Plant for oiling or moistening textile fibres and the like

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR OILING TEXTILE FIBERS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AT LEAST ONE ATOMIZER FOR PRODUCING AN ATOMIZED JET OF THE OIL TO BE APPLIED TO THE FIBERS, SAID ATOMIZER HAVING AN INLET FOR OIL AND AN OIL RESERVOIR COMMUNICATING WITH SAID INLET, AN INLET FOR COMPRESSED AIR FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF OIL FROM SAID RESERVOIR, AN INLET FOR COMPRESSED AIR FOR ATOMIZING JET, SAID LEAVING SAID RESERVOIR INTO AN ATOMEZED JET, AND AN INLET FOR COMPRESSED AIR FOR DISPERSING THE ATOMIZED JET, SAID SECOND-NAMED COMPRESSED AIR INLET COMMUNICATING WITH AT LEAST ONE OUTLET DUCT AND SAID LAST-NAMED COMPRESSED AIR INLET COMMUNICATING WITH AT LEAST ONE AIR BLAST DUCT FOR CONDUCTING THE AIR ADMITTED THERETO TO A POINT ADJACENT THE ATOMIZED JET TO DIRECT AIR INTO SAID JET TO IMPART COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH SAID OIL INLET FOR SUPPLYING OIL THERETO TO INTRODUCE OIL INTO SAID RESERVOIR, THE LEVEL OF SAID OIL TANK BEING ADJUSTABLE SELECTIVELY TO VARYING HEIGHTS IN RELATION TO SAID OIL INLET OF SAID ATOMIZER, AN AIR COMPRESSOR IN FLUID COMMUNICATING RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF SAID COMPRESSED AIR INLETS, AND REGULATING AND CONTROLLING MEANS FOR SEPARATELY CONTROLLING THE AIR FLOWING FROM SAID AIR COMPRSSOR TO EACH OF SAID COMPRESED AIR INLETS, SAID CONTROLLING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR STOPPING THE AIR FLOW TO SAID FIRST-NAMED COMPRESSED AIR INLET, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO STOP THE AIR FLOW AUTOMATICALLY UPON CESSATION OF MOVEMENT OF THE FIBERS BEING OILED.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR OILING TEXTILE FIBERS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AT LEAST ONE ATOMIZER FOR PRODUCING AN ATOMIZED JET OF THE OIL TO BE APPLIED TO THE FIBERS, SAID ATOMIZER HAVING AN INLET FOR OIL AND AN OIL RESERVOIR COMMUNICATING WITH SAID INLET, AN INLET FOR COMPRESSED AIR FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF OIL FROM SAID RESERVOIR, AN INLET FOR COMPRESSED AIR FOR ATOMIZING JET, SAID LEAVING SAID RESERVOIR INTO AN ATOMEZED JET, AND AN INLET FOR COMPRESSED AIR FOR DISPERSING THE ATOMIZED JET, SAID SECOND-NAMED COMPRESSED AIR INLET COMMUNICATING WITH AT LEAST ONE OUTLET DUCT AND SAID LAST-NAMED COMPRESSED AIR INLET COMMUNICATING WITH AT LEAST ONE AIR BLAST DUCT FOR CONDUCTING THE AIR ADMITTED THERETO TO A POINT ADJACENT THE ATOMIZED JET TO DIRECT AIR INTO SAID JET TO IMPART COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH SAID OIL INLET FOR SUPPLYING OIL THERETO TO INTRODUCE OIL INTO SAID RESERVOIR, THE LEVEL OF SAID OIL TANK BEING ADJUSTABLE SELECTIVELY TO VARYING HEIGHTS IN RELATION TO SAID OIL INLET OF SAID ATOMIZER, AN AIR COMPRESSOR IN FLUID COMMUNICATING RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF SAID COMPRESSED AIR INLETS, AND REGULATING AND CONTROLLING MEANS FOR SEPARATELY CONTROLLING THE AIR FLOWING FROM SAID AIR COMPRSSOR TO EACH OF SAID COMPRESED AIR INLETS, SAID CONTROLLING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR STOPPING THE AIR FLOW TO SAID FIRST-NAMED COMPRESSED AIR INLET, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO STOP THE AIR FLOW AUTOMATICALLY UPON CESSATION OF MOVEMENT OF THE FIBERS BEING OILED.