Textile treating apparatus

Claim 1

IN TEXTILE TREATING APPARATUS, FOR HEAT SETTING AND FINISHING TEXTILE ARTICLES WHILE MOUNTED ON SHAPING FORMS, HAVING A CHAMBER WITH A WELL DISPOSED AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF SHAPING FORMS FOR TEXTILE ARTICLES, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING THE SHAPING FORMS, WITH TEXTILE ARTICLES MOUNTED THEREON , INTO THE CHAMBER AND THEN CLOSING THE CHAMBER TO THE ATMOSPHERE, AND AN AUTOMATIC SPRAYING SYSTEM, INCLUDING A PUMP AND PIPING CONNECTING THE WELL WITH A SET OF NOZZLES IN THE CAHBMER, FOR SPRAYING PREDETERMINED QUANTITIES OF A PLURALITY OF TREATING LIQUIDS IN SEQUENTIAL RELATIONSHIP ON THE TEXTILE ARTICLES MOUNTED ON THE FORMS, (1) A RESERVOIR FOR CONTAINMENT OF A TREATING SOLUTION (2) A RESERVOIR FOR CONTAINMENT OF A DILUENT, (3) CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING THE RESERVOIRS TO THE WELL, (4) NORMALLY CLOSED VALVE MEANS IN SAID CONDUIT MEANS AND (5) AN AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATIVE TO OPEN THE VALVE MEANS FOR RELEASE OF SELECTED QUNATITIES OF THE TREATING SOLUTION AND DILUENT TO INTERMIX IN THE CONDUIT MEANS EN ROUTE TO THE WELL TO FORM A TREATING LIQUID AND TERHEAFTER TO CLOSE THE VALVE MEANS AND, FOLLOWING CLOSING THE VALVE MEANS AND OF HTE CHAMBER TO THE ATMOSPHERE, TO START THE PUMP FOR CIRCULATION OF SAID TREATING LIQUID BETWEEN THE WELL AND THE NOZZLES FOR PREDETERMINED TIME INTERFAL.