US3303676A - Wet-finishing textile apparatus - Google Patents

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US3303676A
US3303676A US428334A US42833465A US3303676A US 3303676 A US3303676 A US 3303676A US 428334 A US428334 A US 428334A US 42833465 A US42833465 A US 42833465A US 3303676 A US3303676 A US 3303676A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B3/00—Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating
    • D06B3/10—Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating of fabrics
    • D06B3/16—Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating of fabrics in superimposed, i.e. stack-packed, form
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B1/00—Applying liquids, gases or vapours onto textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing or impregnating
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06C—FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS
    • D06C2700/00—Finishing or decoration of textile materials, except for bleaching, dyeing, printing, mercerising, washing or fulling
    • D06C2700/13—Steaming or decatising of fabrics or yarns
    • D06C2700/135—Moistening of fabrics or yarns as a complementary treatment

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  • the present invention permits the textile to run through the treating bath in full open width, but at the same time prevents any tension derived from the draw rolls from exerting a pull on the web.
  • the treatment whether dyeing, washing, open soaping, etc., is uniform throughout the length and across the entire width of I,
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal section of the treating tank and web transport apparatus
  • FIG. 2 is a transverse section of the device taken on its center line
  • FIG. 3 is a detail showing the hold-down and guide means used to maintain the path and alignment of the web carrier
  • FIG. 4 is a top plan view of a portion of the carrier belt showing its guide rollers
  • FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a single shield hold-down means.
  • the improved apparatus consists of a frame 10, comprising the vertical beams 11, 12, 13, and 14.
  • the legs are tied together by longitudinal beams 15, 16, 17, and 18, and transverse beams 19-19 and 21-21, while the brace and support beams 22-22 and 23-23, not only brace the frame, but support the bottom of the tank.
  • Tank 24 fits with the frame 10, and comprises an open tank having a hopper bottom wall 25, side walls 26-26, and end walls 27 and 28.
  • the sprockets are carried by the axles 35, 36, 37, and 38. Any of axles 35, 36, 37, and 38 may be driven.
  • the number of sprockets on each axle is determined by the width of the tank, and this in turn is determined by the "ice open width of the goods which will be run.
  • the return flight of belt 29, is guided by the sprockets 33-33.
  • Belt 29 extends almost completely across tank 24.
  • the belt 29 can be made of any material which is stable in the treating fluid and which is provided with suflicient interstices to allow the rapid flow of fluid through the belt.
  • small rollers 44-44 are mounted on stub axles 45-45.
  • Axles 45 are welded to the top surface of the metallic strips. The rollers which lie beyond the lateral margins on each side of the belt fit into a trackway 46 (see FIG. 3), which is formed between two angle bars 47 and 48, bent into essentially a parabolic shape.
  • Angle bars 47 and 48 are permanently fastened to the side walls 26-26 of the tank 24. Since one leg of the bars 47 and 48 projects inwardly, they form a guide and hold-down trackway for the rollers, and force the belt to travel in an approximately parabolic path throughout the length of its outward run.
  • a shield 49 which, save at its exit end, follows the parabolic contour of the inrunning flight of belt 29, is placed just above the topmost extent of the baffles. Shield 49 is removable and is held in position by the spring-pressed hold-down clamps 51-51, which fit into the lock in position in the keyhole plates 52-52, which project inwardly from the side walls 26-26 of the tank 24.
  • baflles 53-53 which extend transversely across the entire width, are attached to the belt 29.
  • bafiles 53 stand perpendicular to the belt.
  • Baflles 53 can be flexible, e.g., rubber, but preferably are made of semi-rigid plastic, the specific nature of which is dictated by the temperature and by the nature of the treating fluid in the tank.
  • shield 49 is foraminous and allows the free passage of treating fluid.
  • Web 56 which is unwound from a supply roll or run from a pre-wet tank (not shown), is gathered on an elliptical reel 57, which, as it turns, drops the successive increments of the web 56 into one of the compartments 58-58, which are formed between any two baflles 53. Each increment is dropped into that one compartment which, at the moment, occupies the head end of the machine. Consequently, a fully opened web of any length determined by the size and number of revolutions of the elliptical reel 57, occupies one compartment and is carried through the machine as that compartment travels from its head end position to the exit.
  • the web then passes upwardly and out of the tank, first passing over guide roll 59, which can be a spreader, and then between the squeeze rolls 61 and 62.
  • the squeeze and guide rolls are supported on the plate extensions 63-63, which extend upwardly from the longitudinal beams 16 and 17.
  • the top squeeze roll 62 is journalled between two pivoted plates 64-64, which may swing about the pivots 65-65.
  • An adjustable spring or pneumatic type hold-down 66 extending between a cross member 67, and the remote end of plates 64-64, maintains the set pressure.
  • Fluid which is supplied to the tank 24 enters through the conduit 68, and is withdrawn through conduit 69.
  • the fluid may either be recirculated by an external pump (not shown) or may be run to the sewer.
  • the tank may be drained through the conduit 72.
  • Steam spargers 73 are provided for heating the contents of the tank, should this be required.
  • successive treating fluids may be, e.g., open soap, and firstand second-rinse.
  • tray 74 It is advantageous to place a full-width tray 74 inclined at a sharp angle toward the compartment beneath the elliptical reel 57.
  • the tray is best placed when its lower end margin 75 terminates an inch or two behind the axis of sprocket 32.
  • Part of the treating fluid entering the tank is pumped onto the tray through the conduit 76, which is drilled along its whole length to supply a flood of fluid to the tray. The flow lifts and carries the fabric folds forward and drops them freely into the compartment beneath.
  • the speed at which the machine operates is entirely dependent on the nature of the fabric and the specific treatment. Fabrics and treatment conditions are so varied that to meet varied demands a wide range of speed adjustments is essential. This is best accomplished by providing separate, adjustable-speed power sources, one driving the shaft 77 of elliptical reel 57, and one driving the live axle 35, which moves belt 29.
  • the squeeze rolls 61 and 62 are normally driven to produce the same surface speed as that imparted to the web 56 in passing over the elliptical reel 57. In this manner, the yardage of goods allowed to fall into any one compartment 58, and the time of travel of that compartment (which, in turn, determines how long the goods shall remain in the treating fluid) can be separately adjusted to the required conditions.
  • a nip spray 78 sprays the open goods just before they enter the nip.
  • Squeeze roll 61 can be driven by interconnection with the elliptical reel power source but alsoand advantageously-can be provided with separately adjustable speed control means.
  • conduits 68 and 69 which, as explained previously, may be connected in a closed circuit with the fluid circulated by a high-capacity pump (or alternatively may be supplied from an external reservoir, and the waste run to the sewer), maintain the rapid circulation in the tank. The thorough treatment of the goods in each of the successive compartments is assured, but no force pulls or distorts the web.
  • a tensionless open-width textile finishing machine comprising a tank adapted to hold a treating fluid, a foraminous endless belt having upper and lower flights arranged to move longitudinally of the tank, upstanding bafl'les attached to said belt at spaced intervals thereby forming a compartment between any two of said baflles, means to maintain a portion of the outrunning flight of said belt beneath the level of fluid in said tank, a foraminous shield overlying the submerged portion of the upper flight of said belt and positioned immediately above the upper edge of said bafiles, power driven means to gather successive increments of a textile web into loose openwidth folds and to drop such increments successively into successive compartments, and power means to move the belt.
  • a machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the powerdriven means to gather the incremental lengths of textile into loose open-width folds includes an elliptical reel positioned above and adjacent the entrance and of the belt.
  • auxiliary means including a fluid-flooded inclined tray is provided to direct successive folded increments of the textile web into that compartment of the belt which is then passing beneath the lower end margin of said tray and wherein each successive increment of the web is floated and dropped into the said compartments by the flow of fluid.
  • Wet-finishing textile apparatus as claimed in claim 4 including means to maintain a rapid circulation of the bath fluid through said forarninous belt and through said foraminous underlying shield.

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DE19661610952 DE1610952A1 (de) 1965-01-27 1966-01-22 Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Textilveredelung
NL6600915A NL6600915A (et) 1965-01-27 1966-01-25
GB3334/66A GB1081831A (en) 1965-01-27 1966-01-25 Textile treating apparatus
FR47192A FR1497472A (fr) 1965-01-27 1966-01-25 Perfectionnements aux machines pour le traitement à plat des tissus

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US3377825A (en) * 1965-10-14 1968-04-16 Sando Yoshikazu Liquid treating apparatus for a cotton belt
US3554113A (en) * 1965-05-06 1971-01-12 Gen Mills Inc Apparatus for processing protein fiber
US3631692A (en) * 1969-03-26 1972-01-04 Rimar Spa Machine for washing fabrics

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DE27560C (de) * F. BRAUN in Vogelsmühle bei Lennep Einsatz in Küpen zum Färben von Geweben in ungespanntem Zustande
US1220268A (en) * 1916-06-17 1917-03-27 Jerome Payet Apparatus for cleaning fabrics.
US1246933A (en) * 1917-05-07 1917-11-20 Joseph Kahn Index.
GB173397A (en) * 1920-11-18 1922-01-05 Harry Bowden Improvements in machines for scouring, bleaching, dyeing, shrinking, or otherwise treating cloth, yarns and the like
CH152221A (de) * 1929-09-13 1932-01-31 W Dr Zaenker Einrichtung zum Beschweren von Seide in Bahnen.
US1999317A (en) * 1932-02-10 1935-04-30 Brix Hans Apparatus for the wet treatment of textile goods
DE850287C (de) * 1950-01-20 1952-09-22 Schlieper & Baum A G Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur fortlaufenden, spannungslosen Nassbehandlung von Gewebebahnen
US2663177A (en) * 1946-10-30 1953-12-22 Hanhart Carl Gustav Apparatus for wet treatment of a continuous wide strip of fabric

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DE27560C (de) * F. BRAUN in Vogelsmühle bei Lennep Einsatz in Küpen zum Färben von Geweben in ungespanntem Zustande
US1220268A (en) * 1916-06-17 1917-03-27 Jerome Payet Apparatus for cleaning fabrics.
US1246933A (en) * 1917-05-07 1917-11-20 Joseph Kahn Index.
GB173397A (en) * 1920-11-18 1922-01-05 Harry Bowden Improvements in machines for scouring, bleaching, dyeing, shrinking, or otherwise treating cloth, yarns and the like
CH152221A (de) * 1929-09-13 1932-01-31 W Dr Zaenker Einrichtung zum Beschweren von Seide in Bahnen.
US1999317A (en) * 1932-02-10 1935-04-30 Brix Hans Apparatus for the wet treatment of textile goods
US2663177A (en) * 1946-10-30 1953-12-22 Hanhart Carl Gustav Apparatus for wet treatment of a continuous wide strip of fabric
DE850287C (de) * 1950-01-20 1952-09-22 Schlieper & Baum A G Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur fortlaufenden, spannungslosen Nassbehandlung von Gewebebahnen

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US3554113A (en) * 1965-05-06 1971-01-12 Gen Mills Inc Apparatus for processing protein fiber
US3377825A (en) * 1965-10-14 1968-04-16 Sando Yoshikazu Liquid treating apparatus for a cotton belt
US3631692A (en) * 1969-03-26 1972-01-04 Rimar Spa Machine for washing fabrics

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