Apparatus for continuous treatment of fibers

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY TREATING TEXTILE FIBERS COMPRISING A STRAIGHT CONDUIT FOR CONVEYING A SUSPENSION OF FIBERS IN A GAS, A CONDENSING CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONDUIT, A MOVABLE FORAMINOUS SOLID SURFACE IN SAID CONDENSING CHAMBER, MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING GAS FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID FORAMINOUS SOLID SURFACE, MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID FIBER LAYER FROM SAID FORAMINOUS SOLID SURFACE, A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL LOADING CONDUIT DISPOSED SUBJACENT SAID CONDENSING CHAMBER IN POSITIOJN TO RECEIVE SAID REMOVED LAYER, SAID CONDUIT HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM CROSS SECTIONAL AREA, A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID REMOVED LAYER AND A THICKNESS SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM OVER THE EXTENT OF SAID LAYER WIDTH, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING LIQUID TO THE TOP OF THE LOADING CONDUIT UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED OVER THE WIDTH OF SAID CONDUIT, MEANS FOR AGITATING FIBERLIQUID MIXTURE WITHIN SAID CONDUIT, AND A CONTAINER FOR FIBER-LIQUID MIXTURE COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOTTOM OF SAID LOADING CONDUIT.