Process and apparatus for continuous dyeing of elongate textile material
AssigneeYoshida Kogyo K. K.
InventorHiroshi Yoshida
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Abstract
A process and apparatus is disclosed for dyeing an elongate textile material with different colors at predetermined intervals in a substantially continuous, uninterrupted cycle of operation. The apparatus comprises a plurality of dye baths exchangeable one with another, a nip and guide roll assembly rotatable into dyeing position in timed relation to the particular dye bath which has been exchanged; an orienting guide roll assembly carrying thereon a plurality of guide rolls and a cam plate adapted to retract one of the guide rolls away from the path of dyed material, and a cylindrical drum drier having a plurality of apertures for the passage of dyed and undyed materials, respectively.
Claims5
A process of dyeing an elongate textile material with different colors at predetermined intervals in a substantially continuous, uninterrupted cycle of operation which comprises scouring, washing, drying, dye-depositing, thermosol setting, final washing, rinsing and drying and which further comprises the steps of:
- (a) exchanging one dye bath with another successively at a dye-depositing station;
- (b) simultaneously exchanging nip rolls and guide rolls alternately mounted on a rotatable support means;
- (c) orienting the direction of feed of the material which has been dyed;
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- (d) passing both undyed material and dyed material through their respective drying sections in a single drier assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.