Continuous peroxide bleaching of cross linked cellulose fabrics

Claim 1

IN THE METHOD OF OBTAINING A WHITE WASH AND WEAR CELLULOSIC FIBRIC WHEREIN THE CELLULOSE IS CROSS LINKED BY A CHEMICAL REACTANT AND THE FABRIC IS THEREAFTER BLEACHED, THE IMPROVEMENT CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE BLEACHING IS A CONTINUOUS OPEN WIDTH PROCESS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF IMPREGNATING A CROSS LINKED AND SUBSEQUENTLY SCOURED CELLULOSIC FABRIC, CONTAINING ABOUT 50% OF ITS WEIGHT IN WATER, WITH AN ALKALINE AQUEOUS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BLEACHING COMPOSITION CONTAINING ABOUT 3% BY WEIGHT OF 50% HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SQUEEZING THE FABRIC UNTIL IT CONTAINS ABOUT 36% OF ITS WEIGHT IN WATER AND BLEACHING COMPOSITION; PASSING THE FABRIC OVER AND IN CONTACT WITH A NETWORK OF HEATED CYLINERICAL DRYING CANS FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS WHEREBY THE FABRIC OVER AND IN CONTACT WITH A NETWEIGHT IS WATER AND RESIDUAL BLEACHING COMPOSITION AND PARTIALLY BLEACHED; IMPREGNATING THE FABRIC WITH WATER; SQUEEZING THE FABRIC UNTIL IT CONTAINS ABOUT 35% OF ITS WEIGHT IN WATER AND RESIDUAL BLEACHING COMPOSITION; PASSING THE FABRIC OVER AND IN CONTACT WITH A NETWORK OF HEATED CYLIDNERICAL DRYING CANS FOR ABOUT 13-14 SECONDS WHEREBY THE FABRIC IS BLEACHED TO A BRIGHT WHITE CONDITION AND SUBSTANTIALLY DRIED; AND THEREAFTER SCOURING AND DRYING SAID FABRIC.