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Fabric patterning process and product
Assignee: MILLIKEN RESEARCH Corp A CORP OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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Filing: 1990-07-25
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Granted: 1991-11-19
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Expires: 2010-07-25
Abstract
Abstract A method for patterning a textile fabric in which a hydrophobic composition is uniformly applied to the surface of the fabric, and the resulting product. A high velocity water stream is used to wet areas of the fabric comprising the pattern areas. An aqueous dye is then applied uniformly to the fabric. The unfixed dye is retained by the fabric in those areas wetted by the water stream, the fabric is then treated to fix the retained dye.
Inventors
- 👤 Wesley D. Christie
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-08 19:51
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06P; D06P5/00; D06P5/12; D06B; D06B11/00; D06B11/0079; D06B11/0089; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/2481; Y10T428/24851
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
159 words
A process for dyeing selected areas of the surface of a textile fabric with an aqueous dye to form a pattern thereon, said process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a substantially dry fabric having a surface which carries a water-insoluble composition, said composition imparting a substantially uniform hydrophobic character to said fabric surface; (b) directing a stream of high velocity water to selected areas of said fabric surface comprising said pattern, said water stream having sufficient velocity to overcome said hydrophobic character of said fabric surface and wet said fabric surface in said selected areas, said fabric surface remaining substantially non-wetted elsewhere; (c) contacting said fabric surface with an aqueous dye, whereby said dye substantially wets and is retained by said fabric only in said selected areas already wetted by said water stream, and is repelled by said hydrophobic character of said non-wetted fabric surface elsewhere; (d) fixing said dye retained by said fabric in said wetted areas.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
159 words
A process for dyeing selected areas of the surface of a textile fabric with an aqueous dye to form a pattern thereon, said process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a substantially dry fabric having a surface which carries a water-insoluble composition, said composition imparting a substantially uniform hydrophobic character to said fabric surface; (b) directing a stream of high velocity water to selected areas of said fabric surface comprising said pattern, said water stream having sufficient velocity to overcome said hydrophobic character of said fabric surface and wet said fabric surface in said selected areas, said fabric surface remaining substantially non-wetted elsewhere; (c) contacting said fabric surface with an aqueous dye, whereby said dye substantially wets and is retained by said fabric only in said selected areas already wetted by said water stream, and is repelled by said hydrophobic character of said non-wetted fabric surface elsewhere; (d) fixing said dye retained by said fabric in said wetted areas.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said fabric is a woven fabric, and wherein said water stream displaces warp yarns within said selected areas.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said water stream removes a portion of said water-insoluble composition in said selected areas.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
8 words
The product of the process of claim 2.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
8 words
The product of the process of claim 3.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
79 words
A textile fabric having a surface carrying a dyed pattern thereon formed by an aqueous dye, said fabric having a water-insoluble hydrophobic composition distributed over said fabric surface in areas carrying said dyed pattern as well as areas adjacent to said dyed pattern areas, the concentration of said composition being substantially lower in areas of said surface containing said dye than in other areas of said surface, said other areas collectively having a substantially uniform concentration of said composition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
79 words
A textile fabric having a surface carrying a dyed pattern thereon formed by an aqueous dye, said fabric having a water-insoluble hydrophobic composition distributed over said fabric surface in areas carrying said dyed pattern as well as areas adjacent to said dyed pattern areas, the concentration of said composition being substantially lower in areas of said surface containing said dye than in other areas of said surface, said other areas collectively having a substantially uniform concentration of said composition.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
100 words
A woven textile fabric comprised of yarns extending in the warp direction and yarns extending in the fill direction, and having a surface carrying a dyed pattern thereon formed by an aqueous dye, said fabric having water-insoluble hydrophobic composition distributed over said fabric surface in areas carrying said dyed pattern as well as other areas adjacent to said dyed pattern areas, said other ares collectively having a substantially uniform concentration of said composition, and wherein said warp-direction yarns are displaced in at least portions of said areas carrying said dyed pattern with respect to warp-direction yarns in said other areas.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
100 words
A woven textile fabric comprised of yarns extending in the warp direction and yarns extending in the fill direction, and having a surface carrying a dyed pattern thereon formed by an aqueous dye, said fabric having water-insoluble hydrophobic composition distributed over said fabric surface in areas carrying said dyed pattern as well as other areas adjacent to said dyed pattern areas, said other ares collectively having a substantially uniform concentration of said composition, and wherein said warp-direction yarns are displaced in at least portions of said areas carrying said dyed pattern with respect to warp-direction yarns in said other areas.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
73 words
A textile fabric having a surface carrying a pattern thereon, said pattern being defined by areas of the surface of said fabric wetted by water which are adjacent to other areas of said surface which are not wetted by water, said fabric having a water-insoluble hydrophobic composition distributed over said fabric surface, including said wetted areas, and having a substantially uniform concentration of said composition in said other, non-wetted areas of said fabric.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
73 words
A textile fabric having a surface carrying a pattern thereon, said pattern being defined by areas of the surface of said fabric wetted by water which are adjacent to other areas of said surface which are not wetted by water, said fabric having a water-insoluble hydrophobic composition distributed over said fabric surface, including said wetted areas, and having a substantially uniform concentration of said composition in said other, non-wetted areas of said fabric.
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