US611432A

US611432A - Gustav katzenstein

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Publication number: US611432A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1915-09-27

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No. 6l|,432. Patented Sept 27, I898. G. KATZENSTEIN.

WOOL WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Nov. 18, 1897.)

(No Model.)

IN VEN TOR GUSTAV KATZENSTEIN,

11 met.

OF BERLIN: GERMANY.

wooL' w-A'sHme MACHINE.

srncrrrcacrron forming 5mof Letters Patent No. 611,432, dated September '27, less.

7 Application filed November 18, 1897. Serial No. 658,912. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV KATZENSTEIN, a citizen-of the Empire of Germany, residing at Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Washing and Purifying Wool and Cotton Fibers and other Fibrous Material, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus for washing and purifying wool and. cotton fibers and other fibrous material; and

'the object of the invention is to provide an apparatus in which the purifying-solution is intimately mixed with the fibrous material and the cleaning of the fibers accomplished I without the formation of knottedparticles,

so that theipaterial is purified in a more thorough manner than is possible in appliances heretofore in use.

. The invention consists of an apparatus for I Washing and cleaning fibrous materiaL'comprising a stationary vessel provided with an arched cover of special construction and an agitator for imparting centrifugal motion to the mixture of fiber and purifyingsolution,

and, further, of certain details of construction,

which will be f ully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

--In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical central section of the apparatus for purifying wool and cotton fibers.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the cover and attached funnel in inverted posit-ion. Fig. 3 is a top View of the centrifugal wheel 6, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top view of the annular trough 10, Fig. 1, and adjacent parts. Fig. 5 isa vertical central section of a modified form of construc tion of the apparatus. Fig. 6 is a plan View of a portion of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a detail top view of the steam turbine wheel.

Similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts. 7

In the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 to 4 a vessel b, made of circular or parabolic shape, I

' by means of an annular arched cover 0., which is attached to the circumference of the vessel band which is formed with a central inwardly-extending spout f. -In bearings of the standard a is arranged a hollow rotary shaft (1, to the upper end of which, inside the vesin Fig. g

To the mouth of the internal spout f of the cover a is attached afunnel g, the dischargetube of which extends-intothe mputhof the centrifugal wheel e and supports at its in .terior a hollow distributing-cone t, which communicates by tubes 70, attached to the tube h, with the interior of the vessel b. This distributing-cone serves, furthermore, as a cover for the upper' end of the hollow shaft (1.

l A tube l,.forming a continuation'of the hollow shaft- (1, connects the lower end of the hollow cone with the same. i

sel b, is keyeda centrifugal wheel e, which-is shown in section in Fig. 1 and in plan view Around the funnel g is arranged a wire net m, so that no part of the product can pass into the pipe k. At the lower part of the hollow. shaft (1 are arranged a number ofsmall' discharge-nozzles 1", below which an annular trough pis arranged concentrically to, the hollow shaft (1, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

The interior of the cover 0 is provided with radial or spiral guide-vanes s, as shown in Figs. land 2. The vessel b'is providedwith guide vanes or blades w,-which form a continuation in downward direction'of the curved vanes s. 1 1 y 1 The operation of this apparatus is asfol-' lows The centrifugal wheel 6 is set into quick rotary motion by means of any suitable power transmission a, and water is conducted at the same time through the supply-pipe y into,

the funnel g,while the fibrous materialis introduced at f and is conductedto the wheele through the funnel g. The centrifugal wheel 6 throws the fibrous material,which is conducted to the same in the direction of ar I rows n, owing to' the m's ma imparted to the material along the vanes or ribs w s, so that it is returned along the tubular central portion f of the cover into the funnel g. In this manner a continuous rapid circulation. of the water and fibrousmaterial takes place, whereby a reliable and quick cleaning of the fibers is produced, so that the latter remain always in a loose flaky condition-without formingknotted particles. The separated impurities,which are usually specifically lighter than water, are collected near the net wt and are drawn.,with the water, through the net m, the pipe is, through thg hollow distributingtoo cone 2', the hollow shaft cl, and small nozzles 1' into the trough 19. From the latter the water is conducted oif through the pipe 0. For the purpose of sterilizing the fibrous material steam can be conducted through the pipe as into the vessel 1 In the construction shown in Figs. 5to 7 the vessel 1) is made of conical shape, while the cover 0 is provided with guide vanes or ribs sin the same manner as in the apparatus shown in Fig. 1. At the center of the vessel is likewise arranged a hollow shaft (1, which turns in step and neck bearings 8 and 9. The shaft (1 is provided with stirrer-arms 10 and carries at its lower end a so-called Seguer turbine wheel 11,whichis shown in detail plan view in Fig. 7 The upper end of the hollow shaft is connected with a steam-supply pipe 12.

v The upper part 13 of the vessel 1) is enlarged mitted at f into the interior of the vessel.

and provided with an annular chamber 14,

which serves for conducting 01f the muddy water. A sieve is attached to the vessel at the opening into the annular chamber 14,

. purities pass to the outlet-pipe. The vessel 1) can be drained through a pipe 15, which is connected to the bottom of the same. The operation of this apparatus is almost exactly the same as that shown in Fig. 1. The water used for cleaning the fibrous material is ad- The turbine wheel 11 is set in quick rotation by the steam emitted through the same, so that the stirrer-arms. 10 are quickly rotated in the vessel 1). The steam produces simultaneously the sterilization of the fibrousmaterial and an intense motion of the solution.

' By the conical shape of the vessel 12" is proso as to bemoved in outward direction, and

so on, it being kept in continuous agitation and circulation. The motion of the centrifugal wheel e or turbine wheel 11 can also be accomplished in any other preferred manner.

For removing the fibrous material from the apparatus the cover is removed, together with the funnel or tilted, while in Fig. 5 the cover is simply lifted-off. If this is not desired, the fibers may instead be drawn 0% through a suitable pipe at the bottom of the vessel.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An apparatus for washing and cleaning fibrous material, which consists of a stationary vessel provided with an arched cover,a rotary agitator for imparting centrifugal motion to the washing liquid, and radial vanes or ribs at the under side of the cover for returning the solution back toward the center of the vessel, substantially as set forth.

2. An apparatus for washing and cleaning fibrous material, consisting of a stationary vessel, an arched coverhavinga central downwardly-extending spout, radial vanes at the under side of the cover, a rotary motor for imparting centrifugal motion to the washing liquid, means for agitating the solution, and means for drawing off the washing-water, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

v GUSTAV KATZENSTEIN. -Witnesses:

HENRY HASPER,

WALDEMAR HAUPT.