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US 4,740,213 AGranted
Method of producing a random faded effect on cloth or made-up garments, and the end-product obtained by implementation of such a method
AssigneeGolden Trade S.r.l.
InventorFrancesco Ricci
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Abstract
In the method disclosed, cloth to be faded is brought into dry contact with pumice granules that are impregnated with a chemical bleaching agent such as a hypochlorite; the action takes place in a conventional process machine, the drum of which is rotated for a preset duration.
Claims20
A method of producing a random faded effect on cloth or a made-up garment which is in a wet or dry condition comprising the steps:
- (a) impregnating granules of a coarse, permeable material having a high absorption characteristic with a bleaching agent;
- (b) placing the impregnated granules and the cloth or garment, said cloth or garment being in a wet or dry condition, together in a rotatable drum;
- (c) bleaching said cloth or garment in a dry state by dry-tumbling the cloth or garment and the granules together by rotating the drum for a period of time to produce a random faded effect on the cloth or garment;
- (d) recovering or disposing of the granules following their separation from the randomly faded cloth or garment;
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- (e) neutralizing any residual bleaching agent held in the cloth or garment .
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A method of producing a random faded effect on cloth fabric or a made-up garment which is in a wet or dry condition comprising:
- (a) disposing the fabric or garment which is in said wet or dry condition in a chamber in dry contact with granules of a coarse, permeable material, said granules having been impregnated with a bleaching agent;
- (b) bleaching said cloth or garment in a dry state by dry-tumbling said fabric or garment and granules together for a period of time sufficient to randomly fade the fabric or garment;
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- (c) separating the faded fabric or garment from the granules.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.