US3892109A

US3892109A - Jet dyeing and washing apparatus

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Publication number: US3892109A
Application number: US471121A
Authority: US
Inventors: Norman E Klein; Herbert R King
Original assignee: Milliken Research Corp
Current assignee: Deering Milliken Research Corp; Milliken Research Corp
Priority date: 1974-05-17
Filing date: 1974-05-17
Publication date: 1975-07-01
Anticipated expiration: 1992-07-01
Also published as: CA1007477A

Abstract

Apparatus to ensure accurate positional alignment of a multijet spray washer to clean out the dye jets of an automatic dyeing system. A guide system is provided to positively align the dye jet spray washing apparatus.

Description

July 1, 1975 United States Patent n91 Klein et al.

[541 JET DYEING AND WASHING APPARATUS 3,571,840 3/l97l Gleatonet a]. l5/3l2 R [75] Inventors: Norman E. Klein, lnman', Herbert R. FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS King, Spartanburg, both of SC.

Deering Milliken Research l,024,683 3/1966 United Kingdom.........v... l34/l67 R [73] Assignee:

Corporation, Spartanburg, SC.

May 17, 1974 Primary ExaminerRicharci E. Aegerter Assistant ExaminerL. Foottand [22] Filed:

Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Luke J. Wilburn, Jr.; H. William Petry App]. No.: 471,121

T C A R T S B A 5 20 O U w I 9 CB3 ;MU C RC 7-, 5@ H1 10 45D em i01 RB mm C a W 8 m6 n m 6 m m m m a C I t. U.mF HUM 555 Apparatus to ensure accurate positional alignment of a multijet spray washer to clean out the dye jets of an automatic dyeing system. A guide system is provided [56] References cued to positively align the dye jet spray washing apparatus.

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,218.8 l0/l940 Chaussabel 68/205 R 11 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures SHEET 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 I 1 l l I 1 1 1 1 l 1 L- c f JET DYEING AND WASHING APPARATUS Therefore an object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which is accurately located relative to the dye jets of a dyeing and printing jet spray gun bar.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become clearly apparent as the specification proceeds to describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall dyeing and printing apparatus;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the upper end of the dyeing apparatus showing one row of jets in a gun bar and back washer jets including traversing carriage;

FIG. 3 is a top view of FIG. 4 showing the back washer;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of one of the back washer water supply manifolds and support; and

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the back washer tracking arrangement to provide highly accurate linear transport motion for multiple back wash jets that can be used as a means of checking dye jet position.

Looking now to FIG. 1 the overall apparatus will be explained. Fabric 12 to be jet dyed is supplied from carpet roll 14, mounted on a suitable roll stand 16, over a pin wheel 18 onto a conveying system 16 under the dye jet gun bar system 19 downwardly to a dancer roll system 20. From the system 20 the dyed carpet is fed successively through the steam chamber 22, washer 24, dryer 26 and taken up in a roll 28 mounted on another suitable take-up stand 30.

In a manner generally shown in FIG. 2 and disclosed in co-pending Pat. application Ser. No. 430,528, filed Jan. 3, l974, the jet washer assembly 33 is coordinated to clean out the debris and dyestutf from the dye orifices 32 when desired. It is desired to have a single jet washer 33 for each row of dye jet gun bars 34 and to provide an arrangement where the dye jets 32 can be accurately aligned with the jet washer to ensure cleaning of the jet dye orifice.

To this end is provided a carriage arrangement as shown schematically in F IG. 5 which ensures that the jet washers 33 are properly aligned and the support arrangement is counterbalanced to prevent distortion of the jet washer support.

Initially the rigid guide member or track 36 is exactly lined up in position while the lower track 38 acts merely as an elevation support for the lower end of the runner array for the support track. To this end is provided an upper trolley member 40 and a lower trolley member 42 which support therebetween a carrier system composed of

water manifold bars

44 and 46 which traverse across the width of the machine 18 to support and supply water or other suitable fluid to multiple back wash jets. Each of the

trolleys

40 and 42 support rotably mounted pulleys. Trolley 40 has

pulleys

50, 52, 54 and S6 and trolley 42 has

pulleys

58, 60, 62 and 64. To guide the trolley members and consequently the

water manifold bars

44 and 46 are

cables

66 and 68.

Cable 68 is fixed at one end to frame portion 70 and at the other end to frame portion 72 and in between is guided successively over

pulleys

50, 54, 60 and 58. Cable 66 is fixed at one end to frame portion 74 and at the other end to frame portion 76 and is being guided in between by

pulleys

52, 56, 62 and 64. From this cable arrangement it can be readily seen that the

manifold bars

44 and 46 will be held in correct alignment due to the counter action of the

cables

66 and 68 against each other.

The

trolleys

40 and 42 are mounted, as noted before, on

bars

36 and 38 so that they can be slid across the width of the jet gun bars 34 so each dye jet 32 can be cleaned by the jet washer 33. As further described there will be one jet washer for each row of dye jets 34 and can be manifolded in sets, such as shown in FIG. 3 or can be individually mounted. Each jet washer preferably consists of a high pressure water jet 70 directed concentrically into the dye jet 32 and a lower pressure water jet 72 to spray water around the jet area to clean debris therefrom.

In the preferred form of the invention the jet washer 33 is mounted to two

plates

74 and 76 secured on the

manifolds

44 and 46 by suitable bolts 78. The top plate 76 for reasons hereinafter explained, is elongated and has a slot 80 therein which can be positioned by adjust ment of screws 82 in slots 84. The

water jets

70 and 72 are mounted and projected upwardly through the slot or large opening 86 in the upper plate so they can be laterally adjusted.

ln setting up the device the high pressure jets 70 are adjusted so that the center of the slot 80 is in line with and perpendicular to the centerline of the high pressure jet 70 so that when the distance between corresponding dye jets 32 on adjacent gun bars has been selected the jet washer jet 70 will be directly in line with its respective dye jet 32. This can be used to check the position of the dye jets since when the jet system is moved the required amount of distance across the frame, liquid dye on water, if preferred to be used in place of dye in the system during gun bar alignment, can be supplied to the selected dye jet 32 and if it is in proper position a stream of liquid dye or water can be observed projecting undeflected down through the slot 80. If necessary the dye jet 32 can be repositioned until this condition occurs and repeated until all the dye jets are properly positioned with respect to the high pressure water jets 70.

In the preferred form of the invention water is supplied into the

manifolds

44 and 46, as by a flexible water supply line (not shown), and delivered into the

washer jets

70 and 72 by suitable hoses 88 but any other suitable means of water supply can be used within the scope of the invention. Also, suitable adjusting bolts 90 and 92 can be used to align or realign the

shafts

36 and 38 but other suitable means can also be used. The jet washer system of the present invention may be utilized not only to clean the gun bar orifices, but also to properly align the dye jet gun bars of the gun bar system. To align the gun bars, the plurality of jet washers 33 corresponding to the number of gun bars will be secured on the

manifolds

44 and 46. The distance between the slots 80 in each of the jet washers 33 is then adjusted to the distance desired to be main tained between each gun bar. The gun bars are then adjusted so that the streams of dye emitted by the individ ual jet orifices along each bar fire through the slots 80 of their respective jet washer when the washer system is traversed along the

rods

36 and 38. When all of the gun bars have been aligned to fire through their respective slots 80, and the water jets 70 of the respective washers are also aligned with the slots, the orifices of the gun bars will be aligned with each other and with the water jets 70 to permit proper backwash of the orifices during traverse of the washer system.

When it is desired to clean out one of the dye jets 32 the jet washer system 33 is slid or traversed along the

rods

36 and 38 by any suitable mechanical or automatic means to the correct position under the preselected dye jet 32 and stopped if necessary. A supply of water is then supplied from the

jets

70 and 72 into and onto the dye jet 32 until the jet has been thoroughly cleaned. This operation is repeated successively until all the desired dye jets have been cleaned. lt is understood that under normal conditions all the dye jets in a multiplicity of gun bars, which are in line, are cleaned simultaneously and the carriage is moved progressively across the machine until all the dye jets have been cleaned. If desired, a cleaner or solvent can be added to the water supply to aid in cleaning of the dye jets.

It can be readily seen that only the preferred embodiment has been described but we desire to be limited only by the scope of the depending claims.

That which is claimed is:

1. Apparatus to jet dye a moving material comprising a line of jet dye orifices, means to move the material in operative relation with said line of jet dye orifices, spaced supporting track means extending substantially parallel to said line of jet dye orifices, traversing support means mounted on and extending between said supporting track means for movement there along, a cable system interconnecting the ends of said traversing support means to maintain them in their same relative positions to each other during their movement along said supporting track means, at least one jet cleaner mounted on said traversing support means between said supporting track means and in line with said line of jet dye orifices, means to supply cleaning liquid to the jet cleaner and means to traverse said jet cleaner along the line of jet dye orifices.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said traversing support means mounting said jet cleaner includes a pair of manifold members mounted substantially perpendicular to the line of dye jet orifices, a pair of plate members mounted on said manifold members, said jet cleaner being operably associated with one of said plate members in line with said line of jet dye orifices, and wherein said means for supplying cleaning liquid to the jet cleaner includes conduit means connecting the jet cleaner to said manifold members, and means for supplying cleaning liquid to said manifold members.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein one of said plate members has an elongated slot therein in alignment with said jet cleaner orifice to provide a means to align the individual jet dye orifices in the line with the jet dye orifices.

4. Apparatus as defined in claim 1 including a plurality of lines of jet dye orifices positioned in spaced generally parallel relation, and a jet cleaner mounted on said traversing support means positioned in line with each of said lines of jet dye orifices to supply cleaning liquid thereto.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said jet cleaner includes at least two jets with one jet directed directly into the jet dye orifices and the other directed at an angle thereto.

6. Apparatus to jet dye a moving web of material comprising: a line of jet dye orifices, means to move a web of material in operative relationship with said line of jet dye orifices, at least a pair of supporting shafts substantially parallel to said line of jet dye orifices, a traversing support means slidably mounted on each of said supporting shafts, at least two manifold shafts interconnected between said traversing support means substantially perpendicular to said line of jet orifices, a cable system interconnecting said traversing support means to prevent distortion of said manifold shafts, a jet cleaner mounted on said manifold shafts in line with said line of jet dye orifices, means to supply cleaning liquid to the jet cleaner and means to traverse said jet cleaner parallel to the line of jet dye orifices.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said jet cleaner includes at least two cleaning jets with one cleaning jet directed directly into the jet dye orifices and the other directed at an angle thereto.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said apparatus includes at least four spaced apart frame members forming generally a rectangular shape, said cable system including at least two cables with the ends of each cable being fixed to diametrically opposite corners of said frame members.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein each of said traversing support means includes a pulley system to guide the cables to the respective frame support members.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said jet cleaner includes at least two cleaning jets with one cleaning jet directed directly into the jet dye orifices and the other directed at an angle thereto.

1 l. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said apparatus includes at least two lines of jet dye orifices and at least one jet cleaner for each line of jet dye orifices connected to said manifold shafts.

t l t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 9 9 Dated y 97 In e mfl Norman E, Klein and Herbert R. King It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Column 2, line 32, the word "on" should read --or--.

Signed and Scalcd this Twenty-second Day Of March 1977 [SEAL] Arrest:

RUTH C. MASON C. MARSHALL DANN ANPSYl-"S ff Commissioner of Parent: and Trademarks

Claims

11. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said apparatus includes at least two lines of jet dye orifices and at least one jet cleaner for each line of jet dye orifices connected to said manifold shafts.