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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Jeffrey Todd Rhyne, Belmont, NC (US);
Edward Dean Smith, Jr., Dalton, GA (US);
Robert Cone Miller, Jr., Dalton, GA (US);
Joseph Andrew Gottberg, Mooresville, NC (US);
Jeffrey Todd Rhyne, Belmont, NC (US);
Edward Dean Smith, Jr., Dalton, GA (US);
Robert Cone Miller, Jr., Dalton, GA (US);
Joseph Andrew Gottberg, Mooresville, NC (US);
BMB Enterprises, Inc., Dalton, GA (US);
Abstract
A continuous heat set line for setting yarn, having spaced-apart, elongate, tubular entrance and exit cooling chambers interconnected by an elongate intermediate steam heat-setting chamber communicating therewith. The entrance and exit cooling chambers and the intermediate heat-setting chamber collectively define a single longitudinally-extending axis along the combined length thereof. Sealing heads seal the entrance and exit cooling chambers and the intermediate heat-setting chamber to a degree sufficient to maintain a pressurized condition within the heat-setting chamber. A yarn conveyor extends through the pretreatment chamber for conveying the yarn through the entrance and exit cooling chambers and the heat-setting chamber. At least one piston and cylinder assembly moves sealing rolls into and out of position relative to each other, while independently-operating springs urge the rolls together sufficiently to effect a seal.