Apparatus for abrading fabrics
AssigneeBenzaquen, Sociedad Anonima, Industrial, Comercial, Immobiliaria y Financiera
InventorJose Benzaquen
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Abstract
Apparatus for conditioning fabrics to alter the tonality and feel of the fabric includes a plurality of spaced guide rollers and rotating abrasion cylinders which are adjustable in elevation relative to the guide rollers. The abrasion cylinders also oscillate transverse to the direction of fabric travel in response to rotation of the cylinders. The tension of the moving fabric is readily controlled and the direction of travel of the fabric is reversible.
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Apparatus for continuously conditioning fabric including means for moving the fabric through the apparatus with substantially negligible longitudinal tension, said means comprising rotating roll means at opposite ends of said apparatus, and means for varying the frictional contact between said roll means and the fabric so that such contact is greater at one end of the apparatus than at the other depending upon the direction of travel of the fabric through the apparatus, guide means for guiding said moving fabric through the apparatus, at least one fabric abrasion cylinder positioned transversely to the direction of movement of the fabric through the apparatus, drive means for rotating said cylinder about an axis transverse to the direction of movement of the fabric, and oscillating means for oscillating said cylinder in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of the fabric, said oscillating means oscillating said cylinder in response to the rotation thereof.
Apparatus for continuously conditioning fabric including means for moving the fabric through the apparatus, said means comprising rotating roll means at opposite ends of said apparatus, means for varying the frictional contact between said roll means and the fabric so that such contact is greater at one end of the apparatus than at the other depending upon the direction of travel of the fabric through the apparatus, guide means for guiding said moving fabric through the apparatus, at least one fabric abrasion cylinder positioned transversely to the direction of movement of the fabric through the apparatus, drive means for rotating said cylinder about an axis transverse to the direction of movement of the fabric, and oscillating means for oscillating said cylinder in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of the fabric, said oscillating means oscillating said cylinder in response to the rotation thereof.
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