Title:
PROCESSES FOR USING RECYCLED WASTE COTTON MATERIAL IN PRODUCING A TEXTILE PRODUCT AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS PRODUCED FORM WASTE COTTON MATERIAL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/130276
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A process for using recycled waste cotton material to produce a textile product is provided. The process can include collecting different categories of waste cotton material from a variety of textile formation processes. The process can also include selecting specific categories of waste cotton material to be blended together depending on the textile product to be produced. In the process, sequence of cleaning, opening and blending processing steps can be selected to be used in making a yarn depending on the textile product to be produced. The selected specific categories of waste cotton material can be cleaned, opened and blended into blended cotton fibers. The blended cotton fibers can then be processed into the textile product to be produced. Thus, a textile product can be provided that includes yarn that can have at least three different categories of waste cotton material that are from textile formation processes.
Inventors:
LIGHTMAN ELLIOTT D (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/032124
Publication Date:
February 23, 2012
Filing Date:
April 12, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ENOVA TEXTILE AND APPAREL LLC (US)
LIGHTMAN ELLIOTT D (US)
LIGHTMAN ELLIOTT D (US)
International Classes:
D01G11/00; D01G13/00; D02G3/02; D03D15/00; D04B1/14
Foreign References:
| US5331801A | 1994-07-26 | |||
| US20020124366A1 | 2002-09-12 | |||
| US4914787A | 1990-04-10 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WILSON, Jeffrey, L. (Wilson Taylor & Hunt, P.A.,Suite 1200, University Towe, Durham NC, US)
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