Non-iron fabrics and garments, and a method of finishing the same
AssigneePvh Corp.
InventorsJeanine Ann Ballone, Syed Naved Hussain, Nauman Hakeem, Delwar Hossain
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method of finishing non-iron fabrics, and the non-iron fabrics made by this method. This method includes the steps of mercerizing a fabric without liquid ammonia; curing the fabric by applying a low temperature, low formaldehyde curing resin and dry cross linking it; and massaging the fabric using an air blast textile finishing machine. The non-iron fabrics (and garments) produced according to this method have an improved durable press rating and reduced formaldehyde content or are even formaldehyde free when compared to similar products finished according to conventional liquid ammonia moisture-cure processing.
Claims22
A method of finishing a non-iron fabric comprising the steps of:
- a) mercerizing a fabric without liquid ammonia to obtain a mercerized fabric;
- b) curing the mercerized fabric, including the steps of:
- applying low temperature curing resin to the mercerized fabric to obtain a resin-treated fabric;
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- dry cross linking the resin-treated fabric to obtain a cured fabric;
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- c) massaging the cured fabric using an air blast textile finishing machine to produce the non-iron fabric, further comprising the following steps after the massaging step c):
- width setting the non-iron fabric to obtain a width set fabric, and sanforizing the width set fabric.
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