Abstract: A device for applying a laminar flowing liquid film of considerable width, the film being uniformly thin over the working width, to a continuously advanced web of goods includes a liquid distribution device supplied with liquid fed by a pump and provided with a plurality of liquid distribution chambers and an associated guide surface from which the liquid film flows onto the web of goods. The liquid distribution chamber is connected by a supply line with the pump and the guide surface extend over a working width greater than the cross section the of supply line. Each liquid distribution chamber extend only over an exactly defined working width which is narrow by comparison with the width of the wider web of goods, and each chamber is connected with only one liquid supply line.

Abstract: A device for wrapping a bale or the like with a wire or band held together by a tubular seal comprises an arrangement of units wherein wire is pushed through a metal tube held in readiness, then looped around the bale, and the free end of the wire is again moved through the metal tube. After the wire has been passed twice through feeding of the metal tube held in readiness; the wire is arrested by a limit switch; the portion of the wire end projecting out of the crimping jaws is bent around the metal tube; and tightening around the band is completed. Then the seal is produced by moving the crimping jaws toward each other and simultaneously severing the band from a supply coil. The wrapping operation takes place automatically by a holding device which holds the respectively next needed metal tube into the path of movement of the wire to be extended around the bale.

Abstract: The apparatus is used for wetting synthetic fiber tows with finishing liquid. For this purpose, the apparatus consists of two superimposed guide rolls over which the tow is guided in a meander-like manner. Padding devices are arranged on both sides of the tow between the guide rollers, the padding rollers of these devices act to transfer the finishing liquid from a bath located immediately thereunder continuously onto the two fed tangentially thereto.

Abstract: A dewatering device that effects suction removal of liquid from a length of fibrous material, such as textile material with several suction pipes or the like, each equipped with a suction slot and with wetting units connected upstream thereof. The suction pipes are arranged in series to treat the textile material and are located superimposed vertically in several tiers. For the zigzag-like guidance of the length of material, guide rolls are arranged one above the other in two rows aligned in a side-by-side relationship.

Abstract: A continuous process and an apparatus for effecting, in direct succession a dyeing and backing of a carpet, for example, in the process, the dyeing step is performed with a minimum application of dyeing liquor, making it possible to effect backing wet-on-wet without a washing step and an expensive drying procedure. The dyeing step can also be directly preceded by the carpet manufacturing process within the framework of a continuous installation.

Abstract: A heat treatment tunnel for the treatment of fibers, threads slit film or the like fibrillary material used in the textile field is arranged to extend horizontally. The material to be heat treated is transported along a travel path, in endless length form, through the horizontally arranged tunnel. This tunnel includes a heat-insulated housing having an inlet slot for entry of the material and an outlet slot for withdrawal of the material from the housing; a fan chamber; a fan arranged within the chamber for effecting circulation of a gaseous treatment medium within the housing; a heater disposed downstream of the fan for heating the treatment medium; a fan intake connecting pipe positioned either above or below the traveling material to draw the gaseous treatment medium away from the travel path and fan exhaust openings positioned either below or above the traveling material; i.e., opposite to the location of the fan intake connecting pipe, to direct the gaseous treatment medium toward the travel path.

Abstract: A passive solar water heater having a heat absorber and storage tank within an insulative housing. The housing is formed in a mold as a unitary structure having an exterior shell and a curved insulative interior covered with a reflective inner surface. The tank rests in a trough in the housing and is secured by a mounting which prevents heat conduction to the environment.

Abstract: A method for wrapping a bale or the like with a wire or band held together by a tubular seal is described wherein wire is pushed through a metal tube held in readiness, then looped around the bale, and the free end of the wire is again moved through the metal tube. After the wire has been passed twice through the metal tube held in readiness; the wire feed is arrested by means of a limit switch; the portion of the wire end projecting out of the crimping jaws is bent around the metal tube; and tightening around the band is completed. Then the seal is produced by moving the crimping jaws toward each other and simultaneously severing the band from the supply coil. The wrapping operation takes place fully automatically. For this purpose, an apparatus is provided which holds the respectively next needed metal tube exactly into the path of movement of the wire to be extended around the bale.

Abstract: A predrying tower serves for heat-treating a vertically conducted length of material. In addition to infrared heating rods arranged on each side of the length of material and over the treatment height of the drying tower, respectively one air supply box is arranged bilaterally of the length of material. The air supply box extends over the height and width of the drying tower, with air slots oriented to direct air toward the length of material. In order to obtain a circulating air system, the air is exhausted above the treatment zone over the width of the length of material and conducted to a fan arranged at the end face of the drying tower, this fan blowing the treatment air downwardly in an air recycle chamber arranged likewise at the end face of the drying tower. An air ramming or air collecting chamber is arranged on the underside of the drying tower over the operating width, wherein the accelerated air is laterally introduced and exits upwardly via a heating device into the air conducting box.

Abstract: A liquid applicator for a wide length of material, operating according to the overflow principle, has a construction which ensures uniform dye application over the operating width. This applicator now makes it possible to effect quick color change, because the capacity of the applicator is smaller than 5 l/m and, by a special arrangement of liquid-distributing chambers in the applicator, a uniform liquid film exhibiting laminar flow is ensured.

Abstract: A heat treatment tunnel for the treatment of fibers, threads slit film or the like fibrillary material used in the textile field is arranged to extend horizontally. The material to be heat treated is transported along a travel path, in endless length form, through the horizontally arranged tunnel. This tunnel includes a heat-insulated housing having an inlet slot for entry of the material and an outlet slot for withdrawal of the material from the housing; a fan chamber; a fan arranged within the chamber for effecting circulation of a gaseous treatment medium within the housing; a heater disposed downstream of the fan for heating the treatment medium; a fan intake connecting pipe positioned either above or below the traveling material to draw the gaseous treatment medium away from the travel path and fan exhaust openings positioned either below or above the traveling material; i.e., opposite to the location of the fan intake connecting pipe, to direct the gaseous treatment medium toward the travel path.

Abstract: In an apparatus for the continuous washing of a length of textile material, the textile material runs over several guide rolls, at least one of which is arranged below the liquid level in the washing vessel. In order to be able to skip a washing device, in a continuous plant, so that the length of material does not enter the liquid and causes contamination therein, for example, the invention provides to mount the guide element to be movable out of the vessel. Therefore, the length of material still passes around all of the guide rolls of the washing device, but in this case outside of the liquid charged into the vessel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and apparatus for wrapping square bales, especially fiber bales, with the aid of strip-shaped baling material, preferably baling wire. It is known to compress fibers, after having been manufactured as raw material, into fiber bales and to hold the latter together with the aid of baling wire. In this process, several baling wires are placed in individual turns around the bale and joined at their ends. This type of wrapping is complicated and is to be simplified.The basic aspect of the invention resides in that the baling wire is placed continuously around the bale and that the wire turns extend, on at least two mutually opposed bale sides, in parallel to one another as well as in parallel to bale edges.

Abstract: A stuffer box crimping device has a pair of feed pressure rolls and a stuffer box arranged downstream thereof. The stuffer box is laterally delimited by side panels extending up to a nip of the pressure rolls. Pressure plates are supported in the side panels at the level of the pressure roll nip, the pressure plates being in contact with end faces of the rolls with an adjustable pressure. In order to prevent the heating up of the pressure plates during rotation of the pressure rolls, the pressure plates are designed to be cooled during operation. For this purpose, a unit is provided for supplying a cooling liquid against the pressure plate; the liquid being continuously discharged again from the unit after contacting the pressure plate.

Abstract: A heat treatment tunnel for the treatment of fibers, threads slit film or the like fibrillary material used in the textile field is arranged to extend horizontally. The material to be heat treated is transported along a travel path, in endless length form, through the horizontally arranged tunnel. This tunnel includes a heat-insulated housing having an inlet slot for entry of the material and an outlet slot for withdrawal of the material from the housing; a fan chamber; a fan arranged within the chamber for effecting circulation of a gaseous treatment medium within the housing; a heater disposed downstream of the fan for heating the treatment medium; a fan intake connecting pipe positioned either above or below the traveling material to draw the gaseous treatment medium away from the travel path and fan exhaust openings positioned either below or above the traveling material; i.e., opposite to the location of the fan intake connecting pipe, to direct the gaseous treatment medium toward the travel path.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting synthetic fiber yarns into staple fibers, for which purpose the yarn is wound several times around a knife cage and rests on blades oriented radially outwardly with their cutting edges and is urged from the outside radially inwardly against these blades by means of a contact roller. The blades are held in two blade-supporting disks arranged at a mutual spacing in superimposed relationship. In order to guide the cut staple fibers radially inwardly behind the blades, and for connecting the two blade-supporting disks with each other, approximately radially oriented partitions are provided directly adjoining several of the backs of the knives, these partitions extending at least in part over the height of the knife cage along the staple fiber discharge chamber in the center of the knife cage.

Abstract: A device for drying textile material has a closed housing accommodating a conveying means comprising a sieve drum that is under a suction draft and that is covered to prevent flowthrough of gases in the zone not contacted by the textile material; a fan associated with an end face of the sieve drum for withdrawing the gaseous treatment medium from the sieve drum and for blowing the gaseous treatment medium back into a space around the sieve drum; and an annular gap provided between a fan intake connection, or duct, and a wall provided with the drum spider for supporting the sieve drum. The gap is surrounded by an annular duct open toward the gap into which terminates burners of a direct flame heating unit for heating said gaseous treatment medium.

Abstract: A fiber bale press is equipped with a hooping mechanism for applying wire-hoops to a fiber bale produced by the press. The press has at least one pressing plate and a counter pressure plate as well as a hoop material supply device. The hoop material is steel wire cut to suitable lengths for forming hoops. The steel wire ends are secured to each other by a sealing member, such as a tubular metal sleeve, which receives one steel wire end in each of its ends. The tubular metal sleeve is rigidly secured to the ends of the hoop forming wire by a crimping mechanism. Preferably the steel wires are hooped around a bale in a cross-over relationship so that at least the wire-hoops close to and in parallel to a bale edge are held in place by wire-hoops running perpendicularly to the bale edge. This mechanism avoids loops at the ends of the baling wire.

Abstract: The length of material, provided uniformly over the operating width with a liquid mixed with frothing chemicals, is to be massaged on the pile side for producing the froth and/or for the complete wetting of all pile fibers. A reel or a similar device exhibiting round bars uniformly distributed over its circumference and partially encompassed by the material serves for this purpose. The length of material is in contact under tension with the rotating reel. On the rear side, the material is urged against the reel by means of an air-impermeable hugger belt, held under tension, or by means of a wearproof pressure shell.

Abstract: The steaming device consists of two halves, one of which is arranged above a fiber route and the other of which is arranged below the fiber route. The steam expands, from a steam supply nipple extending into a U-shaped housing, first into a distributor chamber covered by a partially permeable metal sheet. The metal sheet exhibits perforated zones arranged at mutual spacings, these zones being located with respect to the zones of a further perforated metal sheet, arranged thereabove at a spacing, in such a way that permeable regions of one metal sheet are disposed oppositely to impermeable regions of the other metal sheet. A heater is provided between the two perforated metal sheets. The halves of the steaming device are mounted so that they can be swung open and are regulated by means of a steam supply safety circuit.