Printing and dyeing of pile material

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF APPLYING A COLORING AGENT TO A FABRIC HAVING PILE ON ONE FACE THEREOF IN WHICH PILE ON THE FACE OF THE FABRIC IS INTRODUCED INTO A RECEPTACLE HAVING UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS AND CONTAINING A COLORING AGENT AND THE SIDE WALLS OF THE RECEPTACLE ARE BROUGHT INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FABRIC AT THE BASE OF THE PILE BY EXERTING PRESSURE ON THE BACK OF THE FABRIC WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY COMPRESSING THE PILE TO A FLATTENED CONDITION AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE RECEPTACLE IN A MEASURED AMOUNT OF THE COLORING AGENT BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BACK OF THE FABRIC, SAID PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO THE BACK OF THE FABRIC BY A PAIR OF OPPOSING PLATENS WITH THE UPPER PLATEN OF SAID PAIR ACTING ON THE BACK OF THE FABRIC, THEN RELEASING THE PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BACK OF THE FABRIC AND REMOVING THE PILE FROM THE RECEPTACLE WITH SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE COLORING AGENT THEREIN BEING ABSORBED BY THE PILE UPON THE RELEASE OF THE PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BACK OF THE FABRIC.