Process for the ornamentation of textile fabrics

Claim 1

IN THE FIXING OF MECHANICALLY PRODUCED EFFECTS, SUCH AS CALENDERING, GLAZING, SCHREINERING AND EMBOSSING, ON SELECTED AREAS OF TEXTILE FABRICS, THE PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES PRINTING A FABRIC IN THE AREAS INTENDED TO BE LEFT PLAIN WITH AN AQUEOSU SOLUTION OF THE SALT OF AN ORGANIC CARBOXYLIC ACID WITH A WEAKLY BASIC COMPONENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF AMMONIUM AND THE METALS ALUMINUM, CADMIUM, CHROMIUM, LEAD, MANGANESE, TIN, ZINC AND ZIRCONIUM; THE SAID METAL SALTS BEING THE SALTS OF AN ORGANIC ACID SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF ACETIC AND FORMIC ACIDS AND THE SAID AMMONIUM SALTS BEING THE SALTS OF AN ORGANIC ACID SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF SALICYLIC ACID, SEBACIC ACID, 2-HYDROXY-3-NAPHTHOIC ACID, BENZOIC ACID AND P-CHLORO-BENZOIC ACID; SAID SALT BEING CAPABLE OF NEUTRALIZING THE ALKALINE CONDENSATION CATALYST USED IN THE SUBSEQUENT IMPREGNATING STEP OF THE PROCESS; THEN HEATING AND DRYING THE PRINTED FABRIC SUBSTANTIALLY TO INSOLUBILIZE THE SAID SALT, IMPREGNATING THE WHOLE OF THE FABRIC WITH AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF AN ALKALINE CONDENSATION CATALYST AND A PRECONDENSATE OF FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETONE; WHEREBY THE PRE-DRIED SALT RESIDUES IN THE PRINTED PARTS NEUTRALIZE AND RENDER INEFFECTIVE THE SAID ALKALINE CATALYST IN THE PRINTED PARTS OF THE FABRIC; DRYING THE FABRIC AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW THAT REQUIRED TO INSOLUBILIZE THE RESIN, SUBJECTING THE FABRIC TO A MECHANICAL ORNAMENTING TREATMENT, HEATING IT TO FORM AN INSOLUBLE RESIN IN THE UNPRINTED PARTS, WASHING TO REMOVE SOLUBLE RESIDUES AND TO REMOVE THE MECHANICALLY PRODUCED EFFECT FROM THE PRINTED PARTS, AND DRYING THE FABRIC, WHEREBY A PATTERNED EFFECT IS OBTAINED WITH THE MECHANICALLY PRODUCED EFFECT FIXED IN THE UNPRINTED AREAS.