Apparatus for coloring raised surface portions of embossed fabric

Claim 1

ASSEMBLY FOR CONTINUOUSLY COLORING ONLY THE RAISED SURFACE PORTIONS OF EMBOSSED FABRICS COMPRISING IN COM BINATION, MEANS FOR MOVING A LENGTH OF THE EMBOSSED FABRIC INTO AND THROUGH A COLORING ZONE AT A PREDETERMINED VARIABLE RATE OF TRAVEL, MEANS FOR TENSIONING THE FABRIC AND MEANS FOR REMOVING WRINKLES THEREFROM BEFORE THE MOVING FABRIC REACHES THE COLORING ZONE, ENGRAVED ROLLER MEANS MOUNTED IN THE COLORING ZONE FOR DEPOSITING A COLORING COMPOSITION ONLY ON THE RAISED SURFACE PORTIONS OF THE EMBOSSED FABRIC, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE ENGRAVED ROLLER MEANS INDEPENDENTLY OF MOVEMENT OF THE FABRIC, ROLLER BRUSH MEANS BEYOND THE ENGRAVED ROLLER MEANS FOR BRUSHING THE EMBOSSED AND COLORED FABRIC AFTER IT PASSES THROUGH THE COLORING ZONE, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE ROLLER BRUSH MEANS IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT IN WHICH THE FABRIC IS TRAVELING, AND MEANS IN BACK OF THE ROLLER BRUSH MEANS FOR DRYING THE COLORED EMBOSSED FABRIC UNDER TENSION AFTER IT HAS PASSED BEYOND THE COLORING ZONE.