Process for the manufacture of a dyed sheet-like textile structure

Claim 2

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into garments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance, those areas which are exposed to a greater degree of wear having a lighter color, comprising the steps of:

Claim 3

pretreating a textile web by at least one step selected from the group of cleaning, bleaching and fast dyeing which results in conferring to said textile web a uniform base color over the entire cross-section thereof and having good fastness to washing and abrasion; 2. applying to the surface of the thus pretreated textile web a pigment composition containing a pigment dyestuff and a binder, the binder to pigment ratio not exceeding about 5:1, said pigment dyestuff being selected as to shade and amount to confer to the surface of the pretreated textile web a surface color having a color difference, as compared with said base color, of stage 4 or lower of the international gray scle for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1; 3. thermofixing the pigment composition; and 4. subsequently subjecting the dyed textile web to an aqueous wash.

Claim 4

pretreating a textile web by at least one step selected from the group of cleaning, bleaching and fast dyeing which results in conferring to said textile web a uniform base color over the entire cross-section thereof and having good fastness to washing and abrasion; 2. applying to the surface of the thus pretreated textile web a pigment composition containing a pigment dyestuff and a binder, the binder to pigment ratio not exceeding about 5:1, said pigment dyestuff being selected as to shade and amount to confer to the surface of the pretreated textile web a surface color having a color difference, as compared with said base color, of stage 4 or lower of the international gray scle for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1; 3. thermofixing the pigment composition; and 4. subsequently subjecting the dyed textile web to an aqueous wash.

Claim 5

The process defined in claim 1, comprising the step of pretreating the textile web in step (1) by cleaning so that the uniform base color of the textile web is the natural color of said web.

Claim 6

The process defined in claim 1, comprising the step of pretreating the textile web in step (1) by cleaning and bleaching.

Claim 7

The process defined in claim 1, comprising the step of fast dyeing the textile web in step (1).

Claim 8

The process defined in claim 4, comprising the step of fast dyeing the textile web in step (1) by applying an optical brightening dyestuff to said textile web.

Claim 9

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into garments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance and appearing to be covered with patches, comprising printing a patch pattern on the surface of the dyed textile web obtained by the process of claim 1.

Claim 10

The process defined in claim 6, including the step of applying the patch pattern by printing with a pigment printing paste, and fixing the pigment by heating.

Claim 11

The process defined in claim 6, including the step of applying the patch pattern by printing with a pigment printing paste containing a binder, the binder being present in an amount insufficient for an abrasion fast binding of the pigment, fixing the pigment by heating, and subjecting the printed and fixed textile web to a machine wash.

Claim 12

The process defined in claim 6, including the step of applying at least two patch prints which differ in their fastness properties.

Claim 13

The process defined in claim 6, including the step of applying at least two patch prints which differ in at least any one of color shade or color deepness.

Claim 14

The process defined in claim 10, wherein one print is carried out with developing dyestuffs and the other print with pigment dyestuffs.

Claim 15

The process defined in claim 1, for the manufacture of a fabric appearing as raw, unbleached pile fabric, wherein a raw, unbleached pile fabric is pretreated in step (1) by cleaning, an aqueous pigment preparation is applied in step (2) containing an optical brightener by means of a slop-pad roll to said pretreated pile fabric, said preparation being applied only to the pile surface of the fabric, said pretreated fabric being continuously passed over said slop-pad roll which rotates in a trough containing said aqueous pigment preparation in the same direction as the direction of movement of said fabric but with a lower circumferential speed than the travel speed of said fabric.

Claim 16

The process defined in claim 12, wherein from 15 to 65 percent of said pigment preparation is applied relative to the dry weight of the fabric.

Claim 17

The process defined in claim 13, wherein there is applied 20 to 25 percent of said pigment preparation.

Claim 18

A dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials as obtained by the process of claim 1, comprising yarn which presents a uniform base color over its entire cross-section and as a surface color a pigment coloration differing in shade from said base color and having an abrasion fastness which is at least one stage lower on the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1, than the abrasion fastness of said base color.

Claim 19

A dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials produced according to the process of claim 1 comprising yarn which present a uniform base color over its entire cross-section and as a surface color a pigment coloration differing in shade from said base color and having an abrasion fastness which is at least one stage lower on the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1, than the abrasion fastness of said base color, the textile web further presenting on its surface a patch pattern printed thereon.

Claim 20

The process defined in claim 1, wherein the binder to pigment ratio does not exceed about 1:1.

Claim 21

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into garments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance, those areas which are exposed to a greater degree of wear having a lighter color, comprising the steps of: 1. pretreating textile yarn by at least one step selecting from the group of cleaning, bleaching, mass dyeing and fast dyeing which results in conferring to said textile yarn and uniform base color over the entire cross-section thereof and having good fastness to washing and abrasion; 2. applying to the surface of the thus pretreated yarn a pigment composition containing a pigment dyestuff and a binder, the binder to pigment ratio not exceeding about 5:1, said pigment dyestuff being selected as to shade and amount to confer to the surface of the pretreated textile yarn a surface color having a color difference, as compared with said base color, of stage 4 or lower of the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1; 3. thermofixing the pigment composition;

Claim 22

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into garments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance, those areas which are exposed to a greater degree of wear having a lighter color, comprising the steps of: 1. pretreating textile yarn by at least one step selecting from the group of cleaning, bleaching, mass dyeing and fast dyeing which results in conferring to said textile yarn and uniform base color over the entire cross-section thereof and having good fastness to washing and abrasion; 2. applying to the surface of the thus pretreated yarn a pigment composition containing a pigment dyestuff and a binder, the binder to pigment ratio not exceeding about 5:1, said pigment dyestuff being selected as to shade and amount to confer to the surface of the pretreated textile yarn a surface color having a color difference, as compared with said base color, of stage 4 or lower of the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1; 3. thermofixing the pigment composition;

Claim 23

subsequently subjecting the dyed textile yarn to an aqueous wash; and 5. making-up the textile yarn into a textile web after any one of step (1), step (2), step (3) and step (4).

Claim 24

subsequently subjecting the dyed textile yarn to an aqueous wash; and 5. making-up the textile yarn into a textile web after any one of step (1), step (2), step (3) and step (4).

Claim 25

The process as defined in claim 18, comprising the step of pretreating the yarn in step (1) by cleaning so that the uniform base color of the textile yarn is the natural color of said yarn.

Claim 26

The process as defined in claim 18, comprising the step of pretreating the textile yarn in step (1) by cleaning and bleaching.

Claim 27

The process as defined in claim 18, comprising the step of fast dyeing the textile yarn in step (1).

Claim 28

The process as defined in claim 18, comprising the step of fast dyeing the textile yarn in step (1) by applying an optical brightening pigment dyestuff to said yarn.

Claim 29

The process defined in claim 18, including the step of using starting yarn which is mass dyed.

Claim 30

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into garments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance and appearing to be covered with patches, comprising printing a patch pattern on the surface of the dyed textile web obtained by the process of claim 18.

Claim 31

The process defined in claim 24, including the step of applying the patch pattern by printing with a pigment printing paste, and fixing the pigment by heating.

Claim 32

The process defined in claim 24, including the step of applying the patch pattern by printing with a pigment printing paste containing a binder, the binder being present in an amount insufficient for an abrasion fast binding of the pigment, fixing the pigment by heating, and subjecting the printed and fixed textile web to a machine wash.

Claim 33

The process defined in claim 24, including the step of applying at least two patch prints which differ in their fastness properties.

Claim 34

The process defined in claim 24, including the step of applying at least two patch prints which differ in at least any one of color shade or color deepness.

Claim 35

The process defined in claim 28, wherein one print is carried out with developing dyestuffs and the other print with pigment dyestuffs.

Claim 36

A dyed textile web selected from woven and nonwoven fibrous materials produced according to the process of claim 18, comprising yarn which presents a uniform base color over its entire cross-section and as a surface color a pigment coloration differing in shade from said base color and having an abrasion fastness which is at least one stage lower on the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1, than the abrasion fastness of said base color, the textile web further presenting on its surface a patch pattern printed thereon.

Claim 37

The process defined in claim 18, wherein the binder to pigment ratio does not exceed about 1:1.

Claim 38

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into garments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance, those areas which are exposed to a greater degree of wear having a lighter color, comprising the steps of: 1. pretreating a textile web by at least one step selected from the group of cleaning, bleaching and fast dyeing which results in conferring to said textile web a uniform base color over the entire cross-section thereof and having good fastness to washing and abrasion; 2. applying to the surface of the thus pretreated textile web a pigment composition containing a pigment dyestuff and a binder, said pigment dyestuff being selected as to shade and amount to confer to the surface of the pretreated textile web a surface color having a color difference, as compared with said base color, of stage 4 or lower of the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1; 3. partially thermofixing the pigment composition to produce an insufficient fixing of the pigment dyestuff and provide an abrasion fastness of the partially fixed pigment composition of at least one stage of the quoted gray scale lower than the abrasion fastness of said base color; and 4. subsequently subjecting the dyed textile web to an aqueous wash.

Claim 39

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into garments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance, those areas which are exposed to a greater degree of wear having a lighter color, comprising the steps of: 1. pretreating a textile web by at least one step selected from the group of cleaning, bleaching and fast dyeing which results in conferring to said textile web a uniform base color over the entire cross-section thereof and having good fastness to washing and abrasion; 2. applying to the surface of the thus pretreated textile web a pigment composition containing a pigment dyestuff and a binder, said pigment dyestuff being selected as to shade and amount to confer to the surface of the pretreated textile web a surface color having a color difference, as compared with said base color, of stage 4 or lower of the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1; 3. partially thermofixing the pigment composition to produce an insufficient fixing of the pigment dyestuff and provide an abrasion fastness of the partially fixed pigment composition of at least one stage of the quoted gray scale lower than the abrasion fastness of said base color; and 4. subsequently subjecting the dyed textile web to an aqueous wash.

Claim 40

The process as defined in claim 32, comprising the step of pretreating the textile web in step (1) by cleaning so that the uniform base color of the textile web is the natural color of said web.

Claim 41

The process as defined in claim 32, comprising the step of pretreating the textile web in step (1) by cleaning and bleaching.

Claim 42

The process as defined in claim 32, comprising the step of fast dyeing the textile web in step (1).

Claim 43

The process as defined in claim 35, comprising the step of fast dyeing the textile web in step (1) by applying an optical brightening pigment dyestuff to said textile web.

Claim 44

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into gaarments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance and appearing to be covered with patches, comprising printing a patch pattern on the surface of the dyed textile web obtained by the process of claim 32.

Claim 45

The process as defined in claim 37, including the step of applying the patch pattern by printing with a pigment printing paste, and fixing the pigment by heating.

Claim 46

The process as defined in claim 37, including the step of applying the patch pattern by printing with a pigment printing paste containing a binder, the binder being present in an amount insufficient for an abrasion fast binding of the pigment, fixing the pigment by heating, and subjecting the printed and fixed textile web to a machine wash.

Claim 47

The process as defined in claim 37, including the step of applying at least two patch prints which differ in their fastness properties.

Claim 48

The process as defined in claim 37, including the step of applying at least two patch prints which differ in at least any one of color shade or color deepness.

Claim 49

The process as defined in claim 41, wherein one print is carried out with developing dyestuffs and the other print with pigment dyestuffs.

Claim 50

A dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials produced according to the process of claim 32, comprising yarn which presents a uniform base color over its entire cross-section and as a surface color a pigment coloration differing in shade from said base color and having an abrasion fastness which is at least one stage lower on the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1, than the abrasion fastness of said base color, the textile web further presenting on its surface a patch pattern printed thereon.

Claim 51

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into garments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance, those areas which are exposed to a greater degree of wear having a lighter color, comprising the steps of : 1. pretreating textile yarn by at least one step selected from the group of cleaning, bleaching, mass dyeing and fast dyeing which results in conferring to said yarn a uniform base color over the entire cross-section thereof and having good fastness to washing and abrasion; 2. applying to the surface of the thus pretreated textile yarn a pigment compostion containing a pigment dyestuff and a binder, said pigment composition containing a pigment dyestuff and a binder, said pigment dyestuff being selected as to shade and amount to confer to the surface of the pretreated textile yarn a surface color having a color difference, as compared with said base color, of stage 4 or lower of the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1; 3. partially thermofixing the pigment composition to produce an insufficient fixing of the pigment dyestuff and provide an abrasion fastness of the fixed pigment composition of at least one stage of the quoted gray scale lower than the abrasion fastness of said base color; 4. subsequently subjecting the dyed textile yarn to an aqueous wash; and 5. making-up the textile yarn into a textile web after any one of step (1), step (2), step (3), and step (4).

Claim 52

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into garments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance, those areas which are exposed to a greater degree of wear having a lighter color, comprising the steps of : 1. pretreating textile yarn by at least one step selected from the group of cleaning, bleaching, mass dyeing and fast dyeing which results in conferring to said yarn a uniform base color over the entire cross-section thereof and having good fastness to washing and abrasion; 2. applying to the surface of the thus pretreated textile yarn a pigment compostion containing a pigment dyestuff and a binder, said pigment composition containing a pigment dyestuff and a binder, said pigment dyestuff being selected as to shade and amount to confer to the surface of the pretreated textile yarn a surface color having a color difference, as compared with said base color, of stage 4 or lower of the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1; 3. partially thermofixing the pigment composition to produce an insufficient fixing of the pigment dyestuff and provide an abrasion fastness of the fixed pigment composition of at least one stage of the quoted gray scale lower than the abrasion fastness of said base color; 4. subsequently subjecting the dyed textile yarn to an aqueous wash; and 5. making-up the textile yarn into a textile web after any one of step (1), step (2), step (3), and step (4).

Claim 53

The process as defined in claim 44, comprising the step of pretreating the textile yarn in step (1) by cleaning so that the uniform base color of the textile yarn is the natural color of said yarn.

Claim 54

The process as defined in claim 44, comprising the step of pretreating the textile yarn in step (1) by cleaning and bleaching.

Claim 55

The process as defined in claim 44, comprising the step of fast dyeing the textile yarn in step (1).

Claim 56

The process as defined in claim 44, comprising the step of fast dyeing the textile yarn in step (1) by applying an optical brightening pigment dyestuff to said textile yarn.

Claim 57

The process as defined in claim 44, including the step of using starting yarn which is mass dyed.

Claim 58

A process for the manufacture of a uniformly dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials intended for subsequent making-up into garments adapted to have a non-uniformly worn and faded appearance and appearing to be covered with patches, comprising printing a patch pattern on the surface of the dyed textile web obtained by the process of claim 44.

Claim 59

The process as defined in claim 50, including the step of applying the patch pattern by printing with a pigment printing paste, and fixing the pigment by heating.

Claim 60

The process as defined in claim 50, including the step of applying the patch pattern by printing with a pigment printing paste containing a binder, the binder being present in an amount insufficeint for an abrasion fast binding of the pigment, fixing the pigment by heating, and subjecting the printed and fixed textile web to a machine wash.

Claim 61

The process as defined in claim 50, including the step of applying at least two patch prints which differ in their fastness properties.

Claim 62

The process as defined in claim 50, including the step of applying at least two patch prints which differ in at least any one of color shade or color deepness.

Claim 63

The process as defined in claim 54, wherein one print is carried out with developing dyestuffs and the other print with pigment dyestuffs.

Claim 64

A dyed textile web selected from woven and non-woven fibrous materials produced according to the process of claim 44, comprising yarns which presents a uniform base color over its entire cross-section and as a surface color a pigment coloration differing in shade from said base color and having an abrasion fastness which is at least one stage lower on the international gray scale for color change, AATCC Evaluation Procedure 1, than the abrasion fastness of said base color, the textile web further presenting on its surface a patch pattern printed thereon.

Claim 65

The dyed textile web according to claim 56, wherein the same is a twill.

Claim 66

The dyed textile web according to claim 56, wherein the same is a denim.

Claim 67

The dyed textile web according to claim 56, wherein the same is a pile fabric.

Claim 68

The dyed textile web according to claim 59, wherein the pile fabric is a velvet.

Claim 69

The dyed textile web according to claim 59, wherein the pile fabric is a cord.