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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7291570 | Yarns and fabrics having a wash-durable non-electrically conductive topically applied metal-based finish Durable non-electrically conductive metal treatments (such as coatings or finishes) for yarns and textile fabrics. Such treatments preferably comprise silver and/or silver ions; however, other metals, such as zinc, iron, copper, nickel, cobalt, aluminum, gold, manga... | 11/06/2007 |
| 6706076 | Process for separating lipophilic fluid containing emulsions with electric coalescence The present invention relates to a method for electrically coalescing emulsions especially those containing lipophilic fluid. The present invention is also directed to a method to treat fabrics wherein such an emulsion is created during the treatment process and req... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6640371 | Topical incorporation of solid antimicrobial compounds on yarn surfaces through high pressure Durable antimicrobial treatments for high pressure treatments (such as package dyeing) for specific dyed yarns for further incorporation within textile fabrics are provided. Such treatments preferably comprise silver ions, particularly as constituents of ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6238441 | Hydrophilic yarn dyed polyester process A process for preparing moisture wicking polyester fabrics is disclosed which comprises the steps of: winding hydrophobic polyester yarn onto a package; subjecting the wound package to a dyebath including at least one dye and an agent rendering the polyes... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5972045 | Process for the dyeing of a textile substrate A process is disclosed for dyeing a textile substrate, in particular for dyeing polyester yarns. The substrate to be dyed is placed in an autoclave and a supercritical fluid containing at least one dyestuff is applied to it, i.e. passed through it. The su... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5958085 | Process for dyeing a textile substrate in at least one supercritical fluid The description relates to a process for dyeing a textile substrate in at least one supercritical fluid, preferably for dyeing spools of yarn in supercritical carbon dioxide, where the textile substrate is placed in an autoclave in which the supercritical... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5938794 | Method for the dyeing of yarn from a supercritical fluid A method for the dyeing of a textile substrate, particularly for the dyeing of a polyester yarn wound upon a bobbin, is described, in which the textile substrate to be dyed is arranged within an autoclave and superfused, respectively perfused, with a supe... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5891201 | Process for the continuous dyeing of yarns with reactive dyes and apparatus for carrying out this process The present invention relates to a process for the continuous dyeing of cellulose fibre yarns with reactive dyes and to an apparatus for carrying out this process. The process essentially comprises steps of impregnating yarn which has been continuously un... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5881411 | Twisted, dyed and bonded filaments A method and apparatus for continuously treating traveling filaments includes an assembly for causing at least one filament to travel along a travel path and assembly for rotatably supporting one or more filaments for payout therefrom responsive to the in... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5207804 | Multi-component mixtures of bright red disperse azo dyestuffs Coupling products of diazotized o- or p-toluidines to 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid p-anisidide do not produce optimum dyeing properties in HT exhaustion dyeing of wound packages of synthetic fiber materials. Filtration occurs time after time under critical ... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5013328 | Aftertreatment of dyed substrates A substrate to which a dyestuff or optical brightener has been applied is aftertreated with a cationic or protonatable polymeric Product P selected from: (A) a polymeric reaction product, Product A, of a monofunctional or polyfunctional amine having one o... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4706315 | Process for the treatment of knitware Knitware in hose form is prepared for a wet treatment, a preliminary dewatering, and for drying, by winding the hose into wound laps under a constant winding tension, so that the laps have a density of more than 200 and less than 400 g/dm3. The... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4685284 | Method of producing a twisted yarn A method of producing twisted yarn comprises precision doubling several single yarns in a precision assembly winder to form a precision package which is dyed or bleached. The yarn is thereupon twisted during withdrawal from the precision package.... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4572066 | Apparatus for applying a lengthening rod and for reel pressing in connection with a dyeing basket for yarn reels An apparatus for applying a lengthening rod and for reel pressing, in connection with loading of spring core reels on each spindle of a dyeing basket or package carrier, wherein the reels (R) are slipped onto said spindle and onto an auxiliary lengthening... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4546175 | Process for the manufacture of reels of nitrocellulose thread According to the invention the reels 10 of cellulose thread wound in a loose manner around a hollow perforated core are arranged on the nozzles 9 carried by the hollow arms 8 of a rotor 7a placed on a hollow frame 7 situated at the bottom of a tank 6. A p... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4452605 | Continuous yarn dyeing: uniformly coating running yarn with dye liquid, drying and fixing with heat A process for continuously dyeing yarn comprises coating the surface of a continuously moving yarn with a uniform coating of dye liquid deposited at a rate such that the amount of dye liquid deposited per unit area of yarn surface is less than the same un... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4369035 | Process and apparatus for liquid treatment of fiber material Particularly uniform and rapid dyeing of textile material is achieved, subsequent to feeding the dyeing liquor into a processing container filled with the textile material and heating the dyeing liquor approximately to boiling temperature, by a gradual lo... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4323359 | Machine for the continuous wet treatment of textile thread formations, the process for operating the machine, as well as a non-touching catch-thread device A machine for the continuous wet treatment of textile thread formations has two wet treatment stations each with a reel and three rotating rollers to take up a thread formation. A drive permits running either the reel or the rollers. A thread-laying devic... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4300251 | Method for bleaching and dyeing spooled threads The method comprises the steps of impregnating spooled threads with a cold treatment liquid inside a kier, leaving an air cushion above the liquid inside the kier, discharging the liquid from the kier through a liquid discharge outlet by feeding steam abo... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4177037 | Method for multicolor dyeing of textile yarns Method and apparatus for the high speed, multicolor dyeing of yarns to obtain uniformly dyed lengths of different color along the length of the yarns, wherein a moving strand is collected in a plurality of layers on the surface of a winding drum while a p... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4153961 | Method and apparatus for randomly dyeing textile yarns in a continuous system Multiple strands of undyed yarn are fed continuously from supply spools or bobbins supported on a creel to a skein winding apparatus. The strands each pass along a substantially horizontal path through one or more spaced dyeing stations where they are eng... | 05/15/1979 |
| 3986235 | Space dyeing of textile strands Space-dyed textile strands are provided by a process which comprises contacting each of the substantially flat ends of a wound yarn package with a color modifying agent, withdrawing the yarn from the yarn package and rewinding the yarn in reverse order in... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3964153 | Method for transferring yarn packages from a winding tube to a core for dyeing A method, and means for use in performing the same, are disclosed by which a core tube on which a yarn package has been wound may be readily removed while concurrently replacing the removed winding tube with a core suitable for dyeing. An expandable and r... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3960341 | Spool core for the wet treatment of threads and yarns A spool core for the wet treatment, especially the dyeing of thread or yarn spools, having a central shell consisting of a honeycomb-type network of intersecting ribs of triangular cross section and a head collar and foot collar adjoining said shell, the ... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3942949 | Process for the treatment with a fluid of textile materials in the form of threads, sheets of threads, sheets of webbing or in any other continuous form A process for the treatment with a fluid of textile materials in the form of threads, sheets of threads, sheets of webbing or in any other continuous form, the process being applicable in those cases where the final result does not depend on the duration ... | 03/09/1976 |