US3779704A - Method and apparatus for space dyeing strand material - Google Patents

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US3779704A
US3779704A US00225762A US3779704DA US3779704A US 3779704 A US3779704 A US 3779704A US 00225762 A US00225762 A US 00225762A US 3779704D A US3779704D A US 3779704DA US 3779704 A US3779704 A US 3779704A
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    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B11/00—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing
    • D06B11/002—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing of moving yarns
    • D06B11/0023—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing of moving yarns by spraying or pouring
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • ABSTRACT The disclosed method and apparatus involve pulling a [73] Assignee: FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an improved apparatus for making a substantially random space-dyed strand, especially a yarn strand.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a strand space-dyeing apparatus which is so operable as to produce an almost infinitely varying dye pattern.
  • a still further object of the invention is to provide a yarn space-dyeing apparatus capable of high speed operation and economical use of dye.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a space-dyeing apparatus wherein there is no dye applicator making contact with the strand being dyed whereby there is no applicator to be fouled or contaminated by dye which may have been previously applied to the strand.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a preferred form of apparatus.
  • FIG. 2 is a section taken along the line II-Il of FIG. 1.
  • the apparatus comprises a framework including a plate to which bearing members 12 and 14 are secured.
  • Bearing 12 supports a shaft 16 driven by a variable speed drive 18
  • bearing 14 supports a shaft 20 driven by a variable speed drive 22.
  • Variable speed drives 18 and 22 may be driven from a common motor, not shown, or may have individual drive motors or indeed may, within the scope of this invention, be variable speed motors.
  • universal joints not shown may be provided between shafts 16 and 20 and their respective drives.
  • Shaft 16 extends through plate 10 and is supported by a sleeve bearing 24.
  • a disk or wheel 26 On the opposite side of plate 10 from bearing 12 shaft 16 has secured thereto a disk or wheel 26 the lower portion of which extends into a trough or tank 28 which may if desired be suitably secured to plate 10.
  • Tank 28 contains a bath 30 of dye liquid and as wheel 26 rotates it picks up dye liquid from the bath so that the entire periphery of the wheel becomes coated therewith.
  • Wheel 26 must of course be made of or have a peripheral rim of a suitable material to carry a liquid film and one such material that has been found to be satisfactory is Formica.
  • Shaft 20 also extends through plate 10 and is further supported by the plate in a bearing 32.
  • a disk 34 Secured to shaft 20 on the opposite side of plate 10 from the bearing 14 is a disk 34 which is substantially solid or impervious but which is provided with a series of apertures 36 arranged in a circle concentric with the axis of rotation of the disk. As shown in FIG. 1 apertures 36 vary in size and the space between them is not uniform.
  • a cover plate 38 secured to plate 10 may be provided to enclose disk 34 and secured to the cover plate is a bearing support 40 fitted with a bearing 42 carrying the end of shaft 20.
  • a shield 44 Secured to cover plate 38 at a point above wheel 26 is a shield 44 which extends downwardly to within the confines of tank 28. Secured to the shield is a bracket 46 carrying a pair of guides 48 and 50 for guiding a running strand 52 to within the vicinity of but offset from a selected portion of the periphery of wheel 26.
  • the strand passes near the uppermost point of the wheel but the invention can be practiced by having the strand guided past any part of the periphery of the wheel above the level of dye liquid in tank 28.
  • the strand should run parallel to a tangent to the wheel so that it passes by only one section of the periphery of the wheel.
  • nozzle 54 Secured in and extending through cover plate 38 is a nozzle 54 which is aimed across the periphery of wheel 26 toward the strand.
  • the entrance end of nozzle 54 is aligned with a passageway 56 extending through plate 10 and a compressed air line 58 leads into said passageway.
  • the disk 34 extends into the space between nozzle 54 and passageway 56 and that circular band of the disk containing the apertures 36 passes between the nozzle and the passageway whereby when the disk is rotated apertures and solid portions of the disk become alternately aligned with the nozzle and passageway.
  • a jet of air issues from the nozzle and blows dye liquid from the periphery of wheel 26 onto strand 52.
  • a solid portion of the shield or disk 34 passes between the passageway and the nozzle, the flow of air is interrupted and dye liquid is not blown onto the passing strand. Any dye liquid blown from the wheel and not caught by the strand strikes shield 44 and runs back into tank 28.
  • the invention is particularly useful for producing yarn and the apparatus may be used to apply dye to a previously undyed yarn or to a yarn which has been previously dyed a uniform color or two or more such apparatuses may be used in tandem to produce a multicolored yarn. It is this tandem arrangement that evidences one of the particular ad vantages of the apparatus in that the dye is not applied to the strand with an applicator that makes contact with the strand and, therefore, there is no applicator which may be contaminated by contact with previously applied but still unset dye. After the dye liquid is applied the strand is suitably subjected to heat to set the dye.
  • the apparatus can be adapted to dye a number of parallel strands at the same time by providing additional wheels on shaft 16 for bringing up dye from the bath and by suitably piping air through the apertures of disk 34 to the vicinity of the additional wheels across from the running strand associated with the particular wheel.
  • the method of space-dyeing strand material comprising drawing the strand through a path slightly offset from a segment of the periphery of a wheel a portion of which extends into a dye bath, rotating the wheel so that substantially the entire periphery thereof becomes coated with dye from the bath, directing a jet of air across that segment of the periphery of the wheel adjacent the running strand in such manner that dye is blown from the wheel onto the running strand, and at intervals interrupting the blowing of dye onto the strand whereby to produce a strand having portions dyed with the dye blown from the wheel intercepted by portions not so dyed.
  • Apparatus of the class described comprising a tank containing a dye liquid, a wheel having a portion thereof extending into the dye liquid, means for rotating said wheel whereby dye liquid is picked up from the tank to coat substantially the entire periphery of said wheel, guide means for guiding a running strand near but offset from a portion of the periphery of said wheel above the level of dye liquid in the tank, an air jet aimed at the periphery of said wheel adjacent the running strand, a movable shield between the source of said air jet and the strand, said shield having a multiplicity of apertures therein, and means for moving said shield so that said apertures and a solid portion of the shield become alternately aligned with the source of said air jet, the air jet blowing dye liquid from said wheel onto the running strand only when an aperture in the shield becomes aligned with the source of the jet.
  • said shield comprises a rotatable disk having spaced apertures arranged in a circle concentric with the axis of rotation of the disks.
  • Apparatus of the class described comprising a rotatable wheel, means for supplying a dye liquid to the periphery of said wheel, guide means for guiding a running strand near but offset from a portion of the periphery of the wheel, and means for intermittently blowing dye liquid from the periphery of the wheel onto the strand.
  • apparatus comprising a tank containing a dye liquid, means having a movable surface for extracting dye liquid from the tank and producing a constant supply of said dye liquid at a preselected position, guide means for guiding a running strand in the vicinity of said preselected position, a fluid jet aimed across the supply of dye liquid and toward the running strand, a movable shield between the source of said fluid jet and the strand, said shield having a multiplicity of apertures therein, and means for moving said shield so that said apertures and a solid portion of the shield become alternately aligned with the source of the fluid jet, whereby dye liquid is blown from said preselected position

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