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US 5,481,864 AGranted
Cloth scrap recycling method
OwnerHerbert J. Wrightinventor
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Abstract
A method for producing high quality fabrics using recycled fabric scraps is disclosed. By use of pre-gin contacting of the virgin carrier fibers as well as moistening the fiber scraps that are recycled, fiber length and fiber uniformity percentages are maintained higher then typically achieved by the prior art. The process has many advantages such as: the need for redyeing the resulting material is minimized and shrinkage is substantially reduced.
Claims15
A method for recycling scrap cloth materials comprising the steps of:
- moistening cloth scraps;
- placing said cloth scraps into a shredding machine;
- applying moisture to said scraps while said scraps are shredded by said shredding machine in order to maintain a predetermined level of moisture in said scraps;
- opening said moist shredded cloth scraps into scrap fibers;
- selecting premium variety virgin cotton fibers;
- pre-gin contracting said premium variety virgin fibers;
- opening and cleaning said premium variety virgin fibers;
- and
- blending, carding, drawing, and spinning 10-25% virgin fibers around 90-75% said scrap fibers.
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A method for recycling scrap cloth materials, comprising the steps of:
- moistening cloth scraps;
- placing said cloth scraps into a shredding machine;
- applying moisture to said scraps while said scraps are shredded by said shredding machine in order to maintain a predetermined level of moisture in said scraps;
- opening said moist cloth scraps into scrap fibers;
- selecting premium variety virgin cotton fibers;
- pre-gin contracting said premium variety virgin fibers;
- opening and cleaning said premium variety virgin fibers;
- and
- blending, 10-25% virgin fibers with 90-75% said scrap fibers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.