Abstract: A textile treatment apparatus for an endless textile hank is comprised of a vessel having a dwell or treatment zone at a lower portion thereof and an upper acceleration or feed zone above said dwell zone. A blower assembly mounted in the roof the vessel above the acceleration zone advances the hank by subjecting said to a purely gaseous stream so as to remove the hank from the exit of the dwell zone and introduce it into the entrance of such zone. Treatment nozzles located at the entry to the dwell zone saturate the hank and aid in guiding it unimpeded into the dwell zone. The location of the blower assembly or assemblies at the upper extremity of the vessel facilitate servicing and minimize fluid introduction into the gaseous feed stream.

Abstract: A filtering device for a tenter for the gaseous treatment of fabrics includes a movable filtering belt which traverses the entire length and cross section of the tenter. Pressure nozzles on the clean side of the belt dislodge collected materials into waste collectors which are in communication with discharge dusts traversed by the belt, the belt thus filters gases returned for internal circulation and gases emitted to the atmosphere.

Abstract: Oxidizable components in an exhaust air or gas flow are burnt by a burner in a combustion chamber enclosed in a housing. For this purpose the exhaust air is distributed into inlet ends of heat exchanger pipes which have outlet ends near the burner. The arrangement is such that the exhaust air carrying oxidizable components flows through the heat exchanger pipes while the exhaust air freed of oxidizable components flows around the heat exchanger pipes. In order to permit effective heat expansions and contractions of the heat exchanger pipes, these pipes have an L-configuration with radially inwardly extending legs having inlet ends connected into perforations in a jacket forming an exhaust air distribution chamber, and with substantially axially extending legs having outlet ends leading close to the burner. An air inlet leads centrally into the distribution chamber and a cleaned air outlet leads out of the housing.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for cleaning a gas flow that carries oxidizable pollutants in varying concentrations, the temperature within the combustion apparatus is maintained substantially constant by admixing controllable proportions of the gas to be cleaned and/or fresh air to the combustion flow. However, admixing prior to introducing the gas to be cleaned into the combustion flow is avoided by performing the admixing at a location near the exit end of a flue gas mixing pipe. This mixing location permits maintaining the combustion chamber temperature constant or at its rated level while simultaneously keeping the temperature of the flow control device at acceptable levels. The flue gas mixing pipe is arranged downstream and coaxially with a burner so that the admixing takes place after the combustion or carrier flow has already passed the burner at the entrance to the combustion chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus for burning pollutants in a carrier gas flow such as exhaust gases, is constructed as a compact unit. For this purpose a radial blower for the supply of the carrier gas which carries the pollutants is arranged directly in an inlet chamber of the gas cleaning apparatus. The inlet port of the inlet chamber is connected through a duct to the suction inlet of the radial blower. The compression outlet of the radial blower leads into a ring gap which in turn opens radially into the inlet chamber. For this purpose, the radial blower is enclosed by a blower housing which is arranged concentrically at one end of the housing opposite the burner arranged at the other end of the housing. The drive motor for the radial blower is mounted directly on the outside to an end wall of the housing of the apparatus.

Abstract: A combination section consisting of a base section (1) and a covering section (2). The covering section (2) is of an anti-friction material having a coefficient of expansion deviating from that of the material of the base section (1), and is divided between fastening points into partial lengths (4). The partial lengths (4) are interconnected by deformable bridges (6). This makes it possible for the partial lengths (4) to expand essentially unhindered, independent of the expansion of the base section (1) to a different extent.

Abstract: A fabric tenter device having a pivotally mounted roof which may carry a nozzle box is provided with a counterbalance assembly enabling the roof and box to be pivotally shifted from the tenter covering to an open position by manual lifting forces. The counterbalance assembly is comprised of a lever divided into two arms, the lever being pivotally mounted on a fulcrum fixed to the tenter housing. The lever includes a weight arm underlying the roof and a power arm to the opposite side of the fulcrum. A chain having one end fixed to the power arm has its other end attached to a spring mechanism carried by the weight arm, the chain being arranged over a guide roller or rollers in such manner that the spring is tensioned to its maximum extent when the roof is in the tenter covering position.

Abstract: A device for introducing a low turbulence air displacement flow into an enclosed space, has a first housing section enclosing an air distribution space having an air inlet on one side and air flow passages through another side, and a second housing section having a perforated outer jacket and a non-perforated central core pipe. One central air flow passage connects the core pipe to the air distribution space. A ring of holes or a ring gap leads into a ring space formed between the perforated jacket and the core pipe. A third air passage permits forming an air skirt around the outer surface of the jacket. Control elements permit selectively opening and closing the flow passages, so that all or part of the fresh air may pass through the core pipe and air skirt or through the ring space. The perforated jacket may have a cylindrical portion and a frustum portion connecting the cylindrical portion to a perforated bottom plate.

Abstract: Fresh air is supplied into an enclosed space by an air flow radially and substantially without turbulence horizontally over a floor by an air outlet, the outlet openings of which are substantially flush with the floor surface. The air outlet has a cylindrical air guide collar (1) and a concentric insert (7). The air guide collar (1) has a curved collar section (3) merging radially outwardly into a flange (4) which overlaps and bears against the edge of an opening (2) in the floor. The funnel-shaped insert (7) converges from the top to bottom and has an insert flange (8) that extends radially outwardly in the same plane as the collar flange (4). The insert flange (8) narrows an annular flow passage (9) between the air guide collar (1) and the insert (7). The exhaust aperture of the insert (7) can be closed to some extent by a transverse, horizontally arranged deflecting or baffle plate (12).

Abstract: An air release box has at least one perforated bottom wall section and perforated longitudinal side wall sections. At least certain of the perforated wall sections, including the perforated bottom wall section, are equipped with spin air outlets for increasing the penetration depth of low turbulence air jets into a room. Without such spin air outlets the low turbulence air jets tend to be unstable at relatively low exit velocities. The tendency of these air jets to quickly decay is thus delayed. The highly turbulent air jets exiting from said spin air outlets do not entrain air in the room, but rather they entrain inlet air coming through the perforated wall sections neighboring the spin air outlets. Thus, the jet impulse imparts a high stability to the inlet air jets.

Abstract: For achieving a steady air flow into a room out of an air outlet, an outlet housing that can be attached to or suspended from the ceiling area of the room to be ventilated and/or air conditioned, has a top wall equipped with a vertically aligned air supply connector concentric to or centrally on the ceiling facing top wall of the housing. The connector is connected to an air supply duct. The open end sides of the housing form exhaust openings for the air that is to be guided into the room. At least two side walls of the housing each have a curved guide body or guide element that is so constructed that the free air outflow cross-section from the outlet area of the supply connector to both exhaust openings has a Laval nozzle shape. The guide elements themselves can be formed and interconnected to form the nozzle and the housing simultaneously.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for winding a running fabric web uninterruptedly on first and then on second takeup rolls following the formation of a transverse cut is disclosed. The web is driven in a path which includes a loop and the second takeup roll is engaged with the loop to drive the second takeup roll and form with the second roll a nip narrowing in the feed direction of the web. The cut end of the web, now being fed by an auxiliary drive, is introduced into the nip thereby to clamp the web to the second takeup roll. An apparatus for practicing the method is likewise disclosed, the apparatus including a first drive for the first takeup roll, a guide for forming a loop of the fabric, a second drive for feeding the fabric independent of the first drive and mechanism for shifting the second takeup roll into driving engagement with the loop.

Abstract: An air passage or outlet for imparting a spin flow to air passing therethrough, is economically produced of only two basic sheet metal components. The sheet metal has a good fire resistance capability and can be easily coated with an individual paint color. One sheet metal component is a sheet metal plate (4) with punched-out tongue-shaped air guide vanes (2) that are arranged at a spacing concentrically around a central axis perpendicular to the plane of the plate (4). A central hub area (3) remains connected to an outer area of plate (4) by spoke-type lands separating the air flow holes. The other sheet metal component of the air passage is a connector piece (5) having, e.g., a cylindrical neck (6) surrounded at its lower end by a collar (7). The inner diameter of the connector piece (5) is so dimensioned that radially outer edges of the guide vanes (2) are held in place by a press-fit against the inner sides of the cylindrical neck of the connector piece (5).

Abstract: An inductive air passage with a high fire resistance capability, that is easily paint coatable, and that can be economically produced, is made of die stamped sheet metal components. A slot-shaped inlet opening (1) is formed in a first sheet metal component and two outlet openings (2) are formed in a second sheet metal component. A baffle barrier (4) fits between the outlet openings (2). The two sheet metal components form plates (5, 6) and frames for the inlet opening (1) and for the outlet openings (2), respectively. One sheet metal plate (5) for the inlet opening (1) is provided with an I-shaped slit, whereby each of two curved lips (8) are produced by bending the lands formed by the I-slit toward one of the outlet openings (2). The other sheet-metal plate (6) has two U-shaped slits providing respective lands for forming tongues for defining the outlet openings (2). The tongues produced by the U-slits are angled toward the inlet opening (1) and toward the bent-over edges of the curved lips.

Abstract: A combined fabric stretching and straightening apparatus is comprised of a pair of cylinders having helical configurations on their periphery the cylinders being mounted for rotation on a shaft adapted to be driven in a direction opposite the direction of feed of a fabric web. The cylinders may rotate relative to each other and the shaft or may be coupled to rotate with the shaft by clutches interposed between the cylinders and shaft. Sensors are optionally provided for energizing one or the other clutch so as to center the fabric as it is fed.

Abstract: In the regions of a drying zone within a tunnel (2) exposed to fire danger a sample of the air streams is drawn off via an intake pipe (11) disposed transversely to the longitudinal extent of the tunnel. The sample is supplied to a measuring device which contains two regeneratable filters which are alternatingly acted upon by the sample via switch-over valves. The measuring device contains a sensor acted upon by the cleansed gas which sensor reacts to CO and is connected to an alarm system and or an extinguisher device. From the extinguisher device an extinguisher agent line (16) leads to an extinguisher pipe (14) which is likewise in the direction of flow of the air steam guided through the tunnel (2) arranged transversely to the longitudinal extent of the tunnel (2) and provided with extinguisher agent exit nozzles.

Abstract: A covering device for the inlet and outlet slots of a tenter comprises a flexible plastic strip whose ends are fastened in the region of the ends of the respective slot. In the area where the chain rail guides extend through the slot, the plastic strip is deflected in U-shaped configuration by deflector elements outside the slot and spanning the chain guides. The deflector elements are angularly oriented relative to the longitudinal axis of the slot at an angle of about 45 degrees and are fastened on a movable carriage connected to the chain guides so that movement of the chain guides transversely of the slot functions also to move the U-shaped configuration of the flexible plastic strip.

Abstract: A motorized draw roller assembly includes a draw roller having ends mounted in bearing assemblies vertically shiftably mounted on spaced parallel supports of a frame. A device is provided on one bearing assembly for raising and lowering such bearing assembly in accordance with the direction of rotation of the draw roller shaft, the device including a threaded nut and spaced parallel cables extending from the nut over a pulley, the upper ends of the cables being fixed at an upper portion of the frame. The bearing assembly supporting the other end of the draw roller shaft is caused to shift upwardly and downwardly in precise correlation with the first mentioned bearing assembly by connecting apparatus such as pairs of hydraulic pistons and cylinders or a cable arrayed over pulleys.

Abstract: In the regions of a drying zone within a tunnel (2) exposed to fire danger a sample of the air streams is drawn off via an intake pipe (11) disposed transversely to the longitudinal extent of the tunnel. The sample is supplied to a measuring device which contains two regeneratable filters which are alternatingly acted upon by the sample via switch-over valves. The measuring device contains a sensor acted upon by the cleansed gas which sensor reacts to CO and is connected to an alarm system and or an extinguisher device. From the extinguisher device an extinguisher agent line (16) leads to an extinguisher pipe (14) which is likewise in the direction of flow of the air steam guided through the tunnel (2) arranged transversely to the longitudinal extent of the tunnel (2) and provided with extinguisher agent exit nozzles.

Abstract: Exhaust gases from a heat treatment device operated by a gaseous treatment medium, are cleaned by oxidizing the combustible components of the medium. The exhaust gases already cleaned are used in a first heat exchanger for preheating the gases to be cleaned. The cleaned and heated exhaust gases are then passed through a second heat exchanger for heating a heat carrier medium in a first closed heat carrier circuit connected to the treatment device. The exhaust gases coming from the second heat exchanger are supplied to a third heat exchanger connected to a fourth heat exchanger by a second closed heat carrier circuit for transferring heat to a second carrier medium for heating freshly supplied treatment medium in said fourth heat exchanger.