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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7396370 | Method of dyeing or printing synthetic polyamide fibre materials using reactive dyes A method of dyeing or printing synthetic polyamide fiber materials, wherein (a) the fiber material is dyed or printed with at least one reactive dye, and (b) the dyed or printed fiber material is subjected to after-treatment with a reducing agent, the fiber material... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7279014 | Methods for coloring textiles Systems and methods for coloring an article having a polyester portion and at least one portion of a second material where the polyester portion and second material are not blended together in the article. The entire article is dyed a first color, after which the fi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7179303 | Active ingredient combinations for hair-dyeing agents A preparation for coloring keratin fibers containing dyes and/or dye precursors, at least one silicone oil and/or silicone gum and at least one polymer which contains at least one monomer unit corresponding to formula (I): ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156883 | Lightweight protective apparel This invention relates to a blend of fibers for use in protective clothing, a lightweight fabric made from such blend, protective articles made from the blend or fabric, and methods for making the fabric. The protective fabrics and articles of this invention have th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143516 | Pencil sharpener cap The present invention involves a pencil sharpener that is housed in a pencil cap, having a variable-sized shavings reservoir. The shavings reservoir can be expanded by moving at least one of an internal wall, an external wall, and the sharpener. Contemplated caps co... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7033669 | Cationically dyed fibers and articles containing the same Dyed sheath/core polyamide-containing fibers are disclosed. Further, methods of making dyed sheath/core polyamide-containing fibers are disclosed. Articles containing dyed sheath/core polyamide-containing fibers are also disclosed. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6946412 | Flame-resistant, high visibility, anti-static fabric and apparel formed therefrom A fabric for use in safety apparel comprising a first set of yarns comprising modacrylic fibers, and a second set of yarns comprising anti-static fibers. The fabric meets the Federal Test Method Standard 191A, Method 5931 for electrostatic decay, and the Electrostat... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6867154 | Patterned, flame resistant fabrics and method for making same The present disclosure relates to patterned, flame resistant fabrics and methods of making them. Generally speaking, the fabrics comprise a plurality of high tenacity, flame resistant fibers, and a plurality of cellulosic fibers containing a flame retardant compound... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6858044 | Increasing the wet slippage properties of textiles material, and wet-acting lubricants for this purpose Use of (PA) water-dispersible or colloidally soluble polyamides which contain hydrophilic polyalkylene glycol ether chains in the skeletal structure as wet-acting lubricants in the treatment of textile piece go... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6852134 | Method of imparting stain resistance to a differentially dyeable textile surface and the article produced thereby A method of treating articles having a textile surface (such as broadloom carpets or carpet tiles) with a stainblocker composition is disclosed. A pile surface structure having pile elements containing nylon yarns having both acid dyeability and cationic dyea... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6818024 | Flame and shrinkage resistant fabric blends and method for making same Fabric blends of inherently flame resistant fibers and flame resistant cellulosic fibers that contain a flame retardant. According to the method of production of these blends, the inherently flame resistant fibers can be dyed a full shade of color without depleting ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6812172 | Microdenier fabric having enhanced dyed appearance In a preferred embodiment, the present process involves subjecting a fabric comprised of conjugate yarns to an acidic treatment, which degrades a portion of one component of the conjugate yarns and to dyeing. The acid treatment, given certain reaction kinetics, remo... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811574 | Method of after-treatment of a dyeable nylon textile surface with a stain resist and the article produced thereby A method of treating articles having a textile surface (such as broadloom carpets or carpet tiles) with a stainblocker composition is disclosed. After coloring, a stainblocker composition having a temperature from twenty to ninety-five degrees Celsius (20 to 95° C.... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6802873 | Method for producing dyed textile materials consisting of polyester and polyamide The invention relates to a method for producing dyed textile materials consisting of polyester and polyamide. The textile material is dyed by means of pigments or a disperse dye that stains polyester. Surplus dye is removed. The polyamide portion is dyed using vat d... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6752840 | Denim-like article of clothing and method of producing the same The present invention relates to a denim-like clothing mainly including a woven or knitted fabric and having a whitening index of less than or equal to Class 4, which woven or knitted fabric includes ultrafine fibers or fibers capable of forming ultrafine fibers on ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6692541 | Method of making nonwoven fabric comprising splittable fibers The present invention relates generally to a method of making nonwoven fabrics, wherein the fabrics are formed from splittable filaments or staple length fibers having a plurality of sub-components which are at least partially separable. The filaments or ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6689175 | Process for enhancing the dyed appearance of a microdenier fabric In a preferred embodiment, the present process involves subjecting a fabric comprised of conjugate yarns to an acidic treatment, which degrades a portion of one component of the conjugate yarns and to dyeing. The acid treatment, given certain reaction kin... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6626964 | Flame and shrinkage resistant fabric blends The present disclosure relates to flame resistant fabrics that comprise a plurality of inherently flame resistant fibers and a plurality of cellulosic fibers containing a flame retardant compound. In one arrangement, the inherently flame resistant fibers ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6607563 | Hair dye composition Provided is a hair dye composition containing a direct dye A--D.dbd.D--B. This hair dye composition has markedly high hair dyeing power, has less color fade over time and undergoes a small change in the color tone of the dye even after storage. A represen... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6576025 | Fabric blends of aramid fibers and flame resistant cellulosic fibers The instant invention is directed to dyed fabric blends of aramid fibers and flame resistant (FR) cellulosic fibers, which retains a substantial amount of its strength and durability after dyeing. The dyeing process comprises the steps of: providing a fab... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6547835 | Flame and shrinkage resistant fabric blends and method for making same Fabric blends of inherently flame resistant fibers and flame resistant cellulosic fibers that contain a flame retardant. According to the method of production of these blends, the inherently flame resistant fibers can be dyed a full shade of color without... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6527815 | Garment dyeing Textiles made of synthetic fibers and synthetic fiber blended fabrics are constructed in the form of a garment then dyed while avoiding setting permanent creases and permanent wrinkles in the garment. The process includes selecting a synthetic or syntheti... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6524503 | Process for the manufacture of polyamide yarns dyeable in melange shades A process for the manufacturing of a differentially dyeable yarn includes the steps of: a) producing two polymers having a different concentration of amine end-groups; b) spinning yarns from said two polymers; and c) producing a yarn by intermingling said... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6495660 | Polyamide substrate A process for making a polyamide substrate characterized by enhanced breaking strength and fade resistance is disclosed. The process features the steps of treating a polyamide substrate, preferably a nylon 6 substrate having a hindered amine light stabili... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6258928 | Process for improving characteristics of a polyamide A process for improving characteristics such as, whiteness retention, degradation, and dyeability of a polyamide by contacting the polyamide with thiocyanate. A polyamide produced by the process has improved dyed color depth, dyed color uniformity, hue, e... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6132476 | Flame and shrinkage resistant fabric blends and method for making same Fabric blends of inherently flame resistant fibers and flame resistant cellulosic fibers that contain a flame retardant. According to the method of production of these blends, the inherently flame resistant fibers can be dyed a full shade of color without... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6129879 | Propylene polymer fibers and yarns Process for treating a textile product comprising propylene polymer fibers comprises heating the textile product with the fibers in a substantially relaxed state at at least one temperature that is below the melting point of the propylene polymer but no m... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6086638 | Method for dyeing a polyamide fabric in a grandrelle tone, and a dyed fabric obtained by said method The method for dyeing a polyamide fabric of the present invention comprises the step of dyeing a polyamide fabric having structural variations in the longitudinal direction of the fibers, by a dye liquor containing an anionic reactive dye and regulated at... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6042616 | Method for processing cellulose fiber-containing textile fabrics A method for finishing a cellulose fiber-containing textile fabric comprises treating a cellulose fiber-containing textile fabric with liquid ammonia, applying a resin finishing agent to said fabric, subjecting subsequently to either or both of a hot cale... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5998592 | Monoazo dyes containing a fluorosulphonyl group and use thereof A monoazo dye of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R1 represents --C3 H6 CN, --C2 H4 Cl, --C3 H6 Cl, --C2 H4 OCOCH3 or --C2 H4... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5922088 | Process for fixing dyes in textile materials A process for fixing dyes impregnated in fine-dimensional synthetic textile substrates in an environmentally safe manner. The process comprises contacting the dyed synthetic substrates with a phenol- and formaldehyde-free dye-fixative composition comprisi... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5876466 | Suede-like artificial leather Suede-like artificial leather is described that is treated with at least one dye selected from the group consisting of sulfur dyes, vat dyes and sulfur vat dyes, and 2,2',4,4'-tetrahydroxy benzophenone. The suede-like artificial leather has excellent colo... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5810890 | Process for dyeing synthetic polyamide fiber materials A process for dyeing synthetic polyamide fibers, in particular in form of micro fibers, is described comprising the use of polyamide fibers having an amino end group content of at least 60 gram equivalents per 1000 kilograms of polyamide polymer and using... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5811040 | Process of making fiber for carpet face yarn The specification describes a process of making a fiber for a carpet face yarn, the yarn being made of polyolefin/polymer filaments which contain a plurality of longitudinally dispersed relatively small, short polymer fibrils inside the filaments generall... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5587118 | Process for making fiber for a carpet face yarn The specification describes a conjugate carpet face yarn including trilobal or delta cross-section polyolefin filaments and a plurality of generally co-linear smaller polyamide fibrils embedded within the polyolefin filaments. This yarn has the stain resi... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5560973 | Carpet made from fibers spun from acid dye resistant pigmented polymer A process for preparing melt spun polymeric fiber made from polymerized amide monomers includes the steps of pigmenting the polymer, incorporating within the polymer sufficient SO3 H groups or salts thereof to give the polymer a sulphur content... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5527887 | Disazo acid dyestuffs for polyamide fibers applicable in neutral solution Disazo acid dyestuff with the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents H, Cn H2n+1 wherein n is a natural number between 1 and 4, or (CH2)m OR' wherein m is a natural number between 1 and 4 ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5509940 | Processes and compositions for dyeing hydrophobic polymer products with disperse dyes and terpene/terpenoid solvents The present invention provides a process for dyeing hydrophobic polymer fibers, including the step of contacting the goods with an amount of a dyeing solution effective to dye the goods, wherein the solution comprises an amount of a terpene/terpenoid solv... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5487936 | Textile fabrics of differential weave comprising multifilament threads wherein individual filaments have a linear density of one decitex or less A woven fabric is made of warp threads and weft threads. The warp threads have a different composition than the weft threads and at least one of the warp threads or weft threads is comprised of a multifilament fibre. The fabric is colored after it is manu... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5462565 | Process for dyeing delustered polyamide fibers with acid dyestuffs and metal salts The new process for dyeing polyamide fibers with acid dyestuffs, in which small amounts of metal salts are added to the dyebath, gives dyeings having improved lightfastness.... | 10/31/1995 |
