Waterless yarn dyeing system, spray device thereof, and color development and dye fixation equipment thereof

Abstract

A waterless yarn dyeing system is adapted for outputting a liquid to a plurality of yarns. The waterless yarn dyeing system includes a piece of dyeing equipment, and a piece of color development and dye fixation equipment. The dyeing equipment includes a liquid supply device, and a spray device. The spray device includes a lower body that communicates with the liquid supply device, and an upper body that communicates with the liquid supply device and that is connected to an upper side of the lower body. The color development and dye fixation equipment includes a dye fixation device that includes a body unit, a heater unit, and a circulation unit. The body unit has a heating space that is adapted for the plurality of yarns to pass therethough, a lower vent that is located below the heating space, and an upper intake that is located above the heating space.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A waterless yarn dyeing system adapted for outputting a liquid to a plurality of yarns, the waterless yarn dyeing system comprising:
 a piece of dyeing equipment including
 a liquid supply device, and 
 a spray device that includes a lower body which communicates with the liquid supply device, and an upper body which communicates with the liquid supply device and which is connected to an upper side of the lower body in an up-down direction, the lower body and the upper body cooperatively defining a plurality of passages that extend in a first direction which is perpendicular to the up-down direction, and that are spaced apart from each other in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction and the up-down direction, the plurality of passages communicating with the liquid supply device and being adapted for the plurality of yarns to respectively pass therethrough; and 
   a piece of color development and dye fixation equipment including
 a dye fixation device, the dye fixation device including
 a body unit that has a heating space which is adapted for the plurality of yarns to pass therethough, a lower vent which is located below the heating space, and an upper intake which is located above the heating space, 
 a heater unit that is disposed on the body unit and that is located between the heating space and the upper intake, the heater unit being adapted for outputting a hot air flow to the plurality of yarns in the heating space, and 
 a circulation unit that includes a circulation plumbing which is disposed on an outside of the body unit, a blower which is disposed on the circulation plumbing, and a filter which is disposed between the lower vent and the heating space, the circulation plumbing having two opposite ends that respectively communicate with the lower vent and the upper intake, the blower being operable to transfer air from the heating space sequentially through the filter, the lower vent, and the circulation plumbing to the upper intake. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The waterless yarn dyeing system as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a piece of yarn winding equipment connected downstream of the piece of color development and dye fixation equipment, the piece of yarn winding equipment having a plurality of yarn pass eyelets that are adapted for the plurality of yarns to pass therethrough, and a winder unit, the winder unit having a winder frame, a plurality of frame eyelets that are disposed on the winder frame, a plurality of yarn winders that are disposed on the winder frame, and an electric motor subunit that is disposed on the winder frame, the plurality of yarn winders being driven by the electric motor subunit to rotate so as to wind the plurality of yarns. 
     
     
         3 . A spray device adapted for communicating with a liquid supply device and outputting a liquid from the liquid supply device to a plurality of yarns, the spray device comprising:
 a lower body adapted for communicating with the liquid supply device; and   an upper body adapted for communicating with the liquid supply device, and connected to an upper side of the lower body in an up-down direction, the lower body and the upper body cooperatively defining a plurality of passages that extend in a first direction which is perpendicular to the up-down direction, and that are spaced apart from each other in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction and the up-down direction, each of the plurality of passages communicating with the liquid supply device and being adapted for a respective one of the plurality of yarns to pass therethrough.   
     
     
         4 . The spray device as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein:
 the lower body has a first inner surface that faces the upper body, a first outer surface that is opposite to the upper body, and a plurality of lower channel units that are spaced apart from each other in the first direction, each of the plurality of lower channel units having a plurality of lower channels each of which extends from a respective one of the plurality of passages and is adapted for communicating with the liquid supply device; and   the upper body has a second inner surface that abuts against the first inner surface of the lower body, a second outer surface that is opposite to the lower body, and a plurality of upper channel units that are spaced apart from each other in the first direction, each of the plurality of upper channel units having a plurality of upper channels each of which extends from a respective one of the plurality of passages and is adapted for communicating with the liquid supply device.   
     
     
         5 . The spray device as claimed in  claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of nozzles that are respectively disposed on the plurality of upper channels of the plurality of upper channel units and the plurality of lower channels of the plurality of lower channel units. 
     
     
         6 . The spray device as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of upper channels of the plurality of upper channel units respectively face the plurality of lower channels of the plurality of lower channel units in the up-down direction. 
     
     
         7 . The spray device as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the lower body further has a plurality of lower grooves that extend in the first direction, that are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and that are formed in the first inner surface, the upper body further having a plurality of upper grooves that extend in the first direction, that are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and that are formed in the second inner surface, each of the plurality of lower grooves cooperating with a respective one of the plurality of upper grooves to form a respective one of the plurality of passages. 
     
     
         8 . The spray device as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein:
 the lower body further has a plurality of lower passage surfaces, the upper body further having a plurality of upper passage surfaces, each of the plurality of lower passage surfaces having two lower sloping surfaces and a lower concave surface that interconnects the lower sloping surfaces, each of the plurality of upper passage surfaces having two upper sloping surfaces that are respectively adjacent to the lower sloping surfaces of a respective one of the plurality of lower passage surfaces, and an upper concave surface that interconnects the upper sloping surfaces and that is located above the lower concave surface of the respective one of the plurality of lower passage surfaces, the upper sloping surfaces and the upper concave surface of each of the plurality of upper passage surfaces cooperating with the lower sloping surfaces and the lower concave surface of the respective one of the plurality of lower passage surfaces to define a respective one of the plurality of passages;   for each of the plurality of lower passage surfaces, a distance between the lower sloping surfaces increases as the lower sloping surfaces extend away from the lower concave surface, and the lower concave surface is curved; and   for each of the plurality of upper passage surfaces, a distance between the upper sloping surfaces increases as the upper sloping surfaces extend away from the upper concave surface, and the upper concave surface is curved.   
     
     
         9 . The spray device as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the first outer surface of the lower body is formed with a plurality of lower installation grooves that respectively communicate with the plurality of lower channel units, the second outer surface of the upper body being formed with a plurality of upper installation grooves that respectively communicate with the plurality of upper channel units, the spray device further comprising a plurality of spray modules that are respectively disposed on the plurality of lower installation grooves and the plurality of upper installation grooves, each of the plurality of spray modules having a plurality of spray channels, the plurality of spray channels of the plurality of spray modules being adapted for communicating with the liquid supply device, and respectively communicating with the plurality of upper channels of the plurality of upper channel units and the plurality of lower channels of the plurality of lower channel units. 
     
     
         10 . The spray device as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the lower body has a plurality of drainage channels that respectively communicate with the plurality of passages, each of the plurality of drainage channels being adapted for draining the liquid in the respective one of the plurality of passages when there is the liquid in the respective one of the plurality of passages. 
     
     
         11 . A piece of color development and dye fixation equipment adapted for heating a plurality of yarns that are moistened by a liquid and fixing the liquid to the plurality of yarns, the piece of color development and dye fixation equipment comprising:
 a dye fixation device including
 a body unit that has a heating space which is adapted for the plurality of yarns to pass therethough, a lower vent which is located below the heating space, and an upper intake which is located above the heating space, 
 a heater unit that is disposed on the body unit and that is located between the heating space and the upper intake, the heater unit being adapted for outputting a hot air flow to the plurality of yarns in the heating space, and 
 a circulation unit that includes a circulation plumbing which is disposed on an outside of the body unit, a blower which is disposed on the circulation plumbing, and a filter which is disposed between the lower vent and the heating space, the circulation plumbing having two opposite ends that respectively communicate with the lower vent and the upper intake, the blower being operable to transfer air from the heating space sequentially through the filter, the lower vent, and the circulation plumbing to the upper intake. 
   
     
     
         12 . The piece of color development and dye fixation equipment as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the dye fixation device further includes a yarn separation unit, the yarn separation unit including a plurality of first yarn separation rollers that are rotatably disposed in the heating space, and a plurality of second yarn separation rollers that are rotatably disposed in the heating space, the plurality of first yarn separation rollers and the plurality of second yarn separation rollers being disposed in an alternating arrangement, each of the plurality of first yarn separation rollers and the plurality of second yarn separation rollers having a plurality of annular grooves that are adapted for the plurality of yarns to be spaced apart from each other and be disposed thereon. 
     
     
         13 . The piece of color development and dye fixation equipment as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the yarn separation unit further includes a synchronization belt that passes over the plurality of first yarn separation rollers, an actuation motor that is disposed on the body unit and that is operable to drive one of the plurality of first yarn separation rollers to rotate, and a controller that is electrically coupled to the actuation motor, the one of the plurality of first yarn separation rollers driving remaining ones of the plurality of first yarn separation rollers to rotate via the synchronization belt when the one of the plurality of first yarn separation rollers rotates, the controller being operable to receive data of a conveying speed of the plurality of yarns and to control a rotational speed of the actuation motor according to the data of the conveying speed of the plurality of yarns so that each of the plurality of first yarn separation rollers rotates at a speed that matches the conveying speed of the plurality of yarns. 
     
     
         14 . The piece of color development and dye fixation equipment as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the plurality of second yarn separation rollers are movably disposed on the body unit, and movable relative to the body unit in an up-down direction, the yarn separation unit further including a base seat that is disposed on the body unit and at least one lift member that is disposed on the body unit, the plurality of second yarn separation rollers being mounted to the base seat, the at least one lift member being operable to drive the base seat to move in the up-down direction. 
     
     
         15 . The piece of color development and dye fixation equipment as claimed in  claim 11 , further comprising a dryer device that is connected upstream of the dye fixation device, the dryer device including a machine base and a dryer unit, the machine base having a dryer space that is adapted for the plurality of yarns to pass therethrough, the dryer unit being disposed on the machine base and being adapted for heating the plurality of yarns that are in the dryer space.