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US 4,322,957 AGranted
Apparatus for drying of tubular fabrics
AssigneeSamuel Pegg & Son Limited
InventorsAndrzej N. Nowicki, David H. Smith
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AssigneeSamuel Pegg & Son Limited
InventorsAndrzej N. Nowicki, David H. Smith
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The invention provides a drying apparatus for a preliminary drying operation for tubular fabrics which includes a pair of drivable squeeze rollers forming a water expression nip, a freely rotatable supply roller resting against one of the squeeze rollers to form a fabric transportation nip, a transverse stretching device and air bubble forming means arranged below the water expression nip, a tube for receiving fabric from the fabric transportation nip at an upper end and a draining surface extending under the transverse stretching device and the lower end of the tube for receiving bundled fabric from the tube for passing to the transverse stretching device, and a means for supplying water to the tube for assisting downward fabric movement through the tube. The apparatus is compact, simple and can be effectively combined with other machinery for a final drying operation.
An apparatus for drying tubular fabric including a pair of drivable squeeze rollers forming a water expression nip, a freely rotatable supply roller resting against one of the squeeze rollers to form a fabric transportation nip, a transverse stretching device and air bubble forming means arranged below the water expression nip, a tube for receiving fabric from the fabric transportation nip at an upper end and a draining surface extending under the transverse stretching device and the lower end of the tube for receiving bundled fabric from the tube for passing to the transverse stretching device, and a means for supplying water to the tube for assisting downward fabric movement through the tube.
Apparatus for drying tubular fabric including a pair of drivable squeeze rollers forming a water expression nip, a freely rotatable supply roller for resting against one of the squeeze rollers to form a fabric transportation nip, means for moving the guide roller into and out of engagement with the said squeeze roller, a transverse stretching device and an air bubble forming means arranged below the water expression nip, a sensing device for controlling the introduction of air and thereby the size of the air bubble inside the fabric, a tube for receiving bundled fabric from fabric transportation nip at an upper end, a draining surface extending under the transverse stretching device and a lower end of the tube for receiving bundled fabric from the tube for passing to the transverse stretching device, a guide member mounted above the draining surface directly below the transverse stretching device for guiding fabric from the draining surface onto the transverse stretching device and a means for supplying water collected from the draining surface to the tube for assisting downward fabric movement through the tube.
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