Gaston County Dyeing Machine Co.

Charles R Hornbuckle

Christoph Walter Aurich

William C Sturkey

James K Turner

James Keith Turner

Paul L Abernathy

George G Hacker

An apparatus for treating textile yarn in package form is disclosed having a kier for supporting yarn packages for treatment therein, a pump connected to the kier for pumping treating liquor to the kier to treat yarn packages supported therein, an expansion tank connected to the kier for receiving treating liquor from the kier and connected to the pump for passage of treating liquor from the expansion tank to the pump for recirculation to the kier, a device for supporting yarn packages in the expansion tank, valving operable for alternatively using the expansion tank as a kier and the kier as an expansion tank. The kiers and expansion tank are of differing capacities to accommodate varying load sizes at minimum liquor ratios. The heat exchangers are also of differing capacities for more efficient operation of the system.

Apparatus and method for treatment of yarn in package form

Apparatus for low liquid wet treatment of a textile material in various forms, such as lengths of fabric in rope form or yarn in skein form, through a treating chamber in the presence of a treatment liquid with the textile material being circulated through a predetermined path of treatment on oscillating support members in the form of parallel beams arranged in rows and caused to oscillate in an alternate manner in which alternate support members are driven through a raised support and movement path wherein the textile material is supported and moved forward thereon while intermediate support members are moved through a lowered return path out of supporting engagement with the textile material. While the textile material is being supported and moved by the support members, treatment liquid is applied by a system of horizontally opposed spray nozzles directed outwardly in a horizontally opposed manner such that the sprays collide, disrupting the spray pattern and causing the treatment liquid to fall as a mist onto the textile material passing thereunder.

Apparatus for low liquid wet treatment of a textile material

A wet processing jet machine for treating textile piece goods in rope form at a low liquid ratio. A plug supporting tube is provided as a vertical extension of a U-shaped processing chamber. The sides of the chamber are perforated and the bottom is imperforate for enhanced movement of the plug through the chamber. The tube extension is perforated to allow flow of liquid therefrom for enhanced plaiting. The amount of liquid with the rope in the plug is minimized for low liquid requirements and the head of the plug causes the plug to progress through the chamber above the low level of the liquid in the bottom of the vessel, which liquid level is below the bottom of the chamber or at least at a level that does not cause substantial floatation of the plug. The rope entering the tube is plaited by passing through an inverted frusto-conical plaiting nozzle that is oscillated and reciprocated to provide effective plaiting. In addition, a steam jet nozzle is provided for treatment and also to provide a driving impetus to the rope as it travels through the machine. The nozzle is formed with an annular housing having a wide steam accumulation chamber connected to a narrow supply passage leading upstream to a wide distribution chamber from which the steam flows downstream through a delivery passage to an annular orifice opening at a downstream inclination into the interior housing through which the rope travels.

Low-liquid jet machine for wet processing textile fabric

A liquor applying nozzle has a hollow tubular frame surrounding the path of a textile rope circulating in a textile dyeing machine to provide an opening having an elongated, generally straight, transversely extending bottom, a transversely extending top surface spaced from the bottom, and a pair of spaced, upstanding, generally straight side surfaces. Dye liquor is distributed through the hollow interior of the frame to lower and upper orifices extending across the bottom and top surface of the frame. The nozzle further includes an enclosure portion extending downstream from the tubular frame and upper and lower plate-like members that extend in spaced relation to the enclosure portion and are adjustable with respect thereto to adjustably define the size of the orifices.

Liquor applying nozzle for a textile dyeing machine

Apparatus for wet treatment of cloth in endless rope form through a treating chamber in the presence of a treating liquid, with the cloth rope being circulated through a cloth return tube that communicates with the ends of the treating chamber. A front venturi introduces treating liquid into the cloth return tube to apply impetus to the cloth rope to draw it from the treating chamber and circulate it back through the cloth return tube into the other end of the treating chamber. An optional rear venturi introduces treating liquid at the entry of the cloth return tube into the treating chamber to pull the cloth from the cloth return tube and direct the cloth and treating liquid upwardly against a deflecting plate that is adjustbaly positioned in the treating chamber to intercept the cloth and treating liquid, with the deflecting plate opening the cloth to substantially the full width of the treating chamber and direct it upwardly and forwardly for forming into folds that compact to form a plug of the cloth rope that progresses through the treating chamber. The circulating treating liquid is maintained at a predetermined level in the treating chamber and the deflecting plate directs the cloth above the liquid level so that air is entrained in the folds of the cloth plug to facilitate reorienting of the cloth as it is formed into folds and, thereby, minimizes creasing. The cloth plug is formed with an exposed portion above the level of the treating liquid in the treating chamber which exposed portion is sprayed with circulating treating liquid from a plurality of openings spaced longitudinally along the top of the inside of the treating chamber. The circulating liquid being sprayed from the openings provides multiple treatment locations for the progressing cloth plug and wets the interior surface of the treating chamber to prevent condensation and dripping of condensate onto the exposed portions of the cloth plug. The front venturi is incorporated in a liquid injection nozzle assembly that is removably mounted in the cloth return tube and has nozzle segments that are removable and adjustable in spacing to allow for modification of the capacity of the venturi to suit necessary handling requirements for various weight and type fabrics being treated.

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Lincolnton, NC, United States of America

Charles R Hornbuckle