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Process and apparatus for the continuous application of treating liquor on an absorptive, compressible material web
Assignee: Triatex International AG fueur Textile Forschung und Entwicklung
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Filing: 1988-04-15
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Granted: 1989-07-11
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Expires: 2008-04-15
Abstract
Abstract A process and an apparatus for the continuous and controlled application of liquor on an absorptive, compressible material web such as textile webs, warp yarn layers or fleeces. One or more liquors are applied in amounts being comprised between the values of water retention capacity and saturation. The liquor containing web is passed through an equalizing device wherein the web is drawn through an equalizing nip or slit whose thickness is adjustable and smaller than the thickness of the incoming, liquor containing material web. The equalizing may be effected in the nip of two rollers. The liquor concentration in the web before and after the equalizing is statistically the same.
Inventors
- 👤 Martin Schwemmer
- 👤 Albert Goetz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 11:31
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06B; D06B15/00; D06B15/02; D06B1/00; D06B1/10; D06B1/14; D06B1/143; D06B15/08; D06B23/00; D06B23/24; D06B23/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
A process for the continuous and controlled application of a liquor on an absorptive and compressible advancing material web wherein at least one liquor is applied to the web in amounts comprised between the water retention value and the liquid saturation value of said web, comprising continuously passing the liquor containing material web through an equalizing device wherein the said material web is temporarily compressed in a slit or nip to a predeterminated, adjustable thickness which is smaller than the thickness of the material web before entering the equalizing device, substantially no liquor being added to or removed from said material web in the equalizing zone, so that the amount of liquor in the material web is essentially the same upstream and downstream said equalizing device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
126 words
A process for the continuous and controlled application of a liquor on an absorptive and compressible advancing material web wherein at least one liquor is applied to the web in amounts comprised between the water retention value and the liquid saturation value of said web, comprising continuously passing the liquor containing material web through an equalizing device wherein the said material web is temporarily compressed in a slit or nip to a predeterminated, adjustable thickness which is smaller than the thickness of the material web before entering the equalizing device, substantially no liquor being added to or removed from said material web in the equalizing zone, so that the amount of liquor in the material web is essentially the same upstream and downstream said equalizing device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process on claim 1 wherein said liquor is applied as a sole liquor in one application step.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said liquor is applied as two or more different or identical partial liquors in two or more application steps.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 1 further comprising measuring the liquor amount in the material web before the web enters the equalizing device.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
62 words
The process of claim 4 wherein the liquor amount applied to said material web is determined by the difference of the measures of the basic weight of the material web before and after each liquor application, the actual values thus obtained are compared with predetermined reference values, and the amount of application is modified until the accordance of actual and reference values.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 5 comprising continuously averaging the measured basic weight values over the width of said material web.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said nip is maintained constant by approaching or retracting, respectively, of a adjustable first roller to or from a second stationary roller, at least one of said two rollers being positively driven for rotation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said nip of the equalizing device is adjusted to a value comprised between nearly zero and about the thickness of the liquor containing material web entering the equalizing device.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
58 words
The process of claim 8 wherein the thickness of said nip is decreased and controlled, during the travel of said material web through the equalizing device, until first fractions of the liquor are separated from said material web and appear in front of said nip, the thickness then being slightly enlarged until said liquor fractions just disappear again.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the material web is advanced by unwinding the web from a supply roll and wherein following the passing of the web through an equalizing device, rewinding the web on a product roll.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1, further comprising drying the web after passing the web through the equalizing device.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
The process of claim 11, wherein the material web is advanced by unwinding the web from a supply roll and wherein following the passing of the web through an equalizing device, rewinding the web on a product roll after the web is dried.
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