Auxiliary yarn dyeing mechanism
AssigneeC.J.I. Industries, Inc.
InventorAllan Rozner
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Abstract
There is disclosed a mechanism for dyeing yarns as they are fed from their cones into a knitting machine. Each yarn passes through a container in which there is a liquid dye of a color selected for that particular yarn. Although a quick-drying dye is used, to insure that each yarn is completely dried prior to its reaching a respective knitting needle, a jet of air is directed against each yarn as it exits from its respective dye container.
Claims2
In a fabric forming machine having a plurality of means each for supplying a yarn to be used in forming a fabric, operating means for incorporating the yarn into a fabric, and means for guiding the yarn toward said operating means, the improvement comprising a plurality of containers each having a dye therein and a yarn passageway therethrough, each of said yarns which is to be dyed being passed through one of said containers in its path of travel between the respective supplying means and operating means, and further including means for directing a spray of air against each of said yarns as they exit from said containers for ensuring the drying of the yarn prior to its reaching said operating means.
In a fabric forming machine having a plurality of means each for supplying a yarn to be used in forming a fabric, operating means for incorporating the yarn into a fabric, and means for guiding the yarn toward said operating means, the improvement comprising a plurality of containers each having a dye therein and a yarn passageway therethrough, each of said yarns which is to be dyed being passed through one of said containers in its path of travel between the respective supplying means and operating means, wherein the yarn passing through each of said containers exits from the container through a hole at one end thereof, and each of said containers includes at least one layer of resilient absorbent material having a channel therethrough and disposed at said one end thereof for guiding a yarn toward said hole in said container, and including a needle for threading said yarn through said container, said needle being of sufficient length for one end thereof to protrude from said hole at said one end of said container while the other end of said needle carrying said yarn protrudes from the other end of said container.
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