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US 2019/0100872 A1Published application
Systems, Methods, And Article For Preserving A Look Of A Garment
OwnerSudhakar PUVVADA, Dennis SCHEER +3inventors
InventorsSudhakar PUVVADA, Dennis SCHEER, Paul G. HOERTZ, Rajeev RAJBHANDARI, Akash PARDESHI
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Abstract
Provided are methods for treating garments so as to improve color contrast, darkness, or both. Also provided are systems for treating garments as well as garments made according to the disclosed methods.
Claims20
A method for treating a garment, comprising the following steps:
- a) fabricating a garment, the garment optionally comprising denim;
- b) optionally performing a dry finishing on the garment;
- c) optionally performing a wet finishing on the garment;
- d) optionally tinting the garment;
- e) washing the garment with an amount of a contrast material that that comprises perpendicular light-polarizing axes, the washing giving rise to a treated garment. f) optionally:
- treating the garment with resin, tinting the garment, curing the garment, or fixing the garment;
- g) drying the garment;
- and
- h) optionally curing the garment.
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A garment manufacturing system, comprising:
- a pre-treatment garment fabrication stage;
- a garment stage, comprising
- (a) a receiving vessel for pre-treatment garments,
- (b) a dispenser configured to dispense a treatment into the receiving vessel so as to effect application of the treatment to pre-treatment garments disposed within the vessel so as to give rise to treated garments, and
- (c) a supply of a contrast material that comprises perpendicular light-polarizing axes, the supply of contrast material optionally being in fluid communication with the dispenser.
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A method for preserving one or more aesthetics of a garment, comprising:
- treating a garment with a contrast material;
- and
- optionally performing one or more of:
- a wet finishing on the garment, a dry finishing on the garment, treating the garment with resin, tinting the garment, curing the garment, or fixing the garment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.