Patent ID: 6176884
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: D06B

Abstract:
A rinsing roller apparatus for continuously removing impurities from a traveling wet fabric sheet having an extended width comprising:a liquid collection tank having a forward end, a rear end and a bottom with a drain proximate the bottom;a partial circular cover over said tank;a pair of elongated rollers inside and proximate said forward end and said rear end, respectively, of said tank;an endless net belt traversing said pair of elongated rollers and commensurate in width to the width of a traveling fabric;an elongated perforated central pipe adapted to disperse hot water;a perforated cylinder adapted to rotate in said one direction, and surrounding said central pipe and having affixed thereon a plurality of curved rotor blades; anda perforated net cylinder adapted to rotate in said one direction, and surrounding said perforated cylinder with said rotor blades;at least one elongated steam jet and vacuum slot device downstream from said collection tank for cleaning and at least partially drying the wet fabric sheet across its entire extended width;a rinsing chamber enclosing said collection tank and said at least one elongated steam jet and vacuum slot device;sensors in said at least one vacuum slot device for detecting the width of the wet fabric sheet and enabling an automatic adjustment of the vacuuming width of said at least one vacuum slot device;whereby the traveling wet fabric sheet is treated to remove residual impurities by passing said hot water centrifugally through said rotating net cylinder and the traveling wet fabric sheet.