for holding said cover in closed position. Below the cover I, a perforated follower plate 9 is provided, said plate being adapted to rest upon a batch of raw stock when the latter is to be dyed, said follower plate being connected by suitable connections III with the cover 1 in such manner that said follower plate may move vertically. The connections i0 may well be of the construction disclosed in my co-pending U. S. application Serial No. 251,438, filed January 17, 1939, and they have been shown of this construction.

The base or bottom 6 is provided with an upstanding continuous flange ll disposed against or near the side wall of the vat 5 for the purpose of supporting a perforated false bottom l2-when the apparatus is to be used for dyeing raw stock (Fig. 3). This false bottom then coacts with the follower plate 9 in properly holding the batch of raw stock, and said follower plate may move upwardly and downwardly as required and will serve to prevent channeling in the usual manner. When the apparatus is to be used for dyeing packages of cotton or the like, such as those indicated at l3 in Figs. 1 and 2, the false bottom I2 is removed but the follower plate 9 then performs another function as will be hereinafter described.

A carrier I4 is provided for the packages l3, said carrier preferably consisting of a hollow disk having a perforated top plate 15, the perforations of which communicate with the interior [6 of said hollow disk. The lower side of the disk is provided with a central dye passage i1 communicating with the interior I6 and adapted to communicate with the upwardly open end 18 of a dye passage l9 in the bottom 6, a special joint 20 being provided to establish a fluidtight connection between the two dye passages. Thejoint 20 consists of complementary joint members on the base 6 and the carrier M respectively, said joint members being preferably constructed in the manner described below. I

The central portion of the bottom 6 is provided with an integral upstanding boss 2|, and the passage end l8 opens centrally through the upper end of said boss. Around this passage end l8, the boss 2i is provided with a continuous upwardly open groove 22 in which a suitable packing ring 23 is suitably secured, said packing ring being upwardly exposed for contact with the lower edge of a circular flange 24 which is formed integrally with and projects downwardly from the carrier l4, around the passage IT. The upper side of the packing ring 23 is in a plane below the upper end of the boss 2|, and this boss is peripherally beveled at 25 above said ring to guide the flange 24 into proper seating relation with the ring 23 when the carrier I4 is inserted into the vat.

The carrier I4 is provided with a central upstanding post 26 which is rigidly secured at 20' thereto. When the apparatus is assembled for dyeing packages such as II, the post 28 contacts with the center of the follower plate 9 and supports the latter as seen in Fig. l. The lower end of a vertical screw 21 which extends through the cover 1 then abuts the follower plate 8 for the purpose of downwardly forcing said follower plate to similarly move the post 28 and carrier i4, thereby holding the flange 24 tightly against the packing ring 23 to prevent leakage of dye.

The screw 21 is preferably threaded througha yoke 28 which is secured by screws or the like 29 upon the cover 7, said screw being provided with a lower unthreaded portion 30 which passes through a suitable stuiflng box 3i carried by said cover. Preferably a swiveled foot 32 is provided on the lower end of the screw, but this is not absolutely essential.

The passage is may constitute either the dye inlet or the dye outlet and the same is true of a pipe 33 which is shown connected with the cover 1. It is preferable that the bottom 8 be provided with an integral horizontally elongated portion 34 extending to its periphery in order that the passage i9 may be formed therein, overcoming the use of a number of separate pipe connections and the like. The outer end of the portion 34 may well have a small foot 35 cooperating with longer feet 36 projecting downwardly from other portions of the bottom 6, for the purpose of supporting the latter upon a floor or the like.

With the various parts related as shown in Fig. 1, the complementary members of the joint 20 are held tightly engaged and dyeing of the packages l3 may be efiectively carried out. The dyeing operation having been completed, the cover 1 is removed, the carrier i is also removed for unloading as shown in Fig. 2, and upon reloading may be reinserted in the vat if other packages are to be dyed. Before removing the cover 1, the screw 27 is of course released.

If raw stock is to be dyed, the carrier I4 is not used. Instead, the perforated plate i 2 is inserted and supported upon the flange H as seen in Fig. 3, the screw 2-! being then raised will- 'ing an upwardly open dye ciently to prevent it from interfering with the desired vertical movements of the follower plate 9 during the raw stock dyeing operation.

It will be seen from the foregoing that novel and advantageous provision has been made for carrying out the objects of the invention, and while preferred details have been disclosed, attention is again invited to the possibility of making variations within the scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. A dyeing apparatus comprising a vat having an upwardly open dye passage in its bottom, a removable cover for said vat, a follower below said cover, means connecting said follower with said cover and mounting said follower for vertical movement with respect to said cover, a carrier for packages to be dyed, said carrier being removably received in said vat and having a downwardly open dye passage in communication with said upwardly open dye passage in the vat bottom, means projecting upwardly from said carrier and supporting said follower, and means carried by said cover forforcing said follower downwardly, thereby forcing said follower supporting means and said carrier downwardly to hollld said passages in communication with each ot er.

2. A dyeing apparatus comprising a vat havpassage in its bottom, a removable cover for said vat, a follower below said cover, means connecting said follower with said cover and mounting said follower for vertical movement with respect to said cover, a carrier for packages to be dyed, said carrier being removably received in said vat and having a downwardly open dye passage in communication with said upwardly open dye passage in the vat bottom, a central post projecting upwardly from said carrier and supporting said follower, and a central thrust device carried by said cover for forcing said follower downwardly, thereby forcing said post and said carrier downwardly to hold said passages in communication with each other.

STONEWAIL w. JACKSON.

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