(under subclass 167) Method or apparatus wherein the fluid contact involves (a) the application of a finishing, protecting or enclosing layer to the thread interlaced textile structure, or (b) the application of a coloring thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
163+, for coating or dyeing to produce an ornamental or surface textured effect in a thread-interlaced textile fabric.
178+, for coating or dyeing of thread in the form of a warp sheet.
218, for coating or dyeing a thread-interlaced textile article or fabric and subsequent disassembly thereof to produce a coated or dyed textured thread.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers,
400, 696 for processes of dyeing textile products.
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, appropriate subclass for apparatus for contacting a textile product with a fluid not provided for elsewhere.
101, Printing, appropriate subclass for the application of a decorative design to a textile product by an embossing or printing technique.
118, Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclass for apparatus for applying a coating material to a base.
427, Coating Processes, appropriate subclass for processes of applying a coating material to a base.
