Equipment for textile surface-treatment
AssigneeWiegert Textilhandel GmbH
InventorSusanne Wiegert
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Abstract
A method and equipment for the surface-treatment of textiles, whereby the textiles are processed by mechanically stressing their surfaces, illustratively to achieve fading/wash-out effects, thereby simulating substantial wear of a garment, additional waste removal being minimized. A liquid-holding container is provided to receive the textiles being treated, with wooden bodies being present in the liquid and evincing such a density that either they float at the surface and/or within the liquid. An agitator keeps the textiles being treated in motion inside the liquid and between the wood bodies.
Claims17
Equipment for the surface treatment of textiles, whereby the textiles are processed in order to achieve fading/wash-out effects which simulates wear of said textiles, said equipment comprising:
- a container means for holding a liquid and for receiving said textiles;
- a plurality of wooden bodies provided in the liquid, said wooden bodies being adapted to float in said liquid, and
- an agitator means for circulating the textiles in the liquid and among the plurality of wooden bodies;
- wherein the agitator means comprises a multi-blade impeller mounted on a drive shaft, said drive shaft passing through an upper portion of said container, said impeller being located adjacent an inner wall of said container to define at least one flow constriction therebetween, and wherein said textiles pass between said impeller and said inner wall through said constriction during surface treatment.
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