US3614796A - Method and apparatus for treating textile materials - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for treating textile materials Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3614796A
US3614796A US867682A US3614796DA US3614796A US 3614796 A US3614796 A US 3614796A US 867682 A US867682 A US 867682A US 3614796D A US3614796D A US 3614796DA US 3614796 A US3614796 A US 3614796A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
liquid
treating
blades
hollow shaft
textile materials
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US867682A
Inventor
Yoshiyuki Tanaka
Hiroshi Fujita
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Itochu Corp
Tanaka Iron Works Co Ltd
Original Assignee
Itochu Corp
Tanaka Iron Works Co Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from DEF29701A external-priority patent/DE1148515B/en
Application filed by Itochu Corp, Tanaka Iron Works Co Ltd filed Critical Itochu Corp
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3614796A publication Critical patent/US3614796A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • 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
    • D06C7/00—Heating or cooling textile fabrics
    • D06C7/02—Setting
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • D06B3/20—Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating of fabrics with means to improve the circulation of the treating material on the surface of the fabric
    • D06B3/201—Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating of fabrics with means to improve the circulation of the treating material on the surface of the fabric the treating material being forced through the textile material
    • 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
    • D06B3/20—Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating of fabrics with means to improve the circulation of the treating material on the surface of the fabric
    • D06B3/201—Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating of fabrics with means to improve the circulation of the treating material on the surface of the fabric the treating material being forced through the textile material
    • D06B3/203—Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating of fabrics with means to improve the circulation of the treating material on the surface of the fabric the treating material being forced through the textile material by suction, e.g. by means of perforated drums
    • 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
    • D06B5/02—Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating through moving materials of indefinite length
    • D06B5/08—Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating through moving materials of indefinite length through fabrics
    • 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
    • D06B5/02—Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating through moving materials of indefinite length
    • D06B5/10—Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating through moving materials of indefinite length using centrifugal force
    • 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
    • D06B2700/00—Treating of textile materials, e.g. bleaching, dyeing, mercerising, impregnating, washing; Fulling of fabrics
    • D06B2700/09—Apparatus for passing open width fabrics through bleaching, washing or dyeing liquid
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y10S68/00—Textiles: fluid treating apparatus
    • Y10S68/902—Devices for storage and reuse of soap suds
    • 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
    • Y10S68/00—Textiles: fluid treating apparatus
    • Y10S68/903—Perforated drum and continuous textile feed and discharge

Definitions

  • FIG. 1 A first figure.
  • FIG- 2 Oct. 26, 1971 YOSHIYUKI TANAKA ETAL 3,614,796
  • a treating liquid is ejected through holes bored through the wall of a rotary hollow shaft, splashed by radial blades mounted on and rotating with the rotary hollow shaft under the influence of centrifugal force and divided into fine particles by conflict members which are arranged surrounding the outer peripheral edges of the blades and against which the splashing treating liquid impinges.
  • the thus finely divided particles of the treating liquid hit and penetrate the textile material engaged around the outer edges of the conflict members, whereby the textile materials are treated with the liquid.
  • An apparatus for practicing the method of treating textile materials with a liquid A large number of equally spaced radial blades are mounted on a rotary shaft having a number of holes bored through the wall thereof. A pair of opposed side plates are rotatably mounted on the opposite ends of the rotary hollow shaft and a large number of conflict members are provided extending across the outer peripheral edges of the side plates in suitably spaced relation so as to surround the outer peripheral edges of the blades with a suitable space therebetween, for carrying the textile material thereon.
  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the continuous treatment of textile materials. More specifically, the invention is to provide a novel method and apparatus by which a liquid is caused to penetrate the so-called sheet-like textile materials, such as woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, non-woven fabrics and carpets, in the form of fine particles.
  • the present invention is concerned with improvements in the latter one of the aforesaid two conventional methods, i.e. the method of treating textile materials by spraying a liquid thereon, and in the apparatus for practicing said method.
  • the invention has for its object the provision of a novel method and apparatus by which textile materials can be treated evenly at a high speed.
  • the object of the invention set forth above can be attained by splashing a treating liquid at a high speed by the action of centrifugal force, further dividing the splashing liquid into fine particles by causing it to impinge against conflict members and passing the fine particles of the liquid directly through a textile material to be treated.
  • the treatment of sheet-like textile materials includes the treatments which are commonly practiced in the textile industry, such, for example, as cleaning, dyeing, desizing and creping of fabrics.
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevation, partially broken away, of an apparatus for practicing the method of this invention
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are cross-sectional side views of the apparatus of FIG. 1, respectively showing the modes of treating textile materials;
  • FIG. 4 is a side elevation of an embodiment of the present invention in which a plurality of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 are arranged stepwise;
  • FIGS. 5 to 7 are crosssectional front views showing the other examples of the blade member respectively.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 are side elevations of the other em.- bodiments of the multistage apparatus shown in FIG. 2 respectively;
  • FIG. 10 is a side elevation of an embodiment wherein a multistage treating apparatus is combined with a vertical vat.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 are side elevations showing the other embodiments of the treating methods shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and using a single apparatus respectively.
  • the apparatus including a hollow shaft 1 having an axial hole therein, on which a large number of conical or trapezoidal blades 2 are fixedly mounted in suitably spaced relationv to each other.
  • the hollow shaft 1 is provided with a large number of radial holes 3 bored through the wall thereof in communication with the axial hole thereof, at locations adjacent the mounting portions of the respective blades 2, and opposed side plates 4 are rotatably mounted on the opposite ends of the hollow shaft 1 concentrically therewith, through the intermediary of bearings 5 respectively.
  • a large number of conflict members 7 are pro vided adjacent the peripheral edge of the blades 2, with the opposite ends thereof connected to the peripheral edges of the opposed side plates 4- and with the outer edges thereof defining a circumferential plane concentric with the central shaft 1 and the blades 2.
  • the conflict members are each connected to the side plates 4 in such a manner that the angle of inclination thereof is changeable with respect to the central shaft 1.
  • Reference numeral 6 designates a sealing member which is provided to prevent a treating liquid, inside the side plates 4, from fiowing into the bearing 5.
  • Reference numberal 8 designates a bearing supporting the hollow shaft 1, and 9 designates a pulley through which the hollow shaft is driven.
  • the apparatus of the invention constructed as described above operates in the following manner: Namely, when the hollow shaft 1 is rotated at a high speed while continuously introducing a treating liquid into the axial hole of the hollow shaft 1 from one end thereof, and a material T to be treated is supplied through a guide roll A, lapped around the outer edges of the conflict members 7 and taken up through a guide roll B on the opposite side of the guide roll A, the treating liquid ejected through the through holes 3 in the hollow shaft 1 onto the surfaces of the blades 2 is splashed outwardly by the centrifugal force created by the high speed rotation of said blades and impinges against the conflict members 7. Therefore, the treating liquid is divided into fine particles and the fine particles of the liquid intensely hit the surface of the textile material T at substantially right shaft 1 at substantially the same speed as the textile material T.
  • the material T to be treated around the outer edges of the conflict members 7 in direct contact therewith may be spaced somewhat from the outer edges of the conflict members as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the side plates 4 having the conflict members 7 connected thereto is rotated slowly, by the force of the liquid particles impinging against said conflict members. This way of treating is particularly effectively used for the washing of thin knitted and woven fabrics and non-woven fabrics of synthetic fiber filaments with water or for the wetting of textile materials.
  • FIGS. 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 show the other methods of treating textile materials, using the apparatus described above.
  • a plurality of the above-described unit apparatus are juxtaposed on each side of vertical posts 10, with the central shafts 1 of the respective unit apparatus in staggered relation between the left and right sides of the vertical posts.
  • a material T to be treated is supplied through an inlet opening at the lowermost portion of the apparatus, passed around a guide roll A, trailed around the outer edges of the conflict members of the lowermost unit apparatus, engaged around the conflict members of the next upper unit apparatus after passing it around the conflict members of the adjacent unit apparatus on the other side of the vertical posts and so on.
  • the unit apparatus are each provided with a receptacle therebelow and the receptacles of the respective unit apparatus are connected with each other through a pipe, so that the used liquid in an upper receptacle may flow into an adjacent lower receptacle. Further, each receptacle is positioned such that the surface of the liquid therein be maintained at such a level that the liquid is scooped by the conflict members or blades of the associated unit apparatus.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 The other examples of the continuous, multistage apparatus of the type described above are shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. Furthermore, such a continuous, multistage apparatus may be combined with a conventional vertical water-washing or dyeing apparatus as shown in FIG. 10. An apparatus consisting of such combination is not only effective for the washing of a heavily soiled material with water, but also enables an evenly dyed material to be obtained when used for dyeing.
  • the apparatus of the invention singly may continuously be used as a sprayer when it is mounted within a closed enclosure and a material to be treated is passed around the apparatus while maintaining a certain space between it and the conflict members of said apparatus, as shown in FIG. 11.
  • the apparatus may also be used as a decatizing machine when it is mounted within a treating tank and a material to be treated is engaged around the apparatus in the form of an endless belt, as shown in FIG. 12.
  • a material to be treated is engaged around the apparatus in the form of an endless belt, as shown in FIG. 12.
  • the decatizing efliciency can be further enhanced, as compared with that of a conventional decatizing machine.
  • the present apparatus is also possible to use the present apparatus as a dyeing machine.
  • the blades 2 of the present apparatus may be of any one of the shapes shown in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7, or may be of helical shape.
  • the blade may be composed of a plurality of blade members suitably inclined to the axis of the hollow shaft.
  • a greater centrifugal force can be created and a greater splashing force of the treating liquid can be obtained and, therefore, the treatment can be carried out at a higher efficiency, by mounting a large number of blades on the hollow shaft at right angles thereto in suitably spaced relation with each other, as shown in the embodiments, than by the arrangement described above.
  • a sufficient centrifugal force can also be created to splash the treating liquid, by mounting brushes on the hollow shaft radially thereof, instead of mounting the aforesaid blades.
  • use of the brushes is not desirable from the standpoint of durability.
  • a cylinder having a large number of apertures bored therein may be mounted over the hollow shaft 1 in concentrical relation thereto, but according to the experiment conducted by the present inventors, such construction has proved unsatisfactory because a sulficiently large centrifugal force cannot be obtained and accordingly the treating efficiency is declined as compared With that attainable by the blades shown in the embodiments.
  • the conflict members 7 are not restricted to those shown in the embodiment, each of which consist of a flat plate connected between the opposed side plates in such a manner that the angle of inclination thereof can be adjusted freely, but the effect of dividing the treating liquid, splashed under the influence of centrifugal force, into fine particles can sufficiently be obtained only by connecting round or angularly-shaped conflict members between the side plates in suitably spaced relation to each other.
  • the treating apparatus of the present invention has a number of advantages over a conventional treating apparatus of a shower type or dipping type, i.e. that a satisfactory effect of treatment can be obtained with a small quantity of treating liquid, that the pressure and the quantity of the treating liquid are maintained constant, that there is no fear of a material to be treated being stretched or wrinkled due to local concentration of the shower pressure, that by arranging a plurality of the apparatus side by side in vertical juxtaposition the floor space for mounting the apparatus can be reduced and yet a sufficient treating effect can be obtained, that the treating efficiency can drastically be enhanced, and that the treatment can be accomplished effectively and evenly.
  • a method of treating a textile material with a liquid comprising the steps of supplying the treating liquid into an axial hole of a rotating hollow shaft from one end thereof, ejecting the treating liquid through holes formed in the wall of said hollow shaft onto the surfaces of regularly spaced radial blades mounted on and rotating with said hollow shaft thereby to splash the treating liquid under the influence of centrifugal force imparted thereto by said blades, dividing the thus splashed treating liquid into fine particles by means of conflict members and cansing the fine particles of the treating liquid to impinge against the surface of the textile material with some of them penetrating through said textile material.
  • An apparatus for treating a textile material with a liquid comprising a rotary hollow shaft having a large number of treating liquid ejecting holes bored through the wall thereof, a large number of regularly spaced radial blades mounted on said rotary hollow shaft, a pair of opposed side plates rotatably mounted on the opposite ends of said rotary hollow shaft through a bearing and a large number of equally spaced conflict members extending across the peripheral edges of said side plates in adjacent relation to the outer peripheral edges of said blades to surround said blades.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Treatment Of Fiber Materials (AREA)

Abstract

A METHOD OF TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS WITH A LIQUID. A TREATING LIQUID IS EFICTED THROUGH HOLES BORED THROUGH THE WALL OF A ROTARY HOLLOW SHAFT, SPLASHED BY RADIAL BLADES MOUNTED ON AND ROTATING WITH THE ROTARY HOLLOW SHAFT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE AND DIVIDED INTO FINE PARTICLES BY CONFLICT MEMBERS WHICH ARE ARRANGED SURROUNDING THE OUTER PERIPHERAL EDGES OF THE BLADES AND AGAINST WHICH THE SPLASHING TREATING LIQUID IMPINGES. THE THUS FINELY DIVIDED PARTICLES OF THE TREATING LIQUID HIT AND PENETRATE THE TEXTILE MATERIAL ENGAGED AROUND THE OUTER EDGES OF THE CONFLICT MEMBERS, WHEREBY THE TEXTILE MATERIALS ARE TREATED WITH THE LIQUID. AN APPARATUS FOR PRACTICING THE METHOD FO TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS WITH A LIQUID. A LARGE NUMBER OF EQUALLY SPACED RADIAL BLADES ARE MOUNTED ON A ROTARY SHAFT HAVING A NUMBER OF HOLES BORED THROUGH THE WALL THEREOF. A PAIR OF OPPOLED SIDE PLATES ARE ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE ROTARY HOLLOW SHAFT AND A LARGE

NUMBER OF CONFLICT MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED EXTENDING ACROSS THE OUTER PERIPHERAL EDGES OF THE SIDE PLATES IN SUITABLY SPACED RELATION SO AS TO SURROUND THE OUTER PERIPHERAL EDGES OF THE BLADES WITH A SUITABLE SPACE THEREBETWEEN, FOR CARRYING THE TEXTILE MATERIAL THEREON.

Description

Oct. 26, 1 971 YQ5H|YUK| TANAKA ETAL 3,614,796
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING TEXTILE MATl'Il\| l\|',S
Filed Oct.
FIG.
FIG. 3
FIG- 2 Oct. 26, 1971 YOSHIYUKI TANAKA ETAL 3,614,796
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS Filed Oct. 20, 1969 3 Sheets-Shoo l; 2
W l x m 1 F 2 3 FIG- 5 Oct. 26, 1971 YOSHIYUKI TANAKA ETAL 3,614,796
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS Filed Oct. 20, 1969 3 Sh00ts-$h00t 5 United States Patent Ofice 3,614,796 Patented Oct. 26, 1971 /76,091 Int. Cl. Bb 3/02; 1305c 8/04 US. Cl. 8-151 8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A method of treating textile materials with a liquid. A treating liquid is ejected through holes bored through the wall of a rotary hollow shaft, splashed by radial blades mounted on and rotating with the rotary hollow shaft under the influence of centrifugal force and divided into fine particles by conflict members which are arranged surrounding the outer peripheral edges of the blades and against which the splashing treating liquid impinges. The thus finely divided particles of the treating liquid hit and penetrate the textile material engaged around the outer edges of the conflict members, whereby the textile materials are treated with the liquid.
An apparatus for practicing the method of treating textile materials with a liquid. A large number of equally spaced radial blades are mounted on a rotary shaft having a number of holes bored through the wall thereof. A pair of opposed side plates are rotatably mounted on the opposite ends of the rotary hollow shaft and a large number of conflict members are provided extending across the outer peripheral edges of the side plates in suitably spaced relation so as to surround the outer peripheral edges of the blades with a suitable space therebetween, for carrying the textile material thereon.
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the continuous treatment of textile materials. More specifically, the invention is to provide a novel method and apparatus by which a liquid is caused to penetrate the so-called sheet-like textile materials, such as woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, non-woven fabrics and carpets, in the form of fine particles.
In treating the sheet-like textile materials of the type described with a liquid, there has been employed a method wherein a textile material to be treated is passed through a liquid in a treating tank, or a method wherein a liquid is sprayed onto the surfaces of a textile material to be treated, from spray nozzles.
The present invention is concerned with improvements in the latter one of the aforesaid two conventional methods, i.e. the method of treating textile materials by spraying a liquid thereon, and in the apparatus for practicing said method. Namely, the invention has for its object the provision of a novel method and apparatus by which textile materials can be treated evenly at a high speed.
The object of the invention set forth above can be attained by splashing a treating liquid at a high speed by the action of centrifugal force, further dividing the splashing liquid into fine particles by causing it to impinge against conflict members and passing the fine particles of the liquid directly through a textile material to be treated.
The treatment of sheet-like textile materials, referred to herein, includes the treatments which are commonly practiced in the textile industry, such, for example, as cleaning, dyeing, desizing and creping of fabrics.
The apparatus for practicing the method of this in.- vention will be described by way of example hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a front elevation, partially broken away, of an apparatus for practicing the method of this invention;
FIGS. 2 and 3 are cross-sectional side views of the apparatus of FIG. 1, respectively showing the modes of treating textile materials;
FIG. 4 is a side elevation of an embodiment of the present invention in which a plurality of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 are arranged stepwise;
FIGS. 5 to 7 are crosssectional front views showing the other examples of the blade member respectively;
FIGS. 8 and 9 are side elevations of the other em.- bodiments of the multistage apparatus shown in FIG. 2 respectively;
FIG. 10 is a side elevation of an embodiment wherein a multistage treating apparatus is combined with a vertical vat; and
FIGS. 11 and 12 are side elevations showing the other embodiments of the treating methods shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and using a single apparatus respectively.
The apparatus according to the present invention including a hollow shaft 1 having an axial hole therein, on which a large number of conical or trapezoidal blades 2 are fixedly mounted in suitably spaced relationv to each other. The hollow shaft 1 is provided with a large number of radial holes 3 bored through the wall thereof in communication with the axial hole thereof, at locations adjacent the mounting portions of the respective blades 2, and opposed side plates 4 are rotatably mounted on the opposite ends of the hollow shaft 1 concentrically therewith, through the intermediary of bearings 5 respectively. A large number of conflict members 7 are pro vided adjacent the peripheral edge of the blades 2, with the opposite ends thereof connected to the peripheral edges of the opposed side plates 4- and with the outer edges thereof defining a circumferential plane concentric with the central shaft 1 and the blades 2. The conflict members are each connected to the side plates 4 in such a manner that the angle of inclination thereof is changeable with respect to the central shaft 1. Reference numeral 6 designates a sealing member which is provided to prevent a treating liquid, inside the side plates 4, from fiowing into the bearing 5. Reference numberal 8 designates a bearing supporting the hollow shaft 1, and 9 designates a pulley through which the hollow shaft is driven.
The apparatus of the invention constructed as described above operates in the following manner: Namely, when the hollow shaft 1 is rotated at a high speed while continuously introducing a treating liquid into the axial hole of the hollow shaft 1 from one end thereof, and a material T to be treated is supplied through a guide roll A, lapped around the outer edges of the conflict members 7 and taken up through a guide roll B on the opposite side of the guide roll A, the treating liquid ejected through the through holes 3 in the hollow shaft 1 onto the surfaces of the blades 2 is splashed outwardly by the centrifugal force created by the high speed rotation of said blades and impinges against the conflict members 7. Therefore, the treating liquid is divided into fine particles and the fine particles of the liquid intensely hit the surface of the textile material T at substantially right shaft 1 at substantially the same speed as the textile material T.
By employing the apparatus described above, a starch and other impurities or soil, attached to the textile material T, can effectively be removed.
Instead of lapping the material T to be treated around the outer edges of the conflict members 7 in direct contact therewith as described above, the material may be spaced somewhat from the outer edges of the conflict members as shown in FIG. 3. In this case, the side plates 4 having the conflict members 7 connected thereto is rotated slowly, by the force of the liquid particles impinging against said conflict members. This way of treating is particularly effectively used for the washing of thin knitted and woven fabrics and non-woven fabrics of synthetic fiber filaments with water or for the wetting of textile materials.
FIGS. 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 show the other methods of treating textile materials, using the apparatus described above.
With reference to the apparatus shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of the above-described unit apparatus are juxtaposed on each side of vertical posts 10, with the central shafts 1 of the respective unit apparatus in staggered relation between the left and right sides of the vertical posts. A material T to be treated is supplied through an inlet opening at the lowermost portion of the apparatus, passed around a guide roll A, trailed around the outer edges of the conflict members of the lowermost unit apparatus, engaged around the conflict members of the next upper unit apparatus after passing it around the conflict members of the adjacent unit apparatus on the other side of the vertical posts and so on. The material thus led upwardly while being engaged around the respective unit apparatus on both sides of the vertical posts alternately, is withdrawn to the outside of the apparatus through a guide roll B, and during passage through the apparatus, the material is treated continuously. The unit apparatus are each provided with a receptacle therebelow and the receptacles of the respective unit apparatus are connected with each other through a pipe, so that the used liquid in an upper receptacle may flow into an adjacent lower receptacle. Further, each receptacle is positioned such that the surface of the liquid therein be maintained at such a level that the liquid is scooped by the conflict members or blades of the associated unit apparatus. 'In this way, it is possible to prevent the creation of tension or formation of wrinkles in the material to be treated, under the weight of the treating liquid dropped and accumulated in said receptacle, to attain an efficient shower treatment with the thus accumulated liquid, together with the fresh liquid supplied from the hollow shaft 1; to save the treating liquid and consequently to effect the treatment in an efficient manner. Use of such apparatus is particularly effective for the washing with water and desizing of knitted and woven fabrics having a large thickness.
The other examples of the continuous, multistage apparatus of the type described above are shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. Furthermore, such a continuous, multistage apparatus may be combined with a conventional vertical water-washing or dyeing apparatus as shown in FIG. 10. An apparatus consisting of such combination is not only effective for the washing of a heavily soiled material with water, but also enables an evenly dyed material to be obtained when used for dyeing.
The apparatus of the invention singly may continuously be used as a sprayer when it is mounted within a closed enclosure and a material to be treated is passed around the apparatus while maintaining a certain space between it and the conflict members of said apparatus, as shown in FIG. 11.
The apparatus may also be used as a decatizing machine when it is mounted within a treating tank and a material to be treated is engaged around the apparatus in the form of an endless belt, as shown in FIG. 12. In this case, if lukewarm water is supplied into the hollow shaft 1, the decatizing efliciency can be further enhanced, as compared with that of a conventional decatizing machine. It is also possible to use the present apparatus as a dyeing machine.
Although the present invention has been described and illustrated herein for use in the treatment of sheet-like textile materials, it is to be understood that the application of the invention is not restricted only to the textile materials but the invention may effectively be applied to the washing with Water of synthetic resin films, thin metal sheets, etc. 7
Further, although the apparatus of the invention has been described and illustrated herein with reference to embodiments thereof which are designed for practicing the method of this invention, it should be noted that the present invention is not restricted only to the embodiments but the advantage of the invention can also be obtained by modifying the apparatus in many ways or by combining the same with other known treating apparatus.
Besides the conical shape shown in FIG. 1', the blades 2 of the present apparatus may be of any one of the shapes shown in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7, or may be of helical shape. Alternatively, the blade may be composed of a plurality of blade members suitably inclined to the axis of the hollow shaft. However, a greater centrifugal force can be created and a greater splashing force of the treating liquid can be obtained and, therefore, the treatment can be carried out at a higher efficiency, by mounting a large number of blades on the hollow shaft at right angles thereto in suitably spaced relation with each other, as shown in the embodiments, than by the arrangement described above. A sufficient centrifugal force can also be created to splash the treating liquid, by mounting brushes on the hollow shaft radially thereof, instead of mounting the aforesaid blades. However, use of the brushes is not desirable from the standpoint of durability. Alternatively, a cylinder having a large number of apertures bored therein may be mounted over the hollow shaft 1 in concentrical relation thereto, but according to the experiment conducted by the present inventors, such construction has proved unsatisfactory because a sulficiently large centrifugal force cannot be obtained and accordingly the treating efficiency is declined as compared With that attainable by the blades shown in the embodiments.
The conflict members 7 are not restricted to those shown in the embodiment, each of which consist of a flat plate connected between the opposed side plates in such a manner that the angle of inclination thereof can be adjusted freely, but the effect of dividing the treating liquid, splashed under the influence of centrifugal force, into fine particles can sufficiently be obtained only by connecting round or angularly-shaped conflict members between the side plates in suitably spaced relation to each other.
The treating apparatus of the present invention has a number of advantages over a conventional treating apparatus of a shower type or dipping type, i.e. that a satisfactory effect of treatment can be obtained with a small quantity of treating liquid, that the pressure and the quantity of the treating liquid are maintained constant, that there is no fear of a material to be treated being stretched or wrinkled due to local concentration of the shower pressure, that by arranging a plurality of the apparatus side by side in vertical juxtaposition the floor space for mounting the apparatus can be reduced and yet a sufficient treating effect can be obtained, that the treating efficiency can drastically be enhanced, and that the treatment can be accomplished effectively and evenly.
What is claimed is:
1. A method of treating a textile material with a liquid, comprising the steps of supplying the treating liquid into an axial hole of a rotating hollow shaft from one end thereof, ejecting the treating liquid through holes formed in the wall of said hollow shaft onto the surfaces of regularly spaced radial blades mounted on and rotating with said hollow shaft thereby to splash the treating liquid under the influence of centrifugal force imparted thereto by said blades, dividing the thus splashed treating liquid into fine particles by means of conflict members and cansing the fine particles of the treating liquid to impinge against the surface of the textile material with some of them penetrating through said textile material.
2. An apparatus for treating a textile material with a liquid, comprising a rotary hollow shaft having a large number of treating liquid ejecting holes bored through the wall thereof, a large number of regularly spaced radial blades mounted on said rotary hollow shaft, a pair of opposed side plates rotatably mounted on the opposite ends of said rotary hollow shaft through a bearing and a large number of equally spaced conflict members extending across the peripheral edges of said side plates in adjacent relation to the outer peripheral edges of said blades to surround said blades.
3. An apparatus for treating a textile material with a liquid as defined in claim 2, wherein said conflict members are rotated about said rotary hollow shaft by a textile material engaged around the outer edges thereof.
4. An apparatus for treating a textile material with a liquid as defined in claim 2, wherein said conflict members are rotated about said rotary hollow shaft by both the textile material engaged around the other edges thereof in direct contact therewith and the force of the treating liquid impinging against said conflict members.
5. An apparatus for treating a textile material with a liquid as defined in claim 2-, wherein said blades are conical in shape.
6. An apparatus for treating a textile material with a liquid as defined in claim 2, wherein said blades each have a trapezoidal cross-section.
7. An apparatus for treating a textile material with a liquid as defined in claim 2., wherein said blades each consists of a flat disc.
-8. An apparatus for treating a textile material with a liquid as defined in claim 2, wherein said blades each con,- sisting of a disc plate with the central portion raised in a conical shape.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,056,803 10/ 1936 Failing 68-l58 UX 2,166,772. 7/1939 Salsas-Serra Z39-224 X 3,098,371 7/1963 Fleissner 68158 X FOREIGN PATENTS 1,285,680 1/1962 France 6862 W'ILLIAM I. PRICE, Primary Examiner PHILIP R. COE, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R.
fill-62, 200; 11s 3.25; 239-423, 555
US867682A 1959-10-26 1969-10-20 Method and apparatus for treating textile materials Expired - Lifetime US3614796A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DEF29701A DE1148515B (en) 1959-10-26 1959-10-26 Device for treating air-permeable material
JP7609168 1968-10-21

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3614796A true US3614796A (en) 1971-10-26

Family

ID=25974465

Family Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US65159A Expired - Lifetime US3098371A (en) 1959-10-26 1960-10-26 Perforated drum material treatment device having a plurality of treatment zones
US867682A Expired - Lifetime US3614796A (en) 1959-10-26 1969-10-20 Method and apparatus for treating textile materials

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US65159A Expired - Lifetime US3098371A (en) 1959-10-26 1960-10-26 Perforated drum material treatment device having a plurality of treatment zones

Country Status (7)

Country Link
US (2) US3098371A (en)
CA (1) CA921273A (en)
DE (1) DE1952747C3 (en)
ES (1) ES372497A1 (en)
FR (2) FR392479A (en)
GB (3) GB942930A (en)
NL (1) NL140166B (en)

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0022333A1 (en) * 1979-07-05 1981-01-14 SIR JAMES FARMER NORTON & CO. LIMITED Application of liquids to textiles
GB2209966A (en) * 1985-12-05 1989-06-01 Eugene Weldon Ivy Fluid discharge nozzle
EP1218583A1 (en) * 1999-03-04 2002-07-03 Angelo Rizzardi Continuous fabric rinsing method and apparatus
US20040050957A1 (en) * 1998-09-25 2004-03-18 Sandvik Ab Method and apparatus for the drying of cemented carbide powder and the like
DE20317689U1 (en) * 2003-06-06 2004-10-28 Wet-Thermplate Maschinenbau- Und Vertriebs Gmbh Continually operated textile web processing assembly to wet-treat woven or knitted material that degrades under longitudinal elongation tensile load
CN107902471A (en) * 2017-06-30 2018-04-13 孙晓燕 A kind of anti-fold fabric batching equipment
US20180142390A1 (en) * 2015-06-11 2018-05-24 Master S.R.L. Tank for washing a warp thread

Families Citing this family (21)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3242702A (en) * 1962-05-31 1966-03-29 Fleissner Gmbh Apparatus for the continuous fluidtreatment of fabric webs
DE1460499A1 (en) * 1965-01-28 1969-02-13 Patentdienst Anstalt F Method and device for drying and ironing cables and similar textile goods
US3345756A (en) * 1965-10-23 1967-10-10 Metal Tech Inc Method and apparatus for drying a wet web
US3837796A (en) * 1965-11-29 1974-09-24 Fleissner Gmbh Process and apparatus for fixing synthetic fibrous materials and dyestuffs
GB1152623A (en) * 1966-06-23 1969-05-21 Vepa Ag Hot Air Treatment and Steaming Device
US4025305A (en) * 1966-10-20 1977-05-24 Vepa Ag Process for the heat-setting of padded or printed continuous synthetic filament groups
US3417484A (en) * 1967-03-02 1968-12-24 Itek Corp Web drying apparatus
DE1785165C3 (en) * 1968-08-17 1982-08-12 Vepa AG, 4125 Riehen, Basel Process for the production of nonwovens
US3895908A (en) * 1971-01-28 1975-07-22 Dow Badische Co Autoclaving procedure for textile fibers
JPS5178893A (en) * 1974-12-26 1976-07-09 Santo Tekkosho Kk Senihinno senjosochi
US4074441A (en) * 1976-03-08 1978-02-21 Frederick D. Helversen Rotary through dryer having multiple vacuum chambers and associated heaters
DE7618897U1 (en) * 1976-06-15 1976-12-09 Boewe Boehler & Weber Kg Maschinenfabrik, 8900 Augsburg DRUM DRYER WITH A DRUM ROTATING AROUND AN AXIS IN A HOUSING
DE3220990A1 (en) * 1982-06-03 1983-12-08 Thies GmbH & Co, 4420 Coesfeld METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WET TREATING ENDLESS TEXTILE GOODS
IT1198207B (en) * 1986-11-28 1988-12-21 Sperotto Rimar Spa PERCUSSION AND AIR EXTRACTION DRYER FOR CONTINUOUS TEXTILE TREATMENT MACHINES
US5525751A (en) * 1993-09-28 1996-06-11 Monsanto Company System for moving a submerged web
US6092399A (en) * 1998-07-28 2000-07-25 Tung; Wan-Chin Rolling drum type washing structure of a cloth washing apparatus
US5953938A (en) * 1998-07-28 1999-09-21 Tung; Wan-Chin Rolling drum type washing structure of a cloth washing apparatus
DE10047369A1 (en) * 2000-09-25 2002-04-11 Voith Paper Patent Gmbh Drying roller for drying a web of material
US6634192B2 (en) * 2001-02-12 2003-10-21 Pti Advanced Filtration, Inc. System and method for flushing a membrane web using a vacuum roller
DE102009053770A1 (en) 2009-11-18 2011-05-26 Audi Ag Device for applying e.g. spotting paint on tool during orientation, has motor driven rotary container receiving coating material, and sheet-like bypassing devices provided for material and formed deforming under effect of centrifugal force
CN116815439B (en) * 2023-08-30 2023-11-28 赣州宸皓新材料有限公司 Fiberglass gridding cloth shaping device

Family Cites Families (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1907429A (en) * 1933-05-09 Chabges h
US1807580A (en) * 1931-06-02 Cooling and conditioning machine
US354797A (en) * 1886-12-21 loeimeb
CH179744A (en) * 1933-06-07 1935-09-30 Gronau Baumwollspinnerei Device for the mercerization of cellulose fibers of all kinds in loose form and in all transitional states from loose form up to and including finished webs.
US2494807A (en) * 1946-01-15 1950-01-17 Richmond Piece Dye Works Inc Decating machine
US2919496A (en) * 1951-03-13 1960-01-05 Fleissner & Sohn Sieve drum drying machine

Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0022333A1 (en) * 1979-07-05 1981-01-14 SIR JAMES FARMER NORTON & CO. LIMITED Application of liquids to textiles
GB2209966A (en) * 1985-12-05 1989-06-01 Eugene Weldon Ivy Fluid discharge nozzle
US20040050957A1 (en) * 1998-09-25 2004-03-18 Sandvik Ab Method and apparatus for the drying of cemented carbide powder and the like
US7036748B2 (en) * 1998-09-25 2006-05-02 Sandvik Ab Method and apparatus for the drying of cemented carbide powder and the like
EP1218583A1 (en) * 1999-03-04 2002-07-03 Angelo Rizzardi Continuous fabric rinsing method and apparatus
EP1218583A4 (en) * 1999-03-04 2005-06-15 Angelo Rizzardi Continuous fabric rinsing method and apparatus
DE20317689U1 (en) * 2003-06-06 2004-10-28 Wet-Thermplate Maschinenbau- Und Vertriebs Gmbh Continually operated textile web processing assembly to wet-treat woven or knitted material that degrades under longitudinal elongation tensile load
US20180142390A1 (en) * 2015-06-11 2018-05-24 Master S.R.L. Tank for washing a warp thread
US10472756B2 (en) * 2015-06-11 2019-11-12 Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik Gmbh Tank for washing a warp thread
CN107902471A (en) * 2017-06-30 2018-04-13 孙晓燕 A kind of anti-fold fabric batching equipment

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CA921273A (en) 1973-02-20
US3098371A (en) 1963-07-23
DE1952747A1 (en) 1970-06-04
DE1952747B2 (en) 1973-03-08
NL6915824A (en) 1970-04-23
DE1952747C3 (en) 1973-09-27
FR392479A (en) 1908-11-27
GB1278608A (en) 1972-06-21
NL140166B (en) 1973-11-15
ES372497A1 (en) 1972-01-16
FR2021131A1 (en) 1970-07-17
GB942930A (en) 1963-11-27
GB1003599A (en) 1965-09-08

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3614796A (en) Method and apparatus for treating textile materials
US2365658A (en) Apparatus for the removal of water, liquors, or other liquids from soaked masses of fibrous materials
US4727734A (en) Ultrasonic washing machine
US3190793A (en) Apparatus for cleaning paper-making machine felts
IE33425L (en) Fluid treatment of textile material
US4158297A (en) Impregnator/rinser
US2963893A (en) Fluid treatment apparatus
US3019630A (en) Washing or dyeing machine
US4259853A (en) Using a continuous open-width washing machine for pile-structured textiles, and equipment therefor
US4213218A (en) Impregnator/rinser
US4199966A (en) Impregnator/rinser
US3413827A (en) Jet action for liquid treatment of materials
US2940288A (en) Apparatus for treating sheet or strand materials with liquids
US2919706A (en) Air cushion for photographic processing machine
US3163030A (en) Washing apparatus
EP1218583B1 (en) Continuous fabric rinsing method and apparatus
US4624023A (en) Process and apparatus for washing textile material
US3729958A (en) Liquid treating apparatus for textile materials and method therefor
EP1007776A1 (en) Wet grinding method for textile material and relative device
US4873846A (en) Textile steaming apparatus
US3123994A (en) Washing apparatus
CN221320162U (en) Wool washing device for wool processing
US2591815A (en) Apparatus for treating fabrics in continuous lengths with liquids
US3499176A (en) Continuous washing method and apparatus
GB1510000A (en) Process and apparatus for the treatment of textiles in form of hanks or webs with liquid or pastes