Crellin, Inc.

Albany International Corporation

Essex Group, Inc.

Alvin D Thomas

Garner Pruitt

Victor J DesRosiers

Louis G Ditton

Brian Couchey

A spring dye tube for use in dyeing textile yarns has a generally open-ended, cylindrical configuration with a latticed side wall. It is resiliently compressible in a longitudinal direction, and includes longitudinal stabilizing elements to prevent growth or collapse during high-speed winding operations. In turn, these longitudinal stabilizing elements buckle and collapse when the spring dye tube as a whole is compressed in a longitudinal direction. The longitudinal stabilizing elements may be disposed in pairs separated by a gap, or singly. In the latter case, a longitudinal groove may be provided along the length of the element; the element will split along this groove when the tube is compressed. In either case, this provides a means for dye to pass through that portion of the tube during use in a dyeing operation. The longitudinal stabilizing elements can resemble thin membranes in appearance, the membranes being of greater width than thickness. In yet another case, the longitudinal stabilizing element may cover the entire inner surface of a spring dye tube. The longitudinal stabilizing elements may be incorporated in helical, and other kinds of, spring dye tubes known in the art.

Dye spring elongated membrane design

A spring dye tube has a pair of end rings and at least one support ring intermediate these rings and concentric therewith. A plurality of spaced, rigid V-shaped ribs are integrally formed with the rings and define therewith an initially rigid network or winding yarn to be dyed through which dye can flow. The ribs are arranged in separate spaced groups so as to tend to collapse axially upon the application of a predetermined force thereon. A non-collapsible rigid, torque resistant section extends from each end ring to strengthen the structure. Straight parallel members add rigidity and extend from one end ring to the other.

Spring dye tube

A dye tube has a pair of end rings and at least one support ring intermediate these rings and concentric therewith. A plurality of alternate, rigid V-shaped and inverted V-shaped ribs are integrally formed with the rings and defined therewith an initially rigid network of winding yarn to be dyed through which dye can flow. The ribs are arranged in separate spaced groups so as to tend to collapse axially in opposite directions upon the application of a predetermined force thereon. A non-collapsible torque resistant section extends from each end ring to strengthen the structure and prevent it from buckling.

Dye tube

A tapered flange wire spool construction having a load supporting hub portion at each end of a spool with a load bearing surface lying outwardly of the outer end surface of a respective outwardly flared end flange portion of the spool to enable the weight of wire carried by the spool to be transferred solely through a hub portion to a supportive surface disposed below the spool for preventing impact of the corresponding end flange portion with the supportive surface.

Tapered flange wire spool

A wire reel having an elongated hollow barrel with two circular flanges maintained on respective ends thereof by a plurality of bolts passing through the barrel and flanges and fitted with nuts to secure the flanges to the barrel. To improve assembly of the reel, a stud holder is provided in the barrel's interior which engages the bolts after their passing through a first flange, to align the ends of the bolts with openings in the second flange, facilitating its being placed on the barrel.

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Valatie, NY, United States of America

Alvin D Thomas