US 6,527,815 B1Granted

Garment dyeing

AssigneeBurlington Industries, Inc.

InventorsKatherine T. Bryant, John E. Newbern, Earl E. Bradsher, III, Terry L. Currans, G. Lewis Best, III, Ashutosh Karnik, John W. McAnulty

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Abstract

Textiles made of synthetic fibers and synthetic fiber blended fabrics are constructed in the form of a garment then dyed while avoiding setting permanent creases and permanent wrinkles in the garment. The process includes selecting a synthetic or synthetic blended fabric for the dyeing process by determining the fabric's shrinkage in the warp and fill directions, for instance no greater than 6%, constructing a garment from the fabric selected, then dyeing the constructed garment in an aqueous dyebath at a temperature in the range of 220 to 260° F. for a time sufficient to achieve a desired shade and levelness of color followed by drying and optionally pressing the dyed garment.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A process for dyeing garments constructed of synthetic fiber or blended fiber fabrics while avoiding permanent wrinkles and permanent creases in the garment, the process comprising the steps of:

(a) selecting a synthetic or synthetic blend fabric for the dyeing process whose fabric's shrinkage in the warp and fill directions is no greater than 6% or else processing said fabric to adjust the shrinkage to be no greater than 6% in the warp and fill directions;
(b) constructing a garment from the fabric in step (a);
(c) dyeing the constructed garment of step (b) in an aqueous dyebath at a temperature in the range of 220 to 260° F. for a time sufficient to achieve a desired shade and levelness of color;
and then
(d) drying and optionally pressing the dyed garment.

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