Claims
- 1. A method for using a dye to simulate a printed effect in a flocked fabric composed of a substrate, which is not receptive to the dye, and a flock, which is receptive to the dye and is present in a predetermined design pattern, comprising:
- (a) pleating the flocked fabric;
- (b) distributing said dye onto the pleated fabric such that only the flock, which is receptive to the dye, is dyed;
- (c) unpleating the flocked fabric; and
- (d) subjecting the flocked fabric to fixation conditions to permanently fix the dye to the flock.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the flocked fabric is pleated by means of a roll, a conveyor belt, and a guide.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the dye is distributed onto the pleated flocked fabric in a predetermined design pattern.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the dye is distributed onto the pleated flocked fabric in a random manner.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the dye is distributed by spraying, sprinkling, or allowing the dye to flow in a plurality of streams.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the dye is selected from the group consisting of disperse dyes, acid dyes, reactive dyes, cationic dyes and direct dyes.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the pleated and dyed flocked fabric, prior to fixation, is
- (a) unpleated;
- (b) repleated such that different areas of the fabric including different flocked areas are exposed; and
- (c) colored by distributing one or more coloring agents onto the repleated fabric.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the flock is composed of rayon, the substrate is composed of polyester, and the dye used is a fiber reactive dye such that only the rayon is dyed.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein a suitable reacting agent is mixed with the fiber reactive dye prior to distributing the dye onto the fabric.
- 10. The method of claim 1 wherein prior to pleating the fabric, the fabric is impregnated with a wetting agent.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein the wetting agent is a suitable solvent for the specific coloring agent used.
- 12. The method of claim 10 wherein the wetting agent is water.
- 13. The method of claim 10 wherein the wetting agent contains a coloring agent.
- 14. A method for applying one or more coloring agents to a flock printed fabric composed of a substrate, which is not receptive to the coloring agents, and a flock, which is receptive to the coloring agents, comprising:
- (a) impregnating the fabric with a wetting agent;
- (b) pleating the fabric including the flocked areas;
- (c) distributing one or more of said coloring agents onto the pleated fabric;
- (d) unpleating the fabric;
- (e) repleating the fabric including the flocked areas so that different areas of the fabric are exposed;
- (f) distributing one or more of said coloring agents onto the repleated fabric; and
- (g) subjecting the fabric to fixation conditions to permanently fix the coloring agent to the fabric.
- 15. A method for simulating a printed effect in a flocked fabric composed of a polyester substrate which has been flocked with rayon flock in a predetermined design pattern comprising:
- (a) impregnating the flocked fabric with water;
- (b) pleating the flocked fabric;
- (c) distributing one or more fiber reactive dyes onto the pleated fabric such that only the rayon flock which is susceptible to the fiber reactive dye, is dyed;
- (d) unpleating the flocked fabric;
- (e) repleating the flocked fabric so that different areas of the fabric are exposed;
- (f) distributing one or more fiber reactive dyes onto the repleated flocked fabric; and
- (g) wet fixing the flocked fabric to permanently fix the fiber reactive dyes to the rayon flock.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 575,465, filed May 7, 1975, and now abandoned.
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Redbook, Jun. 1970, pp. cover, 172, 173, 174. |
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