Textiles: fluid treating apparatus – Machines – Liquid flowing
Patent
1998-08-04
1999-11-23
Coe, Philip R.
Textiles: fluid treating apparatus
Machines
Liquid flowing
D06B 326
Patent
active
059879343
ABSTRACT:
A textile wet processing machine includes a processing chamber having an adjustable inner wall. The inner wall is continuously adjustable to accommodate textile fabrics in cloth rope form having great variations in weight, texture, thickness, flexibility and load. The inner wall may be positioned at any position relative to the outer wall of the processing chamber between a predetermined innermost position and a predetermined outermost position. In a preferred embodiment, adjustment is accomplished by a worm gear assembly, a transverse drive shaft coupled to the worm gear assembly and a linkage assembly. The worm gear assembly includes a worm gear positioned within a gear box housing that is rotated manually by a hand wheel, or is rotated automatically by an electric drive motor or pneumatic positioner programmed by an electronic processor to set the volumetric size of the processing chamber in accordance with a preselected textile fabric. The transverse drive shaft includes a worm wheel at one end adjacent the worm gear. The linkage assembly includes a first rigid link fixed to the transverse drive shaft and a second rigid link rotatably secured to the free end of the first rigid link. The free end of the second rigid link is secured to the inner wall such that rotation of the transverse drive shaft rotates the inner wall of the processing chamber about a transverse axis between the predetermined innermost position and the predetermined outermost position.
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Coe Philip R.
Dremann Christopher C.
Scholl America, Inc.
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