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US 10,435,823 B1Granted
Towel fabric and method of manufacture
AssigneeCove & Edgewater, LLC
InventorsYuehua Allen Guo, Jack Burns
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Abstract
A fabric has first material yarns and second material yarns woven together to form a ground, The first material yarns are synthetic yarns, and the second material yarns are cotton pile yarns. A coloring process is performed which colors the second material yarns, but which does not take to the first material yarns. A second coloring or printing process is performed on the technical front.
Claims19
A fabric comprising:
- first material yarns and second material yarns woven together to form a ground that includes a combination of the first and second material yarns;
- the first material yarns being synthetic yarns having a linear mass density of 50 D-300 D, and a filament count of 36 F-576 F;
- the second material yarns being cotton pile yarns having a thickness of 6 s-40 s.
A method for manufacturing a fabric, the method comprising the steps of:
- weaving first material yarns and second material yarns to form a ground that includes a combination of the first and second material yarns, the first material yarns being synthetic yarns which form a technical front, and the second material yarns being cotton pile yarns which form a technical back;
- performing a coloring process on the first and second material yarns which colors the second material yarns, but which does not take to the first material yarns;
- performing a second coloring or printing process on the technical front without damaging the coloring already provided to the technical back.
A method for manufacturing a towel, the method comprising the steps of:
- weaving cotton first material yarns and polyester second material yarns to form a ground that includes a combination of the first and second material yarns, the first material yarns forming a technical front, and the second material yarns forming a technical back;
- coloring the towel with a reactive dye only takes to the cotton yarn of the technical back, but not to the synthetic yarn of the technical front;
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- printing an image on the technical front.
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