US3750428A - Apparatus for washing, drying and fixing a textile web - Google Patents

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US3750428A
US3750428A US00129027A US3750428DA US3750428A US 3750428 A US3750428 A US 3750428A US 00129027 A US00129027 A US 00129027A US 3750428D A US3750428D A US 3750428DA US 3750428 A US3750428 A US 3750428A
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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
    • D06B9/00—Solvent-treatment of textile materials
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    • D06F43/00—Dry-cleaning apparatus or methods using volatile solvents
    • D06F43/06—Dry-cleaning apparatus or methods using volatile solvents wherein the articles to be cleaned are passed through a cleaning chamber or bath
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B13/00—Machines and apparatus for drying fabrics, fibres, yarns, or other materials in long lengths, with progressive movement
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  • ABSTRACT Apparatus for washing, drying and fixing a textile web having endless, driven means for moving a textile web successively through washing, drying and fixing zones and wherein the web is partially dried prior to the dry- [56] References Cited ing zone by causing an airstream to pass through the UNTTED STATES PATENTS web. Partial drying of the web is facilitated by vibrating 270,992 1/1883 Snoeck 68/20 X the web and means is provided for recovering the wash- 2.296,897 9/1942 Billing et 68/205 R ing solvent.
  • Means is provided for condensing or prelg; g fl zy 6 32 venting condensation of vaporized washing solvent derl sson a 3,158,886 12/1964 Grimes 68/18 c x gsgi'gg g i whether the washmg cold 3,292,397 12/1966 Wooliever 68/20 X 3,374,646 3/1968 Fleissner 68/DIG. 5 15 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures PAIENTEDAUG mzs 3,750,428
  • the invention concerns an apparatus for washing, drying and eventually subsequently fixing a textile web, particularly for use with an organic solvent washing liquid.
  • the object of the present invention is to avoid these disadvantages, to develop an apparatus of the aforementioned type that will also faultlessly drydelicate or voluminous fabrics and has a small heat consumption and space requirement.
  • the object is realized according to the invention by a mesh belt carrying the textile web successively through the washing zone, the hot air drying zone and eventually a subsequent fixing zone and by at least one predrying device disposed before the hot air drying zone, said device removing the washing liquid from the textile web by meansof an air stream.
  • the air steam can be a suction or pressure air stream; its strength and direction may be adapted in a simple way for the web which is to be treated.
  • the invention is especially suited for apparatus in which an organic solvent (such as chlorinated hydrocarbons) is used as the washing liquid. Because of its relatively high specific gravity, the removal of the washing liquid from the textile web under the action of an air stream is considerably facilitated.
  • the invention is not however limited, to apparatus using organic solvents as the washing liquid, but can also be advantageously applied to apparatus employing aqueous washing liquids.
  • two tenter chains are provided to carry the textile web taut through the washing zone, the hot air drying zone and eventually a subsequent fixing zone.
  • the tenter chains in conjunction with the mesh belt carrying the textile web, ensure that in all treatment zones the web is exposed to the respective treating agent in use (liquid or hot air) evenly spread out and especially without rolled up edges.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a further embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram of the washing zone of the apparatus of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic section through the washing zone of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary view similar to FIG. 3 and illustrating a modification
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged, transverse sectional view illustrating a suction cylinder over which the textile web passes.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a tenter v chain and needle carriers.
  • the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 serves for washing and drying a textile web. It essentially comprises one or more housings or enclosures including a washing zone 1, a predrying zone 2 serving for blowing out the washing liquid, a drying and shrinking zone 3, an airing zone 4 and a cooling or fixing zone 5.
  • the textile web 6 is laid in folds on an endless circulating mesh belt 7 and is carried by this mesh belt through openings or apertures 7a (FIG. 5) communicating with the aforementioned zones 1 to 5.
  • a number of spray tubes 8 are provided in the washing zone 1 which spray the washing liquid, for example an organic solvent or solvent mixture, onto the textile web 6.
  • the washing liquid dripping from the web is collected in a container 9.
  • a pump (not shown) serves to induce the necessary circulation of the washing liquid.
  • a pressure air stream is directed onto the textile web 6 supported on the mesh belt 7 by a nozzle tube 10. In this way most of the washing liquid held in the textile web is forced downwards and is caught in a collecting container 11.
  • the textile web 6 is dried by circulating hot air, in the course of which the web can shrink.
  • the washing liquid still present in the textileweb particularly an organic solvent, evaporates to a very large extent in the zone 3. So that the circulating air does not become ever saturated with solvent, a certain part of the drying air is continuously sucked out and led for example through a condensation device, not shown, in which the solvent is recovered.
  • the textile web is preferably subjected to a clean air stream, whereby the comparatively little solvent remaining in the web can be recovered by absorption.
  • the textile web 6 is finally cooled to the necessary temperature for rolling up or stacking in zig-zag manner.
  • the textile web 6 is carried by means of the mesh belt 7 successively through a washing zone 12, a drying zone 13, an airing zone 14, a fixing zone 15 and a cooling zone 16.
  • the apparatus furthermore includes a pair of tenter chains 17, which engage the textile web 6 by its edges and holds it flat. These two tenter chains 17 are likewise led through all theaforementioned zones 12 to 16.
  • the tenter chains 17 are provided for example with needle carriers, in which case the needles 17a and their moving washing liquid from the textile web by means of an air current.
  • individual washing units are associated separate collecting containers 20, 20a, 20b, each of which is connected with the previous spray device opposite the direction of movement of the textile web by a pump 21 or 22, respectively.
  • the first collecting container 20 is connected by a pump 23 with a purification apparatus 24 which is connected by a pump 25 with the spray device 18b of the last washing unit.
  • the atmosphere of the washing zone 12 is likewise connected with the purification apparatus 24 through a suction pump 26. In this way the'solvent vapour held in the sucked out air is removed.
  • the purified air is led by a pump 27 to air stream devices 19, 19a, 19b.
  • the collecting containers 20, 20a, 20b for the washing liquid removed from the textile web 6 are situated between the upper and lower runs of mesh belt 7 and tenter chains 17.
  • groups of suction air nozzles 19', 19a and l9'b situated below the textile web can be provided (see FIG.
  • the textile web with the mesh belt and tenter chains can for example run over one or more suction cylinders. 6a (FIG. 6).
  • the tenter chains 17 are mounted for adjustment toward and away from each other in a known manner, such as disclosed in US. Pat. No. 3,518,848.
  • the mesh belt 7, the spray devices 18, 18a, 18b serving to supply the washing liquid, and the air stream devices 19, 19a, 19b providing for removal of the washing liquid are likewise adjustable in their working width in conformity with, and preferably together with, the tenter chains.
  • FIG. 4 shows to this end telescopic tube-like masks 28 for the spray device 18, which can be slid to a greater or less extent over the spray device, according to the working width. Similar masks 28a are provided for the airstream devices.
  • washing liquid comprises a cold organic solvent
  • at least some walls of the washing chamber, and preferably those walls disposed above the liquid collecting containers are cooled by conventional cooling means to condense solvent vapour. In this way the proportion of solvent held in the sucked out air is reduced.
  • the washing liquid comprises a hot organic solvent
  • a conventional vibrator 29 or similar device is provided to cause vibration of the mesh belt with the textile web carried thereon.
  • the removal of the solvent from the textile web is also favoured by the relatively high specific gravity of the solvent.
  • an airing zone 14 is interposed between the drying zone 13 and the fixing zone 15, in which the textile web 6 is subjected to a clean gas stream practically free of solvent. In this way it is prevented that the textile web still contains further solvent when entering the fixing zone, which, in view of the high temperature (mostly between 180 and 200 C.), could decompose there.
  • Apparatus for washing a textile web with an organic solvent washing liquid, and then drying and subsequently fixing said web comprising housing means forming successively a washing zone, a hot air drying zone, and afixing zone, and a mesh belt and tenter chains for carrying the textile web successively through each of said zones, said washing zone comprising a plurality of washing units disposed one after the other, each of said units being composed of a spray device for spraying the washing liquid onto the textile web, and means provided downstream from each spray device for establishing a downward air stream through said web to remove the washing liquid therefrom.
  • Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the tenter chains are provided with needle carriers for engaging the web.
  • the tenter chains are adjustable toward and away from one another for adaption to the working width of the particular textile web in use, and wherein the means for establishing said airstream includes means for adjusting the working width of said airstream.
  • each of the means for establishing ssid sirstresm comprises nozzle means disposed above the textile web for directing air under pressure through a textile web supported on the mesh belt.
  • each of the means for establishing said sirstresm comprises nozzle means disposed below the textile web to create a suction air stream through the textile web supported on the mesh belt.
  • Apparatus according to claim 1 including collecting containers for each washing unit, esch down-stream container being connected by a pump with the adjacent upstream spray device.
  • Apparatus according to claim 1 including a condensstion device for reception of said airstresm to effect recovery of the solvent, and suction means for delivering said sirstresm to said condensation device.
  • Apparatus according to claim 1 including means i for vibrating the mesh belt.
  • Apparatus according to claim 1 characterized in that a suction cylinder carrying the mesh belt and textile web is disposed within the washing zone, in the region of the periphery of which suction cylinder washing liquid spray devices are provided.

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US4070875A (en) * 1973-02-07 1978-01-31 Eduard Kusters Apparatus for treating of synthetic textile webs
US4124923A (en) * 1976-09-03 1978-11-14 Advanced Textiles Exploitation Ag Apparatus for texturing yarn and textile fabric containing synthetic fibers
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US3965511A (en) * 1972-04-14 1976-06-29 Vepa Ag Process for continuous heat-setting and shrinking of synthetic fibers
US3908410A (en) * 1972-05-16 1975-09-30 Iws Nominee Co Ltd Apparatus for the treatment of textile fibers and fabrics
US3908250A (en) * 1972-06-23 1975-09-30 Oxford Industries Garment production process
US4070875A (en) * 1973-02-07 1978-01-31 Eduard Kusters Apparatus for treating of synthetic textile webs
US3997928A (en) * 1974-01-26 1976-12-21 Eduard Kusters Method for the treatment of textile, fleece and similar webs
US4124923A (en) * 1976-09-03 1978-11-14 Advanced Textiles Exploitation Ag Apparatus for texturing yarn and textile fabric containing synthetic fibers
US4200994A (en) * 1977-08-05 1980-05-06 Edgar Pickering (Blackburn) Ltd. Drying apparatus
US4332047A (en) * 1979-10-04 1982-06-01 Mewa Mechanische Weberei Altstadt Gmbh Method for extracting water from laundry
US4448582A (en) * 1982-02-01 1984-05-15 American Artos Corporation Process for continuous thermosol dyeing of textile fabrics
US4773110A (en) * 1982-09-13 1988-09-27 Dexter Chemical Corporation Foam finishing apparatus and method
US4608122A (en) * 1983-03-11 1986-08-26 Westvaco Corporation Method for washing a paper fiber on a belt washer using a sonic frequency disturbance
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US4742697A (en) * 1985-08-07 1988-05-10 Sando Iron Works Co., Ltd. Apparatus for continuous wet heat treatment of a cloth
US4866957A (en) * 1986-11-28 1989-09-19 Burlington Industries, Inc. Solvent dyeing and heatsetting apparatus
US5233717A (en) * 1989-09-22 1993-08-10 Benninger Ag Method and device for treatment of a material web, in particular a fabric web

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