Susan Hughes Brown;Kayren Joy Nunn;Steven Jacob Brown
发明人:
Kayren Joy Nunn,Susan Hughes Brown,Steven Jacob Brown
申请号：
US14672139
公开号：
US20170014537A1
申请日:
2015.03.28
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention discloses a method and corresponding apparatus utilizing UV-A and UV-C for treatment of textile materials. The method comprises the steps of (a) exposing incoming textile materials to UV-A radiation for detection of optically brightened textile materials and/or synthetic fiber materials； (b) separating detected optically brightened textile materials and/or synthetic fiber materials from the incoming textile materials； (c) exposing the separated incoming textile materials to UV-C radiation for sterilization and surface modification of the textile materials to increase wettability and absorbability and reduce pilling. The apparatus comprises an enclosed segregation chamber disposed with a cascading conveying means, a UV-A radiation source and an optically brightened textile materials and/or synthetic fiber materials separating means therewithin, and an enclosed segregation chamber disposed with a UV-C radiation source therewithin.
