Milliken + Co

Edwin L Hersey

Daniel Taylor McBride

Michael D Hurst

Peter K Kang

Anthony R Chambers

Randy G Meeks

Cleatus D Little

Jon L Williamson

Richard L Kilpatrick

A dyed substrate having at least one dyed surface. At least one dye solution is disposed across at least a portion of the surface in combination with a migration promoting composition and/or a migration limiting composition. The migration promoting composition and/or migration limiting composition adjusts the migration of at least a portion of the dye solution across the substrate in a controlled manner. Dye migration may be arrested by the application of RF (radio frequency) energy as a step in dye fixation. A process for forming the dyed substrate is also provided.

Selective application of chemical agents in the pattern dyeing of textiles

A process is disclosed for using thickening agents with specific properties in connection with the automated pixel-wise patterning of textile substrates using liquid dyes.

Use of thickening agents in pattern dyeing of textiles

Coated inflatable fabrics and more particularly concerns airbag cushions to which very low add-on amounts of silicone-based coating have been applied and which exhibit extremely low air permeability are provided. The inventive inflatable fabrics are primarily for use in automotive restraint cushions that require low permeability characteristics (such as side curtain airbags). Traditionally, heavy, and thus expensive, coatings of compounds such as neoprene, silicones, and the like, have been utilized to provide such required low permeability. The inventive fabric utilizes an inexpensive, very thin, substantially uniform silicone coating to provide such necessarily low permeability levels. Thus, the inventive coating comprises at least a single layer comprising a majority of silicone-based material, wherein the total thickness of the single layer is at most about 3.0 ounces per square yard as applied to a target fabric surface. The inventive airbag exhibits a characteristically long leak-down rate as compared to other coated airbags.

Low permeability airbag cushions having extremely low silicone-based coating levels

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LaGrange, GA, United States of America

Edwin L Hersey