US1074390A - Apparatus for dyeing thread and like material. - Google Patents

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B. TEUPER. APPARATUS FOR DYEING THREAD AND LIKE MATERIAL.

APPLICATION TILED 0OT.29, 1912. 7 1,074,390, Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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B. TEUFER.

APPARATUS FOR DYEING THREAD AND LIKE MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.29, 1912.

1,074,390. Patented Sept.30,1913.

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APPLIOATION FILED 0UT.29, 1912. 1,074,390, Patented Sept; 30, 1913.

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B. TEUPER. APPARATUS FOR DYEING THREAD AND LIKE MATERIAL. I APPLICATION FILED 001229, 1912. 1,074,390. Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

i BERNI-IARD TEUFER, 0F GHEMNITZ, GERMANY.

. APPARATUS FOR DYEING THREAD AND LIKE MATERIAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNHARD TEUFER, a subject of the King of Saxony, residing at Ghemnitz, Saxony, Germany, have invented an Improvement in Apparatus for Dyeing Thread and like Material, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus f0 dyeing various materials, particularly skeins of silk, woolen, linen or other threads.

I am aware that heretofore skeins of threads have been placed upon reels and passed through a bath of dyeing material by means of endless chains, in which apparatus the reels upon which the thread is wound have also been caused to turn during the passage of the thread through a bath.

I am also aware that it is not new to pass the skeins of threads through several baths, first, through the bath of dyeing material and then through baths of various substances for cleansing the threads after having been dyed.

The object of my present invention, however, is the production of an apparatus for dyeing skeins of various threads, in which the thread to be dyed is passed slowly and successively through baths in which the.

liquid is caused'to move in the opposite direction': to that in which the thread is conveyed, one in which the reels upon which the skeins of thread are placed are turned in the direction so that the forward side of the reel has an ascending motion and the rearward side of the reel has a descending motion, and one in which the reels carrying the threads to be dyed are only submerged totheir axes in passing through the baths, the motion imparted tothe reel being rapid, so that a thorough immersion of the thread is effected, and, as hereinbefore stated, the baths are caused to flow in the opposite direction to that in which the reels are moved in their travel through the baths,

so that the thread first comes into contact with a liquid in the dyeing bath which has been more or less utilized, and it is progressively advanced to that portion of the bath to which the freshly prepared dyeing liquid is supplied, so that an economical use of the dyeing bath is also obtained.

In carrying 'out my invention, I also em- 7 i ploy a series of'baths through which the thread is passed for cleansing thesame after it has been removed from the bath contain-- ing the dye, all of which will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus comprising my present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is across section on line A. A, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an elevation and partial cross section on an' enlarged scale illustrating the reel upon which the thread to be dyed is placed, and the parts associated with the reel.: Fig. 5 is a plan view of the part shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the parts as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the gears by which the reels are turned. Fig. 8 is a cross section illustrating the bushings in which the inner ends of the reel shafts are j ournaled. Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the same, Fig. 10 is an elevation and partial cross section illustrating the manner in which the reels, with the skeins of thread thereon, are immersed in the baths as the same pass through the apparatus, and Fig. 11 is a central longitudinal section of the apparatus comprising my present invention. 5

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that my improved apparatus for dyeing skeins of thread and like material preferably comprises a frame consisting of a base indicated at 18, and a plurality of posts or uprights indicated at 1. .Within this frame are placed a number of tanks. In the drawing I have illustrated three such tanks and Patented Sept. 30, 1913. Application filed October 29, 1912. Serial No. 728,340.

the same are indicated at 2, 3 and 4. The

tank 2 is the tank for containing the dyeing liquid, and the tanks 3 and 4 are adapted to contain the rinsing and cleansing liquids. The tanks 2 and 3 are preferably in the lower portion of the frame and on the same level with each other, while the tank i is in the upper portion of the frame above the other tanks.

Suitably mounted in the frame adjacent to the ends thereof are sprocket wheels Z mounted in pairs at opposite ends of the apparatus. Over these sprocket wheels Z and also over suitable intermediate guide wheels, endless chains K are passed; The sprocket wheels Z at the left-hand end of the apparatus, are mounted upon a shaft 19, on one end of which is also mounted a worm wheel Z Meshing with the worm wheel -Z is a worm Z fixed on the shaft 20, which is turned by a pulley S driven from any suitable source of power. I also employ a plurality of reel frames each comprising end members 21, andlongitudinal or connecting members 5. The end members 21 of these reel frames are pivotally connected to corresponding links ofthe endless chains K, as indicated at 22, and centrally each reel frame is provided with a transverse member .6. A short shaft 23 is connected to the end members of eachof the reel frames, preferably in alinementwith the point in which the same is pivotally connected with the endless chains. On each of these shafts 23 "is a'gearZ adapted to mesh with the teeth Z is providedwith a square opening, the. purpose of which will be hereinafter de-i scribed.

Intermediate of each internal gear Z and journal gears Z is agear Z adapted to mesh with both the journal gearsZ and the internal gears Z.

The central transverse member 6 of each' reel frame is fitted with abearing 7. In each bearing 7 is a pair of bushings 9, the adja-? cent closed ends of which abut against one another within the bearing 7 and are locked; in position therein by meansof suitable pins; 25 which pass through the bearings 7 andj into circumferential recesses provided therefor in the outer surfaces of the bushings 9.} lVithin each bushing 9 and movably longitudinal therein is a hollow shaft 10. Each hollow shaft 10 is suitably slotted to receivef pins 15, so that the hollow shafts may bei moved longitudinally of the bushing and caused to rotate therewith. 'At the end of} each hollow shaft 10 is a flange 11 having a spherical face and being provided centrally; with a square opening 12. -Extending between the inner end of the bushing 9 and thei outer end of each hollow shaft 10 is a spring 13, by means of which, as will be understood, 1 the parts of this bearing and its bushings: are normally maintained in the positions as j illustrated in Fig. 8. understood, upon returningtothe point .X

I also employ a plurality of reels, each? consisting of a shaft 17, side members 251 suitably secured to the shaft 17, and reel rods H extending between the side members I 25; These reel rods, as will be understood,I are spaced at suitable points in the circuin- 'ference of a circle. Both ends of each reel vided in that portion of the gear which passes throughthe plate 16 inclosing the internal gear Z The opposite end of each reel I shaft 17 is adapted to pass and fit within the opening 12 provided therefor in the disk 11 on any of the hollow shafts 10, it being understood that the reels are removable and j 2 interchangeable, and that any'reel maybe inserted in an framebyplacing one end of the reel sha t in the opening in the ournal gears Z? and movlng'inwardly the corresponding hollow shaft 10 against the action 7 of itsspring 13, permitting the oppositeend of the reel shaft topass into the opening 12,

when the disk and "hollow shaft 10 are re leased.

From the foregoingv descr1ptionyit-w1ll be apparent that in the operation ofthe apparatus, the material to be dyed having first Z turned by theinternalgearZi and the journal gear Z' which is turned by the gear Z and furthermore it is tobe observed that each wheelie rotated "so that its forward part is ascending and itsrearward part'descending during its travelthroughthe apf paratus.

In the operation of the apparatus, the

reels are inserted and removed from the reel frames at the place indicated at K, Fig. 1. The reel upon being inserted in its place is caused to travel'by the endless chains first downwardly and then forwardly with its caused to enter the tank 3, in which maybe placed any suitablesliquid for rinsingithe threads on the reels after the same'fhave been dyed. The reels, after passing through the" the reels with the threads thus treated are removed from the apparatus, and at all times during the horizontal travel of the reel frames and reels through the apparatus,

the reels are revolved at a relatively high speed, so that a thorough immersion and consequent uniform dyeing and cleansing of the fabric is effected.

Furthermore, as hereinbefore indicated,

the liquid in all the tanks is by suitable means not shown caused to flow in the opposite direction from that in which the chains, reel frames and reels travel. The object of this is to'cause thematerial to beetreated to first come in contact in any of the tanks with the bath therein whichhas been more or less utilized at the time the material tobe treated is first immersed, and in its subsequent progressthnough. each bat-h,:the mate iac rial to be treated is constantly brought into a portion of the bath nearerrthe point of supply, at which, of course, the bath. is freshest and therefore the most effective.

The gearing, as illustrated, will cause the reels to revolve at approximately six times the speed at which the gear wheels Z are turned, but as will be understood, the speed at which the wheels are caused to revolve is a matter of design and forms no part of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. An apparatus for dyeing threads and the like, comprising a base, a frame, a dye tank, endless chains, means for actuating the same, a frame pivotally connected to the said endless chains, a device removably connected to the last aforesaid frame and adapted to support the material to be dyed, and

means whereby in the travel of the chains and frame the said device is turned insuch a direction that its forward side ascends and its rearward side descends.

2. An apparatus for dyeing threads and the like, comprising a base, a frame, a dye tank, endless chains, means for actuating the same, a frame pivotally connected to the endless chains, a device for supporting the material to be dyed, means whereby said device is removably connected to the last aforesaid frame, and means whereby in the travel of the chains and frame the said device is turned in such a direction that its forward side ascends and its rearward end descends.

3. An apparatus for dyeing threads and the like, comprising a base, a frame, a dye tank in the said frame, endless chains, means for driving the same in unison, a reel frame pivotally connected to corresponding links of the endless chains, a reel for supporting the material to be dyed, means for removably connecting the said reel to the reel frame, and means whereby in the travel of the chains and reel frame the said reel is so turned that its forward port-ion ascends and its rearward portion descends.

4. An apparatus for dyeing threads and the like, comprising a base, a frame, a dye tank in the said frame, endless chains, means for driving the same in unison, a reel frame pivotally connected to corresponding links of the endless chains, a reel for suporting the material to be dyed, a gear associated Copies of this patent may be obtained for 5. An apparatus for dyeing threads and the like, comprising a base, a frame, a dye tank in the said frame, endless chains, means for driving the same in unison, a reel frame pivotally connected to corresponding links of the endless chains, a reel for supporting the material to be dyed, a gear associated with one end of the said reel frame, a rack meshing with the said gear, a journal gear in which one end of the reel shaft is removably connected, a bearing in which the opposite end of the reel shaft is removably journaled, an internal gear connected with the first aforesaid gear, and. an intermediate gear meshing both with the said internal gear and ournal gear.

6. An apparatus for dyeing threads and the like, comprising a base, a frame, a'plurality of dye tanks in the said frame, endless chains, means for driving the same in unison, a reel frame pivotally connected to corresponding links of the endless chains, a reel for supporting the material to be dyed, a shaft for the same, a gear associated with one end of the said reel frame, a rack meshing with the said gear, a journal gear in which one endof the reel shaft is removably connected, a bearing in which the opposite end of the reel shaft is removably journaled, an internal gear connected with the first aforesaid gear, an intermediate gear meshing both with the said internal gear and journal gear, and means for guiding the said reel frames and reels from one into the next succeeding tank through the apparatus.

.7. An apparatus for dyeing threads and the like, comprising a base, a frame, a plurality of dye tanks in the said frame, endless chains, means for driving the same in unison, a reelframe pivotally connected to corresponding links of the endless chains, a reel for supportingthe material to be dyed, a shaft for the same, a gear associated with one end of the said reel frame, a rack meshing with the said gear, a journal gear in which one end of the reel shaft is removably connected, a bearing in which the opposite end of the reel shaft is removably journaled, means for turning the said journal gear and reel shaft from the aforesaid gear in such a direction that the reel is revolved with the forward portion thereof ascending and the rearward portion descending, and means for guiding the said reel frames and reels from one into the next succeeding tank through the apparatus.

Signed by me this 15th day of October,

BERNH. TEUFER. Witnesses:

SIDNEY RIcH, M. J. BENNDORF.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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