Oscillating valve for jet dye beck

Claim 2

A jet dyeing machine for treating textiles with treating liquids having a kier, a jet, a cloth guide tube, means for forming a treating liquid circulation path for withdrawing treating liquid from said kier and supplying treating liquid to said jet and including a circulation pump and heat exchanger located in the circulation path for the treating liquid, wall means defining at least one fabric storage area having an entrance portion and an exit portion and at least one doffing jet having a nozzle, means for supplying liquid to said doffing jet so as to power said doffing jet the improvement comprising: slot means for channeling liquid discharged from said doffing jet, said slot means being positioned adjacent said entrance portion of the fabric storage area; said doffing jet having an axis being positioned inwardly of said wall means defining said fabric storage area and aligned with said slot means, the axis of said doffing jet being at an angle ranging between about 25° to about 40° down from horizontal; and oscillating valve means for causing the doffing jet to operate intermittently, said oscillating valve means being positioned in the treating liquid circulation path between said doffing jet and said heat exchanger.

Claim 3

A jet dyeing machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the said doffing jet axis is angled 30° down from horizontal.

Claim 4

A jet dyeing machine as claimed in claim 2 wherein the doffing jet nozzle has a substantially rectangularly shaped cross section.

Claim 5

A jet dyeing machine as claimed in claim 3 wherein said nozzle is about 1/8 inch high by about 23/4 inches wide, said nozzle being positioned about 1/2 inch from said slot means.

Claim 6

A jet dyeing machine as claimed in claim 2 wherein said slot means is formed with a plurality of uniformly spaced perforations each having a diameter substantially equal to the distance between adjacent perforations.

Claim 7

A jet dyeing machine as claimed in claim 5 wherein the diameter is about 3/32 of an inch.

Claim 8

A jet dyeing machine as claimed in claim 2 wherein said slot means is formed from a plurality of mini-slits wherein the width of said mini-slits is about three times the height of said mini-slits.

Claim 9

A jet dyeing machine as claimed in claim 7 wherein the distance between said mini-slits is equal to the height of said mini-slits and said height is about 3/32 of an inch.

Claim 10

A jet dyeing machine as claimed in claim 8 wherein said oscillatng valve comprises stainless steel and said cylindrical opening has a diameter of 21/2 inches.

Claim 11

A jet dyeing machine for treating textile material with treating liquids and having a kier for holding treating liquid and a quantity of the textile material being treated, a cloth guide tube connected to the kier so as to form therewith an endless circulation path for the textile material, jet means located within said cloth guide tube for at least assisting in circulating the textile material through the circulation path formed by the kier and the cloth guide tube, treating liquid circulation means for withdrawing treating liquid from the kier and directing the withdrawn treating liquid to said jet means to power said jet means, a heat exchanger through which the withdrawn treating liquid is directed, wall means defining at least one textile material storage area within said kier, said storage area having an entrance and exit portion, at least one doffing jet located adjacent the entrance portion of said storage area for assisting in plaiting the textile material leaving the cloth guide tube, means for supplying liquid to power said doffing jet, said wall means includes at least a first wall toward which at least a portion of the textile material is plaited, slot means for channeling liquid discharged from said doffing jet, said slot means being positioned in said first wall adjacent the entrance to said storage area, said doffing jet being positioned on the opposite side of said first wall from that forming the storage area into which textile material is deposited, said doffing jet having an axis which is aligned with said slot means, the axis of said doffing jet being directed downwardly toward said slot means at an angle ranging between about 25° to about 40° from a line perpendicular to said first wall and said means for supplying liquid to said doffing jet includes oscillating valve means for causing the doffing jet to operate intermittently.

Claim 12

A jet dyeing machine for treating textile material with treating liquids and having a kier for holding treating liquid and a quantity of the textile material being treated, a cloth guide tube connected to the kier so as to form therewith an endless circulation path for the textile material, jet means located within said cloth guide tube for at least assisting in circulating the textile material through the circulation path formed by the kier and the cloth guide tube, treating liquid circulation means for withdrawing treating liquid from the kier and directing the withdrawn treating liquid to said jet means to power said jet means, a heat exchanger through which the withdrawn treating liquid is directed, wall means defining at least one textile material storage area within said kier, said storage area having an entrance and exit portion, at least one doffing jet located adjacent the entrance portion of said storage area for assisting in plaiting the textile material leaving the cloth guide tube, means for supplying liquid to power said doffing jet, said wall means includes at least a first wall toward which at least a portion of the textile material is plaited, slot means for channeling liquid discharged from said doffing jet, said slot means being positioned in said first wall adjacent the entrance to said storage area, said doffing jet being positioned on the opposite side of said first wall from that forming the storage area into which textile material is deposited, said doffing jet having an axis which is aligned with said slot means, the axis of said doffing jet being directed downwardly toward said slot means at an angle ranging between about 25° to about 40° from a line perpendicular to said first wall and said means for supplying liquid to said doffing jet includes oscillating valve means for causing the doffing jet to operate intermittently.

Claim 13

A jet dyeing machine as in claim 10 wherein said means for supplying liquid to said doffing jet includes conduit means for forming a liquid circulation path between said treating liquid circulation means and said doffing jet.

Claim 14

A jet dyeing machine as claimed in claim 11 wherein said oscillating valve means comprises an outer housing, a rotatable valve member rotatably secured within said outer housing, drive means for rotating said rotatable valve member and sealing means for sealing said rotatable valve within said oscillating valve means wherein said rotatable valve member has a single cylindrical opening provided therein, said conduit means being connected to opposite sides of said outer housing so that the liquid will flow to said doffing jet when said cylindrical opening is aligned with said conduit means.

Claim 15

A jet dyeing machine as claimed in claim 11 wherein said oscillating valve means comprises an outer housing, a rotatable valve member rotatably secured within said outer housing, drive means for rotating said rotatable valve member and sealing means for sealing said rotatable valve within said oscillating valve wherein said rotatable valve member includes means defining a passageway extending through said rotatable valve member for allowing liquid to pass therethrough, said conduit means being connected to said outer housing in such a manner that as said rotatable valve member is rotated within said outer housing said passageway will be intermittently aligned with said conduit means so that liquid will intermittently flow through said valve means to said doffing jet.

Claim 16

A jet dyeing machine for treating textile materials substantially in rope form comprising means defining a closed vessel providing an endless path for circulating a length of textile material through the treating liquid about a generally horizontal axis, said vessel including a textile material storage area within said circulation path for the textile material and through which the textile material will pass, said storage area having an entrance portion and an exit portion, means for circulating the textile material within said vessel means around said textile material circulation path so that the textile material is removed from the exit portion of the storage area and returned to the entrance portion of the storage area, heating means for heating the treating liquid to a predetermined temperature, at least one doffing jet located at the entrance portion of said storage area, means for supplying liquid to said doffing jet for purposes of plaiting textile material entering said storage area, said storage area being comprised of wall means for retaining the textile material within said storage area, said wall means including a first wall positioned between said textile material retained in said storage area and said doffing jet, said first wall further including means defining a slot axially aligned with said doffing jet for channeling liquid discharged by said doffing jet into a substantially flat stream so as to impinge transversely across at least a portion of the textile material returned to said storage area, said doffing jet having an axis aligned with means defining said slot and directed at an angle ranging from between about 25° to about 40° downwardly toward said means defining said slot from a plane perpendicular to said first wall.

Claim 17

A jet dyeing machine for treating textile materials substantially in rope form comprising means defining a closed vessel providing an endless path for circulating a length of textile material through the treating liquid about a generally horizontal axis, said vessel including a textile material storage area within said circulation path for the textile material and through which the textile material will pass, said storage area having an entrance portion and an exit portion, means for circulating the textile material within said vessel means around said textile material circulation path so that the textile material is removed from the exit portion of the storage area and returned to the entrance portion of the storage area, heating means for heating the treating liquid to a predetermined temperature, at least one doffing jet located at the entrance portion of said storage area, means for supplying liquid to said doffing jet for purposes of plaiting textile material entering said storage area, said storage area being comprised of wall means for retaining the textile material within said storage area, said wall means including a first wall positioned between said textile material retained in said storage area and said doffing jet, said first wall further including means defining a slot axially aligned with said doffing jet for channeling liquid discharged by said doffing jet into a substantially flat stream so as to impinge transversely across at least a portion of the textile material returned to said storage area, said doffing jet having an axis aligned with means defining said slot and directed at an angle ranging from between about 25° to about 40° downwardly toward said means defining said slot from a plane perpendicular to said first wall.