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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7213313 | Method of manufacturing fleece having different kinds of fibers in front and back faces A method of manufacturing a fleece having different kinds of fibers in the front and back faces includes the steps of: weaving an extra-fine polyester fiber or acrylic fiber in a high gauge to have dense loops to form the front face of loop piles (1), and wea... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7168140 | Flame resistant fabrics with improved aesthetics and comfort, and method of making same Fabrics having improved aesthetic characteristics in addition to good FR characteristics and strength are described, as well as a method for making the fabrics. The fabrics are made by subjecting a fabric containing inherently flame resistant fibers to a fluid treat... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7055227 | Process for face finishing fabrics and fabrics having good strength and aesthetic characteristics A process for face finishing fabrics, and in particular fabrics containing filaments, to provide them with good aesthetic characteristics is described. In addition, fabrics made from filaments having aesthetic characteristics and surface effects similar to those of ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6668435 | Loop pile fabrics and methods for making same A lightweight loop pile fabric having improved particle pick-up is described. In addition, a patterned loop pile fabric is described. The fabric has a plurality of multifilament loops extending from at least one of its surfaces, with at least some of the ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6423393 | Abraded stitchbonded fabric and process for making same A suede-like stitchbonded fabric is disclosed. The stitchbonded fabric includes a nonwoven substrate. A first yarn is stitchbonded into the substrate in a manner that forms loops at the surface of the substrate. A second yarn is then also stitchbonded int... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6247215 | Printed flocked pile fabric and method for making same Methods of forming a printed multicolor synthetic pile fabric having a substrate and pile formed of fibers arranged in random groups extending essentially unifomn-y across the entire width and along the entire length of the fabric are disclosed. The metho... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6131419 | Two face cut loop fabric A cut loop fabric, knit on a conventional terry knitting machine utilizing a reverse plaiting technique, is provided. The fabric has a technical face with a raised or napped surface, and a technical back in which the sinker loops are sheared in order to f... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6119319 | Method and apparatus for surface finishing fabric with coated wires A method and apparatus for providing a soft finish on a fabric such as a suede tone, raised loops, broken loops or fleeced and for providing a faded effect such as a washed or faded denim. A fillet having a plurality of wires extending therefrom is wound ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5855125 | Method for constructing a double face fabric and fabric produced thereby A method of constructing a double face fabric is provided. The first step in the method is to knit a three dimensional knit fabric which has a first fabric layer, a second fabric layer and a plurality of yarns that interconnect the two layers. The three d... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5632072 | Method for hydropatterning napped fabric An hydropatterning apparatus conveys a sheet of fabric through a patterning station along a machine direction on a conveyor, preferably a drum, having a support surface formed with a pattern of raised or solid areas and lowered or void areas, and has one ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5609935 | Fur-like piled fabric and method for production thereof This invention is directed to a fur-like pile fabric of two-layer construction formed of guard hair fibers and under-fur fibers and used as artificial fur and a method for the production thereof. This invention produces a pile fabric 1 possessing guard hair fi... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5608954 | Pile fabric manufacturing process and resulting fabrics A method for producing a polar fabric knitted upon a loop yarn loom with 100% polyester multi-filament yarn prior to treating the fabric with disperse dyes. The method includes first napping the loop side of the fabricwith a napper having opposed bristles... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5465467 | Method of making chemical fiber knitted towelling A chemical fiber knitted towelling making method which is to brush the pile yarn of the fabric and remove impurities from the pile yarn after the steps of knitting, dyeing and napping, and then to cut the pile yarn to a uniform length after brushing, and ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5416958 | Easy nap textile fabric and process for making A napped textile product is prepared by supplying a polyethylene terephthalate homopolymer yarn having an elongation of from about 20% to about 80%, a tenacity of from about 2.5 to about 3.5 grams/denier, and a boiling water shrinkage of from about 2% to ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5369859 | Method of making chemical fiber knitted towelling An improved method of making (100% heat-resisting) chemical or synthetic fiber knitted towelling which includes a step of primary shearing to cut the pile yarn of a knitted fabric, obtained after napping of the fabric; a step of brushing the knitted fabri... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5080952 | Hydraulic napping process and product 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.... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4884325 | Process for the manufacture of a blanket product The process herein described provides the weaving of a manufactured product consisting of an upper fabric (2) made of cotton or any other suitable material and a lower fabric (3) with weft yarns (3a) made of wool and warp yarns (3b) interlaced with the we... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4794038 | Polyester fiberfill Polyester fiberfill having spiral crimp that is randomly-arranged and entangled in the form of fiberballs with binder fibers, preferably with a minimum of hairs extending from the surface of the fiberballs, so as to be air-transportable on account of the ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4783364 | Polyester fiberfill and process Polyester fiberfill having spiral-crimp, especially in the form of an omega (Ω), that is randomly-arranged and entangled in the form of fiberballs with a minimum of hairs extending from their surface, and having a refluffable characteristic similar to th... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4712281 | Napped warp-knitted fabric and method of producing same Warp knitted fabric of an at least two bar construction nappable on both fabric faces is produced on a warped knitted machine of at least three bar construction by utilizing a pile loop forming device on the bottom bar while simultaneously knitting a grou... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4618531 | Polyester fiberfill and process Polyester fiberfill having spiral-crimp that is randomly-arranged and entangled in the form of fiberballs with a minimum of hairs extending from their surface, and having a refluffable characteristic similar to that of down on account of the low cohesion ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4567075 | Double faced knit fabric and method A nappable, dimensionally stable fabric is produced on a three bar warp knitting machine by over feeding the yarns fed by the bottom bar to provide nappable loops, and by knitting the yarns fed by the top bar in a pattern providing nappable floats, longit... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4546026 | Simulated cashmere fabric and method A simulated cashmere fabric comprises a warp knit ground comprising a stretch yarn such as an elastomeric yarn such as Lycra (RTM) and a raised and cropped face. The face yarn may be knitted in over a plurality of, say five, needles, and the fabric may be... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4485535 | Methods of manufacturing pile fabric A method of manufacturing a cashmere or vicuna-like fabric with a distinctive handle having more than 80 percent voids. A fabric is woven of warp yarns of synthetic fibers selected from polyester and polyamide fibers and crimped fibers which are readily s... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4452607 | Process for dyeing shrinkable textile fabrics and resulting dyed fabrics Fabrics formed at least partially of highly shrinkable fibers, such as polyester fibers, are dyed in a process which provides a number of significant economic and processing advantages over conventionally used dyeing processes, such as jet dyeing, produci... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4421513 | Process for producing fibrillated polyester Fibrillated polyester textile materials and methods for producing same are disclosed. Such fibrillated polyester textile materials have a body portion formed of a plurality of polyester filaments in which the filaments contain a plurality of fibrils on th... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4415611 | Artificial fur having guard hair fibers and under fur fibers and a method for manufacturing the same In an artificial fur made from a pile cloth provided with a ground construction and numerous pile fibers projected upward from the ground construction, the pile fibers consist of a first group of pile fibers which form a layer of guard hair in the fur and... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4390566 | Method of producing soft sheet In a methd for producing a soft sheet material containing thinned fibers or filaments and a viscoelastic substance, the improvement comprising: (A) applying a mixture of a viscoelastic substance and a temporary filler to a sheet material containing thinnable f... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4364983 | Multifilament yarn of individual filaments of the multicomponent matrix/segment type which has been falsetwisted, a component thereof shrunk, a component thereof heatset; fabrics comprising said A multifilament yarn consisting of single filaments of the multicomponent matrix-segment type where the individual components of the yarn show a false-twist crimp and where all or part of the individual components, consisting of the matrix and at least th... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4303706 | Process for the preparation of suede-like raised fabric A process for the preparation of a suede-like raised fabric which comprises preparing a raised fabric which has naps consisting of extra fine fibers (0.0001 to 0.8 denier), applying an emulsion of amino resin to the raised fabric, and after drying, heat-t... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4298644 | Extremely fine acrylic polymer fiber pile fabric and process for producing the same An extremely fine acrylic polymer fiber pile fabric, which comprises a substratum fabric impregnated with an elastic polymer and having at least one pile layer formed by raising at least one surface of said fabric, is characterized in that said piles cons... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4206257 | Napped sheet material bearing the characteristics of a suede-leather and method of producing the same A suede-like sheet material closely resembling natural leathers in feel and nap is produced by temporarily fixing a fibrous mat consisting of "oceano-insular" composite fibers, impregnating said fibrous mat with elastomer (A), smoothing the surface, impre... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4199633 | Napped double knit fabric and method of making A double knit fabric includes a plurality of courses knitted to form first and second sets of alternating wales. The first set of alternating wales forms the face of the fabric while the second set of alternating wales forms the reverse side of the fabric... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4183985 | Process of producing a nonwoven needled napped fabric having superior resistance to pilling and shedding Process of producing a nonwoven needled napped fabric, adaptable for use in the formation of blankets and other types of products, characterized by providing superior resistance to pilling and shedding of the napped fabric, as follows. A batt of textile f... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4170673 | Method for pulling cable A coating consisting essentially of 0.5% to 50%, preferably 2% to 20%, by volume, polyethylene oxide and about 6% to 30% a dispersion agent selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, glycerol, ethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, diethylene... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4165556 | Method for manufacturing suede-like artificial leathers Natural suede-like artificial leathers are manufactured by subjecting pile fibrous structures wherein at least the pile portion is composed of separatable composite filaments made by bonding different polymers having mutual low adhesive affinity with each... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4147507 | Production of colored patterns on nap fabrics A method of producing colored patterns on the nap of nap fabrics, in which the nap is subjected briefly to pressure and heat to modify the absorption capacity of synthetic filaments or fibers wholly or partly making up the nap, after which the fabric is d... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4146663 | Composite fabric combining entangled fabric of microfibers and knitted or woven fabric and process for producing same The disclosed composite fabric, useful as a substratum for artificial leather, comprises a woven or knitted frabic and at least one non-woven fabric firmly bonded to the woven or knitted fabric, and is produced by providing a precursory sheet with two or ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4145468 | Composite fabric comprising a non-woven fabric bonded to woven or knitted fabric A composite fabric useful as a substratam sheet for artificial leather is composed of a woven or knitted fabric constituent and at least one non-woven fabric constituent consisting of numerous fibrous bundles composed of a plurality of individual fibers a... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4145467 | Woven textile A woven synthetic textile, useful as the primary and secondary backing for carpets and as woven cloth to manufacture bags, bale wrap, wall covering, drapes and the like, can be prepared using a heavily fibrillated synthetic ribbon as at least one of the w... | 03/20/1979 |
