US 12,031,268 B2
Method and apparatus for dyeing garments
Jason Andrew Berns, Montclair, NJ (US); and Richard Paul Tinsley, Stamford, CT (US)
Assigned to Ralph Lauren Corporation, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Ralph Lauren Corporation, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/344,449.
Application 18/344,449 is a continuation of application No. 16/855,838, filed on Apr. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,732,408.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/925,078, filed on Oct. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/837,165, filed on Apr. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0340725 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. D06P 1/00 (2006.01); D06B 23/24 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); A41D 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC D06P 1/0008 (2013.01) [D06B 23/24 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); A41D 27/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of dyeing garments, the method comprising:
providing an apparatus for dyeing garments comprising:
a dyeing machine comprising a dyeing chamber configured for dyeing at least one garment in a dyebath;
receiving at least one garment and a volume of solvent in the dyeing chamber of the dyeing machine;
receiving at least one garment parameter corresponding to the at least one garment;
based at least in part on the at least one received garment parameter, dispensing a volume of concentrated liquid dye that contains an amount of dyestuff that can be substantially absorbed by the at least one garment so as to create a dyebath, wherein the dyebath comprises the dispensed volume of concentrated liquid dye and the volume of solvent;
executing a dye cycle such that substantially all of the dyestuff in the dispensed volume of concentrated liquid dye is absorbed by the at least one garment within the dyeing chamber; and
maintaining at least a portion of the volume of solvent within a substantially closed-loop system for reuse in a subsequent dye cycle.