Jet machine and processing method
AssigneeGaston County Dyeing Machine Company
InventorsJames Keith Turner, William Cleere Sturkey, Christopher W. Aurich
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Abstract
A jet machine for wet processing textile fabric in continuous loop form is provided that is capable of applying dyestuff effectively from either a migrating or non-migrating system and that may be employed as well for bulking or shrinking prior to wet processing.
Claims11
Apparatus for wet processing textile fabric in continuous loop form of the type that includes means for recirculating said fabric loop free of nip constraint and under an aspiration influence induced with an inert gas, together with an enclosure housing a chamber of J-box configuration capable of containing liquid and arranged for storing a major portion of said fabric loop while the loop is progressively withdrawn from and returned to said chamber during recirculation under said aspiration influence, and in which said chamber is additionally arranged with a throat adjacent the entrance to the J-box leg at which the fabric loop is returned and means is connected at said throat for drawing off the discharge from said aspiration influence and delivering the drawn off discharge for inducing said aspiration influence, said connecting means providing the only path of communication between said chamber and the housing enclosure therefor.
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