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US 4,055,868 AGranted
Dyeing method
AssigneeMilliken Research Corporation
InventorJohn H. O'Neill, Jr.
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Abstract
Apparatus and method to jet dye a sample fabric to determine dye characteristics and/or design esthetics of selected colors. The dye application apparatus applies a narrow band of the desired design on the fabric which is mounted on a table which can be indexed laterally of the dye applicator to lay down another narrow band of dye adjacent the initial dye application.
Claims1
A method to dye a textile product comprising the steps:
- passing the textile product under a dye jet gun bar having a plurality of dye emitting orifices and a horizontal axis, applying a narrow pattern of dye on the textile product from the dye emitting orifices, indexing the textile product in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis of the gun bar, passing the textile product again under the dye emitting orifices to apply a second narrow pattern of dye on the textile product adjacent the first applied pattern of dye and removing the textile product from under the dye jet gun bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.