US3820950A - Process and apparatus for liquid treating of textile fabric - Google Patents

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US3820950A
US3820950A US00418445A US41844564A US3820950A US 3820950 A US3820950 A US 3820950A US 00418445 A US00418445 A US 00418445A US 41844564 A US41844564 A US 41844564A US 3820950 A US3820950 A US 3820950A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the present invention relates to an improved appara tus used in the liquid treatment of textile fabrics, preferably in rope form. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved liquid treating apparatus for textile material capable of treating the material in a single length or strand, the invention also contemplating a method or process of loading a single length of textile fabric in rope form into a liquid treating tank and then continuously treating the same within the tank.
  • Dye becks which have heretofore been used for dyeing fabric in rope form have utilized a plurality of draw rolls, plaitor rolls and the like positioned above the dye bath and about which separate individual endless strands of fabric in rope form pass continuously into and from the dye liquor.
  • Such apparatus utilizes a peg rack that maintains each of the individual endless strands of textile fabric in rope form separate from one another.
  • the capacity of these dye becks is in the order of fifteen hundred yards of material, there being anywhere from to or more separate endless strands. In the operation of such a dye beck it is necessary to take lengths of fabric, for example, 100 yards of fabric and feed the same into the dye beck about the draw rolls or reels and then sew the two ends of the fabric to gether.
  • the above procedure is repeated until the beck is filled with the desired number of endless strands of fabric.
  • Thedyeing operation can then be started by loading the home with the dye liquor and operating the beck until the desired shade is obtained.
  • the unloading of the beck requires the reverse procedure in that each of the individual endless strands must be cut and the fabric removed. If subsequent textile operations require treatment of a continuous'length of fabric, the pieces must then be sewn to each other to make up such a length.
  • a third type of apparatus in the liquid treatment of fabric involves apparatus capable of feeding a continuous running length or strand into and out of the appara tus having the treating liquid therein.
  • difficulties have been encountered in obtaining i a proper and uniform liquid treatment as oftentimes it was difficult to obtain a stability in the treatment of the fabric especially in cases where the fabric is being dyed.
  • a continuous running length of material is fed from outside of the apparatus into the treating liquid in the apparatus and then out of the apparatus to be rolled therein or to be further processed, such fabric would have different shades due to the exhaustion of the dyestuffs from the dye liquor unless constant vigilance is maintained throughout the cycle of operation.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an improved and efficient apparatus particularly suited for the liquid processing of fabric in rope form in a single length, the fabric being uniformly treated throughout its entire length.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved apparatus capable of liquid treating of textile fabrics in rope form, the apparatus being easily loaded by a single operator attaching one end of the fabric within the apparatus, the remaining length being automatically fed into the apparatus.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide an improved method of automatically loading a liquid treating apparatus with a single long strand or length of fabric and'of treating the fabric strand or length continuously in the apparatus without the necessity of the ends of the strand being sewn together to form an endless strand.
  • a still further and important object of the present invention is to provide a liquid treatment apparatus capable of liquid treating a long length of fabric, the apparatus having an improved automatic feeding means for feeding the length of fabric from externally thereof into the same and means for continuously immersing the length of fabric in the liquid and removing the length therefrom.
  • Ancillary to the immediately'preceding object it is a further object toprovide a feeding and treating mechanisin capable of use with an open apparatus or a pressurized apparatus.
  • a still further object of the present invention is to provide an improved dyeing apparatus for dyeing a single long length of textile fabric material in rope form, the apparatus providing for smooth, fast uninterrupted movement in the feeding of the textile material to apparatus from externally thereof and then through the dye bath with little or no slippage of the material passing over the draw rolls, the material further being in a completely relaxed or tensionless position when in the dye bath.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved dyeing apparatus for dyeing a single long length of textile material in rope form, the apparatus having improved means for advancing the material into and out of the dye liquor with additional means for adjusting the length of the loops of material therein either initially or during treatment so as to provide for miscalculation of length of loops or shrinkage of material.
  • FIG. 1 is a horizontal sectional view through a liquid treating apparatus such as a dye beck for textile fabrics made according to the present invention, the view being taken substantially on the line l1 of FIG. 2 and with the structure for the door or closure being omitted;
  • a liquid treating apparatus such as a dye beck for textile fabrics made according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is an end elevational view of the apparatus of the present invention looking from the right of FIG. 1, parts of the apparatus being broken away for clarity;
  • FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 but having an upper portion thereof broken away, the broken away portion being taken substantially on the line 3-3 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIGS. 2 and 3 but showing the upper broken away portion of the apparatus taken substantially on the line 4-4 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the controls for the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the lower right-hand corner of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 7 is an enlarged elevational view of the spiralshaped fabric feed or cloth guide element or peg rack
  • FIG. 8 is a generally diagrammatic horizontal sectional view, partly broken away, of a modified form of the apparatus of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a simplified wiring diagram for the apparatus of FIG. 8;
  • FIG. 10 is a diagrammatic vertical sectional view of the upper portion of the apparatus of FIG. 8, the view being taken substantially on the line 10-10 of FIG. 8;
  • FIG. 11 is a view similar to FIG. 10, but being in elevation and illustrating the various drive elements for the apparatus.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagrammatic plan view of a modified form of movable peg rack or cloth guide usable with either the apparatus of FIG. l or FIG. 8.
  • the apparatus will be described in its preferred form as a dye beck but, as mentioned above, both the apparatus and the method involved are capable of use in any textile treating process involving the use of liquids such as scouring or washing machines or the like.
  • the dye beck of the present invention is generally designated by the numeral 10 and is preferably a cylindrical tank disposed on a horizontal axis and having end walls 12 and 14. All of the interior parts of the dye beck H0 or the parts of the system which come into contact with corrosive water, chemicals or dyestuffs are desirably constructed of stainless steel or other corrosive resistant metals or corrosive resistant plastics.
  • the tank of the dye beck 10 is of liquid tight construction and is provided with an opening 16 in its side wall 17 through which the textile material to be treated is inserted and removed and through which the interior of the beck may be serviced by the operator or maintenance personnel.
  • the opening 116 may be provided with a closure 18, the closure 118 having the usual seals thereon if the dye beck is to be used as a pressure beck rather than an open beck.
  • the end walls 12 and 13 for the dye beck 10 are provided with the usual vertical stiffening members 20 on both the upper and lower semi-cylindrical sections 22 and 24 respectively.
  • the sections 22 and 24 are bolted together through the flanges 26, there being a gasket 28 placed therebetween for providing a seal and air-tight relationship if the dye beck is to be pressurized.
  • the interior of the dye beck in the lower portion thereof where the dye bath is heated may be similar to that disclosed in the copending United States application of Robert A. Gilliam and John V. Isley Ser. No. 301,437 and filed Aug. 12, 1963. Additionally, the dye bath may be heated by suitable closed steam coils (not shown) provided between a false bottom and the side wall 17 of the beck, the controls for the steam coils and the steam coils themselves being of the type shown in either of the US. patents of John V. Isley and Robert A. Gilliam numbered 3,094,858 and 3,094,859 and both issued June 25, 1963.
  • a bracket 30 mounted exteriorly of the end wall 12 supports an electric motor 32 or other suitable source of power.
  • the electric motor 32 provides the prime source of power for a driven'draw roll 34 which extends horizontally within the tank or beck 10 between the end walls 12 and 13.
  • the driven roll 34 is mounted on a shaft 36 extending through a liquid tight bearing 38 on the end wall 12, the other end of the shaft being supported on a similarly mounted bearing 40 carried on the opposite end wall 14.
  • a driven sprocket 42 (FIG. 2.) mounted on the exterior portion of shaft 36 extending from the wall 12 receives an endless drive chain 44 which extends about a drive sprocket 46 on the drive shaft 36 of the motor 32.
  • a second roll 48 which is also horizontally disposed within the dye beck I0 is mounted on a shaft 50 suitably supported in the end walls 12 and 14 by bearings 52.
  • the roll 48 has its axis of rotation parallel to but slightly below the axis of rotation of the driven roll 34. While the roll 48 is shown as an idler roll, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the roll 48 may be positively driven at the same surface speed as the roll 34 off of the'roll 34 by suitable chain drive or the like. As best shown in FIGS.
  • both the rolls 34 and 48 are positioned adjacent the rear of the'dye beck 10 above the level of liquid of the dye bath in the lower portion of the dye beck, the roll 34 being positioned slightly above the roll 48 and closer to the rear of the dye beck.
  • An idler roll 54 is mounted adjacent the front of the dye beck 10.
  • the idler roll 54 which has an axis of rotation parallel to the axes of rotation of the driven roll 34 and roll 48 also extends horizontally between the side walls 112 and 14, the roll being mounted on a shaft 56 which has its ends suitably supported in the bearings 58 and 59.
  • the bearings 58 and 59 which are positioned on the exterior of the end walls 12 and 14, respectively, are liquid tight bearings similar to the bearings 38 and 52.
  • Roll 54 is preferably mounted at an elevation in the tank intermediate the elevation of the rolls 34 and 48 and as will now be understood, this roll is also positioned above the level of the dye bath within the dye beck 10.
  • roll 54 may be positively driven at the same surface speed as rolls 34 and 48, if so desired. While the guide rolls 34, 48, and 54 have been illustrated as mounted on shafts extending therethrough and supported adjacent their ends, it is, of course, understood that the shafts for the respective rolls may be stub shafts supported in the respective end walls 12 and 14 of the dye beck 10, the rolls being rotatably mounted on the stub shafts except for the driven roll or rolls which would have to be splined or keyed to the driven stub shaft or shafts.
  • a spiral-shaped element or rotatable peg rack 60 is provided in the front portion of the dye beck immediately below the idler roll 54 and slightly forward of the same.
  • the spiral-shaped element 60 serves two functions in the operation of the dye beck. First, the spiral-shaped element 60 functions as a means to assist in the automatic feeding of textile fabric into the dye beck and the forming of successive loops therefrom prior to the liquid treatment of the fabric and the automatic removal of the fabric from the dye beck at the end of the liquid treat ment of-the same.
  • the spiral-shaped element 60 which is preferably made from stainless steel comprises an elongated shaft 62 which has one end supported in a bearing 64 on the interior surface of the end wall 14 and the other end extending through the end wall 12 and supported on a liquid tight bearing 66.
  • a spiral or helical shaped wire member 68 which defines a helix throughout the length of the same providing a plurality of movable spaces or pockets 70 for reception of the fabric in rope form.
  • the wire member68 is supported on the shaft by a plurality of radially extending braces or spokes 72.
  • a driven sprocket 74 is mounted on the end of the shaft 62 which extends exteriorly of the end wall 12.
  • a bracket 76 suitably carried on the end wall 12 supports a gear head electric motor 78 having a drive sprocket 80 on its drive shaft.
  • An endless chain 82 extending about the drive sprocket 80 and the driven sprocket 74 rotates the driven sprocket 74 one revolution each time the motor is energized as will be explained later in the specification.
  • a guide or threading eye 84 supported by a bracket 86 carried by the dye beck 10 or by frame structure adjacent the dye beck 10 is positioned adjacent the opening 16 at an elevation threading eye 84 is arranged to receive the textile fab- .ric F in rope form from a cart or vehicle V and feed the same over the roll 54, under the roll 48 and over the I driven roll 34. It will be understood that the fabric F on the cart V is the total yardage of fabric to be treated.
  • a stainless steel endless chain 88 is suitably mounted for movement in a confined endless path adjacent the interior of the end wall 12.
  • the endless chain 88 passes about a driven sprocket 90 and a pluality of plurality sprockets 92 and is arranged to follow substantially the same path as a loop of the fabric F follows when above the liquid level of the dye bath and passing over, under and over the rolls 54, 48, and 34, respectively in the direction of the arrow B in FIG. 4.
  • Each of the idler sprockets 92 are suitably journaled for rotation on stub shafts 94 supported on the interior ofthe end wall 12 whereas the driven sprocket 90 is keyed to a driven shaft 96 extendingthrough the end wall 12 and rotatably supported in a liquid tight bearing.
  • the shaft 96 has splined thereon for movement longitudinally thereof a gear 98 movable by an air clutch 100.
  • the air clutch is suitably carried by a bracket 104 mounted on the end wall 12 of the dye beck 10.
  • the chain 88 has extending from one of the links thereof a rigid member 106' which carries a flexible leader 108 (FIG. 1 and FIG. 6).
  • the leading end of the textile fabric F is suitably attached to the flexible leader 108 by sewing or tying the same thereto and, thus, the leading end of the fabric F substantially follows the path of the chain 88 when the chain is moving about its sprocket in its confined endless path.
  • the confined endless path of movement of the leading end of the fabric F is in a plane extending transverse of the axes of the rolls 54, 48, and 34 and the length of the leader 108 is sufficiently long to insure the leading end of the fabric F being immersed inthe treating liquid during the travel'of the leader along the lower portion of the apth of the chain.
  • a pulse timer 114 is provided for controlling the rotation of the spiral-shaped element 60 and actuation of an air valve for the air clutch 100 in a particular timed seabove thespiral-shaped element 60.
  • the guide or quence a flexible cable 116 extending off of and driven by the continuously rotating shaft 36 of the driven roll 34 causes the timer'l 14, upon a predetermined number of revolutions of the shaft 36, to send a pulse to and energize a time delay. relay 112 so that the motor 78 can be energized a sufficient period of time to permit the same to rotate the spiral-shaped element 60 one complete revolution.
  • a lug 1 18 on the sprocket 74 of shaft 62 actuates a switch means 120 to close a circuit to a time delay relay 122 whereby the same may be energized by a pulsealso from the timer 114 for a predetermined length of time.
  • the time delay relay 122 operates the air valve 110 to its open position which in turn causes the air clutch to move its driven member 98 into engagement with the drive member or gear 102.
  • the time delay relay 122 actuates the air valve 110 for a sufficient length of time to permit the rethreading chain 8l8to make one complete revolution and thus thread the fabric or cloth through the empty pocket in the end of the spiralshaped element 60.
  • the pulse timer 114 is so synchronized with the rotation of the loops of fabric through the dye beck 10 that it causes the spiral-shaped element 60 and the rethreading chain 88 to each make one complete revolution in the above-described timed sequence for each complete revolution of the loops of fabric through the dye beck 10.
  • the gear 98 and the gear 102 are of a lzl ratio, and thus, the movement of the rethreading chain 88 is at the same velocity as the surface velocity of the positively driven roll 34 and the fabric traveling therewith.
  • the operation of the dye beck 10 may be described as follows: The dye bath with the proper amount of dyestuff is prepared in the dye beck 10 prior to the insertion of the fabric F in rope form therein as once the operator has attached the leading end of the fabric F in rope form to the flexible leader 108 and has started the continuously operating electric motor 32, the fabric will be automatically fed into and threaded about the rolls 54, 48, and 34 to form successive continuous spiral loops with the liquid treatment of the loops following as soon as all of the fabric has been fed from the cart or vehicle V without any other operations on the part of the operator.
  • the operator threads the leading end of the fabric through the pot eye 84 over the roll 54, under the roll 48 and over the roll 34 and then directly to the leader 108 at the opposite end of the dye beck, as shown in FIG. 1 in broken lines. Then the operator attaches the leading end of the. fabric to the leader 188 by sewing, tying or clipping. Once this has been completed, the operator then divides the total yardage of the single strand or length of fabric F on the cart by the number of loops that the dye beck 10 is capable of handling and thus determines the yardage for each loop. The length of the spiral-shaped peg rack 60 and the number of pockets along its length or the pitch of its helix determines the maximum number of loops the dye beck 10 will take.
  • the pulse timer is adjusted by the operator to deliver one pulse for each rotation of a loop through the beck.
  • the electric motor 32 is started and continuously drives the driven roll 34 throughout the automatic feeding and treating of the fabric. This will cause the fabric F to begin feeding over roll 54,,under roll 48 and over roll 34 into the bottom of the beck as the leading end of the fabric F is not moving during this initial feeding into the dye beck 10 as it is attached to the leader 108 and the chain 88 at this time is stationary.
  • the pulse timer 114 operatively receives a signal through the flexible cable .116, the pulse timer in turn starting the sequence of operation for first rotating the spiral-shaped element 60 one revolution and then rotating the rethreading chain 88 one revolution during a dwell of the spiral-shaped element 60.
  • the pulse timer 114 supplies a signal to the time delay relay 112 to actuate the same for a predetermined amount of time, this in turn energizing the motor 78 which will rotate the spiral-shaped element one complete revolution.
  • this initial revolution of the spiral-shaped element 60 there will be no effect on the fabric F as it has not as yet been threaded up through the first pocket 70 of the spiral-shaped element 60.
  • the lug 118 on the sprocket 74 of shaft 62 will have rotated to a position where it closes the switch means 120 to the time delay relay 122.
  • the second loop begins to be formed as the fabric is being continuously fed into the dye beck 10 by the continuously driven roll 34.
  • the se quence of operation of the spiral-shaped element 60 and the rethreading chain 88 is repeated.
  • the spiral-shaped element 60 makes a complete revolution and the fabric F of the first formed loop which is in the first pocket or space 70 of the spiralshaped element 60 will move to the left of FIG. 6 or 7 leaving the first pocket empty for reception of the fabric F during the next cycle of movement of the rethreading chain 88.
  • the trailing end of the length of fabric F merely follows around loosely in an unconfined path whereas the sequential operation referred to above is continuously repeated with the formed loops continuously moving in a path(arrow B FIG. 4) into and out of the dye bath. This operation continues for as long as desired to obtain the liquid treatment of the fabric required.
  • the motor 32 is stopped so that the leading end of the fabric F can be loosened from the rigid member 106 and directed back through the pot eye 84 into the truck or vehicle V.
  • the motor 32 is again started so that the sequential operation described above continues as the fabric is fed through the eye 84 into the cart V.
  • the loops of fabric will be taken out of the beck from the right to the left of FR]. 1.
  • dye beck 10 which is also a cylindrical tank disposed on a horizontal axis and having end walls 12 and 14.
  • the interior parts of the dye beck 10 which come in contact with corrosive water, chemicals or dyestuffs are desirably constructed of stainless steel or other corrosive resistant metals or corrosive resistant plastics.
  • the dye beck 10 is provided with an elongatedopening 16' in its side wall 17, the opening 16 being provided with the usual pressure tight closure (not shown).
  • a large driven or draw roll 150 which extends on a horizontal axis.
  • a shaft 152, supporting the roll 150 extends through suitable liquid tight bearings 154 carried on the side walls 12' and 14, respectively.
  • the roll 150 is positioned adjacent the opening 16' of the tank and is continuously driven by an electric motor 156 through a chain and sprocket arrangement 158.
  • a second roll 160 is supported within the tank of dye beck 10 adjacent the rear wall 19, the roll 160 being mounted on a shaft 162 extending through suitable bearings 164 carried on the end walls 12 and 14, respectively;
  • the roll 160 is disclosed as an idler roll but it will be appreciated that this roll may also be driven just as the roll 150, it being understood that when the roll 160 is driven, it must be driven at the same surface speed as the roll 150. Since the roll 150 is the driven or draw roll and must drive all of the successive depending loops of fabric as they are rotated into and out of the treating liquid in the tank, the diameter of this roll is quite large as compared to the diameter of the idler roll 160.
  • a spiral-shaped element or rotatable peg rack 60' is provided within the dye beck l0'- and is adapted to continuously rotateon an axis parallel to the axes of the rolls 150 and 160.
  • the axis of the spiral-shaped peg rack 60 is spaced forward of and below the axis of the roll 150 as best shown in FIG. 10.
  • the spiral-shaped element 60' rotates on a shaft 62' extending through bearings 166,
  • the shaft 62' having an end portion 64' which extends a substantial distance exteriorly of the side wall 12.
  • a speed reducer unit 168 which may be of the type such as a Link Belt Company lP.l.V. Speed Reducer Unit, has an input shaft 170 for positively driving at variable speeds an output shaft 172.
  • the input shaft 170 drives the output shaft through a positive chain drive (not shown) which may be adjusted by an adjustment wheel 174 whereby the speed of the shaft 172 may be selectively varied relative the speed of the input shaft 170.
  • lnput shaft 170 is driven off of the shaft 152 of roll 150 by means of an endless chain 178 passing about a sprocket 180 on the shaft 152 and a sprocket 182 on the shaft 170.
  • Shaft 62 is operatively connected to the speed reducer unit 1.68 for continuous rotation by means of an endless chain 184 passing about a sprocket 186 on the shaft 62' and a sprocket 188 on the shaft 172.
  • the speed at which the spiral-shaped ele ment 60 continuously rotates is such that a pocket of the element moves one space during the time it takes the roll 150 to rotate the loops of textile fabric through one complete revolution in the tank.
  • the speed of rotation of the spiral-shaped element 60 can be initially adjusted for the desired lengths of loop to be formed within the dye beck 10 or it may be adjusted during operation of the dye beck to accommodate for a miscalculation in the original length of the loops or for shrinkage of the material which would necessarily decrease the length of the loops.
  • Adjacent the rear wall 19' of dye beck 10 is an oscillating plaitor member 190 mounted on a shaft 192 extending through bearings 194 carried on the side walls 12 and 14'.
  • the plaitor member 190 is oscillated by a cam 196 carried on the shaft 162 of roll 160.
  • a lobe 198 on the cam engages an arm 200 on and extending than the chain 88 since the dye beck 10 of FIGS. 8-11 has only two rolls over which the cloth passes and consequently the endless path of the chain 88 is arranged to follow substantially the same path as the path of a portion of a loop of fabric Ffollows when the same is above the liquid level of the dye bath.
  • Arigid member 106' is provided on the chain 88 for attachment of the flexible leader of the leadingend of textile fabric when the length of the same is being fed into the beck.
  • the rethreading chain 88 rotates one. complete revolution in its endless path at the same speed as the fabric is driven by the roll 150. Since the chain is of considerable shorter length than the length of a loop of textile material, it will be obvious thatthe chain will be moving for only a short period of time during each revolution of the loops.
  • Chain 88 extends about sprockets 202 and 204 which are mounted on the shafts 62' and 162 respectively, the sprockets 202 and 204 being freely rotatable relative to the shafts. Additionally; the chain 88' passes around a drive sprocket 206 carried on a stub shaft 208 extending through the side wall 12 of the dye beck 10.
  • the shaft 208 carries a driven member 210 of an air clutch 212 which is normally disengaged from a drive member214 in the form of a sprocket freely rotatable on the shaft 208.
  • the drive member or sprocket 214 is continuously driven off of the shaft 152 by means of a chain 216 passing around a sprocket 218 keyed to the shaft 152.
  • the driven member 210 engages the drive member 214 and this causes the shaft 208 to rotate thus causing movement of the endless chain 88.
  • FIG. 9 a simplified wiring diagram for operating the rethreading chain 88 is disclosed.
  • An air valve 222 for supplying air from a suitable source of supply to the airclutch 212 is actuated by a solenoid or relay 224.
  • the relay 224 is in an electrical circuit having a master disconnect switch 226 which is closed when the dye beck 10 is started. As will be apparent from FIG. 9, the relay 224 is energized when'a normally open switch 228 is momentarily closed.
  • the switch 228, as shown in FIG. Ill, is actuated by a lug 230 provided on a gear 232 carried on a stub shaft 234, the gear 232 meshing with a continuously rotating gear 234 carried on the extended portion 64' of shaft 62.
  • the clutch 212 Upon energizing the relay 224, the clutch 212 is immediately actuated so that the shaft 208 starts to rotate carrying with it the chain 88.
  • Shaft 208 is provided with a gear 236 (FIG. 11) which meshes with a gear 238 carried on a stub shaft 240.
  • the gear 238 is provided with a lug 242 that engages and opens a switch 244 which is in a holding circuit for the relay 224. As soon as the gear 238 starts to rotate the switch 244 closes the holding circuit andmaintains the relay 224 energized for a sufficient length of time to cause the chain to make one complete revolution.
  • one revolution of the gear 238 corresponds to one revolution of the chian 88' through its endless path and thus when the lug 242 comes back to the position shown in FIG. 11, it will open the switch 244 which immediately disengages the air clutch 212 to stop movement of the chain 88'.
  • a timer 250 is provided for actuating a relay 252 which in turn opens a switch 254 in the circuit for the main motor 156 of the dye beck 10.
  • the timer is arranged to actuate the relay 252 30 seconds after the chain 88 stops for any reason prior to its complete revolution and thus the main motor 156 is stopped so that there can be no damage to the dye beck 10' or to the fabric being treated therein.
  • a pot eye or threading eye 256 is provided exteriorly of the dye beck and is fixedly attached relative to the dye beck 10 by a support 258.
  • the pot eye is in front of the opening 16 of the dye beck l and arranged about half way between the end walls 12' and 14 of the same.
  • the pot eye 256 is arranged to swivel on a vertical axis to accommodate the feeding of textile fabric to and from the dye beck
  • the dye beck 10' is operated in a substantially similar manner to the dye beck 10 although there are some slight changes with respect to loading and unloading the same. In either instance, the loading and unloading is completely automatic once the end of the fabric F has been attached to the rigid member 106 of chain 88'.
  • the fabric F which is threaded through the pot eye 256 is passed under the spiral-shaped element and placed in the first pocket of the same adjacent the chain 88. Then the fabric is fed upwardly over the draw roll I50 and downwardly over the idler roll 160 with the end of the fabric being attached to the rigid member 106 of the chain when a sufficient length of fabric has been placed in the beck to form one loop.
  • the dye beck I0 is then started and the loading is then the same as the loading described with respect to the dye beck 10 with theonly difference being that the spiral-shaped element 60' is continuously rotating rather than having an intermittent rotation as heretofore described.
  • the swivel mounted pot eye 256 follows the fabric as the loops are being successively formed, the loops filling the pockets of the spiralshaped element 60.
  • the unloading of the dye beck 110 is the reverse of the above described method.
  • the end of the fabric attached to the rigid member 106 of the chain 88' is released and threaded back through the eye 256 and as the fabric loops continue to rotate in the dye beck, the loops are successively fed out of the dye beck from the end 12 near the chain 88 toward the opposite end 14 of the dye beck 10'.
  • a movable peg rack 260 which may be used in place of the spiralshaped elements 64) or 60 of dye beck 10 and 10 respectively.
  • the movable peg rack 260 includes an endless belt or chain 262 passing about sprockets 264 and 268 respectively.
  • the belt or chain 262 has a plurality of outwardly extending fingers 270 which define pockets 272 therebetween for loops of textile fabric F.
  • the movable peg rack 260 with its fingers 270 is arranged to move in a horizontal plane so that the pockets 272 also move in a direction away from the rethreading chain.
  • the movable peg rack 260 with its fingers 270 is arranged to move in a horizontal plane so that the pockets 272 also move in a direction away from the rethreading chain.
  • timing of the movment of the pockets 272 must be identical with the movement of the pockets of either of the spiral-shaped elements 60 or 60 so that there is always an empty pocket in which the leading end of the length .of fabric is fed. It will now be apparent that to obtain the above movement of the rack 260, the shafts 274 and 276 upon which the sprockets 264 and 268, respectively, are mounted, must have their axes vertical.
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank having a lower portion thereof for a treating liquid; a plurality of horizontally extending and axially spaced guide rolls in the upper portion of said tank about which a length of textile fabric having a leading and a trailing end is threaded in successive depending loops, each of the loops extending downwardly into the treating liquid; means to drive at least one of said guide rolls; a fabric guide element in the upper portion of said tank having movable pockets for receiving and spacing 13 the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric means in said tank adjacent one end thereof for fixedly attaching the leading end of the length of textile fabric thereto, said means being movable in an endless path having at last a portion thereof similar to the path of the fabric about said guide rolls; means to move the pockets of the fabric guide element one space and rotate the last mentioned means one revolution whereby the loops of the length of textile fabric advance with the pockets during every rotation of the loops through the tank.
  • said plurality of guide rolls includes a pair of closely positioned guide rolls and a third guide roll spaced from the pair, said fabric guide element being positioned closely adjacent said third guide roll and said length of textile fabric passing over said third guide roll and under and over said pair of guide rolls and into the liquid in the successive depending loops.
  • said plurality of guide rolls includes at least a pair of guide rolls spaced from each other above the liquid in the tank, one of said guide rolls being positioned closely adjacent and above said fabric guide element, and said length of textile fabric passing over said pair of guide rolls into the liquid in successive depending loops with each loop extending out of said liquid upwardly through one of the pockets of said fabric guide element.
  • An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 including a threading eye fixedly carried with respect to said tank for receiving the length of textile fabric from externally of said tank, said threading eye being positioned adjacent an opening of said tank.
  • said fabric guide element is a spiral-shaped element mounted for rotation on an axis parallel to the axes of said guide rolls, the spiral-shapedelement defining the pockets.
  • said spiralshaped element includes an elongated shaft and a spiral-shaped wire member coaxial with and supported on said shaft.
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank having a lower portion thereof for a treating liquid; a plurality of horizontally extending and axially spaced guide rolls in the upper portion of said tank about which a length of textile fabric having a leading and trailing end is threaded in successive depending loops, each of the loops extending downwardly into the treating liquid; means to drive at least one of said guide rolls; a fabric guide element in the upper portion of said tank having movable pockets for receiving and spacing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric, said fabric guide element being an endless belt movable in a plane parallel to the axes of the rolls and having a plurality of outwardly extending spaced fingers defining the pockets; means in said tank adjacent one end thereof for fixedly attaching the leading end of the length of textile fabric thereto, said means being movable in an endlesspath having at least a portion thereof similar to the path of the fabric about said guide rolls; means to move the pockets of the fabric guide element one space
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank having a lowerportion thereof for a treating liquid; a plurality of horizontally extending and axially spaced guide rolls in the upper portion of said tank about which a length of textile fabric having a leading and a trailing end is threaded in successive depending loops, each of the loops extending downwardly into the treating liquid; means to drive at leastone of said guide rolls; a fabric guide element in the upper portion of said tank having movable pockets for receiving and spacing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric; means in said tank adjacent one end thereof for fixedly attaching the leading end of the length of textile fabricthereto, said means being movable in an endless path having at least a portion thereof similar to the path of the fabric about said guide rolls; means to move the pockets of the fabric guide element one space and rotate the last mentioned means one revolution whereby the loops of the length of textile fabric advance with the pockets during every rotation of the loops through the tank, said means to move the pockets of the
  • said means to move the pockets of the fabric guide element one space and rotate the means for fixedly attaching the leading end of the length of textile fabric includes means to continuously move the pockets one space for each revolution of the loops within the tank while rotating the means for fixedly attaching the leading end of the length of textile fabric one complete revolution during a portion of each revolution of the loops of textilefabric within the tank.
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank having a lower portion thereof for a treating liquid; a plurality of horizontally extending guide rolls in the upper portion of said tank about which a length of textile fabric having a leading end and a trailing end is threaded in successive depending loops, each of the loops extending downwardly into the treating liquid; means to drive at least one of said guide rolls, a spiralshaped guide element in the upper portion of said tank having a helix defining pockets for receiving and spacing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric; an endless chain at one end of said tank movable in a plane transverse to the axes of said guide rolls; said chain having an endless path with at least a portion thereof similar to the path of the fabric about said guide rolls; means for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric to the chain; means to move the chain through complete revolutions with a dwell between each revolution; and means to rotate the spiralshaped element one revolution during every revolution of the loops through said tank.
  • said means for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric to the chain includes a flexible leader having a length sufficient to permit the leading end of the length of fabric 7 to be immersed in the treating liquid during the travel of the chain along the lower portion of its path.
  • the apparatus of claim 14 including a threading eye carried adjacent an opening of said tank, said threading eye being arranged to receive the length of textile fabric from externally of said tank into said tank over said guide rolls and into and out of the liquid in said tank as the length of textile fabric is being threaded in the successive depending loops.
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length 7 of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising:
  • a tank having a lower portion thereof for a treating liquid; a plurality of horizontally extending guide rolls in the upper portion of said tank about which a length of textile fabric having a leading end and a trailing end is threaded in successive depending loops, each of the loops extending downwardly into the treating liquid; means to drive at least one of said guide rolls, a spiralshaped guide element in the upper portion of said tank having a helix defining pockets for receiving and spac' ing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric; an endless chain at one end of said tank movable in a plane transverse to the axes of said guide rolls; said chain having an endless path with at least a portion thereof similar to the path of the fabric about said guide rolls; means for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric to the chain; means to move the chain through complete revolutions with a dwell between each revolution, said means to move the chain including a pulse timer and means operable by said pulse timer for driving said chain at a speed substantially equal to the surface speed of said guide
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank having a lower portion thereof for a treating liquid; a plurality of horizontally extending guide rolls in the upper portion of said tank about which a length of textile fabric having a leading end and a trailing end is threaded in successive depending loops, each of the loops extending downwardly into the treating liquid; means to drive at least one of said guide rolls, a spiralshaped guide element in the upper portion of said tank having a helix defining pockets for receiving and spacing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric; an endless chain at one end of said tank movable in a plane transverse to the axes of said guide rolls; said chain having an endless path with at least a portion thereof similar to the path of the faric about said guide rolls; means for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric to the chain; means to move the chain through complete revolutions with a dwell between each revolution; and means to rotate the spiralshaped element one revolution during every revolution of the loops through said tank,
  • said means to move the chain includes clutch, means for operatively connecting the chain to said drive means for said guide roll, means operatively connected to said clutch means and responsive to rotation of said spiral-shaped ele ment for causing said-clutch means to engage and rotate said chain through a complete revolution for every revolution of the loops passing about said guide rolls.
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank having a lower portion thereof for a treating liquid; a plurality of horizontally extending guide rolls in the upper portion of said tank about which a length of textile fabric having a leading end and a trailing end, each of the loops extending downwardly into the treating liquid; means to drive at least one of said guide rolls; a spiral-shaped guide element in the upper portion of the said tank having a helix defining pockets for receiving and spacing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric, means to rotate said spiral-shaped element one revolution during each revolu tion of the loops through the tank including drive means for continuously rotating the spiral-shaped element in timed sequence with the movement of the loops through the tank; adjustment means for said drive means of said spiral-shaped element whereby the speed of rotation of said spiral-shaped element may be varied to vary the length of the fabric; an endless chain at one end of said tank movable in a plane transverse to the axes of said guide rolls; said
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form and-in successive depending loops with a liquid comprising: a generally elongated horizontally disposed tank having end walls and a lower portion thereof for a bath of treating liquid, said tank having an opening therein positioned above the normal level of liquid; a horizontally disposed driven roll extending between the end walls of said tank in the upper portion thereof above the liquid; a horizontally disposed spiral-shaped guide element in the upper portion of said tank having a helix defining pockets along the length thereof, said spiral-shaped guide element having an axis parallel to and spaced from the axis of said'driven roll; an endless chain at one end of saidtank movable in a plane transverse to the axes of the guide roll and the spiral-shaped guide element; means for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric to the chain for movement thereby; means to continuously drive said driven roll to move the loops of the length of fabric in contact over the same and downwardly into the liquid, a pulse timer actuated sequentially
  • the apparatus of claim 26 including a threading eye mounted adjacent the opening of said tank, said threading eye being positioned to feed cloth directly to said driven roll.
  • the apparatus of claim 29 including a closure for the opening in said tank.
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in ropeform and in successive depending loops with a liquid comprising: a generally elongated horizontally disposed tank having end walls and a lower portion thereof for a bath of treating liquid, said tank "having an opening therein positioned above the normal level of liquid; a horizontally disposed driven roll extending between the endwalls of said tank in the upper portion thereof above the liquid; a horizontally disposed spiral-shaped guide element in the upper portion of said tank having a helix defining individual loop receiving pockets along the length thereof, said spiral-shaped guide element having an axis parallel to and spaced below the axis of the driven roll; an endl8 less chain at one end of said tank movable in a plane transverse to the axes of the guide roll and the spiralshaped guide element; means for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric to the chain for movement thereby in an endless confined path; means to continuously drive said driven roll to move the loops of the length of fabric in contact over the same and downwardly into the liquid
  • said means to drive said spiral-shaped guide element includes a speed reducer unit having a positive drive between an input shaft operatively connected to said drive roll and an output shaft operatively connected to said spiralshaped guide element, said speed reducer unit including means to vary the speed of the output shaft relative to the speed of the input shaft.
  • Winch apparatus comprising, in combination, a winch roller mounted for rotation, a convolution guide and feed member cooperating with the winch roller, a conveyor positioned near one end of the winch roller, means on the conveyor for securing thereto one end of the fabric in rope form, means for rotating the winch roller, means for driving the conveyor, and means for actuating the convolution guide and feed'member to wind the fabric in rope from in helical convolutions in axis substantially parallel with the axis of said winch roller positioned below and to one side of said winch roller, a conveyor at one end of said winch roller and said helical feed screw, said conveyor being positioned for movement in an orbital path in a vertical plane substantially at right angles to the axis of said winch roller, means on said conveyor for fastening to said conveyor one end of the fabric to be treated in rope form, means for driving said conveyor, and means for rotating said winch roller and means for rotating said helical feed screw in timed relation with the movement of said conveyor.
  • Apparatus for treating textile fabrics in rope-like form, especially scouring-and dyeing fabrics comprising, in combination, a container for a treating medium, a driven winch roller, a guide arranged so that the fabric to be treated passes from the winch roller through the treating medium and over the guide.
  • Apparatus for treating textile fabrics in rope-like form, especially scouring and dyeing fabrics comprising, in combination, a container for a bath of treating medium, a winch roller, a helical feed screw spaced from said winch roller having its axis substantially parallel to the axis of said winch roller, and arranged so that the fabric to be treated extends over the winch roller, passes through the said bath of treating medium and around the helical feed screw in the form of a helix, a carrier adjacent one end of the winch roller and attachable to and for revolving the leading end of the fabric around the adjacent ends of the winch roller and the helical feed screw, means for driving the carrier and winch roller in the same direction, and means for driving said helical feed screw for advancing the convolutions of the helix along the winch roller in the direction of the trailing end of the fabric whereby the position of the helix as it unwinds and rewinds remains substantially constant axially of the winch roller.
  • the process of treating fabrics in rope form which process comprises establishing a bath of treating liquid, fastening one end of the fabric in rope form to a conveyor and moving said conveyor to move said fastened end in an orbital path at one end of the bath of liquid to wind the fabric in successive side-by-side convolutions extending in a direction away from the said fastened end of the fabric and toward the opposite free end of the fabric in rope form, the lower end of said convolutions being immersed in the bath of liquid and the upper portion of said convolutions being positioned in the space above the level of liquid in said bath, and drawing the loose end of the fabric through the bath by moving the free end of the fabric in rope form in a direction toward the fastened end while moving the fastened end of the rope fabric through a horizontal path and moving the successive convolutions in a direction toward said free end of the fabric in timed relation with the movement of said free end and the movement of said fastened end in said orbital path.
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank for a treating liquid; a guide roll about which a length of textile fabric having a leading and trailing end is treated in successive depending loops, at least a portion of the loops extending into the treating liquid; means to drive said guide roll; a fabric guide element having movable pockets for receiving and spacing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric, said fabric guide element being an endless belt having a plurality of outwardly extending spaced fingers defining the pockets, said pockets being movable in a plane parallel to the axis of the guide roll; means in said tank for fixedly attaching the leading end of the length of textile fabric thereto, said means being movable in an endless path in a plane transverse to the axis of said guide roll; means to move the pockets of the fabric guide elementand means to rotate the last-mentioned means in timed relationship with rotation of the loops of fabric.
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank for a treating fluid; a guide roll about which a length of fabric having a leading and trailing end is treated in successive depending loops, each of the loops extending into the treating liquid; means to drive said guide roll; a fabric guide element having movable pockets for receiving and spacing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric; means for fixedly attaching the leading end of the length of textile fabric thereto, said means being movable in an endless path and in a plane transverse to the axis of said guide roll; and means to alternately move the pockets one space and rotate said means to which the leading end of length of textile fabric is attached one revolution during a portion of each revolution of the loops of the length of textile fabric through the tank.
  • An apparatus'for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank for a treating liquid; a guide roll about which a length of textile fabric having a leading end and a trailing end is threaded in successive depending loops, at least a portion of each of the loops extending into the treating liquid; means to drive said guide roll; a fabric guide element having movable pockets for receiving and spacing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric; means for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric, said means being movable in an endless path and in a plane transverse to the axis of said guide roll; means to move said fabric attaching means through complete revolutions; means to move said pockets in timed relationship with the revolution of the loops; and said means to move said fabric attaching means including pulse timer and means operable by said pulse timer for driving said fabric attaching means at a speed substantially equal to the surface speed of said guide roll, said pulse timer being operable to move the fabric attaching means one revolution for the movement of one complete loop
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank for a treating liquid; a guide roll about which a length of textile fabric having a leading end and a trailing end is threaded in successive depending loops, at least a portion of each of the loops extending into the treating liquid; means to drive said guide roll; a fabric guide element having movable pockets for receiving and spacing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric; means for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric, said means being movable in an endless path and in a plane transverse to the axis of said guide roll; means to move said fabric attaching means through complete revolutions; means to move said pockets one space during every revolution of the loops; and said means to move said pockets during each revolution of the loops includes a pulse timer operable during each revolution of the loops; a motor operatively connected to said fabric guide element for moving the pockets thereof, means responsive to a pulse from said pulse timer for operating said motor for a sufficient length of time to
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form with a liquid comprising: a tank for a treating liquid; a guide roll about which a length of textile fabric having a leading end and a trailing end is threaded in successive depending loops, at least a portion of each of the loops extending into the treating liquid; means to drive said guide roll; a fabric guide element having movable pockets for receiving and spacing the successive depending loops of the length of textile fabric; means for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric, said means being movable in an endless path and in a plane transverse to the axis of said guide roll; means to move the said fabric attaching means through complete revolutions; drive means for continuously moving said pockets in timed sequence with the revolutions of the loops; adjustment means for said pocket moving drive means whereby the speed of movement of the pockets may be varied to vary the length of the loops of fabric; clutch means operatively connecting the drive means for said fabric attaching means to said roll'drive means; and means responsive to movement of the pockets a predetermined
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form and in successive depending loops with a liquid comprising: a tank for a bath fo treating liquid; a driven roll for receiving and moving the loops of textil fabric through the liquid in said tank; fabric guide means having movable pockets extending along a line parallel to the axis of said roll, said pockets receiving and spacing the loops of textile fabric; means movable in an endless path and in a plane transverse to the axis of said roll for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric thereto; means to continuously drive said driven roll; a pulse timer actuated sequentially by said drive means for said driven roll; means responsive to each actuation of said pulse timer and operatively connected to said fabric guide element for'moving the pockets of the same through one space for each complete revolution of the loops of fabric so that the pocket next to the fabric attaching means moves one pocket away thereby leaving an empty pocket; drive means re sponsive to the movement of the pockets one space for causing said fabric attaching means to move
  • An apparatus for continuously treating a length of textile fabric in rope form in successive depending loops with a liquid comprising: a tank for a bath of treating liquid; a driven roll for moving the loops of textile fabric through the liquid in said tank; 'a fabric guide element having movable pockets extending along a line parallel to the axis of said roll; means movable in an endless confined path and in a plane transverse to the axis of said drive roll for attaching the leading end of the length of fabric thereto; means to continuously drive said driven roll; means driven by said lastmentioned drive means for continuously moving the pockets of said fabric guide element in timed sequence with the rotation of said driven roll; means responsive to the movements of said pockets a predetermined distance and operatively connected to said fabric attaching means for moving the latter one complete revolution of its endless path.
  • the process of treating fabrics in rope form comprises establishing a bath of treating liquid, fastening one end of the fabric in rope form to a conveyor and moving said conveyor to move said fastened end in an orbital path at one end of the bath of liquid to wind the fabric rope on a support in successive side-by-side fabric convolutions, the lower portions of said convolutions being immersed in the bath of liquid and the upper portions of said convolutions being positioned in the space above the level of liquid in said bath, and drawing the fabric through the bath of liquid by rotating said support and simultaneously moving the successive fabric convolutions in a direction away from said fastened end of the fabric in timed relation with the movement of said fastened end in said orbital path.
  • a process for treating a fabric in rope form wherein said fabric is disposed on an elongated support as a helix composed of a series of fabric convolutions of fabric rope in spaced side-by-side relationship to each other along the support, and the support is rotated for treatment of the fabric which comprises conveying an end of the fabric rope in an orbital path around said support and an adjacent elongated convoluted guide member to place said fabric rope within a convolution on said guide member, and, in timed relation with each orbit of said end, moving the convolution of said guide member away from said fastened end a distance sufficient to create and maintain said spaced side-by-side relationship.
  • a process according to claim 57 in which the lower portions of the fabric convolutions are immersed in a treating liquid and rotation of the support draws the fabric rope through the treating liquid.
  • Winch apparatus comprising, in combination, a tank for a body of treating liquid, a winch roller mounted for rotation, a helical feed screw having its axis substantially parallel with the axis of said winch roller positioned below and to one side of said winch roller, a conveyor at one end of said winch roller and said helical feed screw, said conveyor being positioned for movement in an orbital path in a vertical plane substantially at right angles to the axis of said winch roller, means on said conveyor for fastening to said conveyor one end of the fabric to be treated in rope form, means for driving said conveyor, and means for rotating said winch roller and said helical feed screw in timed relation with the movement of said conveyor.
  • Apparatus for treating textile fabrics in rope form comprising a tank having opposing end walls and a bottom liquid chamber, a drive main reel rotatably mounted in the tank horizontally above the chamber for drawing roped fabric into the tank in the formation of a cloth helix and revolving loops of the helix after formation thereof, a spiral guide member rotatably mounted in the tank horizontally above the.
  • said spiral guide member having movable pockets for guidingthe fabric in spaced loops on the drive main reel, a carrier disposed at one end wall of the tank and movable in a vertical orbital path around the adjacent ends of the drive main reel and spiral guide member and having means whereby the leading end of the rope fabric isswivelly attached thereto and carried thereby around the ends of the drive main reel and the spiral guide member, said drive main reel and the spiral guide member being rotated and the carrier being revolved in timed relation with the spiral guide member so that the roped fabric helix is formed in spaced apart loops around the spiral guide member and the drive main reel with a loop being formed by the carrier in relation to the drive main reel and the spiral guide and with the laid-up loops being revolved by the drive main reel and being guided by the spiral guide member, and at least one roller disposed horizontally in the tank and posi- 5 tioned adjacent to and parallel with the spiral guide member and over which the formed loops are supportingly passed in their
  • roller is mounted for free rotation and is positioned above the spiral guide member so that the outer face is disposed

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