Textile print wash blanket and method of making same

Claim 1

A PRESS CURED TEXTILE PRINT WASH BLANKET COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE, COMPRESSIBLE, LAMINATED BACKING, AND A WORKING TEXTILE LAYER MADE OF YARNS FORMED FROM ELASTIC COLD-DRAWN FIBERS OF A SYNTHETIC, LINEAR, CRYSTALLINE HIGH POLYMER WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY INSOLUNLE IN AND IMPERMEABLE TO TEXTILE PRINTING COLORS AND WATER, SAID TEXTILE LAYER BEING SPACED FROM THE BACKING AND ADHESIVELY UNITED THERETO BY A SUBSTANTIAL SEPARATE AND DISTINCT ELASTICALLY DISTORTABLE CUSHIONING BONDING LAYER OF NOT LESS THAN .005" IN THICKNESS, WHICH SEPARATE LAYER IS INSOLUBLE IN AND IMPERMEABLE TO WATER AND TEXTILE PRINTING COLORS, THE FIBER SURFACES AT THE WORKING FACE OF THE BLANKET OF THE TEXTILE LAYER BEING EXPOSED AND AVAILABLE AS PICK-UP AND STORAGE AREAS FOR TEXTILE PRINTING COLORS.

Claim 3

THE METHOD OF MAKING A PRESS CURED TEXTILE PRINT WASH BLANKET COMPRISING ADHESIVELY UNITING TO ONE SURFACE OF A FLEXIBLE, COMPRESSIBLE, LAMINATED BACKING, BY MEANS OF A HEAT CURING ADHESIVE LAYER, A WORKING TEXTILE LAYER FORMED FROM YARNS SPUN FROM ELASTIC COLD-DRAWN FIBERS OF A SYNTHETIC, LINEAR, CRYSTALLINE HIGH POLYMER, SAID UNITING ADHESIVE BEING INSOLUBLE IN AND IMPERMEABLE TO WATER AND TEXTILE PRINTING COLORS, LIMITING THE FLOW OF THE HEAT CURING ADHESIVE LAYER WHILE COMPRESSING AND HEATING THE BACKING, THE ADHESIVE LAYER AND THE WORKING TEXTILE LAYER IN A HEATED PRESS TO CAUSE THE ADHESIVE LAYER TO PERMEATE ONLY A MINOR CROSS SECTION OF THE YARN ADJACENT THE BACKING, THE ADHESIVE LAYER OBLY PARTIALLY PERMEATING THE YARNS OF THE TEXTILE LAYER AT THE SURFACE THEREOF ADJACENT THE BACKING LAYER, AND CONTINUING THE HEAT AND PRESSURE UNTIL A UNITARY HEAT AND PRESSURE CURED BLANKET RESULTS, SAID ADHESIVE LAYER HAVING A THICKNESS NOT LESS THAN .005".

Claim 4

THE METHOD OF MAKING A PRESS CURED TEXTILE PRINT WASH BLANKET COMPRISING ADHESIVELY UNITING TO ONE SURFACE OF A FLEXIBLE, COMPRESSIBLE, LAMINATED BACKING, BY MEANS OF A HEAT CURING ADHESIVE LAYER, A WORKING TEXTILE LAYER FORMED FROM YARNS SPUN FROM ELASTIC COLD-DRAWN FIBERS OF A SYNTHETIC, LINEAR, CRYSTALLINE HIGH POLYMER, SAID UNITING ADHESIVE BEING INSOLUBLE IN AND IMPERMEABLE TO WATER AND TEXTILE PRINTING COLORS, LIMITING THE FLOW OF THE HEAT CURING ADHESIVE LAYER WHILE COMPRESSING AND HEATING THE BACKING, THE ADHESIVE LAYER AND THE WORKING TEXTILE LAYER IN A HEATED PRESS TO CAUSE THE ADHESIVE LAYER TO PERMEATE ONLY A MINOR CROSS SECTION OF THE YARN ADJACENT THE BACKING, THE ADHESIVE LAYER OBLY PARTIALLY PERMEATING THE YARNS OF THE TEXTILE LAYER AT THE SURFACE THEREOF ADJACENT THE BACKING LAYER, AND CONTINUING THE HEAT AND PRESSURE UNTIL A UNITARY HEAT AND PRESSURE CURED BLANKET RESULTS, SAID ADHESIVE LAYER HAVING A THICKNESS NOT LESS THAN .005".