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US 4,058,991 AGranted
Dyeing machine
AssigneeMilliken Research Corporation
InventorJohn K. McCollough
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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.
Claims9
Apparatus for applying dyestuff to a sample fabric to dye a portion of same comprising:
- a frame, a dye jet gun bar having a row of dye emitting orifices therein mounted transverse to said frame, means to supply liquid dyestuff to said dye emitting orifices to direct the dye downwardly in plural streams toward a fabric moved thereunder and a carrier means movably mounted in said frame under said gun bar adapted to support the sample fabric, said carrier means having a carrier member and a carrier carriage mounted thereon and movable transverse to said carrier member and means on said carrier carriage to position said carrier carriage on said carrier member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.