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Title:
METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGED COMPOUND TEXTILE FABRIC
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002046509
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention contemplates a method of forming a textile laminate or composite fabric from a plurality of woven fabric layers, with the method contemplating use of a three-dimensional image transfer device to facilitate efficient and commercially viable use of the method. Herein is disclosed a method of forming an imaged textile laminate or composite compound fabric, the fabric having a first textile fabric layer (11) comprising a plurality of interwoven warp and weft yarns and at least one other textile fabric layer (10), the lamination of the fabric layers and imaging of the construct occurring on a three-dimensional image transfer device (18). The image transfer device (18) has a foraminous, image-forming surface comprising a regular pattern of three-dimensional surface elements.

Inventors:
BLACK SAMUEL KEITH
CURTIS CHARLES KEITH
MORAN SHANE JAMES
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/046446
Publication Date:
March 13, 2003
Filing Date:
December 06, 2001
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Assignee:
POLYMER GROUP INC (US)
International Classes:
B32B5/26; D06C23/00; D06P5/24; D06P7/00; D04H1/46; D04H13/00; (IPC1-7): D06B1/02
Foreign References:
US4144370A1979-03-13
US4145468A1979-03-20
US5153056A1992-10-06
US5281441A1994-01-25
US4695500A1987-09-22
US5674587A1997-10-07
Other References:
See also references of EP 1348054A4
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