Claims
- 1. A stencil, for use in dye printing pile fabric wherein said stencil is placed against said fabric and at least two different dyes are applied through said stencil to dye said pile fabric, said stencil including a generally rigid frame disposable beyond the area to be printed, a plurality of divider walls within the confines of said frame for separating the pile of said pile fabric, each divider wall of said plurality of divider walls being disposable perpendicularly to said pile fabric and having a lower edge for engaging the backing of said pile fabric, means for supporting said divider walls comprising a first plurality of wires fixed to said frame and extending across said frame in a first direction generally parallel to the plane of said pile fabric, a second plurality of wires fixed to said frame and extending across said frame in a second direction generally parallel to the plane of said pile fabric, said second direction being angularly related to said first direction, each divider wall of said plurality of divider walls being fixed to at least some of said first plurality of wires and said second plurality of wires, and further including a third plurality of wires fixed to said frame and extending parallel to said first plurality of wires, each wire of said third plurality of wires being above one wire of said first plurality of wires, said second direction being generally perpendicular to said first direction.
- 2. A stencil as claimed in claim 1, each divider wall of said plurality of divider walls having sufficient height to extend above the pile of said pile fabric for separating pattern areas of said pile fabric.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 919,862, filed June 28, 1978, now abandoned.
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