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AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorsDavid S. Klutz, Dale R. Williams, David Osbon, Kimila C. Sasser
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A fabric having good wrinkle resistance and a soft hand is described. A process for producing the fabric is also described. The process involves applying a softener to one side of the fabric and applying a wrinkle-reducing resin to the opposite side of the fabric using a foaming application method, such that the respective finishes are concentrated on the surface to which they were applied. Preferably, the softener is applied to the face of the fabric and the resin chemistry is applied to the back of the fabric. The resulting fabrics have hand characteristics comparable or superior to those of pure finished fabrics, while having wrinkle-resisting characteristics of typical resin-treated fabrics.
A process for finishing a fabric comprising the steps of:
A process for finishing a cellulosic-fiber containing fabric comprising the steps of:
A cellulosic-fiber containing fabric having first and second faces, said fabric having a softener substantially isolated on its first face and a durable-press resin substantially isolated on its second face.
A cellulosic-fiber containing fabric having front and back surfaces, said fabric having a durable-press resin substantially isolated on only one of said front and back surfaces, and a softener applied to at least the other of the front and back surfaces.
A woven, substantially all-cotton fabric having a durable press resin thereon to impart wrinkle-resistant properties, said fabric having a Kawabata System Mean Bending Stiffness of about 0.42 or greater and a Residual Bending Curvature @ 0.5 cm−1 value of about 0.75 or less.
A woven, substantially all-cotton fabric having a Kawabata System DenMax Value of about 0.565 or greater and a MIU of about 0.190 or less.
A woven, substantially all-cotton fabric having a DenMax of about 0.565 or greater and a Drape Value of about 300 or greater.
A woven, substantially all-cotton fabric having a Kawabata System RC value of about 48 or greater and a Tmin of about 0.76 or less.
A woven, substantially all-cotton fabric having a Kawabata system Tmin of about 0.76 or less and a B of about 0.415 or greater.
A woven, substantially all-cotton fabric having a Kawabata system mean Shear Stiffness value of about 3.25 or greater and an RG05 of about 1.5 or less.
A woven, substantially all-cotton fabric having a Kawabata System mean Shear Stiffness of about 3.25 or greater and an RG25 of about 2.8 or less.
A woven, substantially all-cotton fabric having a Kawabata System mean Shear Stiffness of about 3.25 or greater and an RG50 of about 4.2 or less.
A woven, substantially all-cotton fabric having an initial, as-produced Drape Value, wherein said Drape Value decreases from the intial drape after 5 Home Launderings according to AATCC Standardized Home Laundry Test Conditions, Designation 3, (1995).
A durable press resin-treated substantially all-cotton woven fabric having a MIU of about 0.178 or less.
A woven, substantially all-cotton fabric having a B of about 0.515 or greater and a MIU of about 0.25 or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.