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AssigneeStandard Knitting Mills, Inc.
InventorsWilliam A. Irving, Robert E. Thornton, Jr.
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An article and method for tagging textile units by attaching a destruction and dye resistant tag formed of at least one ply of aramid paper marked with color-contrast indicia including information on a characteristic of the textile unit or process to which the tag is subjected. The aramid paper consists essentially of a nonwoven, nonfused commingled mixture of floc of a nonfusable aromatic polyamide and fibrids of a nonfusable aromatic polyamide and is sufficiently dye and abrasion resistant so that the indicia are readable after the tag is exposed to harsh dyes, bleaches, high temperatures, and pressures. The tag may be affixed by sewing or clipping or may include a pressure sensitive surface. Multiple plies may be laminated in cross directions to increase tear strength.
A method of identifying textile units subject to a chemical treatment process including dyeing of the unit comprising:
An article comprising a textile unit, a destruction resistant and dye-resistant tag attached to said textile unit, said tag comprising at least one ply of aramid paper and having color-contrast indicia directly on said at least one ply of aramid paper, and wherein said at least one ply of aramid paper consists essentially of a nonwoven, nonfused commingled mixture of floc of a nonfusable aromatic polyamide and fibrids of a nonfusable aromatic polyamide.
A tag for identification of articles subject to a chemical process including dyeing and/or finishing of the article comprising at least one ply of aramid paper, said paper having color-contrast indicia directly thereon identifying a characteristic of the article and/or the process to which the article is subject, said paper being sufficiently dye resistant and abrasion resistant so that the indicia remains legible after completion of the process, and wherein said at least one ply of aramid paper consists essentially of a nonwoven, nonfused commingled mixture of floc of a nonfusable aromatic polyamide and fibrids of a nonfusable aromatic polyamide.
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