US3397557A - Textile processing machine - Google Patents

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US3397557A
US3397557A US603068A US60306866A US3397557A US 3397557 A US3397557 A US 3397557A US 603068 A US603068 A US 603068A US 60306866 A US60306866 A US 60306866A US 3397557 A US3397557 A US 3397557A
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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
    • D06B5/00—Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating
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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
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  • the conveying and indexing device also successively raises and lowers the respective containers and each of the containers is provided with a male coupling member whereas each of the treating units is provided with a female coupling member, the arrangement being such that when a container is in registry with one of the treating units, it is lowered so that its male coupling member engages the female coupling member on the treating unit.
  • the present invention relates to textile processing machines in general, and in particular to an arrangement in such a processing machine whereby predetermined goods or commodities can undergo a series of successive treatments with a minimum of handling.
  • a more specific object of the present invention is to provide a textile processing machine in which the various treatments which a textile is to undergo during its processing are carried out-with a minimum of handling and with the least possible loss of time.
  • An additional object of the invention is to provide such a textile processing machine in which the material to be treated remains throughout the entire processing process in a single container and is therein subjected to all the various different treatments.
  • Yet a further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the general type outlined above which is simple and economical to construct, and which is highly reliable in its operation.
  • one aspect of my invention resides in the provision 3,397,557 Patented Aug. 20, 1968 'ice of a textile processing machine, which includes a carrier means adapted to hold goods which are to undergo a series of successive treatments.
  • conveying means which supports the carrier means and which includes indexing means.
  • This indexing means is arranged for advancing the carrier means in a endless path.
  • processing stations which comprise treating units arranged adjacent to spaced portions of the endless path, and each of the treating units is provided with a coupling element.
  • a complementary coupling element is provided on the carrier means and the two elements together are adapted to automatically couple and uncouple the carrier means with the respective treating units when the indexing means advances the carrier means into and out of registry with the same.
  • FIG. 1 is a somewhat schematic elevational view of one embodiment of an apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGS. 25 illustrate some of the possible modification of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 1 the textile processing machine shown there comprises in the illustrated embodi men two upright containers 1, these containers are each adapted to contain goods to be subjected to a series of successive treatments. Thus, if they contain a textile which is to be dyed, this textile will undergo a preliminary treatment, the actual dyeing process, a post-dyeing treatment, and finally it will be subjected to a drying process.
  • the containers 1 are rigidly secured to a conveying and indexing device 5 which is carried by a base B.
  • the arms 6 serve to connect the containers 1 with the indexing device 5' in a predetermined relationship relative to the latter.
  • the conveying and indexing device 5 is rotatable in the direction of the arrow R, and it is further vertically reciprocable in the direction of the double-headed arrow VR. Obviously, with the containers 1 rigidly secured to the device 5, all of the containers 1 will perform the identical motions, along with the conveying and indexing device 5.
  • FIG. 1 By way of illustration two treating units are shown in FIG. 1, and are identified with reference numerals TU.
  • Each of the treating units is assumed to comprise a pump 2 and a fluid supply device 3.
  • the two treating units TU shown in FIG. 1 are provided for the purpose of introducing into the interior of the respective containers 1 a fluid, either a liquid or a gas such as heated air.
  • a fluid either a liquid or a gas such as heated air.
  • the treating units can of course also comprise other component elements, depending on the treatment which the contents of the containers 1 are to undergo at the respective unit.
  • each of the treating units TU is provided with a female coupling member 4, whereas each of the containers 1 is provided with a male coupling member 4' which is receivable in the respective female coupling members 4.
  • the conveying and indexing device 5 will first move upwardly in one direction of the double-headed arrow VR, thereby removing the respective male coupling members 4 from the respective female coupling members 4. Thereupon, the device 5 will rotate through a distance calculated to bring each container 1 into registry with a treating unit TU next subsequent to the one from which it has just been disconnected. Now the device 5 moves downwardly, whereby the respective male coupling members 4 are introduced into the respective female coupling members 4.
  • An operative connection now exists between the respective containers 1 and the treating units TU temporarily associated with the containers 1, and the contents of the containers 1 can undergo whatever treatment is next to be carried out in the chain of such treatments.
  • each container 1 will successively be coupled with each of the treating units TU so that the contents of each of the containers 1 will, if it is assumed that the contents are to be dyed, first be subjected to a preliminary treatment by connection with one of the treating units TU, thereupon be dyed by connection with the next following unit TU, subsequently be subjected to a post-dyeing treatment by the third unit TU and finally be dried by connection with the fourth unit TU.
  • No handling of the contents of the containers 1 is necessary at all during this entire process so that no time is lost, labor is saved, the materials being processed are handled more gently, and the entire manufacturing process is accomplished more eificiently and more economically.
  • the arrangement of the male coupling members 4' and the associated female coupling members 4 is such that, when the male coupling members 4' are introduced into the female coupling members 4, the resulting connection is fluid-tight even under pressure.
  • this may not be absolutely essential.
  • the rhythm of operation of the novel device will be governed by the longest time period required to carry out a processing step; in other words, the period of time required for each of the steps may be different and the longest period required will dictate the rhythm of operation.
  • FIGS. 2-5 show embodiments of the invention in which two containers 1 are provided (FIG. 2), three containers (FIG. 3), four containers (FIG. 4) and, in FIG. 5, five such containers.
  • the number of containers will be dictated by the specific requirements and of course by the number of treatment steps and the corresponding number of treating units.
  • the container 1 there is at least one more container 1 provided than there are treating units TU, so as to eliminate the necessity for interrupting the rhythm of operation when the successive containers 1 are to be loaded or unloaded.
  • a loading and unloading station which is included in the path, along with the treating units TU.
  • the containers 1 are spaced equally distantly from one another and of course in that case the treating units TU and, if provided, the loading and unloading station, must also be equidistantly spaced.
  • the coupling means consisting of the male and female coupling members 4 and 4 need not be precisely of the type shown herein, although this is preferred.
  • the male coupling member 4' could be inserted sideways into the respective female coupling members 4, so that the vertical reciprocation could be eliminated. This concept is also to be included in the protection sought herein.
  • the male coupling member 4 can also be provided with self-locking valves or other closures which act to open when the respective male coupling members 4 are inserted into the female coupling members 4, and which conversely close to prevent escape of treating material or goods being treated from the respective containers 1 when the male coupling members 4 are withdrawn from the respective female coupling members 4.
  • carrier means adapted to hold goods which are to undergo a series of successive treatments; conveying means supporting said carrier means and comprising indexing means arranged for advancing said carrier means in an endless path; a plurality of processing stations comprising treating units arranged adjacent to spaced portions of said endless path; and quick-operating coupling means, including a first coupling element provided on said carrier means and a complementary second coupling element provided on each of said treating units, arranged to automatically couple and uncouple said carrier means with the respective treating units when said indexing means advances said carrier means into and out of registry with the same.
  • said indexing means comprises first displacing means for displacing said carrier means between a higher and a lower level, and second displacing means for advancing said carrier means in said endless path while the carrier means is on one of said levels.
  • said carrier means is a container, wherein said first coupling element is a male coupling member, and wherein said second coupling elements are female coupling members.
  • said processing stations are equidistantly spaced from one another, and wherein said carrier means comprises a plurality of equidistantly spaced carriers so arranged that respective ones of said carriers are moved into registry with successive ones of said treating units when being advanced by said indexing means.
  • said indexing means is arranged to advance said carriers in said endless path simultaneously and stepwise through distances corresponding to the spacing between said processing stations.

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US1622543A (en) * 1925-03-02 1927-03-29 Rynders George Weslin Washing machine
US2000745A (en) * 1933-04-07 1935-05-07 Albert E Demol Boil-off or dyeing apparatus
US2341198A (en) * 1943-03-03 1944-02-08 Edwin C Weiskopf Automatic immersion apparatus
FR1008508A (fr) * 1950-01-18 1952-05-19 Lachine à laver

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US1622543A (en) * 1925-03-02 1927-03-29 Rynders George Weslin Washing machine
US2000745A (en) * 1933-04-07 1935-05-07 Albert E Demol Boil-off or dyeing apparatus
US2341198A (en) * 1943-03-03 1944-02-08 Edwin C Weiskopf Automatic immersion apparatus
FR1008508A (fr) * 1950-01-18 1952-05-19 Lachine à laver

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