Printed flocked pile fabric and method for making same
AssigneeMicrofibres, Inc.
InventorsCarlos V. Alboom, James R. McCulloch
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Abstract
A printed multicolor synthetic pile fabric having a substrate and pile formed of fibers of substantially uniform length and diameter with the fibers arranged in random groups extending uniformly across the entire width and along the entire length of the fabric. Each group comprises a random number of fibers extending at an angle and in a direction that randomly varies from the angles and directions of the fibers in adjacent groups. The fibers within each group are preferably set in the greige goods.
Claims13
A printed multicolor synthetic flocked pile fabric comprising a substrate and a pile formed of fibers, with the fibers arranged in random groups extending uniformly across the entire width and along the entire length of the fabric, with each group comprising a random number of fibers extending at angles and in directions that randomly vary from the angles and directions of the fibers in adjacent groups, wherein the fabric is produced by a process comprising the steps of:
- subjecting a flocked pile fabric to a liquid at alternately low and high temperatures falling within a range of 20° C. to 90° C. in order to randomly re-orient the fibers forming the pile from a uniform parallel orientation into random groups of fibers with angular and directional orientations that vary from one group to the other;
- and thereafter
- drying and printing the substrate with the fibers in said re-oriented position.
A printed synthetic flocked pile fabric comprising:
- a substrate;
- and a pile formed of fibers, with the fibers arranged in random groups extending uniformly across the entire width and along the entire length of the fabric, with each group comprising a random number of fibers extending at angles and in directions that randomly vary from the angles and directions of the fibers in adjacent groups, with the groups of fibers being defined from one another by visually discernable spaces having a hairline appearance, wherein the fabric is produced by a process comprising the steps of:
- subjecting a flocked pile fabric to a liquid at alternately low and high temperatures falling within a range of 20° C. to 90° C. in order to randomly re-orient the fibers forming the pile from a uniform parallel orientation into random groups of fibers with angular and directional orientations that vary from one group to the other;
- and thereafter
- drying and printing the substrate with the fibers in said re-oriented position.
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