Ultrasonic textile processing wash boxes, processing lines and related methods
AssigneeConsultex Corporation
InventorArne W. Niemann
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Abstract
Ultrasonic wash boxes, processing lines, and related methods are provided herein. A wash box can include a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall. The housing can have an opening formed between the side wall and the end walls. The wash box can include a first ultrasonic field generator secured to a first side wall of the housing and a second ultrasonic field generator secured to the second side wall of the housing. The wash box can also include a fabric guide carriage insertable within the opening of the housing between the first and second side walls.
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A wash box comprising:
- a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall, the housing having an opening formed between the first and second side walls and the first and second end walls;
- a fabric guide carriage insertable within the opening of the housing between the first and second side walls into an operating position such that a fabric that is being processed travels around the fabric guide;
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- a first ultrasonic field generator and a second ultrasonic field generator positioned relative to the fabric guide when the fabric guide is in the operating position to treat the fabric traveling around the fabric guide.
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A fabric processing line comprising:
- at least one wash box comprising:
- a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall, the housing having an opening formed between the first and second side walls and the first and second end walls;
- a fabric guide carriage insertable within the opening of the housing between the first and second side walls into an operating position such that fabric that is being processed travels around the fabric guide;
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- a first ultrasonic field generator and a second ultrasonic field generator positioned relative to the fabric guide when the fabric guide is in the operating position to treat a fabric travels around the fabric guide.
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A method of treating a fabric, the method comprising:
- providing a wash box comprising:
- a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall, the housing having an opening formed between the first and second side walls and the first and second end walls;
- a fabric guide carriage insertable within the opening of the housing between the first and second side walls into an operating position;
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- a first ultrasonic field generator and a second ultrasonic field generator positioned relative to the fabric guide when the fabric guide is in the operating position;
- threading a fabric in the fabric guide carriage such that the fabric passes through processing fluid within the housing;
- generating a first ultrasonic wave field with the first ultrasonic field generator within the processing fluid and generating a second ultrasonic wave field with the second ultrasonic field generator within the processing fluid to treat the fabric traveling around the fabric guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.