Centrifugal hydroextractor

Claim 1

A CENTRIFUGAL EXTRACTOR FOR TREATING ANNULAR PILES OF PACKAGES OF TEXTILE MATERIAL COMPRISING A CASING, A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL BASKET ROTATABLE WITHIN SAID CASING, SAID BASKET BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE ANNULAR PILES OF PACKAGES OF TEXTILE MATERIAL ADJACENT TO THE INSIDE WALL THEREOF, A PLANE RING WITHIN SAID BASKET FOR ENGAGING THE TOPS OF SAID ANNULAR PILES OF PACKAGES AND FOR RESTRAINING MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES, SAID PLANE RING BEING SHAPED TO PERMIT ACCESS TO SAID BASKET FOR THE INSERTION OF THE PACKAGES OF TEXTILE MATERIAL THEREINTO BELOW SAID PLANE RING OR FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE PACKAGES PILED THEREIN, SAID PLANE RING HAVING SPACED HOLES FORMED THEREIN NEAR THE INNER EDGE THEREOF, VERTICAL GUIDE RODS POSITIONED IN THE HOLES FORMED IN SAID PLANE RING FOR GUIDING SAID PLANE RING, AN ANNULAR MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE TOP EDGE OF SAID BASKET AND EXTENDING TOWARD THE CENTER OF SAID BASKET A DISTANCE APPROXIMATING THE RADIAL WIDTH OF SAID ANNULAR PILES OF TEXTILE PACKAGES, THE TOP ENDS OF SAID GUIDE RODS BEING ATTACHED TO SAID ANNULAR MEMBER ADJACENT TO THE INNER EDGE THEREOF, THE BOTTOM ENDS OF SAID GUIDE RODS BEING ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID BASKET, MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF SAID BASKET AND SAID PLANE RING ADAPTED TO URGE SAID PLANE RING UPWARDLY ALONG SAID VERTICAL GUIDE RODS, AND ADJUSTABLE MEANS ADAPTED TO HOLD SAID PLANE RING IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TOPS OF SAID ANNULAR PILES OF PACKAGES OF TEXTILE MATERIAL.