dye-vat

The dyer, by contrast, has not had his independence—and thus his distinct personality—preserved by the guild idea but has become a mere functionary in an abstract system of commercial enterprise: The Dyer has totally disappeared; his hand is not subdued to what it works in, but his whole body and soul dissolved in his own dye-vat.

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Corron's, in which an ordinary rectangular dye-vat is used.

The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech

When a certain quantity of liquor has passed through, by a movement of a lever, the vacuum is destroyed, and the dye-liquor runs back into the dye-vat; these operations are repeated until from past experience of the working of the machine it is thought sufficient has passed through to dye the cops, when the dye-chamber is opened and the cops taken out.

The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech

To fill this, liquor from the dye-vat passes through the cops and into the chambers, and is in turn drawn through the pump and returned to the dye-vat.

The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech

In any make the jig wince, or wince dye beck, consists of a large rectangular, or, in some cases, hemicylindrical dye-vat.

The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech

They are then set in revolution and dropped into the dye-vat and kept there until it is seen that the yarn has acquired the desired shade.

The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech

A third movement of the cop plates now takes place; this brings the first lot of cops out of the dye-liquor and in contact with the right upper chamber, where the surplus liquor is drawn out of them and returned to the dye-vat.

The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech

C is in contact with the suction end of a centrifugal pump P, the delivery end of which discharges into the dye-vat A.

The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech

These warp-dyeing machines generally consist of a long rectangular wooden dye-vat, divided by two partitions into three compartments, each provided with steam pipes to heat up its contents; between the first and second and between the second and third compartments is fitted a pair of squeezing rollers, while the third compartment is fitted with a heavier pair of squeezing rollers.

The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech

There is the dye-vat as usual; in this is suspended the drawing mechanism, whose construction is well shown in the drawing.

The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech