Abstract: A continuous processing apparatus for treating a tubular knit fabric material through a high pressure steamer drum body. The steamer drum body contains a driving drum rotatably arranged in the middle part thereof; many fabric material receiving rolls arranged to guide the fabric material in a spiral manner within the steamer drum body; and a pot eye arranged close to a fabric material inlet of the steamer drum body to wring the fabric material into a rope-like shape. In the vicinity of a fabric material outlet of the steamer drum body, there are provided an air supply pipe which supplies air into the rope-like shape of the fabric material to swell it into a tubular shape; and a flattening device which is arranged to flatten and spread out the tubular fabric material in the direction of breadth thereof immediately before the material is guided to the outside of the apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus for the liquid treatment of cloth consists of a U-shaped liquid tank for a treating liquid, a cloth inlet passage and a cloth outlet passage located in the tank and each having a relatively narrow spacing between vertical endless net conveyers which define the opposed sides of the passages. A plurality of liquid jet nozzles are provided along the cloth passages to spray a treating liquid against a cloth so that the cloth collides alternately with the conveyers on the opposite sides of each passage. Another cloth passage is located in the treating liquid below and forms a connecting passage between the cloth inlet-and outlet-passages. The cloth passes in a folded zigzag state through the another cloth passage. This apparatus is particularly suitable for the liquid treatment of an easily expandable cloth such as a knitted cloth by piling a plurality of the sheets thereof en bloc.

Abstract: A shrinkage setting process for a cloth material carried out by impregnating the cloth material with a caustic liquid or a liquid mixture prepared by mixing auxiliaries in the caustic liquid or with a dyeing liquid. The cloth material is then subjected to a hygro-thermic treatment to shrink or dye the cloth material in a no tension state within a high pressure steamer the inside of which is kept at conditions of high heat and humidity. Following the hygro-thermic treatment, the cloth material is subjected to a no tension boiling treatment carried out with a liquid flow within a boiling tank which is disposed inside the same high pressure steamer. Then, the degree of shrinkage of the cloth material is set by gradually cooling it down to about 50.degree. C. to let the cloth material permanently retain a sufficient degree of stretchability.

Abstract: A wiping and drying device for an inlet seal roll provided on a high pressure steamer, which is characterized in that a cleaning and wiping member is made to contact a part of the surface of the sealing rubber roll before the part contacts a fiber product and further that a drying member for drying the cleaning and wiping is provided.

Abstract: A seal device having a pair of rubber seal rolls arranged in pressed contact with each other at a cloth material passing port of a drum body of a high pressure steamer adapted for hygro-thermic treatment of textile products such as a cloth material. Seal plates which are formed with a flexible and elastic metal or synthetic resin sheet and upper or lower sides of which are secured to edge portions of the cloth material passing port disposed in parallel with the pair of seal rubber rolls while the other sides are in pressed contact with the seal rubber rolls. An air chamber formed in a triangular cross-sectional shape connects a pressed contact point between the rubber seal rolls respectively to contact points between the seal plates and the seal rubber rolls, and air pressure is supplied to the air chamber through an air supply passage.

Abstract: A continuous cloth dyeing-and-washing apparatus of simplified construction comprising a liquid reservoir divided into a dye solution liquid reservoir and a washing liquid reservoir; a vertical cover which has its lower side open with the edge portion of the open lower side immersed in the liquids contained in the dye solution reservoir and the washing liquid reservoir to keep the inside of the cover air-tight; spaces formed between outer wall faces of the open lower side of the vertical cover and the inner wall faces of the dye solution reservoir and the washing liquid reservoir to allow a cloth material to pass therethrough respectively; guide rolls vertically arranged inside the vertical cover in two columns and in many steps to allow the cloth material to ascend zigzag for a hygro-thermic treatment with steam jet pipes arranged within the vertical cover; and a group of guide rolls arranged within the washing liquid reservoir to allow the cloth material to travel zigzag for washing therein with air jet pipe

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for carrying out a continuous cloth material treating process through a high pressure steamer drum body which is capable of keeping a high humid heat within it and permits entrance into and exit therefrom of a cloth material to be treated in a continuous manner. An arrangement of one or a plurality of liquid flow tanks is provided inside the high pressure steamer drum body to effect conveyance of the cloth material through the inside of the liquid flow tank arrangement by means of a liquid flow which takes place there. A liquid supply piping arrangement is provided for returning liquid which overflows one end of the liquid flow tank arrangement, back to the other end of the tank arrangement.

Abstract: In apparatus for cleaning cloth with steam and liquid flow, a cloth such as a textile, knitted fabrics or a tubular knitted material, is supplied into a chamber containing wet heat of about 105.degree. to 110.degree. C., then it is made to advance in a left and right zigzag manner, further the cloth is contacted with a cleaning liquid flowing down from the upper part of the chamber.

Abstract: A high pressure steamer for high hygro-thermic treatment of a cloth material, comprising a drum body which is capable of maintaining a high humid heat of 110.degree. to 160.degree. C. therein and is arranged to continuously introduce the cloth material thereinto and to guide it out therefrom, a cloth material transporting mechanism which conveys the cloth material in a no tension and relaxed state and a slow cooling tank which gradually cools the conveyed cloth material down to about 50.degree. C. The high pressure steamer incorporates therein a monomer recovering mechanism wherein, between the end part of the cloth material transporting mechanism and the slow cooling tank, there is provided a washing tank for washing off a monomer sticking to the cloth material, which is made of, for example, polyester fiber.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for mercerizing circular knitted articles, continuously as well as uniformly to assure that the circular knitted articles can be impregnated uniformly with caustic solution in a predetermined quantity, and the whole parts of the circular knitted articles impregnated with caustic solution are subjected to the timing treatment under an uniform tension, and the circular knitted articles thus treated are subjected to the rinsing treatment efficiently in a short period of time.

Abstract: A method for continuously dyeing a thick textile material such as a blanket or carpet material or the like. The thick textile material is arranged to be continuously pulled upward and guided over a slanting plate from a lower position to a higher position. A nozzle tube is arranged to spray a dye solution at the thick textile material in an atomized state while the textile material is on the move being guided upward along the slanting plate. The spraying quantity of the dye solution discharged out of the nozzle tube is set to have all of the sprayed quantity of the dye solution absorbed by the thick textile material without having any superfluous portion of the solution flowing down and yet to ensure sufficient impregnation of the textile material with the dye solution. The textile material impregnated with the dye solution is further continuously fowarded and passed through a hygro-thermic treatment chamber and a water washing device.

Abstract: A continuous liquid processing of cloth in a high pressure steamer is characterized by spraying a processing liquid, such as liquid dyestuff, etc. in a suitable amount from a group of nozzles provided within a high pressure steamer vessel onto one or both surfaces of the cloth to be treated, such as round drum cloth, supplied continuously into the high pressure steamer vessel, so that the processing liquid is sufficiently and uniformly impregnated into the cloth being treated within said vessel, and, further conducting high humidity and high temperature treatment of the cloth.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuous liquid processing having either a mechanism which has a number of nozzle groups provided within a high pressure steamer and a cover which is so provided around the nozzle groups with the cloth to be treated passing through the group, or a nozzle mechanism provided in a preheating chamber within the high pressure steamer for spraying the processing liquid.

Abstract: A sealing device in a high pressure steamer which includes a pressure reducing chamber disposed between a cloth material inlet port of a drum body of the steamer and rubber seal rolls. The sealing device further includes a high pressure air supply pipe connected to the pressure reducing chamber; heat resistant seal rolls disposed beneath the pressure reducing chamber at a cloth passing port provided in the pressure reducing chamber on the side of the drum body of the steamer, the heat resistant seal rolls being provided for the purpose of making the pressure reducing chamber into a high pressure air chamber preventing the steam inside the steamer drum body from coming into the chamber; and a water reservoir which is formed with the frame thereof disposed close to each of the rubber seal rolls to cover about 1/4 of the circumference of the rubber seal roll. The surfaces of the rubber seal rolls are constantly washed clean by the water contained in the water reservoir and by other cleaning means.

Abstract: A continuous water washing apparatus for cloth, includes first multi-layer guide rolls which pull up the cloth being processed and shift it in the horizontal direction, over the guide rolls which are provided in a staggered and opposing manner above a pre-washing tank containing a set of second multi-layer guide rolls and pressurized air blow out pipes. A water receptacle is provided for each of the first guide rolls arranged in a pair of spaced vertical columns, and a cleaning water supply mechanism is connected to the uppermost water receptacle. A sag prevention mechanism holds the cloth in a horizontally shifting manner and includes a tension detection mechanism. Further, a shifting speed detection mechanism is provided for the cloth, and includes a cloth width detection mechanism and a water filling up volume adjusting mechanism for the water receptacles operated by the cloth width detection mechanism.

Abstract: For sealing a high pressure steamer air, pressurized to a level higher than the internal pressurized medium, in the drum body of the high pressure steamer is directed against the mutually contacting portions of rubber seal rolls. Initially, the pressurized air flows over the outside of a cylindrical duct extending between the opening for the passage of textile articles into the drum body of the steamer and the rubber seal rolls and the air serves to block the flow of the pressurized medium within the steamer through the opening. Sealing plates positioned between the interior of the steamer and the seal rolls, are forced into contact with the seal rolls by the pressurized air. Further the flow of pressurized air collides with the internal pressure medium of the steamer within the cylindrical duct preventing the exhaust of the internal pressure medium through the cylindrical duct.

Abstract: A selvage curling prevention apparatus for a knitted cloth characterized in that pairs of metal rolls or pairs of metal walls, forming very narrow gaps to allow a knitted cloth to pass therethrough in a flat state, are provided in multiple steps in one straight line within a passage which is connected to a high pressure steamer vessel and has the cloth pass therethrough, further the metal rolls and metal walls are heated by steam heat supplied from said high pressure steamer vessel into the passage and at a same time humid heat is applied to the cloth.

Abstract: A pressure seal apparatus employing air balance of a high pressure steamer in which sealing gas is pressure introduced into an air seal chamber shut off from outer air by a roll seal mechanism installed at the fiber feed in and take out openings of a high pressure steamer vessel body, so that the gas and steam which leaks from within the vessel body into the air seal chamber are bumped or mixed with each other for forming air balance within the vessel body. In the pressure seal apparatus a plurality of small gas chambers are provided in the air seal chamber within the above mentioned vessel body, wherein an exhaust tube for mixed gas of the pressure sealing gas and steam leaking out of the vessel body is connected at least to a small gas chamber at which gas and steam are mixed together, and further a pressure introduction (supply) mechanism for supplying gas into the air seal chamber is provided near the roll seal mechanism.

Abstract: A drain disposing device in a seal mechanism on a cloth material inlet side of a high pressure steamer wherein there are provided a drain receiving tray which is disposed at a desired position on the inner circumferential surface of the seal mechanism and a drain guiding passage which communicates with the drain receiving tray for discharging the drain in the drain receiving tray to the inside of a drum body of the high pressure steamer or to the outside thereof.

Abstract: In a pressure seal apparatus for a high pressure steamer, seal rolls form a nip in a roll seal mechanism mounted on the fiber products feed in and take out openings of a high pressure steamer vessel body. The roll seal mechanisms shield the inside of the vessel from external air when fiber products are fed in or taken out and are positioned on the upper planes of a seal block through which a fiber products passage extends. Different members can be combined with the seal rolls in forming the seal mechanism, such as intermediate rolls formed as water permeable hoses are inserted into concave parts provided on opposite sides of the fiber products passage through the seal block. In another embodiment an elastic sealing member is placed in contact with the seal block and the seal rolls. In still another embodiment a shielding valve is provided at one end of the fiber products passage for regulating vessel internal pressure and preventing sudden pressure leakage.