Patent · US Expired

Method for applying jet-sprayed decoration to fabric

US6319561A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 19, 2000
Grant dateNov 20, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 19, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06P5/30
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In the jet straying of ink droplets in a decorative pattern onto a fabric during which a jet spray head shuttles across the fabric changing directions at opposite selvage edges, the provision in an interposed position between the spray head and upstanding selvage edge fibers of shields preventing contact therebetween which maintains bubble closures over exit openings in the jet spray head intact and obviates inadvertent gravity flow of ink as might mar the decorative pattern.

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