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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Hbi Branded Apparel Enterprises, Llc, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Abbott, Statesville, NC (US);
Robert A. Miller, III, New Ringgold, PA (US);
Ruth E. May, Schuylkill Haven, PA (US);
Assignee:
HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06B 23/20 (2006.01); D06B 1/02 (2006.01); D06B 15/02 (2006.01); D06B 23/02 (2006.01); D06B 23/00 (2006.01); D06P 7/00 (2006.01); D06B 19/00 (2006.01); D06B 21/00 (2006.01); D06P 1/00 (2006.01); D06C 3/06 (2006.01); D06B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06B 23/20 (2013.01); D06B 1/02 (2013.01); D06B 15/025 (2013.01); D06B 19/0029 (2013.01); D06B 21/00 (2013.01); D06B 23/00 (2013.01); D06B 23/02 (2013.01); D06C 3/06 (2013.01); D06P 1/0016 (2013.01); D06P 7/00 (2013.01); D06B 5/00 (2013.01); Y10S 8/916 (2013.01); Y10S 8/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rinsing station for removing residual materials from a fabric being dyed or bleached. The rinsing station includes a first pair of rinse spray nozzles. One of the first pair directed to spray a rinse fluid downwardly onto incoming dyed fabric. The other of the first pair directed to spray the rinse fluid upwardly onto the incoming dyed fabric. The rinsing station also includes a pair of nip rollers downstream for the first pair of rinse spray nozzles for extracting the rinse fluid.