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OwnerAndre Goineau, Howard Willauer +1inventors
InventorsAndre Goineau, Howard Willauer, Michael Keller
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A novel textile fabric comprised of pile-like yarns in which individual component yarns, at least one of which is texturized, comprising individual pile-like yarns have different shrinkage characteristics, and a method for making and patterning such fabrics. Upon the application of a shrinkage agent (e.g., heated air streams), either uniformly or selectively to the pile surface, the individual component yarns shrink to different degrees. By shrinking the relatively high shrinkage component yarns more than the adjacent relatively low shrinkage component yarns, the visual exposure of the relatively low shrinkage yarns is increased, and the visual contribution of the aesthetic qualities (e.g., color, light reflectivity, etc.) of such low shrinkage yarns is enhanced.
A process for generating patterns in a textile pile fabric comprising the steps of:
A process for forming a multicolored pile fabric comprising the steps of:
A textile pile fabric having a plurality of individual pile-like yarns, at least some of which are comprised of a first type of component yarn having a first set of aesthetic characteristics and a first shrinkage characteristic that causes said first type of component yarn, as a result of exposure to a shrinking agent, to exhibit relatively low shrinkage, and a second type of component yarn, physically associated with said first type of component yarn, having a second set of aesthetic characteristics and a second shrinkage characteristic that causes said second type of component yarn, as a result of similar exposure to said shrinking agent, to exhibit greater shrinkage than said first type of component yarn, wherein at least one of said first type and said second type of component yarns is textured, and wherein said individual pile-like yarns of said fabric are comprised of component yarns of the first type that exhibit relatively low shrinkage and component yarns of the second type that exhibit greater shrinkage than said first type of component yarns.
A textile fabric having a pile face and an fabric back, said pile face being comprised of a plurality of individual pile-like yarns, each comprised of a first type of component yarn comprised of package dyed textured polyester having a first set of color and light reflectivity characteristics and a second type of component yarn, physically associated with said first type of component yarn, comprised of solution dyed polypropylene having a second set of color and light reflectivity characteristics, wherein said polypropylene component yarn has a lower melting point that causes it to exhibit greater shrinkage than said polyester component yarn, said lower melting point causing, upon exposure to heat in a plurality of individual pile-like yarns, said polypropylene component yarn to shorten and recede in the direction of said fabric back to a greater extent than said polyester component yarn and visually enhancing the relative contribution of the set of color and light reflectivity characteristics of said polyester component yarn in said plurality of pile-like yarns relative to the overall appearance of the pile fabric.
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