Conditioning Chutes Patents (Class 68/179)
  • Patent number: 8746018
    Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of strand-shaped textile products in the form of a continuous material strand which is circulated at least during part of the treatment, includes an elongated, essentially tubular treatment container and a transport nozzle array that can be charged with a gaseous transport medium stream. In the treatment container is arranged, adjoining a material strand inlet, a storage section for receiving a piled-up material strand package is provided with a sliding floor that is inclined, at least in sections, in a manner descending from a pile-up unit toward a head part of the treatment container. Charge elements are provided at least in the region of the transport nozzle array to charge the material strand with a liquid treatment agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Then Maschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Wilhelm Christ
  • Patent number: 7886390
    Abstract: An apparatus for wet-processing strand-shaped textile good, includes a closed container, a transport nozzle array to which a gaseous transport medium can be supplied, and a device for applying a liquid treatment agent in atomized form to the moving strand of goods in the region of the transport nozzle arrangement. The device for the application of the treatment agent is designed to apply the treatment agent to the strand of goods in two sections (I, III), which are at a distance from each other in transport direction of the strand of goods, in a form enclosing the strand of goods at least partially in a ring-shaped manner. In so doing, the gaseous transport medium is applied to the strand of goods in an intermediate region (II) located between said two sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: THEN Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Christ, Tak Ming William Tsui
  • Patent number: 7578152
    Abstract: A Wet processing machine for rope-formed textile product comprises a closed vessel and a Venturi-Transport jet system, which can be impinged to a transport medium current, in order to drive an endless fabric rope circulating in the vessel in a pre-determined rotation context. The transport jet system has a nozzle annular gap through which the transport medium flows, which is restricted on the one side by a nozzle cone with a passage channel. Winding devices are provided upstream of the transport jet system in the fabric rope movement path. Further, devices are available, which serve the application of a processing liquor on the fabric rope in a segment of the fabric rope movement path, which lies between the area of the winding device and the nozzle annular gap of the transport jet system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Then Maschinen (B.V.I.) Limited
    Inventors: Carl Cordes, Thomas Widmer
  • Patent number: 7454931
    Abstract: This is a device or equipment for treating the textile fabric shaped like a rope and it has a container and a transport nozzle system for the textile fabric. The transport nozzle systems have at least two separate transport nozzles arranged one beside the other axially, for each one of the respective rope-materials, whereby the transport nozzles are placed in a common transport-medium (medium of transport) distribution equipment. The transport-medium (medium of transport) distribution equipment is connected to a transport-medium (medium of transport) circulating equipment, and it contains the inlet for the transport-medium (medium of transport) of the transport-nozzles along with a space/room for impingement of the transport-medium i.e., medium of transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Then Maschinen (B.V.I.) Limited
    Inventors: Lee Che Keung, legal representative, Carl Cordes
  • Patent number: 7398574
    Abstract: In a method for treating ropelike textile goods in a closed container that contains at least two axially adjacent J-boxes for receiving textile goods during at least part of the treatment time, a driving motion in a feeding direction is imparted to the textile goods, by means of a gaseous flow of feeding medium made to act on the rope via feed nozzle means. The textile goods, before entering each J-box, pass through separate feed nozzle means assigned to that J-box. Upon exiting from these feed nozzle means, the textile goods are introduced selectively into the respective associated first J-box or a second J-box adjacent to this J-box, or in the case of at least one J-box are conducted along a predetermined path, which carries the textile goods away from this J-box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Then Maschinen (B.V.I.) Limited
    Inventor: Wilhelm Christ
  • Patent number: 7316042
    Abstract: The machine comprises in combination: means (7) for supplying the fabric (T); means (9) for extracting the fabric; at least one first tank (1) and one second tank (3) which are positioned in series and between which a pneumatic transfer member (5) for transferring the fabric alternately from the first tank to the second tank and vice versa is arranged. The pneumatic transfer member is pivotable so as to assume at least two positions depending on the direction of feeding of the fabric through said pivoting transfer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Coramtex S.R.L.
    Inventors: Luigi Marcora, Alberto Ciabattini
  • Patent number: 7140207
    Abstract: Device for the continuous treatment of yarns with process fluids comprising a Venturi nozzle fed with process fluid as driving fluid to feed the yarn to the treatment, a distributor for distributing the yarn in the treatment reactor according to a layer of superimposed swirls, a tank reactor, internally equipped with a saddle-shaped guiding surface on which the threads arranged in a layer first descend for immersion and then rise emerging from the process fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Savio Macchine Tessili S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Badiali, Mario Minuti
  • Patent number: 7090702
    Abstract: A continuous treatment system of yarns with process fluids, particularly for mercerization, wherein a bundle of threads to be treated is put into the reaction with a Venturi nozzle activated with process fluid, which entrains the bundle of yarn with it, and with a swirl distributor in the J-shaped treatment reactor, having an inner saddle-shaped guide surface for the downward and upward movement of the yarn in the process fluid bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Savio Macchine Tessili S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Badiali, Mario Minuti
  • Patent number: 6672114
    Abstract: The jet dye apparatus includes a reactant chamber for the processing or various materials and liquids, and a pump for recirculating the liquids to and from the reactant chamber. A jet venturi or nozzle receives the material from the reactant chamber and returns the material to the reactant chamber through a return tube. A portion of the liquids from the pump are supplied to the jet venturi. An inductor receives a portion of the liquids from the pump before they are returned to the reactant chamber. The inductor combines the liquids with granular or powder additives from an additive container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Benjamin H. Glover, Robert David Nabow, Bruce R. Edwards, Stephen Kelly Stewart
  • Patent number: 6148648
    Abstract: A machine is provided for the multiple-pass dyeing of cord fabrics. The machine includes a dyeing vat containing at least two Overflow or Jet units or funnels, arranged adjacent to each other and associated with at least two reels straddling at least two fabric collecting vats and the at least two Overflow or Jet units or funnels (24-29), so as to pick up the cord fabric contained in the collecting vats and introduce the cord fabric into the Overflow or Jet funnels. The cord fabric is tied into a ring. For the purposes of passing the cord fabric, the collecting vats and Overflow or Jet funnels are connected to each other in a non-sequential manner and in a number lower than the maximum number of fabric collecting vats and Overflow or Jet units or funnels present in the machine. Moreover, in machines equipped with at least four compartments, two of the fabric collecting vats and the Overflow or Jet units or funnels, located next to the opposite ends of the dyeing vat, are connected to each other in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: MCS Officina Meccanica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Danilo Cagnazzi
  • Patent number: 4766744
    Abstract: The process for rendering wool sliver shrinkproof involves complete wetting of at least one laterally unguided wool sliver with a chlorinating liquor at ambient temperature wherein the liquor is applied to the sliver with a four- to sevenfold excess. The sliver is conducted immediately thereafter through a guide slot, together with the applied excess quantity of liquid; the complete wetting of the fibers of the sliver with the chlorinating liquor is effected in this guide slot by separating the wool sliver from possible air occlusions. Subsequently thereto, the sliver is accompanied by the liquor through a small-volume guide channel, to be squeezed out following the chlorine treatment. The apparatus has a pair of squeeze rolls, the cylinders of which are arranged to be spaced apart to form a guide slot and are rotatably mounted, these squeeze rolls being associated immediately thereabove with spray means to supply the chlorinating liquor necessary for complete wetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Fleissner Gmbh & Co.
    Inventor: Gerold Fleissner
  • Patent number: 3949579
    Abstract: Apparatus for fabric processing, comprising a tank provided with a bottom and suitable for containing a certain amount of processing liquid, and a liquid pervious channel within the tank, at least partly submersible in the liquid, receiving the fabric to be processed and operated by driving means imparting thereto at least a movement to and away from the tank bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Inventor: Attilio Bertoldi