Rinsing Station for Spray Dyeing System
AssigneeHBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
InventorsMichael D. Abbott, Robert A. Miller, III, Ruth E. May
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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.
Claims20
A rinsing station for removing residual materials from a dyed or bleached fabric, the rinsing station comprising:
- a first pair of rinse spray nozzles, one of the first pair of rinse spray nozzles being configured to spray a rinse fluid downwardly onto a first side of the fabric, and the other of the first pair of rinse spray nozzles being configured to spray the rinse fluid upwardly onto a second side of the fabric;
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- a pair of nip rollers downstream from the first pair of rinse spray nozzles for extracting the rinse fluid from the fabric.
A method for rinsing fabric being run through a fabric dying or bleaching system, the method comprising:
- accepting taut fabric into a first rinsing station;
- spraying water having a temperature of from about 100 to about 180 degrees Fahrenheit downwardly onto a first side of the fabric with a first nozzle;
- spraying water having a temperature of from about 100 and 180 degrees Fahrenheit upwardly onto second side of the fabric with a second nozzle;
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- extracting at least some of the water from the sprayed fabric with a pair of nip rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.