Claims
- 1. A method for continuously manufacturing, finishing and preshrinking fabric, the method comprising the sequential steps of:
- creating fabric by using conventional machinery, said fabric being known as greige fabric which has been stretched in said machinery and is susceptible therefor of relatively high shrinkage after washing, taking said greige fabric from said machinery to a padder and impregnating said greige fabric with a finishing liquid therein including starch to a moisture content in excess of 50% by weight, partially drying the fabric, measuring and maintaining a moisture content between 10% and 30% by weight,
- compressively preshrinking the fabric, and fully drying the fabric.
- 2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the finishing liquid includes starches in combination with lubricants, rewetters, hand modifiers and the like.
- 3. A method according to claim 1 wherein greige blue denim fabric taken directly from a loom is subjected to impregnation with said finishing liquid, is partially dried, is compressively shrunk and is then fully dried.
- 4. A method for continuously manufacturing, finishing and preshrinking fabric, the method comprising the sequential steps of:
- creating fabric by using conventional machinery, said fabric being known as greige fabric which has been stretched in said machinery and is susceptible therefor of relatively high shrinkage after washing,
- taking said greige fabric from said machinery to a padder and impregnating said greige fabric with a finishing liquid therein including starch to a moisture content in excess of 50% by weight, passing the fabric over a series of hot cans to partially dry the fabric, measuring and maintaining a moisture content in the fabric between 10 and 30% by weight,
- compressively preshrinking the fabric in a rubberbelt compressive preshrinking unit, and fully drying the fabric.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. Pat. application Ser. No. 262,579 filed June 14, 1972 which was a continuation-in-part of United States Pat. application Ser. No. 224,892 filed Feb. 9, 1972 both of which are now abandoned.
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