Method, system and apparatus for creating a colorant pattern in porous material
OwnerCharles E. Contompasisinventor
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Abstract
A sealable vacuum chamber has an outlet. A template within the chamber includes flow guides for guiding colorant under vacuum across and into porous material when in contact therewith toward the outlet to create a pattern in the porous material. The flow guides allow for at least slight variation in the pattern without being altered.
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A method of creating a colorant pattern in porous material, comprising:
- guiding a colorant in a vacuum environment across and into a porous material to create a colorant pattern therein.
A method of creating a colorant pattern in porous material, comprising:
- guiding a colorant in a vacuum environment across and into a porous material to create a colorant pattern therein, comprising:
- providing a sealable vacuum chamber with at least one outlet;
- placing porous material in the sealable vacuum chamber;
- sealing the vacuum chamber;
- prior to the sealing, placing, a template in contact with the porous material within the scalable vacuum chamber;
- and
- guiding a colorant across and into the porous material and toward the at least one outlet, comprising providing at least one colorant flow guide, wherein providing the at least one colorant flow guide comprises providing at least one channel in the template.
A method of creating a colorant pattern in porous material, comprising:
- guiding a colorant in a vacuum environment across and into a porous material to create a colorant pattern therein, comprising:
- providing a sealable vacuum chamber with at least one outlet;
- placing porous material in the sealable vacuum chamber;
- sealing the vacuum chamber;
- prior to the sealing, placing a template in contact with the porous material within the scalable vacuum chamber;
- and
- guiding a colorant across and into the porous material and toward the at least one outlet, comprising providing at least one colorant flow guide, wherein providing the at least one colorant flow guide comprises forming at least one channel in the template.
A method of creating a colorant pattern in porous material, comprising:
- guiding a colorant in a vacuum environment across and into a porous material to create a colorant pattern therein, comprising:
- providing a sealable vacuum chamber with at least one outlet;
- placing porous material in the sealable vacuum chamber;
- sealing the vacuum chamber;
- prior to the sealing, placing a template in contact with the porous material within the scalable vacuum chamber;
- and
- guiding a colorant across and into the porous material and toward the at least one outlet, comprising providing at least one colorant flow guide, wherein providing the at least one colorant flow guide comprises providing at least one channel in the template with a plurality of openings along a length thereof.
A method of creating a colorant pattern in porous material, comprising:
- guiding a colorant in a vacuum environment across and into a porous material to create a colorant pattern therein, comprising:
- providing a sealable vacuum chamber with at least one outlet;
- placing porous material in the sealable vacuum chamber;
- sealing the vacuum chamber;
- prior to the sealing, placing a template in contact with the porous material within the sealable vacuum chamber, wherein the template comprises at lease two openings;
- and
- guiding a colorant across and into the porous material and toward the at least one outlet, comprising providing at least one colorant flow guide, wherein the at least one colorant flow guide is situated between at least two opening.
A method of creating a colorant pattern in porous material, comprising:
- a sealable vacuum chamber with at least one outlet;
- a template comprising at least one colorant flow guide for guiding a colorant under vacuum across and into porous material and toward the at least one outlet when in contract will the template to create a colorant pattern in the porous material.
- 22.The system of claim 21, further comprising a vacuum pump couplable to the sealed vacuum chamber for evacuating same.
Apparatus for creating a colorant pattern in porous material, comprising:
- a template with at least one colorant flow guide for guiding colorant along the flow guide when under vacuum, wherein the at least one colorant flow guide comprises at least one wire on the template.
Apparatus for creating a colorant pattern in porous material, comprising a template and at least one colorant flow guide for guiding colorant along the flow guide when under vacuum, wherein the at least one colorant flow guide comprises at least one conduit separate from the template with a plurality of openings along a length thereof.
The Apparatus for creating a colorant pattern in porous material, comprising:
- a template with at least one colorant flow guide for guiding colorant along the flow guide when under vacuum, wherein the template comprises at least two openings, and wherein the least one colorant flow guide is situated between the at least two openings.
Apparatus for creating a colorant pattern in porous material, comprising a template with at least one opening therein for guiding colorant flow guide under vacuum across porous material toward the at least one opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.