APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE MULTI-COLOR DYEING OF INDIVIDUAL YARNS AND PRODUCING THEREFROM A PREDETERMINED COMPLEX DESIGN IN A TUFTED CARPET

摘要

ABSTRACTThe Apparatus and the method of the invention dyesthe yarn ends of a sheet thereof individually at pre-determined positions along their lengths and manufacturestufted carpets therefrom in a tufting machine to provide apredetermined multi-colored complex pattern in the carpet.The invention includes pretreatment of the yarn in a wettingand cleansing bath, removing excess bath liquid in prepara-tion for dyeing, synchronizing the yarn feed at the startwith the feed to the tufting machine, simultaneous dyeing ofpairs of adjacent yarn ends and separating them for deliveryto the tufting machine in an arrangement to produce identic-al patterns side-by-side in the carpet.