Claims
- 1. An apparatus for texturizing a flocked fabric comprising:
- a. means for continuously feeding a flocked fabric from a source of supply such that the flocked fabric lies in a single plane;
- b. means for wetting the flocked portion of the fabric with a liquid while the fabric is moving;
- c. means subsequent to said wetting means for orienting the moving wetted flock of the fabric in a predetermined design while in said single plane, said means comprising a plurality of flexible beaters disposed across the width of the fabric and contacting means for bringing the beaters in a whip-like manner into continuous and rapid contact with the flocked side of the moving plane of fabric, said flexible beaters comprising two components, the first component being a flexible connecting member capable of whip-like action, the second component being a flock contacting member shaped in a preselected design, said second component being attached to one end of the connecting member and the other end of the connecting member being secured to the contacting means; and
- d. means subsequent to said orienting means for drying the wetted fabric to set said flock in said predetermined design pattern.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the contacting means comprises a driven roll rotatably mounted above and across the fabric in the widthwise direction.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a widthwise series of radial brushes rotatably mounted in spaced-apart relationship to one another, said brushes being positioned between said orientation means and said wetting means, along a line parallel to said beaters and in contact with said fabric; and wherein the beaters have a flat flock-contacting edge, the width of which is equivalent to the opposing space created by said brushes.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of copending application Ser. No. 299,910, filed Oct. 24, 1972, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,961,115 granted June 1, 1976.
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