Process and apparatus for the wet treatment of expanded textile material lengths

Abstract

Abstract THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE IS DIRECTED TO A PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE WET-TREATING, FULLING AND/OR KNEADING OF TEXTILE MATERIAL LENGTHS WHICH COMPRISES AT LEAST ONE LIQUOR CONTAINER ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A TREATMENT LIQUOR, SAID LIQUOR CONTAINER CONTAINING A SIEVE DRUM MEANS, ROTATABLY DISPOSED THEREIN, DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SIEVE DRUM MEANS, A LIQUID-PERMEABLE TROUGH MEANS PROVIDED IN THE LIQUOR CONTAINER AND EXTENDING A DISTANCE FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SIEVE DRUM MEANS, SAID TROUGH MEANS AND THE SURFACE OF SAID SIEVE DRUM MEANS DEFINING A COMPRESSION CHANNEL THEREBETWEEN, INLET MEANS FOR OVERFEEDING THE MATERIAL TO BE TREATED TO THE COMPRESSION CHANNEL THEREBY PLAITING THE MATERIAL AT THE BEGINNING OF SAID CHANNEL, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND DRIVING THE SIEVE DRUM MEANS SO THAT IT PERFORMS AN OSCILLATING MOTION DURING ROTATION, THEREBY SUBJECTING THE PLAITED MATERIAL LENGTH IN THE COMPRESSION CHANNEL TO A MECHANICAL TREATMENT DUE TO THE VARYING COMPRESSION FORCE OF THE SIEVE DRUM MEANS AGAINST THE PLAITED MATERIAL IN SAID COMPRESSION CHANNEL, AND OUTLET MEANS FOR REMOVING THE PLAIT-LIKE OVERFEED AT THE OUTLET OF THE COMPRESSION CHANNEL. THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE IS ALSO DIRECTED TO THE COBINATION OF THE WET-TREATMENT PROCESS AND APPARATUS WITH AN ACIDIFYING, A CARBONIZING, PADDING, AND A DRYING PROCESS AND APPARATUS. D R A W I N G

Inventors

• 👤 Ingo Janisch
• 👤 Heinz Fleissner

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