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Hydraulic napping process and product
Assignee: Milliken Research Corp
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Filing: 1990-06-13
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Granted: 1992-01-14
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Expires: 2010-06-13
Abstract
Abstract A novel textile fabric having a napped face which is uniform in height and in which most of the fibers comprising the nap extend from yarns extending in the warp direction of the fabric.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles E. Willbanks
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 22:22
CPC Classifications
D; D04; D04H; D04H18/00; D04H18/04; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/44; D04H1/46; D04H1/492; D04H1/495; D06; D06C; D06C23/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23907; Y10T428/2395
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A woven fabric having warp yarns extending in a warp direction and fill yarns extending in a fill direction, wherein a plurality of individual fibers are raised from said warp yarns and from said fill yarns to form a pile extending from the surface of said fabric but wherein said fibers are raised preferentially from said yarns extending in a warp direction, said pile surface being comprised primarily of fibers extending from said warp yarns, with substantially fewer fibers forming said pile extending from said fill yarns, with respective individual warp yarns contributing a relatively greater number of fibers per yarn to said pile and respective individual fill yarns contributing a relatively lesser number of fibers per yarn to said pile.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A woven fabric having warp yarns extending in a warp direction and fill yarns extending in a fill direction, wherein a plurality of individual fibers are raised from said warp yarns and from said fill yarns to form a pile extending from the surface of said fabric but wherein said fibers are raised preferentially from said yarns extending in a warp direction, said pile surface being comprised primarily of fibers extending from said warp yarns, with substantially fewer fibers forming said pile extending from said fill yarns, with respective individual warp yarns contributing a relatively greater number of fibers per yarn to said pile and respective individual fill yarns contributing a relatively lesser number of fibers per yarn to said pile.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The fabric of claim 1 wherein said warp yarns are comprised of spun yarns.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The fabric of claim 2 wherein said fibers extending from said warp yarns and comprising said pile surface have a substantially uniform maximum height.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The fabric of claim 2 wherein said pile has a substantially uniform height, and wherein said fibers from said warp yarns comprising said pile have substantially the same average length as other fibers comprising said warp yarns.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
128 words
A napped fabric having yarns extending in a warp direction and yarns extending in a fill direction, said warp direction yarns being comprised of spun yarns, said fabric having a pile surface which is comprised primarily of fibers extending from said warp direction yarns, with substantially fewer fibers forming said pile surface extending from said fill direction yarns, with respective individual warp yarns contributing a relatively greater number of fibers per yarn to said pile and respective individual fill yarns contributing in a relatively lesser number of fibers per yarn to said pile and wherein the fill direction yarn tensile strength of said fill direction yarns comprising said napped fabric is at least one half that of the tensile strength of said warp direction yarns comprising said fabric.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
128 words
A napped fabric having yarns extending in a warp direction and yarns extending in a fill direction, said warp direction yarns being comprised of spun yarns, said fabric having a pile surface which is comprised primarily of fibers extending from said warp direction yarns, with substantially fewer fibers forming said pile surface extending from said fill direction yarns, with respective individual warp yarns contributing a relatively greater number of fibers per yarn to said pile and respective individual fill yarns contributing in a relatively lesser number of fibers per yarn to said pile and wherein the fill direction yarn tensile strength of said fill direction yarns comprising said napped fabric is at least one half that of the tensile strength of said warp direction yarns comprising said fabric.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The fabric of claim 5 wherein the fill direction yarn tensile strength of said napped fabric is at least equal to the warp direction yarn tensile strength.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The fabric of claim 6 wherein said fabric contains substantially equal numbers of warp direction yarns and fill direction yarns.
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