Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A spun-like yarn comprising; a fiber bundle which essentially comprises staple fibers and which substantially has no true twist therein along said yarn; and surface fibers of thermoplastic synthetic staple fibers which wrap around said fiber bundle so that said fiber bundle is cohered, wherein said surface fibers form a plurality of individual wrapping portions spaced along said yarn, each of said wrapping portions being securely wrapped around said fiber bundle in a direction substantially perpendicular to said fiber bundle, and in each of said wrapping portions said surface fibers are interlaced with each other, the number of said wrapping portions being at least 2 per the length of 1 cm of said yarn, and the mean fiber packing density of said yarn being in a range between 2 cm 3 /g and 8 cm 3 /g.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A spun-like yarn comprising; a fiber bundle which essentially comprises staple fibers and which substantially has no true twist therein along said yarn; and surface fibers of thermoplastic synthetic staple fibers which wrap around said fiber bundle so that said fiber bundle is cohered, wherein said surface fibers form a plurality of individual wrapping portions spaced along said yarn, each of said wrapping portions being securely wrapped around said fiber bundle in a direction substantially perpendicular to said fiber bundle, and in each of said wrapping portions said surface fibers are interlaced with each other, the number of said wrapping portions being at least 2 per the length of 1 cm of said yarn, and the mean fiber packing density of said yarn being in a range between 2 cm 3 /g and 8 cm 3 /g.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A spun-like yarn according to claim 1, wherein said staple fibers composing said fiber bundle are made of a polyester.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A spun-like yarn according to claim 1, wherein said staple fibers composing said surface fibers are made of a polyester.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A spun-like yarn according to claim 1, wherein said staple fibers composing said fiber bundle and said surface fibers are made of a polyester.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
140 words
A process for manufacturing a spun-like yarn comprising a fiber bundle and surface bundles, which process comprises: a step of delivering a fiber bundle essentially comprising thermoplastic synthetic staple fibers; a step of imparting false twists to said delivered fiber bundle in a false twisting region; and a step wherein, just after said fiber bundle is false twisted, said false twisted fiber bundle is detwisted and then said fiber bundle in a detwisting region located downstream of said false twisting region is heated while said fiber bundle is being delivered and the rotational movement of surface fibers generated by said detwisting is prevented so that said surface fibers of said fiber bundle wrap around the body portion of said fiber bundle in a direction perpendicular to said lengthwise direction of said fiber bundle, and so that they are heat set.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
140 words
A process for manufacturing a spun-like yarn comprising a fiber bundle and surface bundles, which process comprises: a step of delivering a fiber bundle essentially comprising thermoplastic synthetic staple fibers; a step of imparting false twists to said delivered fiber bundle in a false twisting region; and a step wherein, just after said fiber bundle is false twisted, said false twisted fiber bundle is detwisted and then said fiber bundle in a detwisting region located downstream of said false twisting region is heated while said fiber bundle is being delivered and the rotational movement of surface fibers generated by said detwisting is prevented so that said surface fibers of said fiber bundle wrap around the body portion of said fiber bundle in a direction perpendicular to said lengthwise direction of said fiber bundle, and so that they are heat set.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 5, wherein said false twisted fiber bundle is in contact with a heater located in said detwisting region.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 6, wherein said heater is a heated roller which is rotatable.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the heater is heated at a temperature between 160° C. and 250° C.