MXPA97004866A - Band-like cloth processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus for continuously processing at least one elongated band-like cloth, wherein at least one processing unit forming one of processing regions is provided at its entrance or exit or an inner portion with an introduction guide roller the rotating shaft of which is perpendicular to the center line of the band-like cloth which moves into the processing unit, and a delivery guide roller the rotating shaft of which is perpendicular to the center line of the band-like cloth which moves out from the processing unit, and is further provided with at least one means for changing the moving direction of the ban-like cloth by arbitrarily determining the relative angle between the two guide rollers.

Description

MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE WOVEN TYPE OF BAND FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a web-type fabric processing apparatus, and very specifically relates to an apparatus for methods such as collation, heat treatment, depuration, narrow band-like fabric strip finishing, such as belt material of security. In the past, when performing procedures such as collation, heat treatment, debugging, and narrow band-like fabric strip finishing, such as that used in life belts, safety belts and slings, the general approach was to carry out the series of procedures, starting from the procedures of feeding starting fabrics or gray fabrics and process through debugging, color development, cleaning, drying, permanent deformation with heat and the application of an agent for the treatment of surfaces, these steps of the process are carried out in series as a plurality of long cloth strips were passed through them. For example, in a general example to carry out the procedures of the aforementioned type on a band narrowing of woven or woven fabrics, made primarily from synthetic fibers or polyester filaments to obtain a final product, as shown in Figure 14, the cloth lint is passed continuously through the plurality of process steps in series as each procedure is carried out and under a condition in which the fabric strip is arranged in such a way that a plurality of strips are moved parallel to one another. That is, a continuity of procedures is continuously and sequentially provided and the strip of fabric is continuously and sequentially passed through each of the methods, such as means (1) to prepare the starting fabrics and to provide the current processes. below, a color immersion and squeeze method (2), a drying process (3), a process (4) of color development (thermosol), a method (5) of water rinsing (washing), a process (6) of drying, a process of immersion (7) in oil / squeezing resin, a process (8) ) of pre-drying, a process (9) of curing, and a method (10) of collecting the product, the prescribed procedures are carried out in each of the procedures. In the prior art method to perform the aforementioned procedures, due to the requirement to carry out each of the procedures efficiently and in as little time as possible to produce a final product, in addition to continuously feeding the strip of cloth until the last procedure, without stopping in half, the processing apparatuses corresponding to the aforementioned procedures they are arranged in a linear arrangement, the cloth strip, which is the product being processed, travels at a prescribed travel speed along each of the processing apparatuses in a roughly straight line. To perform the aforementioned procedure, because the travel speed of the fabric strip is fixed in a pre-established condition in each of the procedures, since it is necessary to adjust the time required for the required procedure to be completed, it was necessary either to make several processing apparatuses as required, or to continuously provide a plurality of stages of the same processing apparatuses, in such a way that one and the same procedure was repeated. However, in the processing apparatuses used in the aforementioned continuous processes of a cloth strip in the prior art, because a considerable length separation was required from a cloth-supplying device, corresponding to the means (1) for prepare the starting fabric and to supply the same to the downstream procedures, until the final process (10), in which the finished product is finally collected, it was difficult to introduce a continuous processing apparatus for the fabric strip, unless the size of the ground on which the plant was installed, had a space of sufficient length. In the above-described prior art methods, due to the need to feed a strip of fabric in a linear and parallel configuration as far as possible, there are cases in which certain numbers of processing apparatuses for the aforementioned processes must be arranged in such a way that they are forced to be unnecessarily large or must be unnecessarily duplicated, resulting not only in an increase in the cost of the facilities, but also an increase in energy consumption in each of the procedures, leading to an increase significant in the cost of production.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In order to provide an improvement over the aforementioned defects in the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a processing apparatus for a strip of fabric which, when processing the strip of efficiently, at high speed, and with a considerable reduction in energy consumption, is able to reduce the cost of production. To effect the aforementioned object, the present invention has the following constitution. Specifically, the first aspect of the present invention is a continuous web strip processor apparatus, which continuously processes at least one long web strip that is continuously moved by a plurality of processing zones and as processed by the prescribed methods. thereof, wherein at least one of the processing sections forming each of the processing zones of which the aforementioned continuous processor apparatus consists, has its input part or the output part, or between them, so minus a travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip having an introducer guide roller, which has an axis of rotation that is perpendicular to the center line of the fabric strip running therein, and a separation guide roll having an axis of rotation that is perpendicular to the center line of the fabric strip that is separated therefrom, the relative angle Between these two guide rollers is arbitrarily fixed. The second aspect of the present invention is a continuous web strip processing apparatus that uses a travel direction change apparatus of the fabric strip of the above-mentioned configuration, and is configured in such a way that at least one strip of long fabric runs continuously by means of a plurality of processing zones as it is processed by means of the described procedures thereof, wherein, the sequence of the arrangement of the aforesaid plurality of the processing sections forming the aforementioned continuous processing apparatus and the sequence of the aforesaid fabric strip is configured to feed the fabric strip of such way that goes through each of the processing sections, they are different one from the other. The third aspect of the present invention is a continuous web strip processing apparatus, configured in such a way that at least one strip of long fabric runs continuously by means of a plurality of processing zones as it is processed by means of the prescribed methods of the invention. same, at least a part of the plurality of processing sections forming the continuous processor apparatus is oriented so as not to be co-linear with the other processing sections. The fourth aspect of the present invention is a continuous web strip processing apparatus, configured in such a way that at least one strip of long fabric runs continuously by means of a plurality of processing zones as it is processed by means of the prescribed methods thereof, and further configured in such a way that a strip of fabric that has first passed through at least one first processing section that is part of the aforementioned plurality of processing sections and has been processed by them is moves to another second processing section, where it receives a processing that is different from the process of the first processing section, after which it is returned to the first processing section.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a plan view showing the arrangement of each processing zone and the direction of travel of a strip of fabric in a first example of a continuous processing apparatus according to the present invention. Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration and function of a travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip according to the present invention. Figures 3 to 6 are drawings that generally show the configuration and function of an example of a travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip according to the present invention.

Figures 7 (A) to 7 (C) are drawings showing the configuration conditions of the travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip according to the present invention. Figure 8 is a drawing showing the configuration conditions of the travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip according to the present invention. Figure 9 is a graph illustrating the influence of the residual deformation of the fabric strip by means of the travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip according to the present invention. Figure 10 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of another example of a travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip according to the present invention. Figure 11 is a drawing showing an example of a way of using a travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip according to the present invention. Figure 12 is a drawing showing another example of a way of using a fabric strip travel direction changing apparatus, according to the present invention. Figure 13 is a drawing that still shows another example of a way of using a change apparatus travel direction of the fabric strip according to the present invention. Figure 14 is a block diagram showing an example of the process sequence in a continuous web strip processor apparatus, which was used in the past. Figure 15 is a drawing illustrating in detail an example of the procedure in a continuous cloth strip processor apparatus, which is used in the past, Figure 15 (A) is a plan view, and Figure 15 (b) is a side view Figure 16 is a drawing illustrating an example of use of a travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip according to the present invention, in an arbitrary process zone in a continuous processing apparatus. Figure 17 is a drawing illustrating another example of the use of a travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip according to the present invention in an arbitrary process zone in a continuous processing apparatus. Figure 18 is a drawing showing the configuration of an example of a continuous processor apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 18 (A) is a plan view, and Figure 18 (B) is a side view. Figure 19 and Figure 20 are drawings showing the shape of the trip of a strip of fabric in an area of arbitrary process that is used in the continuous processor apparatus according to the present invention. Figures 21 (A) to 21 (C) are drawings illustrating another example of the manner of travel of a strip of fabric in an arbitrary process zone that is used in the continuous processor apparatus in accordance with the present invention, and example of the tension roller configuration. Figure 22 is a drawing showing another example of a continuous processor apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 22 (A) is a plan view, and Figure 22 (B) is a side view. Figures 23 to 27 are planar views and side views showing examples of arrangements of a plurality of processing zones in a continuous processor apparatus according to the present invention.

Best Way to Carry Out the Invention Examples of the various aspects of a processor apparatus in accordance with the present invention will now be described in detail, with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 is one such simplified drawings of an example of the arrangement in the configuration of the plurality of the processing zones 1-1 to 1-5 of a continuous web strip processor apparatus 1 according to the present invention, and Figure 2 is a drawing that provides a simplified illustration of the configuration of an example of a fabric strip travel direction changing apparatus 2 which is used in at least one section of the processing sections IA to 1E forming the plurality of processing zones 1-1 to 1-5 of a strip processing apparatus of continuous web according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip according to the present invention is provided in an inlet section (ENTRY), an outgoing section (EXIT), or within the associated processing section, the configuration of this travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip is such that it has an introduction guide roller 3 having a rotary axis 01 which is perpendicular with respect to the center line XI of the strip 5-1 of fabric running through it and a separation guide roll 4 having a rotation axis 02 that is perpendicular to the center line X2 of the fabric strip separating therefrom, the relative angle ? between these rotation axes 01 and 02 of the two guide rolls 3 and 4, respectively, can be set arbitrarily.

In the past, to effect a plurality of the prescribed procedures on a cloth fabric, in the case where the process in which the respective procedure is carried out continuously, interrupts the travel of the fabric strip, when the The fabric strip is to be twisted at a stage or location as it is fed by the process, due to the adverse influence on the quality of the fabric strip process that is considered, as described above, the general approach to making A plurality of process steps in the fabric strip was to have the various processing zones arranged in an almost co-linear fashion, the fabric strip being passed in an approximately straight line by means of the processing zones arranged in a co-linear fashion. linear to perform the prescribed procedure on it, resulting in the problems described above. In the present invention, the technical concept of the past when carrying out the continuous process of a strip of fabric, has changed, in such a way that when performing the prescribed procedure on a strip of fabric that has been passed through a plurality of processes, imparts a twist to the fabric strip as a prescribed processing zone passes or as it passes between the processing zones, the travel direction of the fabric strip is makes it change arbitrarily, allowing an improvement in the degree of freedom with respect to - the arrangement of the positions of the processing sections in the plurality of processing zones that are required. Therefore, in the present invention, it is not only possible to arbitrarily order the positions of the plurality of stages of the processing zones that are used in a continuous strip fabric processor apparatus 1 in which the fabric strip is processed by a plurality of prescribed procedures, including arranging them in a straight line, but also fixing the travel direction of the fabric strip 5 as a straight line or as a different configuration to a straight line. As a result, in the case of effecting a prescribed plurality of processes on the fabric strip, it is possible to efficiently design the position of the processing sections that make up each of the processing zones, and because it is also possible to reuse a section. It is not only possible to efficiently perform the total production control, including the control of the conditions of each procedure, but also allows the functionality of these processing sections to improve to greatly reduce the total production cost.

In addition, the present invention, in order to establish the most efficient production system, because it is possible to configure the arrangement of the plurality of processing zones arbitrarily, including a three-dimensional arrangement, in contrast to the prior art, in which each one of the required plurality of processing zones that needed to be ordered to be co-linear, in addition to being able to greatly reduce the amount of space occupied by the continuous fabric strip processor apparatus within a processing plant, it is possible to design freely a continuous web strip processor apparatus to be suitable for space within a plant floor area exist, thereby providing a great improvement in the degree of design freedom of a continuous web strip processor apparatus. Furthermore, in the present invention, because it is possible to arbitrarily establish the travel direction of the fabric strip, including travel along a curve trip or vice versa, without a limitation to travel in a straight line, it is possible to have a strip of cloth that has, for example, passed through a processing zone back to that same processing zone, thus making it possible to eliminate part of the additional processing areas that were needed in the past to satisfy the conditions of the procedure when carrying out the prescribed procedures on a strip of fabric, providing with this, in addition to the aforementioned space saving, a reduction in the total amount of energy required for the processing of the fabric strip. Specifically, the travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip that is formed by the introduction guide roller and the separation guide roller, shown in Figure 2 and Figure 7 according to the present invention, Desirably it is configured in such a way that by arbitrarily setting the relative angle? between the axes 01 and 02 of rotation of the aforementioned introduction guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4, respectively, it is possible to arbitrarily set the travel direction or the travel path of the fabric strip running inside a processing section. The configuration of the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the fabric strip according to the present invention is not particularly limited, and can have any type of configuration, provided that the configuration allows the axis of rotation of any one of a the introduction guide rollers 3 and the separation guide roller 4 are fixed at an arbitrary or prescribed relative angle with respect to the axis of rotation of the other roller. For example, it is possible to have a unit configuration 9, in which any of the rollers, of the insert guide roller 3 and separation guide roller 4, supported by a pivotable frame, which is rotatably attached to a frame on which the other roller is mounted. In the present invention, it is also possible to have a configuration in which it is possible to change the angle of any of the rotation axes 01 and 02 of the insertion roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 with respect to the other axis of rotation. rotation. Figure 3 (A) shows a side view of an example of a travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip according to the present invention, in which the axis of rotation 01 of the guide roller 3 is rotatably supported by the frame 6, the axis 02 of rotation of the separation guide roller 4 is rotatably supported by the sub-frame 7, the sub-frame 7 is pivotally mounted to the frame 6 through a pivot pin 8. In the aforementioned example, by causing the aforesaid sub-frame 7 to rotate about a center which is the pivot pin 8, the rotation axis 02 of the separation guide roller 4 can be freely set at an arbitrary angle with respect to to the axis 01 of rotation of the insert guide roller 3.

Figure 3 (B) shows the position relationship between the rollers 3 and 4 and the aforementioned pivot pin 8, as seen from the direction of the arrow D. That is, in Figure 3 (A), the axes 01 and 02 of rotation of the introduction guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4, respectively, are oriented in the same direction, there being no difference in relative angle between the rotation axes 01 and 02 of the roller 3 of insertion guide and the separation guide roller 4, respectively, in such a way that in this case, the fabric strip 5 receiving the associated procedure can have a 180 degree change in its direction of travel, without imparting any twist . In Figure 4 (A) the example is shown in which the aforementioned sub-frame 7 rotates 45 degrees about the pivot pin 8, such that the axis 02 of rotation of the separation guide roller 4 is maintained at a relative angle of 45 degrees with respect to the axis 01 of rotation of the introduction guide roller 3. Figure 4 (B) shows the positional relationship between rollers 3 and 4 and the aforementioned pivot pin 8, as seen from the direction of arrow D.

In this case, therefore, it is possible to change the travel direction of the strip 5-1 of fabric from the travel direction I, which is the direction governed by the introduction guide roller 3, to the travel direction 0 , which is the direction governed by the separation guide roller 4, changed 45 degrees with respect to the travel direction I. Figure 5 (A) shows an example in which the aforementioned sub-frame 7 pivotally rotates 90 degrees about the pivot pin 8, such that the axis 2 of rotation of the separation guide roller 4 is maintained at a relative angle of 90 degrees with respect to the axis 01 of rotation of the introduction guide roller 3. In this case, therefore, it is possible to change the travel direction of the fabric strip 5-1 from the travel direction I, which is the direction governed by the introduction guide roller 3, to the travel direction 0 , which is the direction governed by the separation guide roller 4, changed 90 degrees with respect to the travel direction I. Figure 6 (A) shows an example in which the aforementioned sub-frame 7 pivotally rotates an additional 90 degrees around the pivot pin 8, such that the axis 02 of rotation of the separation guide roller 4 is maintained at a relative angle of 180 degrees with respect to the axis 01 of rotation of the insert guide roller 3.

In this case, therefore, although this is similar to the case shown in Figure 3 (A), the fabric strip -1 is separated to the address 0, which is the same as the address I governed by the feed guide roller 3, only by changing the travel position of the fabric strip. Therefore, in the present invention, by suitably providing the travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the aforementioned fabric strip either within each of the processing sections or between the processing sections that make up the plurality of processing zones. continuously connected in the continuous web strip processor apparatus, it is not only possible to change the continuous travel direction of the fabric strip in each of the processing sections, but also, even within the same processing section, to change arbitrarily the travel direction or travel position of the fabric strip. That is, in the present invention, one or more of the travel direction changing apparatuses 2 of the aforesaid fabric strip is provided in the INPUT section or the OUTPUT section of each of the plurality arbitrarily selected from the processing sections from among the plurality of processing sections IA to 1E shown in FIG. 1, the relative angle between the rotation axis 01 and 02 of the insert guide roller 3 and separation guide roller 4 in this travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip, thereby arbitrarily fixing the travel direction or travel path of the fabric strip 5 between the processing sections. In the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the aforementioned fabric strip of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 7, the insertion travel SI surface of the fabric strip 5-1. which is introduced into the introduction guide roller 3 and the separation travel surface S2 of the fabric strip 5-2 which is separated by means of the separation guide roller 4, are fixed in flat positions, mutually differing, the changing angle travel surface S3 which is formed by means of the strip 5-3 of fabric traveling between the insert guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 is fixed in such a way that it cuts through the SI surface of the introduction trip and the travel surface S2 separating the strip of fabric 5 at an arbitrary angle. Although the present invention is possible, as described above, arbitrarily set the angle? relative between the axes 01 and 02 of rotation of the insert guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 of the fabric strip travel direction change apparatus 2 In the present invention, the inventor knows that there is an intimate relationship between the spacing between the insert guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 and the angle? relative between the axes 01 and 02 of rotation of the introduction guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 that is formed causing at least one of the rollers 3 and 4 to rotate pivotally, performing the experiment described below For the purpose of analyzing the relationship in which obtaining an angle? Large relative with a short separation between the two rollers 3 and 4 has an adverse effect on the characteristics of the fabric strip product. In a travel direction change apparatus 2 of the fabric strip configured as shown in Figure 7 (A) and in Figure 7 (B), if the configuration is such that, as shown in Figure 7C, the introduction guide roller 3 is held fixed and the axis 02 of rotation of the separation guide roller 4 rotates pivotally in an arbitrary manner, an investigation is carried out to determine, for a strip of fabric of width X and a distance of axis a Y axis between the two guide rollers 3 and 4, what kind of influence is given on the characteristics of the product by twisting the strip of fabric as it moves along. The conditions required for the research described above were that the axis of rotation 01 of the The guide roller 3 is inserted perpendicular to the travel axis D-1 of the strip of fabric 5 (5-1) that arrives there and furthermore the roller makes contact with the surface of the strip of fabric on one of its sides . The contact angle between the fabric strip and the insert guide roller 3 can be arbitrarily set within 180 degrees. Additionally, the separation guide roller 4 is installed to be in contact with the opposite surface of the fabric strip from the fabric strip surface contacting the introduction guide roller 3. The axis of rotation 02 of the separation guide roller 4 can be arbitrarily oriented to be anywhere from a position parallel to the axis 01 of rotation of the guide roller 3 to a maximum of 90 degrees with respect thereto. In the case in which the angle? relative between the rotation axis 01 and 02 of the introduction guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 respectively, the length between the ends of the fabric strip traveling while the twisting is made is fixed at 90 degrees. the introduction guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 was determined by calculating Z, and an observation was made of the relation thereof with respect to the width X of the fabric strip 5, and with respect to the Y-axis distance between the introduction guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4. The length Z between the cloth strip ends, as can be seen from Figure 8 (A) and Figure 8 (B), is the right triangle hypotenuse ABD, which is half the width X of the strip of fabric as a side, and an investigation was made of the relationship between the distance Y between the contact points of the fabric strip being the guide roller 3 of introduction and the roller 4 of separation guide, the base of the right triangle ABC having half the width X of the fabric strip as one side and the distance Z between the contact points of the edge on one side of the fabric strip with the insertion roller 3 with the separation roller 4, the results being presented in Table 1. Specifically, the ratio of the distance Z at the edge of the fabric strip to the distance Y in the central part thereof is such that, the smaller the interval between the guide roller 3 of introduction and the roller 4 of separation guide, that is to say, after minor is the distance Y in relation to the width X of the strip of fabric, the greater the extension of the length of the edge part relative to the length of the central part of the strip of fabric.

From previous experience it has been found that for the purpose of the deformation which depends on the difference in the length of the edge part with respect to the length of the central part of the fabric strip, it is naturally corrected in such a way that it does not affecting the structure and performance of the fabric strip, it is desirable that the deformation be 2.8% or less. For the purpose of investigating the conditions for limiting this deformation, for example, to less than 2.8%, an experiment was carried out in which the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the aforementioned fabric strip was used in accordance with the invention, suitably varying the relative angle between the axes 01 and 02 of rotation of the introduction guide roller 3 and the aforementioned separation guide roller 4, respectively, and in which the ratio of the distance ratio was determined Z between the part of the two aforementioned rollers that are in contact with the edge part of the fabric strip and the distance Y between the two points of contact of the fabric strip with the rollers and the residual deformation of the strip of fabric. fabric, showing the results in Figure 9. As can be judged from the results of this experiment, as the ratio of the distance Z between the part of the two rollers that are in ntacto with the edge part of the fabric strip increases with respect to the distance Y between the contact points, the residual deformation increases, observing that, in order to achieve a residual deformation of 2.8% or less, it is necessary to make the ratio of the distance Z between the part of the rollers that are in contact with the edge portion of the fabric strip with respect to the distance Y between the contact points is 3% or less. When comparing this condition with the relation shown in Table 1, it can be seen that if the distance Y between the contact points of the fabric strip with the insert guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 is 3 times the width X of the strip of the fabric, it is possible to avoid that the deformation of the fabric affects the quality of the strip of fabric. Therefore, in the present invention, it is observed that, in order that the distance Y between the contact points of the center of the width of the fabric strip with the insertion roller 3 and the guide roller 4 separation is 3 times the width X of the fabric strip, it is necessary that the distance Z between the contact points of the rollers with the edge parts of the fabric strip is 1.0274 times or less the distance Y between the contact points from the center of the width of the fabric strip with the rollers.

That is, based on the aforementioned research, in the present invention, when the angle? Relative between the rotation axes 01 and 02 of the introduction guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4, respectively, forming the travel direction changing apparatus 2, varies arbitrarily, such that the surface S- 3 Angle travel is formed as the fabric strip 5 is twisted as the fabric strip travels, the distance between the rollers is set in such a way that the distance Y between the contact point of the roller 3 of introduction guide with the center of the width X of the fabric strip and the contact point of the separation guide roller 4 with the center of the width X of the fabric strip is 3 or more times the width X of the fabric strip . In the angle travel surface S-3 which is formed in the fabric strip as it travels between the two rollers of the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the fabric strip, in the case in which the angle relative between the axes of rotation of the two rollers is 90 degrees, the ratio of the distance Y between the points of contact of the rollers with the center line with respect to the strip of fabric at the distance Z between the contact points of the rollers with the edge portions of the fabric strip is calculated as shown in Table 1.

For example, when the distance Y of center-line of fabric strip is 4 times the width Y of the fabric strip, the distance Z between the edge parts is 1.0155 times, indicating that the edge part of the strip of fabric stretches approximately 1.5% with respect to the part in the center line. In the same way, if Y is 3 times X, Z is 1.0274 times Y, indicating that the edge portion of the fabric strip is lengthened by approximately 2.7%, if Y is 2.25 times X, Z is 1.0482 times Y, indicating that the edge portion of the fabric strip is stretched approximately 4.8%, and if Y is 2 times X, Z is 1.0607 times Y, indicating that the edge portion of the fabric strip is stretched approximately 6.0%. Figure 9 shows the residual deformation of a strip of cloth similar to a band of the general type of 200 mm long made of synthetic polyester fiber, when the prescribed elongation strain is imparted thereto 10 times at normal temperature by means of of a tension test machine. For example, in the case where the elongation deformation of the fabric strip is 1% of the original length, the residual deformation of the fabric strip is approximately 0.4%. In the same way, in the case where the elongation strain is 3%, the deformation residual is about 1%, when the elongation strain is 7%, the residual strain is about 4.6%, and when the elongation strain is 11%, the residual strain is about 8%. Therefore, it was observed that if the residual elongation strain on the edge portion of the fabric strip is about 1% or less with respect to the central part thereof, there is no influence by the deformation on the appearance and External performance of the fabric strip. It was also observed that when the residual elongation strain on the fabric strip exceeds 1%, the edge of the fabric strip can be undulated or twisted, and when the residual deformation exceeds 4.6%, the fabric strip can be extremely deformed, degree that its value as a product similar to a band is completely lost. Based on these experiments and observations, it was verified as a result of processing many band-like products, by passing them through the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the cloth strip with a relative angle of 90 degrees and at different distances Y between the points of contact, that the ideal condition necessary to not affect the external appearance and performance of the strip of fabric traveling is that the distance Y between the contact points with the center line part to the width of the fabric strip is at least 3 times the width X of the fabric strip, that is, that the elongation deformation is 1.0274 or less times the distance Y. In the present invention, although it is possible that either the introduction guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 is a single coupled feeding roller having a group of roller sections that are fixed with respect to a roller arrow on which a plurality of fabric strips can travel simultaneously, or be a divided roller having a roller section that is divided into a plurality of divisions that rotate freely with respect to a single rotary arrow, it is necessary that at least the other roller is an individual roller on which travel a single strip of cloth. In the present invention, although it is possible to make the insert guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 as separate elements, which combine to form a travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip, it is also possible, for greater efficiency, as shown in Figure 3, configuring a travel direction change roller unit of the fabric strip by integrating as one, an introduction guide roller 3 and a separation guide roller 4, and combining as appropriate a plurality of said units.

In the present invention, in order to improve the ease of passing the fabric strip 5 through each of the various processing zones, it is desirable to keep any of the rolls, the feed guide roll 3 or the feed guide roll 4 separation in a cantilever shape as a rotating roller, as shown in Figure 10. In this case, an example of the construction of the travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip in Figure 10, in wherein the end of a rotating support shaft 11 of at least either the insertion guide roller 3 or the separation guide roller 4 is supported by attaching it to a cam section 13 which can be slid into a slot 12 of a frame 6 provided suitably, the relative angle between the axis 01 and 02 of rotation of the guide roller 3 of introduction and the roller 4 of separation guide, respectively, is arbitrarily fixable within this config 9 of unit type. In the present invention, an example of an apparatus 2 travel direction change of the fabric strip, as shown in Figure 11, is a travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip, in which a plurality of units 9 is ordered in parallel or in series based on plate 14.

In this apparatus 2 of change of direction of the fabric strip, the units 9, 9 ', 9"etc., which are arranged on one and the same base plate 14 with the rotary arrow of at least one of the roller 3 of guide of introduction and the roller 4 of guide of separation of each one of the units 9, 9 ', 9", etc., can be placed with a relative angle pre-established with respect to the other guide roller, and it is also possible to have the units 9, 9 ', 9", etc., arranged, as shown for example in Figure 3 and Figure 10, with at least one of the introduction guide roller 3 and the separation guide roller 4 , constructed to allow it to rotate In addition, another possible example of the configuration of the travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip according to the present invention is shown in Figure 12, wherein both the roller 3 insertion guide and separation guide roller 4 in each of the units 9, 9 ', 9", etc., which are arranged on the base plate 14 are arranged in such a way that their axes of rotation, such as the guide roller 3 'of introduction and the rollers 4 and 4" of separation guide, are perpendicular with respect to the surface of the base plate 14, in which case the upper guide rollers shown in Figure 12, play the role of the separation guide rollers 4 and the lower guide rollers shown in Figure 12 play the role of the introduction guide rollers 3. In this method of using the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the aforesaid fabric strip, for example, in either the outlet part or within a processing section A of a processing zone 1-1 of a continuous plurality of zones for processing a fabric strip, as shown in Figure 1, a travel direction change apparatus 2 of the aforementioned fabric strip shown in Figure 12, is located between the rollers 3A, 3A ', 3A', etc., of introduction guide and the separation guide rollers 4A, 4A ', 4A ", etc., shown in Figure 13. As a result, in this specific example, between rollers 3A, 3A ', 3A', etc., of the aforementioned introduction guide and the plurality of separation guide rollers 4 in this travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip, a plurality of change apparatus 21 is formed travel direction of fabric strip of the present invention, and an apparatus 2 is formed 2 of travel direction change of the fabric strip of the present invention between the plurality of the introduction guide rollers 3 and the separation guide rollers 4A, 4A1, 4A ", etc., in this switching apparatus 2 travel direction of the fabric strip. In the manner described above, in this example of the present invention, a group of two units it forms the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the fabric strip. That is, it can be considered that the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the fabric strip according to the present invention is formed by several configurations, including a unitary configuration, not only is it possible to arrange these combinations in a suitable way, in or out of the processing zones, but also freely changing, as necessary, the travel angle and travel direction of the fabric strip by changing the angle of the rotation arrow of at least one of the guide roller 3 introduction and the separation guide roller 4. In the present invention, therefore, as shown in the example of Figure 1, it is possible to use an appropriate number of the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the fabric strip, by placing them with suitable orientations in suitable positions within or between a plurality of processing zones selected from the group of a plurality of processing zones, thereby allowing the continuous feeding of the strip of fabric traveling between, or into, the processing zones, while the direction of travel is arbitrarily changed in the directions backward / forward, right / left and upward / downward.

Next, a detailed comparison will be made between the continuous method of processing a fabric strip used in the past with an example of use of the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the fabric strip according to the present invention to effect the prescribed procedures by causing the fabric strip 5 to travel through a plurality of serial processing zones. Figure 15 shows an overview of an example of a continuous processing line for a general type of woven fabric strip made primarily of a synthetic polyester Figure, giving more details than in Figure 14, Figure 15 (A) is a flat view thereof, and Figure 15 (B) is a side elevational view thereof. As shown in Figure 15, the strip 5 of fabric to be processed is supplied from the cloth input apparatus 101, and successively travels to a debugging process indicated as < 1 > , which is a purification processing zone comprising a purification bath 102, and then a second purification drying process indicated as < 2 > , which is a purification drying processing zone, comprising a purification dryer 103, and then a color application process indicated as < 3 > , which is a color application processing zone, comprising a color pad unit 104, in which it is applied a prescribed color to it, after which it goes through a pre-drying procedure indicated as < 4 > , which is a pre-drying processing zone comprising a pre-dryer 105. Subsequently, the fabric strip 5 goes through a control development process (thermosol) indicated as < 5 > which is a color development processing zone (thermosol) that includes a mechanical ironer prior 106, a thermosol fixer 107, and a metal backing ironer 108, this performs the prescribed color development procedure, after which the fabric strip 5 goes through a water washing procedure indicated as < 6 > , which is a three-stage water washing processing zone, comprising a first, a second and a third water bath, 109, 110 and 111, respectively. Then, the fabric strip 5 enters a post-wash drying procedure with water indicated as < 7 > , which is a water washing drying processing zone comprising a water washing dryer 112, after which it passes to a finishing agent application process indicated as < 8 > , which is a finishing agent pad zone comprising an oil-resin pad unit 113, from which it sequentially passes through a final heat fixing process indicated as < 9 > , which is a drying zone of finishing agent and heat setting comprising, in sequence, a machine a prior metal ironer 114, a heat fixer 114 and a rear metal ironer 116, and then the cloth strip 5 is finally stored as a final product is a fabric outlet apparatus 117. That is, in a continuous web strip process, used in the past, all the processing zones are arranged along a straight line, the strip of fabric traveling along these processing zones in a roughly straight line, to pass through each of the processing zones, such that the total length of the continuous fabric strip processor 1 can be, for example, 40 meters. Additionally, as noted above, because multiple processing zones are provided that have the same type of function, work efficiency is impaired, and additional energy is consumed, thereby causing an increase in production cost. In contrast to the aforementioned system, by making effective the use of the travel direction change apparatus 2 of the aforementioned fabric strip with reference to Figure 13 and Figure 16, if for example in a strip processor apparatus 1. continuous fabric in which at least a long strip of fabric 5 is continuously passed through a plurality of processing zones to receive the prescribed processing in each of the zones processors, it is possible, within at least one processor section I forming the continuous fabric strip processor 1, that the fabric strip 5 passes through the points H1, H2, H3, etc. of travel direction change as it forms a plurality of travel paths Pl, P2, P3, etc., and receives the prescribed processing, the web strip passes along the travel path PI within the section IA processing apparatus, a travel direction change apparatus 21 of the fabric strip is provided at the point of change of travel direction Hl, in which the direction of travel of the fabric strip 5 is to be changed, and an apparatus 22 of travel direction change of the additional fabric strip is provided at the point at which the fabric strip 5 is then made to enter the adjacent travel path P2, the result being that the fabric strip 5 travels sequentially along the trajectories Pl, P2, P3, etc., of mutually parallel travel. In the aforementioned configuration, it is possible for example that the fabric strip performs any number of round trips in a spiral or zigzag configuration within a processing section that forms a processing zone, with this not only allows a shortening of the length required of the processing section, but also allowing the strip of cloth to be processed to pass through one and the same processing section, in such a way that even a strip of fabric that has already been processed in a different processing area, is passed through that processing section once again. This capability means that it is possible to use conditions that are set in a processing section for a prescribed purpose in the strip strip process for a different purpose, thereby allowing a multiple purpose use of a single processing zone, which contributes to Great measure to save energy. In addition, because the inner part of a processing section forming an individual processing zone is divided into a plurality of processing chambers, it is possible to make the processing condition of each of these processing chambers mutually different, this provides a higher level of freedom than in the aforementioned example and allows the execution of different processing on the same fabric strip. In the present invention, as shown in Figure 17, within at least one processing section A of a plurality of processing sections, by passing the strip of fabric 5 through the points Hl, H2, H3, etc., of travel path change forms a plurality of travel paths Pl, P2, P3, etc., and receives the prescribed procedure, after going through a trip path Pl selected within this processing section, it is provides a device 21 for changing the direction of the fabric strip at the point of travel path change Hl at a position in which the fabric strip is to enter, and a device 22"for changing the direction of travel is provided. additional fabric strip at the point at which the fabric strip 5 is going to enter another selected travel path P3, the result being that the fabric strip 5 travels along an arbitrary trajectory within a same processing section in in a mutually parallel manner, although in the configuration of the aforementioned continuous web strip processor apparatus, the same web strip 5 is in a single processing zone, it is also possible to return or resend the web strip after the procedure in a different processing zone, such as the processing zone IC shown in Figure 1. That is, in the aforementioned example, in the plurality of travel paths, it is possible to have in this processing section, mixing with and in addition to a strip of cloth receiving the procedure prescribed in the aforementioned processing section, a strip of fabric which has already passed through this processing section and which has received the prescribed procedure in a different processing zone to receive the same procedure or to receive the procedure for a different purpose.

For this reason, it is possible to configure the present invention so that a strip of fabric is passed through, and processed by a plurality of processing zones, the arrangement sequence of this plurality of processing sections, which constitute the processor apparatus. The continuous web strip is different from the sequence in which the web strip continuously passes through the processing section. For example, Figure 18 (A) and Figure 18 (B) are planar and elevational views, respectively, of a continuous web strip processing apparatus, in accordance with the present invention. In this apparatus, starting from the right side of the drawing, the apparatus comprises a cloth entry apparatus 201, a refining bath 202, a color pad unit 206 comprising an integrated combination of a metal pre-ironing machine 205, a metal backing machine 203, and a cooking unit 204 (this color pad unit 206 comprises a color bath and a general squeeze roller), a pre-color fixer / thermosol 207, three stages of washing with water comprising the first, second and third water baths 208, 209 and 210, respectively, an oil pad unit 213 comprising a metal ironer 211, and a metal ironer 212 rearward (this unit 213 of FIG. pillow oil comprises an oil bath and a general squeeze roll), a built-in heat / wash / rinse drying fixator 214, and a fabric exit apparatus 215. In the present invention, when performing the prescribed procedures on the fabric strip 5 in a continuous web strip processor apparatus 1, as shown by the travel path indicated at the bottom of Figure 18 (B), the strip fabric is first supplied from the cloth inlet apparatus 201 and then passed through the depuration bath 202 which forms the purification drying processing zone indicated as < 1 > , after which it is supplied to the integrated process bath 214 which forms the wash / dry region indicated as < 2 > , comprising the deburring / drying / washing / heat drying fixative. After passing through the deburring drying process zone of the process bath 214, the fabric strip travels in the reverse direction through the cooling unit 204 and enters the color pad unit 206 that forms the application zone of color indicated as < 3 > , in which a prescribed color solution is applied thereto, after which it passes through the pre-drying zone within the pre-drying / thermosol fixing 207 which forms the pre-drying zone indicated as < 4 > . Subsequently, the fabric strip 5 returns in the reverse direction to the metal pre-ironing machine 205, after which it reverses the direction again to return again to the aforementioned pre-dryer / thermosol 207 itself in such a way that the color develops (thermosol) as tension is applied thereto between the metal pre-ironing machine 205 and the rear metal ironing machine 207. In this case, the fabric strip 5 passes through the thermosol fixing zone of the aforementioned pre-dryer / thermoset fixer 207. After the fabric strip 5 receives the process of color development in the processing zone < 5 > , the fabric strip 5 returns once more, passing through the metal backing machine 203, then passes through the first, second and third water baths 208, 209 and 210 respectively, which form the water washing zone of three stages indicated as < 6 > . Then, the fabric strip 5 enters the processor bath 214 which is an integrated water / heat washing / drying drying fixer that forms the wash zone with water, indicated as < 7 > , which enters the washing drying zone with water from it. Subsequently, after an oil prescribed in an oil pad unit 213 including the metal pre-ironing machine 211 and the after-ironing machine has been applied to the fabric strip 5, a metal 212 forming the finishing agent pad zone indicated as < 8 > , the fabric strip passes through the aforementioned pre-ironing machine 211 and is supplied to the process bath 214 which comprises integrated water cleaning / debugging drying / heat setting drying indicated as < 9 > . After passing through the heat setting zone of the process bath 214, it returns to the metal backing finisher 212 which forms the finishing agent pad zone indicated as < 8 > and, after having a prescribed amount of tension applied thereto between the metal pre-ironing machine 211 and the metal after-ironing machine 212, it is stored as a final product in the fabric outlet apparatus 215. Although the processing sections that are used to carry out the processes prescribed in the aforementioned example are basically known processing apparatuses, it is desirable, for example, in the purification bath 202, or in the water washing baths 208, 209 and 210 or in the scrubbing / drying water bath 214 / heat setting drying bath 214 make the fabric strip 5, as shown in Figure 19, perform a zigzag pitch between a plurality of guide rollers 191 and 192 which They are placed in the upper part and the lower part in such a way that they lengthen the procedure time. It is also possible, as It is shown in Figure 20, not only to make the fabric strip realize a zigzag pitch between a plurality of guide rollers 191 and 192 which are placed in the lower upper part, but also to provide a change apparatus 2. of travel direction of the fabric strip according to the present invention in part of the travel path of the fabric strip 5, such that the fabric strip 5 is passed in a spiral configuration any number of occasions within one and the same processing section as the travel path thereof is sequentially changed between adjacent travel paths. In the process baths, insofar as they comprise a pre-dryer / thermosol fixer 207 and the integrated heat-treatment drying / cleaning drying fixator 214 used in the aforementioned example, it is possible to use a heating apparatus such as shows in A in Figure 21 (A). That is, a plurality of heating devices 193 are arranged in parallel, the fabric strip is passed between them using the guide rollers 191 and 192 as shown in Figure 19 or Figure 20. It is possible that the unit chiller 204, the metal pre-ironing machines 205 and 211 and the metal backing machines 203 and 212 used in the aforementioned example are formed by a group of rollers as shown in B or C of Figure 21 (A). That is, it is desirable that the group of rollers (5-1 to 5-4) in B or C of Figure 21 (A) are the metal rollers 5 having at least their surfaces made of metal, in addition to, that these four rollers 5-1 to 5-4 are positioned in such a way that they do not make contact with each other, and also that these metal-surface rollers are actively driven or braked through the appropriate driving means 6. Each of the metal surface rollers 5-1 to 5-4 are rotated at a prescribed rotation speed by means of the driving means having a suitable configuration, the rotation arrows of each of the surface rollers of metal 5-1 to 5-4 are rotated at a mutually equal speed by means of suitable impulse transmission means 17, such as a chain, a gear or a band. Although it is necessary that the metal surface rollers (5-1 to 5-4) of the present invention do not make mutual physical contact, there is no particular limitation with respect to the spacing between them, this spacing is arbitrarily attachable. There is also no particular limitation on numbers of metal surface rollers, this is necessary because the interrelation between the configuration of the fabric strip 5 and the surface condition of the metal surface rollers to make the design is such that slippage does not occur when the fabric strip 5 is conveyed with a prescribed tension. Although it is desirable that the aforementioned metal surface rolls 5-1 to 5-4 be made entirely of metal, it is also possible that only the part of the surface that contacts the fabric strip 5 is made of metal. In the present invention, the metal forming at least the surface of the aforementioned metal surface rolls 5 is desirably laminated with hard chrome, and it is also desirable that the surfaces of the metal surface rolls 5-1 a 5-4 is as smooth as possible and, if possible, have a mirror finish. At least a portion of the guide rollers 51 to 57 used in the heater apparatus 193 shown in A in Figure 21 (A) has a plurality of roller parts that are divided from one to the other on a single rotation arrow, as shown in Figure 21 (B) or in Figure 21 (C), they are fixed to the rotation arrow of this feeder roller, the configuration is such that they can rotate freely with respect to the rotation arrow. It is also possible, if required, to have all the parts of the roller divided to rotate free, or to have part of them in Locking contact with respect to the arrow. It is desirable to use a configuration that allows locking contact as required with respect to shrinkage and stretch behavior of various types of woven webs. As shown in Figure 21 (B), for example, on the feed roll, the feed roll itself is divided into at least two parts 62 and 63, one of these parts, 62, is attached to the drive means and is provided in such a way that it is fixed with respect to the rotation arrow 61, the other part, 63, is provided in such a manner that it is capable of freely and passively rotating with respect to the rotation arrow 61. Figure 21 (C) shows another example of dividing the passively described rotation roller, in which the roller is divided into three parts, the central part 65 is fixed with respect to the rotation arrow 61, and the parts 65 and 65 on either side thereof , they are passively rotatable. The length of the divisions of this roller can be set arbitrarily. In this example of the present invention, a travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip according to the present invention is located at a part indicated by the symbol Q in Figure 18, in such a way that the direction travel of the fabric strip moves up and down, to the left and to the right and also back and forth (ie, including reverse speed) as the fabric strip 5 is processed. According to the aforementioned configuration, the total length of the continuous web strip processor apparatus 1, according to the present invention, is reduced to 29.16 meters. In the previous example, in the pre-dryer / thermoset fixator 207, because the fabric strip 5 makes two steps at different times, it is desirable to provide two processing zones. It is possible to have the same temperature conditions in each of these processing zones, and in the case where the purpose of each of the processing zones is different, it is possible to set mutually different process conditions in each of the processing zones . In the same way, in the process bath 214 comprising a water wash / heat sink drying / drying dryer integrated in the aforementioned previous example, because the fabric strip 5 makes three steps at different times, it is It is desirable to provide at least three processing zones. It is possible to have the same temperature conditions in each of the processing zones, and in the case where the purpose of each of the zones processors are different, it is possible to set mutually different processing conditions in each of the processing zones. In the present invention, a voltage changing means T that changes the tension applied to the fabric strip, is provided in the input section or in the output section of at least one of the processing sections, for example, of IB, which forms the processing zones 1-1 through 1-5 which constitute a continuous web strip processor apparatus 1 as shown in Figure 1, at least a portion of the web strip 5 traveling through from the internal part of the processing section IB is passed through the means T of change of tension, thereby allowing the strip of fabric 5 to have different tensions applied as it passes through, and is processed in the various zones within of the processing section. With reference to the example shown in Figure 18, for example, the tension application apparatus TI comprising the metal pre-ironing machine 205, the metal backing machine 203, and the dancer roller in the processing area 216 corresponds to the voltage changing means T of the present invention. That is to say, the TI application apparatus of tension comprising the dancer roller is a tension application apparatus well known in the past, and "which allows to fix arbitrarily loading, the metal pre-ironing machine 205 and the metal post-ironing machine 203 are controlled by means of a control signal exiting from the voltage applying device TI corresponding to the relative rotation speed of each of the groups of rollers of rotation, allowing with this the application of the prescribed tension to the strip of cloth. As described above, in another aspect of a continuous web strip processor apparatus 1 according to the present invention, at least one strip of long strip-like fabric is processed by a plurality of processing zones as it moves through the web. continuously through the plurality of processing areas, the fabric strip first passes through at least a first processing section forming a part of the plurality of processing sections in such a way that it is processed by it, after which which passes to at least a second processing section, in which it receives a procedure that differs from the process of the first processing section, after which it again returns to the first processing section mentioned above. In implementing the aforementioned aspect of the present invention, it is desirable that at least one of the aforementioned processing sections be divided in the travel direction of the fabric strip between them in a plurality of processing zones, and that in each of these processing zones a process is carried out that has either the same purpose or a different purpose of the procedure in other zones. Figure 22 (A) and Figure 22 (B) are a plan view and a side elevational view of the aforementioned example of the present invention, the travel direction of the fabric strip 5 is also shown. Specifically, in a continuous web strip processor apparatus 1 shown in the example of Figure 22, starting from the right side of the drawing, the apparatus comprises a cloth input apparatus 301, a fabric outlet apparatus 315, a bath 302 of debugging, the previous ironing machines 305 and 309 of metal, a metal ironing machine 306 rear, the units 310 (A) and 310 (B) of color / oil pad (these units 310 (A) and 310 (B) ) of color / oil pad comprise a color bath or oil bath and a conventional squeeze roll), a combination of deburrer dryer / pre-dryer / thermosol binder / water wash dryer / heat fixer 304 ( divided into the regions (A) and (B), a chiller unit 307, a metal backing machine 208 and three water washing steps comprise the first, second and third water wash baths 311, 312 and 313, respectively, the aforementioned elements are arranged continuously in a straight line. In this example, when performing the prescribed procedure on a cloth strip 5 using the continuous processor apparatus 1, as indicated by the fabric strip path 5 at the bottom of Figure 22 (B), the fabric strip 5 which is going to be processed is first supplied from the cloth input apparatus 301, and then receives the purification and washing process in the purification bath 302 indicated as < 1 > , after which it is supplied to the low temperature zone of the deburrer / pre-dryer / thermosol fixer / water wash dryer / heat fixer 304 (A) combination indicated as < 2 > , the fabric strip passes through the debugger processing processing zone of the processing zone 304 (A) after which it passes through the chiller unit 307 and travels in the reverse direction to enter the prior press ironing machine 309. metal and the integrated color pad unit 310 (A) which forms the color application zone indicated as < 3 > , in which a prescribed color is applied, after which the fabric strip 5 returns again to the combination of deburrer / pre-dryer / thermosol fixer / water wash dryer / heat fixer 304, passes through the pre-drying processing region of the high temperature zone 304 (B) of this process bath 304, after which it passes through the metal pre-ironing machine 309 and, as shown in < 5 > , once it returns to the combination of deburrer / pre-dryer / thermosol fixative / water-washed dryer / heat fixer 304, in the thermosol fixer processing zone of the high temperature zone 304 (B) in the which undergoes the development of color, after which it also passes through the metal backing machine 304, which is applied a voltage applied thereto between the metal pre-ironing machine 309 and the metal ironing machine 308 posterior. After the fabric strip 5 passes through the color development process of the processing zone, it passes through three washing steps with water, these are the first, second and third water washing baths 311, 312 and 313 respectively, which constitute the wash zone with water indicated as < 6 > . Subsequently, the strip of fabric 5 returns again to the combination of deburrer dryer / pre-dryer / thermosol fixer / water washing dryer / heat fixer 304, where it enters the washing drying processing zone with water of the low temperature region 304 (A) of the processor bath 304. Subsequently, the fabric strip 5 returns to the pre-ironing machine 305 of metal and the unit 310 (B) indicated as < 8 > of integrated color pad, in the which is applied to the prescribed oil, after which the fabric strip 5 passes through the metal pre-ironing machine 305 and, as shown in < 9 > returns again to the combination of deburrer / pre-dryer / thermosol fixer / water wash dryer / heat fixer 304 and receives the final heat fixation procedure at the end of the heat fixing processing zone of the region 304 (A) of this processor bath 304, after which it passes through the metal backing machine 306, a prescribed stress being applied thereto between the pre-ironing machine 305 and the back-flushing machine 306 metal. Next, the fabric strip 5 jumps through the scrubbing bath 302 and is stored as the final product in the fabric outlet apparatus 315 that is provided as one with the fabric entry apparatus 301. The processor mechanism 303, which forms the main part of the continuous processor apparatus 1 in the aforementioned example, is divided internally into three blocks. The first block Rl comprises the units 310 (A) and (B) of color / oil pad, and the integrated combination of a pre-ironing machine 309 of metal, a pre-ironing machine 305 of metal, and a press ironing machine 306 of metal. The second block R2 comprises a processor bath 304 comprising the combination of deburrer dryer / pre-dryer / thermosol fixer / water wash dryer / heat fixer, and a gas combustion apparatus for the purpose of heating the aforementioned process bath, bath 304 of the aforementioned process also has a low temperature region 304 (A) and a high temperature region 304 (B). The third block R3 comprises the integrated combination of a chiller unit 307, a metal backing machine 308, and a tension control mechanism. The fabric strip 5 that starts in the cloth input apparatus 301 and passes through the scrubber 302, jumps the first block Rl of the aforementioned process mechanism 303, and passes through 304 (A) of the second block R2 thereof, reaching the chiller unit 307 of the third block R3, after which the travel direction of the fabric strip is reversed, the fabric strip jumps the second block R2, returning to the pad unit 310 (A) of color provided in the first block Rl, and then, it is returned in one direction again to feed the original direction of the trip, over which it passes through 304 (B) of the second block R2, after which it reverses the address again and reaches the pre-ironing machine 309 of metal of the first block Rl.

Then, the fabric strip 5 passes through 304 (B) of the second block R2 in the original direction again, passing through 308 of the third block R3 and, after passing through the first, second and third water baths 311, 312 and 313, reverses the travel direction once more to pass through 304 (A) of the second block R2, thereby reaching the oil pad unit 310 (B) of the first block Rl. The fabric strip 5 then travels to the metal pre-ironing machine 305 within the first block Rl, after which it inverts its travel direction and passes through the final heat fixing zone 304 (A) of the second block R2, after which its travel direction is again reversed, such that the metal backing machine 306 of the first block Rl passes, travels to the fabric outlet apparatus 315, which is provided as 1 with the input apparatus 301 of fabric, in which it is stored as the final product. In this example of the present invention, a travel direction changing apparatus 2 of the fabric strip according to the present invention is located in the part indicated by the symbol Q in Figure 22, in such a way that the direction of journey of strip 5 of fabric moves up and down, from left to right, and also towards forward and backward (that is, including the reverse speed) as the fabric strip 5 advances. According to the aforementioned configuration, the total length of the continuous web strip processor apparatus 1 according to the present invention is 21.65 meters, thereby providing a further decrease in the required surface area, compared to the first and second examples. As is clear from the aforementioned example, in the present invention it is possible to internally divide a processing section forming a processing zone into a plurality of processing zones, and it is also possible to set mutually different fabric strip processing conditions in each of the plurality of the processing zones. Therefore, the present invention in the plurality of processing zones within an individual processing section, it is possible to feed the strip of cloth into the processing apparatus and process it, after which one and the same strip of cloth that has been processed in a different processing section. For example, it is desirable to have the combination of depurator / pre-dryer / thermosol fixative / water wash dryer / heat fixer 304 in Figure 22 divided into three regions 304 (A) and 304 (B) and effect separately the procedure prescribed in each, these procedures are mutually different. It is clear from the above-mentioned example in the present invention, that it is also possible that after processing the strip of cloth that is fed into the processing apparatus in a processing zone of a plurality of processing zones in the aforementioned processing section, different procedures of the strip of fabric in a different processing section or, a different processing zone of the same processing section, after which the strip of fabric returns to the selected processing zone mentioned above, in which it receives the same procedure once plus. In the present invention, as is clear from the aforementioned example, it is possible to make the direction of the arrangement of a part of the processing sections of the plurality of processing zones in Figure 1, for example IC and ID, different from the arrangement in a straight line from the other processing areas IA and IB, such that this direction is at a certain angle with respect to the straight line layout direction of the processing sections IA and IB. That is, in the present invention, it is possible in the present invention that when the fabric strip is made to travel from at least one selected processing section from the group of processing sections to at least one other selected processing section, a travel direction of the fabric strip that is arbitrarily different from the direction of travel of the fabric strip from the other processing section to another processing section is set. . Further, in the present invention, it is possible to use a configuration in which the direction of travel of the fabric strip when the fabric strip is made to travel from at least one processor section selected from a plurality of processing sections to less another selected processing section is inverse to the travel direction of the fabric strip when it travels to the other processing section to at least one other processing section. An example of the continuous web strip processor apparatus according to the present invention is described below. Figure 23 shows a continuous web strip processor apparatus 1, in which some or all of the processing zones < 1 > to the < 9 > shown in Figure 15 are suitably placed in a U-shaped arrangement as shown in the drawing, wherein the travel direction of the fabric strip is suitably adjusted by the means of an apparatus 2 of travel direction change of fabric strip according to the present invention, in such a way that the travel direction of fabric strip changes to adapt the disposition of the processing zones. Figure 24 shows an L-shaped arrangement of a continuous web strip processing apparatus according to the present invention, in which some or all of the processing zones < 1 > to the < 9 > shown in Figure 15 are suitably placed in an L-shaped arrangement. Figure 25 shows a continuous web strip processing apparatus according to the present invention, in which some or all of the processing zones of the < 1 > to the < 9 > , which are shown in Figure 15 are suitably arranged in an S-shaped arrangement as shown in the drawing. In Figure 26, a continuous fabric strip processing apparatus according to the present invention is shown, in which the processing zones are arranged in a parallel lateral shape such that the fabric strip is caused to move in a serpentine shape through them, the configuration is such that some or all of the processing areas of the < 1 > to the < 9 > they are arranged in series to form a plurality of processing zone groups which are then arranged in parallel. Specifically, a cloth entry apparatus 401, a purification processing section 402 that is integrated to include a chiller unit and a purification bath, and a scrubber dryer 403 forms the group I; a cloth outlet apparatus 412, an oil pad unit 404 that includes a tension control unit having the same type of configuration and function as the aforementioned metal pre-ironing machine 211, or the ironing machine 212 rear aforementioned metal, and a processing bath 405 including a water wash dryer and an integrated heat setter for group II; the two-stage series connected to water baths 406 and 407 form group III; the two-stage series connected to bathrooms 408 and 409 of water fortr.ar. group IV; and a color pad unit 410 including a tension control unit having the same type of configuration and function as the aforementioned metal prep iron 205 or the aforementioned metal ironer 203, and a 414 processor bath that is a dryer and an integrated thermosol fastener forms the group V. Each of these groups is arranged in such a way that they are aligned in a mutually parallel arrangement, as shown in Figure 26. After the fabric strip 5 receives the procedural trips prescribed from the cloth entry apparatus 401 to the depuration bath of the depuration process section 402, enters the depuration dryer 403, after which it inverts the address and travels to the unit chiller of the depuration processing section 402, after which it is supplied to the group color pad unit 410. This strip of fabric then travels to the pre-drying processing zone of the processor bath 411, which is formed by a pre-dryer and a thermosol fixer, after which it travels to the thermosol fixer processing zone of the 411 processor bath. When this is done, the fabric strip 5 has applied a prescribed tension between the thermosol fixer processing zone and the tension control unit which is included in the color pad unit 410. The strip of fabric 5 that leaves this tension control unit sequentially and continuously passes through the water baths 408 and 409 forming the group IV. After which it passes sequentially and continuously to the water baths 407 and 406 that form the group III, where it enters the unit 404 of the oil pad that forms the group II. Subsequently, the fabric strip 5 enters the water washing drying processing zone of the processor bath 405 which is formed by a water washing dryer and an integrated heat fixer, after which it travels to the fixer processing zone. with heat. When this is done, a prescribed tension is applied to the strip of fabric 5 between the processing zone of heat fixer mentioned above and the tension control unit that is included in the oil pad unit 404, after which the cloth strip 5 is finally collected as a final product in the fabric outlet apparatus 402. Figure 27 shows an example of the continuous fabric strip processor apparatus 1 as shown in Figure 18 with a two-stage vertical arrangement of the elements thereof. That is, in the example shown in Figure 27, in addition to ordering the processing zones including the water washing baths 208 to 210 of Figure 18, on the second part of the stage, the fabric outlet apparatus 215 that The final processing zone is arranged adjacent to the cloth entrance apparatus 201, thereby allowing effective use of the land area and an improvement in work efficiency.

Effect of the Invention In the present invention, by causing the fabric strip to pass through a plurality of types of processes to effect the prescribed procedure, by applying twist of the fabric strip as it travels within a described processing zone or between the processing zones, the The direction of travel is changed arbitrarily, allowing an improvement in the degree of freedom of placement of the processing sections of the plurality of types of processing zones. In the present invention, it is not only possible to use an arbitrary location configuration of the plurality of processing area types, including a straight zone configuration, but also the travel direction of the fabric strip 5 is freely changed to a configuration arbitrary, including, but not limited to, a straight line. As a result, in the present invention, in the case where a strip of fabric is subjected to processes in a plurality of types of procedures, besides being able to efficiently design the place of the processing sections that constitute each of the zones processors, because it is possible to reuse a processing section that is part of a prescribed processing zone, it is also possible to improve the total production efficiency, including controlling the conditions for each of the procedures, and improving the efficiency of work, allowing with this a big reduction in the total production cost. Additionally, in the present invention, it is not only possible to reduce the size of the space occupied within a factory by the continuous fabric strip processor, it is also possible to design a continuous fabric strip processor apparatus, suitable for use in an open area of an existing plant, thereby providing a great improvement in the degree of freedom when designing the continuous cloth strip processor apparatus. Furthermore, there is no limit in the present invention for the use of only a straight line travel direction for the fabric strip, it being possible for the fabric strip to travel in an arbitrary direction, including along a curve and a trip in the reverse direction, thereby allowing a strip of fabric that has traveled through a given processing area to return in a direction that returns it to the same processing zone, and allows part of the processing zone or a whole processing zone to be eliminated, this not only allows space savings, but also a total reduction in the amount of energy consumed in the fabric strip process.

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1. A continuous web strip processor apparatus, characterized in that at least one strip of long strip-like fabric continuously moves through a plurality of processing zones, while receiving the prescribed procedure in each processing zone, wherein at least one of the processing sections forming such processing zones of the continuous web strip processing apparatus comprises at least one location between its inlet part, its outlet part or its internal part in at least one travel direction change apparatus. the strip of fabric having: an introducer guide roller having an axis of rotation that is perpendicular with respect to the center line to the strip of fabric, which travels therein, and a separating guide roller having a axis of rotation that is perpendicular to the centerline of such a strip of fabric that is separated therefrom, whereby the relative angle between such axes of r is arbitrarily set Nulling of the guide rollers.

2. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the relative angle between the axes of rotation of the two guide rollers of at least one change direction apparatus of the cloth strip provided in the processing section is arbitrarily set, it is possible to arbitrarily change the direction and the travel path of the strip of cloth inside the processing section.

3. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip is provided in an inlet part or in an outlet part of each of the plurality selected from the processing sections of such a plurality of the processing sections, wherein by arbitrarily setting the relative angle between the axes of rotation of the two guide rollers in such a traveling direction change apparatus of the fabric strip, it is possible to change arbitrarily either the direction or the travel path of the fabric strip between the processing sections.

4. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the insertion travel surface of the fabric strip entering the introduction guide roller and a separation travel surface of such The strip of fabric that emerges from the separation guide roller is placed in different planes, and also wherein a traveling surface of changing angle is formed by the strip of fabric that travels between the introducer guide roller and the roller. Separation guide is set to transversally cut the insertion travel surface and the fabric separation travel surface at an arbitrary angle.

5. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the relative angle between the axes of rotation of the guide rollers forming the travel direction change apparatus of the fabric strip it is set arbitrarily, whereby when the traveling surface of changing angle which gives a prescribed twist to the strip of fabric, is formed as the fabric strip is made to travel, the distance between the two rolls is fixed, of such that the distance between the contact of the introduction guide roller with the center line of width direction of the strip of fabric traveling on such traveling surface of changing angle and the contact point of guide roller with the center line The width direction of the fabric strip is at least three times as large as the width of the fabric strip.

6. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that at least one strip of long strip-like fabric continuously moves through a plurality of processing zones while receiving the prescribed procedure in each processing zone, wherein the fabric strip receives the prescribed procedure as it forms a plurality of travel paths through a plurality of trajectory change points within at least one of the processing sections constituting one of the processing zones that form such a continuous processor apparatus, a travel path changing apparatus of the fabric strip is provided at a point of travel direction change in which the fabric strip enters after one, or a plurality of travels of the strips of fabric along a travel path within such a processing section, and a travel path changing apparatus of the fabric strip is provided at a point of travel direction change in which the fabric strip is proximate to be entered into an adjacent travel path, thereby causing the web strip to travel sequentially along mutually parallel adjacent travel paths.

7. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that at least one strip of long strip-like fabric continuously moves through a plurality of processing zones while receiving the prescribed procedure in each processing zone, wherein the fabric strip receives the prescribed procedure as it forms a plurality of travel paths through a plurality of trajectory change points within at least one of the processing sections constituting one of the zones processors forming such a continuous processor apparatus, a directional path changing apparatus of the fabric strip is provided at a point of travel direction change in which the fabric strip enters after one, or a plurality of travels of the fabric strips along a travel path within such a processing section, and a via path changing apparatus The strip of cloth is provided at a point of travel direction change in which the strip of fabric is next to be entered into an adjacent travel path, thereby causing the strip of cloth to travel sequentially along the length of the web. adjacent travel trajectories, mutually parallel with the same processing section.

8. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that not only the fabric strip but also a separate fabric strip, exit in a plurality of travel paths formed within the same processing section.

9. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of the claims ß, characterized in that at least one strip of fabric similar to a long web continuously moves through a plurality of processing zones while receiving the prescribed procedure in each case. processing zone, wherein the sequence of arrangement of a plurality of processing zones forming such continuous fabric strip processing apparatus is different from a sequence in which the fabric strip travels through each processing section.

10. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that at least one strip of fabric similar to a long strip moves continuously through a plurality of processing zones while receiving the prescribed procedure in each processing zone, wherein at least a part of the plurality of processing sections forming the fabric strip processor apparatus continuous is arranged in such a way that it is not along the same straight line as the other processing sections.

11. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the voltage changing means that change a voltage applied to the fabric strip is provided an input part or an output part or at least one of the processing sections forming the processing zones constituting the continuous web strip processing apparatus, wherein by causing at least part of such a strip of fabric traveling within the processing section to pass through the In the case of a tension changing means, a prescribed procedure is performed on the fabric strip as mutually different tension conditions are applied thereto as the fabric strip travels through the processing section.

12. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that at least one strip of fabric similar to a long web continuously moves through a plurality of processing zones while receiving the prescribed procedure in each processing zone, where a strip of cloth that has passed and been processed in the The first processing section that forms at least part of the plurality of processing sections travels to at least the second processing section, in which it receives the process that is different from the process in the processing section, after which the fabric strip it is returned.

13. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that at least one processing section is internally divided, in addition to a plurality of processing zones, the purpose of the procedure performed on the fabric strip in each case. one of the processing zones is the same or different from the purpose of the procedure carried out in the other processing zones.

14. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to claim 13, characterized in that the plurality of processing zones provided in the processing section have conditions to process such a strip of fabric that are mutually different.

15. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of claims 13 and claim 14, characterized in that the strip of fabric which is introduced into the processor apparatus is subjected to a process in a processing zone of a plurality of processing zones in a processing section, after which, in a processing zone separated from the plurality of processing zones of such processing section, one and the The same fabric strip that has already received different procedures in another processing section is subjected to a procedure.

16. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of claims 13 and claim 14, characterized in that the fabric strip that is fed into the processor apparatus is subjected to processing in a processing zone in a plurality of selected processing zones of a plurality of processing zones in such a processing section, and is then subjected to a process in a separate processing zone in a different processing section or in the same processing section, after which the fabric strip is returned to a processing zone selected

17. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that the rotatable configuration, the traveling direction change angle with respect to the fabric strip of at least one roller guide roll guide introduction and the separation guide roller comprise the travel direction changing apparatus of the fabric strip can be arbitrarily set.

18. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that at least one guide roller insertion and one guide roller for separation are configured as one unit.

19. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to claim 18, characterized in that at least one unit is provided in at least one input part, an output part and an internal part of at least a plurality of processing sections. forming the processing zones forming such continuous processing apparatus.

20. A continuous web strip processor apparatus according to claim 19, characterized in that two units are used as a group.

21. The continuous web strip processor apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that when the fabric strip is made to travel from at least a processing section that is selected from the group of processing sections to at least one other processing section, one travel direction of the fabric strip is arbitrarily different from the travel direction of the fabric strip of the other processing section, to yet another processing section to carry out the prescribed procedure.

22. A method of conforming to the processing of the fabric strip according to claim 3, characterized in that the travel direction of the fabric strip when the fabric strip is made to move from at least one processing section that is selected from a plurality of processing sections to at least one other selected processing section and, a travel direction of the fabric strip when the fabric strip is moved from at least one selected processing section different from another different selected processing section are mutually opposite.