Apparatus for high temperature dyeing

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE DYEING COMPRISING: (A) A PRESSURE VESSEL OPEN AT ONE END, (B) RAIL MEANS LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID VESSEL, (C) A CLOSURE FOR SEALING SAID OPEN END VESSEL PRESSURE TIGHT, (D) A DYE BATH MEANS INCLUDING A TUB FOR CONTAINING A DYE BATH, (E) WHEEL MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TUB, SAID WHEEL MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO RIDE ON SAID RAIL MEANS TO EFFECT BODILY MOVEMENT OF SAID TUB INTO AND OUT OF SAID VESSEL, (F) MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A FABRIC ON SAID TUB, (G) SAID MEANS INCLUDING A SLATTED REEL AND SUPPORTS FOR ROTATABLY JOURNALLING SAID REEL ON SAID TUB, (H) AN IDLER OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SLATTED REEL, (I) MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID REEL FOR FEEDING THE FABRIC THROUGH THE DYE BATH, AND (J) MEANS FOR INTRODUCING STEAM INTO SAID VESSEL WHEN SEALED AND WITH TUB AND FABRIC LOADED THEREON IN PLACE WITHIN SAID VESSEL TO ELEVATE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DYE BATH ABOVE 212*F. AND TRACK MEANS DISPOSED EXTERNALLY OF SAID PRESSURE VESSEL, SAID TRACK MEANS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE RAIL MEANS LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID VESSEL, (K) SAID TRACK MEANS BEING DISPOSED AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER ELEVATION THAN SAID RAIL MEANS, (L) A CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID TRACK MEANS FOR TRAVERSING THERE ALONG, (M) SAID CARRIAGE MEANS HAVING MOUNTED THEREON COMPLEMENTARY RAILS ADAPTED TO ALIGN WITH THE RAILS ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID VESSEL, (N) A SECOND TRACK MEANS INTERSECTING THE FIRST TRACK MEANS, SAID SECOND TRACK MEANS COMPLEMENTING THE RAILS OF SAID CARRIAGE WHEREBY THE DYE BATH THEREON MAY BE TRANSFERRED FROM SAID CARRIAGE TO SAID SECOND RAIL MEANS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE DYEING COMPRISING: (A) A PRESSURE VESSEL OPEN AT ONE END, (B) RAIL MEANS LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID VESSEL, (C) A CLOSURE FOR SEALING SAID OPEN END VESSEL PRESSURE TIGHT, (D) A DYE BATH MEANS INCLUDING A TUB FOR CONTAINING A DYE BATH, (E) WHEEL MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TUB, SAID WHEEL MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO RIDE ON SAID RAIL MEANS TO EFFECT BODILY MOVEMENT OF SAID TUB INTO AND OUT OF SAID VESSEL, (F) MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A FABRIC ON SAID TUB, (G) SAID MEANS INCLUDING A SLATTED REEL AND SUPPORTS FOR ROTATABLY JOURNALLING SAID REEL ON SAID TUB, (H) AN IDLER OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SLATTED REEL, (I) MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID REEL FOR FEEDING THE FABRIC THROUGH THE DYE BATH, AND (J) MEANS FOR INTRODUCING STEAM INTO SAID VESSEL WHEN SEALED AND WITH TUB AND FABRIC LOADED THEREON IN PLACE WITHIN SAID VESSEL TO ELEVATE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DYE BATH ABOVE 212*F. AND TRACK MEANS DISPOSED EXTERNALLY OF SAID PRESSURE VESSEL, SAID TRACK MEANS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE RAIL MEANS LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID VESSEL, (K) SAID TRACK MEANS BEING DISPOSED AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER ELEVATION THAN SAID RAIL MEANS, (L) A CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID TRACK MEANS FOR TRAVERSING THERE ALONG, (M) SAID CARRIAGE MEANS HAVING MOUNTED THEREON COMPLEMENTARY RAILS ADAPTED TO ALIGN WITH THE RAILS ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID VESSEL, (N) A SECOND TRACK MEANS INTERSECTING THE FIRST TRACK MEANS, SAID SECOND TRACK MEANS COMPLEMENTING THE RAILS OF SAID CARRIAGE WHEREBY THE DYE BATH THEREON MAY BE TRANSFERRED FROM SAID CARRIAGE TO SAID SECOND RAIL MEANS.