Method and apparatus for discontinuous wet treatment of a hank of fabric
AssigneeBruckner Apparatebau GmbH
InventorsWerner Koch, Gerd Kolmer
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Abstract
The invention relates to the discontinuous wet treatment of a hank of fabric in at least one cycle of the fabric through a treatment compartment. In order to achieve a rapid and reliable wet treatment with a relatively simple construction, the treatment compartment is divided into two treatment chambers which lie parallel adjacent to one another, so that with each circulation of the fabric two sections of fabric running parallel to one another are treated simultaneously in two similar treatment chambers of the same treatment compartment which serve for the same type of treatment.
Claims16
In a process of discontinuous wet treatment of a continuous length of a hank of fabric (2) with a liquid treatment solution wherein sections of fabric (2a, 2b) run parallel and simultaneously through adjacent treatment chambers (4,5) of a liquid-containing treatment compartment (1), the improvement therein of:
- transporting the sections of fabric out of each treatment chamber and into the other treatment chamber;
- detecting the load of the hank of fabric in each treatment chamber;
- in response to detecting the load of the hank of fabric being greater in one treatment chamber than the load of the hank of fabric in the other treatment chamber, transporting the section of fabric out of the treatment chamber having the larger load at a greater rate than transporting the other section of fabric out of the treatment chamber having the smaller load.
Apparatus for discontinuous wet treatment of a hank of fabric (2), comprising a treatment compartment (1) with which mechanical transport elements (6, 7) are coordinated for circulation of the hank of fabric (2) through said treatment compartment, said treatment compartment (1) being divided into parallel treatment chambers (4, 5) mounted adjacent one another through which sections of fabric are moved simultaneously for substantially the same type of treatment of the fabric sections, means (11, 12) for pivotally supporting said treatment chambers, said transport elements (6, 7) being arranged between said treatment chambers for moving the sections of fabric through each of said treatment chambers, detection means (14) for detecting an imbalance of the fabric load in said treatment chambers, and control means (15) responsive to said detection means for adjusting the operation of at least one of said transport elements to adjust the speed of movement of the section of the hank of fabric through its treatment chamber to equalize the imbalance of the fabric load between said treatment chambers.
Apparatus for discontinuous wet treatment of a hank of fabric (2) comprising:
- a treatment compartment (1) divided into parallel treatment chambers (4, 5) mounted adjacent each other for receiving sections of a hank of fabric;
- transport elements (6, 7) for each treatment chamber for progressively moving a section of the hank in one treatment chamber to the other treatment chamber;
- balance means (11, 12) for pivotably balancing said chambers about a pendulum axis;
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- means (14, 15) responsive to an imbalance of said treatment chambers to adjust the rate of movement of a section of the hank from at least one treatment chamber to the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.