US1398043A - Cloth-handling device - Google Patents

Description

A. RAU.

CLOTH HANDLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. 1921.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT MU, OI CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB 130 UNITED PIECE DYE WORKS,

' INC., A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY. I

cno'rn-nmnnme DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22. 1921.

Application filed February 5, 1921. serial No. 442,644.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT county of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth-Handlin Devices, of which the following is a spec' cation.

This invention relates to cloth handling devices and is herein described as embodied silks, and is more particularly in an apparatus adapted to wash or dye described as one adapted to'wash chifions. In handling many kinds of cloth, especially cloth which is light in weight and light in color, such as light colored silk chifions, it has vbeen found diflicult to effect washing and dyeing without producing streaky oods, due to the fact that the cloth tends to old over on itself, or

- tends to direct the washing or dyeing waters indefinite streams, with the result that streaks are roduced, depending on the direction and orce of the streams.

In the endeavor to'overcome these and other difficulties, it has hitherto beenusually found necessary to employ very large volumes of water, especially for washing purposes, with consequently great expense for water and often for power. the present invention these and other iificulties are avoided by washing the goods or dyein them in a counter-current stream, especial y by carrying the goods upwardly through a stream or past a stream which is flowing downwardly and at the same time straight stretch into a tub 4 beneath a suit-. able guide or bar 5 extending across the tub. and preferably of glass or other exceedingly carrylng the goodsin contact with smooth edges, which under some circumstances may bend the goods back and forth more or less,

with the result that the relative tension ofthe threads and fibers changes conducing to the thorough washing of the goods.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a side view of an apparatus found suitable for washing chifion, many parts being broken away or only partly shown.

Fig. 2 is a' similar face. view of the same.

The silk chiflon or other goods in piece form 1 is drawn over a bar 2, such'as 11-inch diameter glass rod, suitably supported in a frame 3 and 1s carrled down' in, a nearly smooth material such'as smooth brass.

The cloth runs upward at 6 after passing Accordin to lower deflectors against the face of the --It has been found that itis entirel'ynn necessary to adjust the spray for the width 4 under the guide or --rod 5, being drawn up- RAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clifton,

ward by winding it upon a suitable reel 7 at the top of the device and carried in journals 8at the opposite end of the frame 3. As the goods 1 are drawn upward by being wound upon the reel 7 they pass upward, and are somewhat stretched over a glass rod 9 which may be one inch in diameter and forms the edge of a deflector 10 which may be mounted which may be a glass rod one inch in diameter, like the edge 9, and form the lower edge of a deflector 12, standing at a similar angle and tending to throw against the goods 6 water flowing upon it. The goods then pass upwardly to other deflectors 13 havingsimilar edges 14, each deflector usually being so positioned that the goods are bent slightly over it because the cloth in passing from the deflector below to the deflector above is bent out of a straight path by the edge 14.

Above the topmost deflector 14 is a special deflector 15 facing a similar special deflector 16, each haw'ng preferably a glass rod edge 17, the two deflectors l5 and 16 forming a funnel device into which water is sprayed against pipes 18 and 19 so that the spray falls against the 45 degree angle faces of the special deflectors 15 and 16 and flows down against the upwardly moving cloth. The water 1n flowing downwardlyl against the cloth washes it thoroughly wit clean water at this point and then flows down past the successive deflectors 14 arranged oppositely and offset to each other, like the deflectors 10 and 12 so that the water finally reaches the tub 4.

It is found that in washin a light weight and light colored chiffon, e even deflectors 10, 12, 13, etc, thoroughly Wash the fabric clean in a height goods running thirty yards penmmute. The water supply with such a fabric was found to-work satisfactorily if the spray was ad- "justed 'to feed water at such a rate that onequarter inch depth, or possibly a little more, is intermittently backed up on each of the goods.

of some nine or ten feet, the

the sides 15 and 16, respectively, by

i the entire device adapted to scour, wash, or

' water in the form of a still bath. v

The device has been found to work satis .factorily for dyeing and hasbeen foundfor cumstanceshas been found even suitable for of the goods, since a spray extending across dye 54-inch goods has been found to work equally well on narrow'goodsno more than 28 inches wide, because for some reason the water seems to tend to flow upon the deflectors toward the goods and thus wash them thoroughly even though the goods are narrow compared with the width of the device. It is found that with different weights and kinds of goods the amount of bending at the edges 9, 11, 14, etc., should be varied according to the character of the goods if the best results are to be obtained,

and to enable such variation in the position of the edges the end walls 20 of the wash ing device may be provided with battens 21 upon which the deflectors 10, 12, 13, etc., are

some purposes to be more satisfactory if the glass rods or surfaces are replaced by some other material, especially a non-fibrous glassy material like rounded brass plates.

he baflies 10, 12, 13, etc, may be made of wood %-inch thick and 10 inches across, The water running 011' into the tub 4; is utilized in any suitable manner and under some cirwashing a second time when the device is used for washing, and may be circulated continuously if it is used as the dye solution when dyeing is being done. v

Having thus described one embodiment of my invention, what I claim is:

1; The combination withmeans for .drawing cloth upward, of means for, feeding water against the cloth near the top of its run so that it may flow downward along the up- 'wardly movingzcloth, fixed edges by which the cloth is guided so that it is diverted from I wardly moving cloth, and Opposite a straight line in both directions, and fixed deflectors extending from the edges 1 for bringing the down-flowing water against the cloth from each side. 1

2. The combination with means for-drawing cloth upward, ofmeansfor feeding water against the cloth near the top of its run so that is may flow downward alon the upy facing fixed deflectors offset from each other and adapted to bear against the' opposite faces It is found that where theof the cloth as it is drawn upward and adapted to bring the down-flowing wateragainst the cloth on both sides. 7

3. The'combination with means for drawing cloth upward, of means for feeding water so that it may flow downward along the upwardly moving cloth, and deflectorsofi' set from each other adapted to bear against the opposite faces of the cloth as it'is drawn upward and inclined to cause the downflowing water to flow against the cloth.

1. The combination with means for drawing cloth upward, of means for feeding water against the cloth near the top of its run so that it may flow downward along the upwardly moving cloth, fixed edges by which the cloth is guided so that it is diverted from a straight line in both directions, ,deflectors extending from the edges for bringing the down-flowing water against the cloth on both sides, and non-fibrous smooth faces on the edges against which the cloth bears.

.5. The combinationwith means fordrawing cloth :upward, of means Qfor feeding water against the cloth near the top of its run so that it may flow downwrad along the up-v J wardly moving cloth, oppositely facing fixed deflectors offset from each other adapted to bear agalnst the opposite faces of the cloth as it is drawn upward and adapted to bring, the down-flowing water against the cloth'on both sides, and non-fibrous smooth edges on the deflectors against which the cloth bears.

6. The combination with means for drawing cloth upward, of means for feeding water sothat .it may flow downwardalong the upwardly moving cloth, deflectors offset from each other adapted to bear against the opposite faces of the cloth as it is drawn upward and inclined to cause the down-flowing water to flow against the cloth, and nonon the deflectorsfibrous smooth edges against which the cloth bears.

7. The combination with in the tub beneath which a length of cloth is adapted to be canried, a second guide above the tub over which the cloth is drawn down to, the firstguide, ofl'set fixed edges spaced-apart above the. tub so that the cloth rising from the first guide passes between them and bears-against one or the other of them with each of its faces, gieflectorsforming extensions of said edge adapted to diatub Of a aide rect down-flowmg'water against both, sides 7 of the cloth, means for-feeding water to the top deflectors so thgt the down-flowingwater flows against th cloth, and means for drawing the cloth upwardly.-

8. The combination with a tub, of a frame 1 above the tub, inwardly facin sloping fixed deflectors in said frame be ween which a cloth is adapted to be drawn upward so that it bears against the deflectors on both sides and down-flowing water is directed against both sides of'thecloth, highly polished 110119.

fibrous edges on the deflectors against which the cloth bears, and water feeding devices at the top deflectors adapted to deliver water so that it flows downwardly over the upwardly moving cloth.

9. The combination with a tub, of a frame above the tub, inwardly facing sloping fixed deflectors in said frame between which a cloth is adapted to be drawn upward so that it bears against the deflectors on both sides and'down-flowing water is directed against both sides of the cloth, and bends slightly over each deflector, highly polished nonfibrous edges on the deflectors against which the cloth bears, and water feeding devices at the top deflectors adapted to deliver water 'so that it flows downwardly over the upwardly moving cloth.

10. The combination with a tub, of a frame, offset inwardly sloping deflectors between which a length of cloth is adapted to be drawn upward from the tub so that it bends first Over one deflector and then over another backing up downwardly flowing water upon each deflector, and guides at the top forming a funnel between which the cloth is drawn out, and which are adapted to flow water against the cloth.

11. The V combination with a tub, of a frame, ofi'set inwardly sloping deflectors between which a length of cloth is adapted to be drawn upward from the tub so that it bends first over one deflector and then over another backing up downwardly flowing water upon each deflector, guides at the top forming a funnel between which the cloth is drawn out, and which are adapted to flow water against the cloth, non-fibrous olished edges for the deflectors, and gui es over which the cloth bends.

12. The process of washing cloth which consists in drawing it upwardlyagainst a downwardly flowing stream of water, and bending the cloth oppositely at intervals around smooth edges as it passes the stream of water so that the water backs up first on one side of the cloth and then on the other.

13. The process of washing cloth which consists in drawing it upwardly against a small downwardly flowing stream of water continually directed against it on both sides, and bending the cloth oppositely at intervals around fixed smooth edges where the water is directed against it, so that the cloth is bent first to one side and then to the other while thoroughly wetted by flowing water on both sides.

14. The combination with means for drawing cloth along, of devices for repeatedly feeding a body of water to the opposite faces of the cloth, so that it intermittently backs up against the cloth on both sides thereof.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature to this specification.

, ALBERT RAU.

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