Abstract A method of rinsing a continuous strip of towel comprises feeding the strip at an angle upwardly through a series of pairs of pinch rollers. Between the uppermost two pairs of rollers, clean water is poured onto the towel, some of which runs down the towel and some of which is carried up with it. The water is removed at the two sets of pinch rollers, collected, and passed under gravity to be poured onto the towel between the second and third pairs of rollers from the top. This is repeated for each pair of rollers, so that the water passes downwardly through the apparatus, being used several times and getting dirtier, while the towel passes upwardly, being rinsed several times, each time with cleaner water than before.
Inventors
👤 A Kennedy
👤 M Lemon
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-08 20:42
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06B; D06B5/00; D06B5/02; D06B5/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
35 words
A method as claImed in claim 1, wherein the strip is moved at a mean speed of 150 feet per minute along said path which is at an angle of about 35* to the horizontal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
201 words
Apparatus for treating a continuous strip of towelling material in a flat condition, comprising a conveyor formed of a succession of pairs of pinch rollers spaced apart along a straight upward path at an angle to the horizontal, a liquid supply element disposed above the strip for applying a stream of liquid to the upper surface of the strip at a point between the last two pairs of said rollers in such quantity that the liquid runs down the strip towards the last but one pair of said rollers which will remove some of the liquid from the strip, a collection tray disposed beneath the strip for collecting the liquid removed from the strip, said collection tray having channels extending to a point above the strip between the last but one pair of said rollers and the preceding pair of said rollers for feeding liquid from the collection tray under gravity onto the upper surface of the strip whereby the liquid again runs down the strip, and further said collection trays disposed beneath the strip for successively collecting liquid removed by each preceding pair of said rollers in turn and for feeding liquid therefrom onto the upper surface of the strip.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the path defined by the rollers is at an angle of about 35* to the horizontal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the rollers are mounted in an enclosure and supported in bearings arranged outside the enclosure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 3 and including means for varying the pressure of the pinch rollers.