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US 4,514,461 AGranted
Fragrance impregnated fabric
OwnerYen-Kong Wooinventor
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Abstract
This invention is a fabric impregnated with micron-size bubbles in the form of fragile capsules within the interstices between the strands inside the body of the fabric by spraying the capsules in combination with a liquid binder and then putting the fabric through a set of rollers, the invention being that the micron-size bubbles are so bonded completely within the interior of the fabric that when rubbed, certain of the bubbles break and release the fragrance from the broken capsules, none of the capsules being on the outside of the fabric surface.
Claims1
A fabric having an impregnation of micro-sized capsules;
- said capsules being formed by a fragrance emitting core encapsules in a micro-sized container of sufficient strength to resist breakage under normal handling of the fabric but sufficiently fragile to rupture under suitably exerted hand pressure to release said fragrance;
- said impregnation having the characteristic of being sprayed with said capsules in company with a liquid binder by a forceful spray to insure complete and uniform penetration of said fabric by said capsules;
- said fabric having the characteristic of having passed lightly between heated pressure rollers to insure absence of any capsules on its surface thus providing a smooth surface on said fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.