Textiles: manufacturing – Textile product fabrication or treatment – Fiber entangling and interlocking
Patent
1989-08-02
1991-04-02
Schroeder, Werner H.
Textiles: manufacturing
Textile product fabrication or treatment
Fiber entangling and interlocking
D04H 120
Patent
active
050036742
ABSTRACT:
In the present invention, a desired pattern or design, is projected upon a relatively flat or horizontal base fabric. The design, which is projected, may be manually or computer-produced, and will indicate a plurality of areas to be covered. Both the shape of the areas and the colors of the areas may also be generated by the projector. Tufts of fibers or swatches of material corresponding to the colors and shapes generated are then placed upon the base material and lightly "tacked" thereto by pre-needling. Thereafter, the base material with the colored fibers or swatches temporarily secured thereto is passed through a commercial high-speed, high-density needling machine which securely and permanently interlocks the fibers or swaches to the base sheet while simultaneously blending the materials and the colors thereof where any of the fibers or swatches of different colors overlap. The soft, muted blending of the colors has not heretofore been achievable by applique, jig-saw type assembly, or the like. The finished product may be thereafter displayed as work of art, or be cut into appropriate shapes for assembly into wearing apparel such as coats, jackets, skirts, and the like. The material may also be used as wall coverings or hangings or pictures.
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Cohen Samuel
Manne Liora G.
Bouda Francis J.
DeSandre Bradley Kurtz
Schroeder Werner H.
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