Apparatus for the treatment of textile fabrics
OwnerEric Stanley Rhodesinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for extracting liquid or moisture from fabrics in continuous length in which air is drawn through a slot in a suction pipe arranged in proximity to the interior of a portion of the perforated body of a drum or through a slot formed by peripheral members of a frame arranged inside the drum, seals being formed around the slots to ensure that air drawn into the drum therethrough the perforations in the drum body and through the fabric carried over the slot in a tensionless state as the drum rotates.
Claims3
Apparatus for extracting moisture from a continuous length of fabric comprising a rotatable drum having a perforated cylindrical wall over which the fabric is drawn, a stationary shaft on which said drum is rotatably mounted, means for rotating the drum at substantially the linear speed of the moving fabric so that the fabric is in substantially tensionless state in passing over the drum, means defining a relatively stationary slot extending substantially throughout its length within and lengthwise of the drum adjacent the inner periphery of the drum, said slot defining means comprising two separate opposed plates mounted on said shaft and mounting a pair of opposed seal means having spaced facing edges defining said slot, said seal means being in sliding contact with the interior of said drum, means for relatively adjusting said plates to vary the spacing between said seal means and thereby vary the effective slot width, and means for applying suction to said slot for drawing air inwardly of the perforated cylindrical wall of the drum through the fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.