Dyed flocked fabric and method of making the same
AssigneePervel Industries, Inc.
InventorLeo N. Bernard
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Abstract
The invention contemplates a flocked fabric and method wherein flock is adhered by a heat-cured flock adhesive to a substrate fabric and wherein a heat-sublimable dye is contained as a component of the adhesive and/or as preprint of the substrate fabric, the adhesive having a curing time and temperature at which such dye substantially sublimes. Various examples are given to achieve different selectively available color patterns and contrasts, as well as different selectively available surface textures in the dyed product.
Claims40
The method of producing a dyed flocked fabric, which comprises selecting a suitable substrate fabric, coating the substrate fabric with a wet layer of flock adhesive, said adhesive having as an essential component thereof a selected heat-sublimable dye, selecting flock of a material capable of being dyed with a heat-sublimable dye, applying the selected flock to the wet coating of flock adhesive, drying the adhesive at a temperature less than that at which said dye sublimes, and then curing the adhesive by exposing the dried flocked substrate for a predetermined period of time to an elevated curing temperature at which said dye substantially fully sublimes.
The method of producing a dyed flocked fabric, which comprises selecting a substrate fabric having the ability to withstand approximately a four-minute exposure at substantially 400 degrees Fahrenheit ambient temperature, which comprises coating the substrate fabric with a wet layer of flock adhesive, said adhesive having as an essential component thereof a heat-sublimable dye, selecting flock of a material capable of being dyed with a heat-sublimable dye, applying the selected flock to the wet coating of flock adhesive, drying the adhesive at a temperature so sufficiently below 400 degrees Fahrenheit as not to cure the adhesive, and then curing the adhesive at substantially 400 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of approximately four minutes.
The method of producing a dyed flocked fabric, which comprises selecting a substrate fabric, printing the substrate fabric with a selected heat-sublimable dye, coating the printed substrate fabric with a wet layer of flock adhesive, selecting flock of a material capable of being dyed with a heat-sublimable dye, applying the selected flock to the wet coating of flock adhesive, drying the adhesive at a temperature substantially less than that at which said dye sublimes, and then curing the adhesive by exposing the dried flocked and printed substrate for a predetermined period of time to an elevated curing temperature at which said dye substantially fully sublimes.
A dyed flocked fabric, comprising a substrate fabric, a cured flock adhesive coating on one side of said fabric, and flock adhered to said substrate fabric via said cured adhesive coating, said flock being of a material capable of being dyed with a heat-sublimable dye, and said adhesive coating including as an essential component thereof a substantially sublimed heat-sublimable dye.
A dyed flocked fabric, comprising a substrate fabric printed with a heat-sublimable dye, a cured flock adhesive coating on one side of said fabric, and flock adhered to said substrate fabric via said cured adhesive coating, said flock being of a material capable of being dyed with a heat-sublimable dye, and said adhesive coating having a curing temperature and curing time at which said dye substantially sublimes.
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