| US 7,500,292 B2 | ||
| Hydrodynamic treatment of tubular knitted fabrics | ||
| Robert A. Miller, New Ringgold, Pa. (US); Asli Begenir, Winston-Salem, N.C. (US); and Michael D. Abbott, Statesville, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC, Winston-Salem, N.C. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/510,968. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0060180 A1, Mar. 13, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. D04H 3/10 (2006.01); D04B 39/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 28—104 [28/167; 28/142] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A method for conditioning a tubular knitted fabric, comprising the steps of:
placing on a supported member a tubular knitted fabric formed of yarns, the yarns comprising fibers having a high cotton content,
and the fabric having layers arranged in overlying layered relation, the layers having outer surfaces;
traversing the tubular knitted fabric at a preselected rate while subjecting the outer surfaces of the overlying layers to
jets of fluid at pressures of about 40 bar absolute or lower; and
wherein the jets of fluid fracture at least some of the fibers comprising the yarns, the fractured yarns comprising each of
the overlying layers interlock within each layer, and the fibers forming the overlying layers do not interlock the overlying
layers and are separable by subsequent fabric finishing or laundering.
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