Method and apparatus for treating textile goods in rope form
AssigneeTHEN Machinen GmbH
InventorsWilhelm Christ, Peter Korner
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Abstract
In a method for treating textile goods in rope form in a closed treatment tank, the textile goods are joined at the ends to form an endless rope. By means of a gaseous stream of feeder medium, made to act on the rope via feed nozzle means, a rotational motion inside the treatment tank is imparted to the rope. The rope emerging from the feed nozzle means is lapped, on entering a J-box located in the treatment tank, by the feed nozzle means itself, which execute a reciprocating motion.
Claims26
A method for treating textile goods in rope form in a closed treatment tank which includes at least one J-box for receiving textile goods during at least part of the treatment period,
- in which the textile goods are joined at the ends to form an endless rope, and by means of a gaseous stream of feeder medium made to act on the rope via feed nozzle means, a rotational motion is imparted to the rope over a rotational path, containing the feed nozzle means and the J-box, inside the treatment tank;
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- in which the rope emerging from the feed nozzle means, upon entering the J-box, is laid in place by means of a reciprocating motion of the feed nozzle means.
An apparatus for treating textile goods in the form of at least one endless rope, having
- a closable treatment tank;
- at least one J-box, located in the treatment tank, for receiving the rope at least during part of the treatment period;
- feeding means for feeding the rope, which have feed nozzle means through which the rope passes, with a rope inlet and a rope outlet, which are capable of being acted upon by a gaseous feeder medium, lending a forward motion in a rotational direction to the rope, and which are located entirely inside the treatment tank;
- devices for causing a treatment agent to act on the rope in the treatment tank;
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- steering and guiding devices for the rope in the treatment tank, by which the rotating endless rope is guided over a rotational path located in the treatment tank and including the feed nozzle means and the J-box;
- wherein the feed nozzle means are movably supported in the treatment tank, and associated with them are adjusting means by which a motion causing the rope, emerging from their rope outlet, to be laid in place can be imparted upon entry into the downstream J-box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.