Patent ID: 8038726
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: D06B

Abstract:
1. A method for processing textile material that has been finished beyond a greige state and is substantially ready for cut and sew operations whereat one or more textile products would be produced from a roll and ready for use without further washing, the method comprising: generally continuously paying out the textile material from an upstream roll; taking up the textile material into a downstream roll; and therebetween and in-line, applying a finish chemical to the textile material, subjecting the textile material to a tenter oven, laundering the textile material, which includes cleaning the textile material in a liquid having a surfactant and a pH of about 6 to about 8 and rinsing the textile material with a liquid having a pH of about 6 to about 8, then drying the textile material, and further wherein the method, between generally continuously paying out the textile material and taking up the textile material, is free from a step of dyeing the textile material, such that the textile material includes a pH of greater than about 6 and less than about 8 and is ready for cut and sew operations whereat one or more textile products would be produced and ready for use without further washing.