Apparatus for controlling a dyeing machine

Claim 1

A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR APPARATUS WHICH IS ADAPTED TO APPLY A PLURALITY OF PREDETERMINED TIMED DYEING CYCLES TO GOODS, EACH OF THE PREDETERMINED TIMED DYEING CYCLES BEING DIVIDE INTO A SERIES OF PREDETERMINED PERIODS, THE APPARATUS HAVING A KIER FOR RECEIVING THE GOODS TO BE DYED, A TANK FOR RECEIVING TREATING LIQUIDS TO BE TRANSFERRED WITH RESPECT TO THE KIER, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING DYEING MATERIALS INTO THE APPARATUS, AND A PLURALITY OF ELEMENTS FOR CONDITIONING THE FLOW AND THE STATE OF TREATING LIQUIDS WHICH ARE TO BE APPLIED TO THE GOODS IN THE KIER, AT LEAST SOME OF THE PLURALITY OF ELEMENTS CONDITIONING THE FLOW AND THE STATE OF THE TREATING LIQUIDS DURING EVERY PERIOD OF EACH OF THE PLURALITY OF PREDETERMINED TIME DYEING CYCLES, SAID CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MEANS FOR OPERATING EACH OF THE PLURALITY OF CONDITIONING ELEMENTS, INTERCHANGEABLE TIMING MEANS CONTAINING DATA RESTRICTED TO A SELECTED ONE OF THE PLURALITY OF PREDETERMINED TIME DYEING CYCLES FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACTUATING EACH OF THE PLURALITY OF OPERATING MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SELECTED CYCLE TO WHICH SAID INTERCHANGEABLE TIMING MEANS IS RESTRICTED, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID INTERCHANGEABLE TIMING MEANS THROUGH THE SELECTED DYEING CYCLE TO WHICH SAID INTERCHANGEABLE TIMING MEANS IS RESTRICTED, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID INTERCHANGEABLE TIMING MEANS FOR INTERRUPTING THE OPERATION OF SAID DRIVING MEANS AT THE END OF EACH OF THE PREDETERMINED PERIODS OF THE SELECTED DYEING CYCLE, THE INTERRUPTING OF THE DRIVING OF SAID INTERCHANGEABLE MEANS PROVIDING THE TIME NECESSARY FOR THE MEANS FOR INTRODUCING DYEING MATERIALS TO FUNCTION, MEANS FOR RESTORING THE OPERATION OF SAID DRIVING MEANS FOLLOWING AN INTERRUPTION THEREOF, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO AT LEAST, A PORTION OF THE PLURALITY OF CONDITIONING ELEMENTS AND DRIVEN IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID INTERCHANGEABLE TIMING MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF TREATING LIQUIDS IN RESPONSE TO A PREDETERMINED TIMED TEMPERATURE PROGRAM WHICH CORRESPONDS TO AT LEAST THE SELECTED DYEING CYCLE TO WHICH SAID INTERCHANGEABLE MEANS IS RESTRICTED.