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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6855175 | Heat-setting method The invention provides a method of treating fabrics containing polyetherester fibers so that the fabrics retain their basis weight, power, and stretch without edge curl. Fabrics containing polyetherester fibers are heat-set after dyeing, preferably in a temperature ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6068666 | Blended fiber garment over dyeing process Textiles are first manufactured to attain dimensional stability and durability and thereby withstand the rigors of industrial rental and commercial laundering. Then, the garments are dyed in a two-stage process to yield outstanding colorfastness, pilling ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5897673 | Fine metallic particles-containing fibers and method for producing the same Fine metallic particles-containing fibers with various fine metallic particles therein, which have fiber properties to such degree that they can be processed and worked, and which can exhibit various functions of the fine metallic particles, such as antib... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5424117 | Fabrics for surgical gowns and the like and method of making same and textile products made therefrom Three reuasable surgical/medical fabrics provide improved barrier properties, as reflected by their Suter ratings, and also posses a "hand" similar to a "cotton hand". The Suter ratings are degraded in the order of 10%-20% after 100 sterile reprocessing c... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5250351 | Elastic warp knitted fabric and method of manufacturing same An elastic warp knitted fabric having a pulling out force for pulling out an elastic yarn from the knitted fabric of 30 g or more, and in which a shape of a sinker loop of a nonelastic yarn is maintained as a bulge shape after an application of a dyeing a... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5232461 | Method of dyeing aromatic polyamide fibers with water-soluble dyes Poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) (PPD-T) fibers which have been dried are dyed with cationic dyes, or with disperse or acid dyes, by heating the fibers under a high pressure from 29 to 108 psi and at a temperature from 130° to 180° C.... | 08/03/1993 |
| 4668234 | Aromatic polyamide fibers and process for stabilizing such fibers with surfactants An aromatic polyamide fiber containing a large amount of a surfactant, sufficient to enable it to be dyed a deep shade. The high surfactant level enables the fiber to be stabilized, at low temperatures, against progressive laundry shrinkage.... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4546026 | Simulated cashmere fabric and method A simulated cashmere fabric comprises a warp knit ground comprising a stretch yarn such as an elastomeric yarn such as Lycra (RTM) and a raised and cropped face. The face yarn may be knitted in over a plurality of, say five, needles, and the fabric may be... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4445903 | Process for the preparation of woven fabrics of low air permeability A process for the preparation of a woven fabric of low air permeability which comprises preparing a woven fabric by use of a composite fiber of a splitting and severing type, which consists of polyester and polyamide and produces extremely fine fibers of ... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4441885 | Anticrease finishing composition and use thereof in the dyeing or whitening of textile material which contains polyester fibres The invention relates to a novel anticrease finishing composition which comprises at least (A) an O-cyanoethylated compound of the formula wherein R is an n-valent aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or araliphatic radical, and n is 1 to 5, and (B) a carboxylated polyp... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4392863 | Method of uniformly dyeing high temperature heat set polyester yarn A method is disclosed of pretreating a plurality of high temperature heat set yarn bundles, e.g. polyester, that have different heat histories but are otherwise identical, to enable said yarns to be dyed uniformly. The method comprises measuring the pre-m... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4378226 | Electrically conducting fiber and method of making same Electrically conducting fibers are prepared by introducing cyanic groups into a synthetic or natural starting fiber and then subjecting the fiber to a heat treatment with a copper compound, a reducing agent capable of reducing bivalent copper ions to mono... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4357189 | Through-color printing A porous material is printed with a sublimable dyestuff designed to achieve substantial pattern depth penetration. After the porous fabric has been printed it is consolidated by compression and fusion to a desired degree. This then provides a product whic... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4340381 | Textured pile fabrics Pile fabrics prepared from synthetic fibers having a textured or embossed surface resulting from a process which comprises selectively contacting the surface of said fabric with a chemical embossing agent therefor, allowing the embossing action to occur, ... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4290766 | Chemically sculpturing acrylic fabrics and process for preparing same A method for sculpturing a pile fabric, e.g., acrylic pile fabric, is provided which comprises contacting selected areas to be sculptured of the pile surface of the fabric with a sufficient amount of a sculpturing composition to provide a sculptured effec... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4238190 | Simultaneous transfer printing and embossing or surface texturing method This invention relates broadly to the simultaneous heat transfer printing or transfer dyeing and embossing or surface texturing of fabrics or other relatively flat materials containing thermoplastic fibers or other thermoplastic components or finishes. Mo... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4225310 | Resin finishing of textiles containing cellulosic fibers The present invention provides a textile finishing process comprising applying to a substrate containing cellulose fibres an aqueous medium comprising A. a water-soluble, monomeric, resin-forming precondensate consisting of one or more N-methylol derivate... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4225313 | Dyeing and printing processes The invention relates to a process for dyeing or printing textile material, wherein the textile material is first impregnated with a solution or dispersion containing a dyestuff and the impregnated textile material is then treated with the superheated vap... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4217103 | Dyestuff formulations containing salts of diaryl ether sulfonic acids Dyestuff formulations which contain anionic, water-soluble dyestuffs or developable dyestuffs and salts of diaryl ether-sulphonic acids are suitable for the preparation of padding liquors, dyebaths and printing pastes.... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4215987 | Process for chemically imparting a durable, multiple-level, pile height to terry towelling, terry fabric and cut pile cotton fabric A durable, multiple-level, pile height is imparted to at least one surface of terry towelling, terry fabric or cut pile cotton fabric by treating the piles in predetermined areas of the surface with caustic paste and allowing the material to stand, with o... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4188430 | Multilevel colorway carpet system A cut/loop or cut pile carpet having a beneath-the-surface patterning effect is fabricated from at least two yarn groups: (A) a multiple ply heat-set yarn having a relatively light dye affinity combined with a nonheat-set yarn having a first relatively darker ... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4118188 | Process for improving the bulkiness or texturation of synthetic multifilament textile materials In a method of treating a textile material in a shrinking bath containing a swelling agent comprising the step of introducing into said bath a driving-off agent which substantially reduces the solubility of the swelling agent in the shrinking bath.... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4115313 | Bile acid emulsions The invention is directed to emulsion compositions of, or including, bile acids, their conjugates, lower alcohol esters or salts of said acids or conjugates; water to effect solution of one or more of said defined bile acids; and at least one of: glycerid... | 09/19/1978 |
| 3958926 | Relief printing acrylic pile fabric with di-beta-cyanoethyl formamide to simulate animal skins A method is provided for decorating or treating the pile side of pile fabrics to imitate naturally occurring designs and/or configurations such as animal skins and hides, for example. The pile surface is first color printed by a tinted printing paste and ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3954404 | Diphenyl continuous foam dyeing with fabric running over rolls in foam bath The present invention relates to a textile method of continuously dyeing a fibrous material and particularly a pile fabric which includes the steps of applying a foam containing a dye to the fiber or fabric, subjecting the foam treated material to a steam... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3953167 | Process for dyeing fibers or fabrics of aromatic polyamides Aromatic polyamide fibers or fabrics are dyed in a deep and brilliant color with good light fastness by impregnating the fibers or fabrics with (a) a cationic dye, (b) an aliphatic hydroxy compound having a boiling point of at least 180°C., (c) at least ... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3948490 | Method for mixing volatile liquid with non-volatile material A method and apparatus for mixing and feeding a volatile liquid, such as liquid ammonia, with a non-volatile material, such as a fabric finisher; the method comprising the steps of feeding the liquid to a mixing vessel and, by volatilizing a portion of th... | 04/06/1976 |
