Patent ID: 7740666

Claim:
A process for dyeing a textile web, said textile web having a first face and a second face opposite the first face, said method comprising: applying a dye comprising a solvent and at least one particulate component having a thermal conductivity substantially greater than a thermal conductivity of said solvent to the first face of the textile web other than by saturating the web; moving the second face of the web in an open configuration thereof over a contact surface of an ultrasonic vibration system with the textile web in direct contact with the contact surface of the ultrasonic vibration system, wherein the first face of the web is free from contact with the contact surface of the ultrasonic vibration system; and operating the ultrasonic vibration system to impart ultrasonic energy to the textile web at the contact surface of the ultrasonic vibration system and to facilitate movement of the dye from the first face of the web into and through the web to the second face thereof.