公开(公告)号：US20030203116A1

公开(公告)日：2003-10-30

申请号：US10436227

申请日：2003-05-12

Applicant: MILLIKEN & COMPANY

Inventor： Robert S. Brown ,  Kenneth B. Higgins

IPC: B08B007/02

CPC classification number: D06G1/00 ,  B05C5/0245 ,  D06M16/00 ,  D06M23/00 ,  D06M23/16 ,  D06N7/0071 ,  D06N2203/041 ,  D06N2203/048 ,  D06N2205/18 ,  D06N2207/06 ,  D06P1/5242 ,  Y02P70/649 ,  Y10S8/929 ,  Y10T428/23979 ,  Y10T428/23986

Abstract: Refurbishing and/or renewing cut or loop pile carpet products including carpet tiles by passing the product under a high pressure water or liquid dispensing head projecting a stream of water against the subject product at a pressure in the range of 100-2000 p.s.i.g. Improvements to such methods include adding a polymer backing layer to the tile, pre-bulking the face yarns, and/or chemically treating the face yarns.