Washer for tubular knitted fabric material
AssigneeTeresa Catallo
InventorFrank Catallo
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Abstract
A washer that washes a continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material. The washer includes a frame, a set of rollers, an air nozzle rack, and a controller. The frame rests on a support surface. The set of rollers are rotatably attached within the frame and guide the material through a washing liquid to wash the material. The air nozzle rack is replaceably attached to within the frame and blows air onto the material to cause ballooning of the material to maximize exposure of a total surface area of the material to the washing liquid. The controller is operatively connected to the set of rollers and minimizes and keeps constant the tension of the material as the material passes through the washing liquid under an influence of the air nozzle rack to thereby provide a more effective wash of the material.
Claims42
A washer for utilizing a washing liquid for washing a continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material having a total surface area and a tension and for maximizing exposure of the total surface area of the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material to the washing liquid by ballooning the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material while minimizing and keeping constant the tension of the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material to thereby provide a more effective wash of the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material, comprising:
- a) a frame;
- b) a set of rollers;
- c) an air nozzle rack;
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- d) a controller;
- wherein said frame is for resting on a support surface;
- wherein said set of rollers are rotatably attached within the frame;
- wherein said set of rollers are for guiding the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material through the washing liquid for washing the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material;
- wherein said air nozzle rack is replaceably attached to within said frame;
- wherein said air nozzle rack is for blowing air onto the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material to cause the ballooning of the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material for maximizing the exposure of the total surface area of the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material to the washing liquid;
- wherein said controller is operatively connected to said set of rollers to minimize and keep constant the tension of the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material as the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material passes through the washing liquid under an influence of said air nozzle rack to thereby provide the more effective wash of the continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.