Abstract: A teaseling and/or fluffing machine for fabric and knitwork with improved suction and cleaning, including a load-bearing structure with two sidepieces supporting at least one drum which rotates about a central shaft and supports on its two lateral endpieces two series of teaseling and/or fluffing rollers of with-pile type and against-pile-type, arranged along the generatrices of the drum with those of one series rotating relative to those of the other under independent drive. A fabric to be treated passes about the teaseling and/or fluffing rollers and is fed to the machine by a driven feed roller and extracted therefrom by a driven exit roller. Brushes are provided which interact alternately with the teaseling and/or fluffing rollers. A suction unit associated with apertures provided in a sidepiece of the load-bearing structure creates a suction within the drum to collect the fibers and dust generated during operation. The brushes are specifically divided into two mutually interacting groups of two.

Abstract: A fabric having both a high degree of user comfort and a high degree of Ultraviolet Radiation protection is provided. The preferred yarn is at least 40 Denier by 40 Denier, preferably 70 Denier by 2 70 Denier Nylon Yarn. The yarn is woven into a fabric with a yarn count of at least 80 by 50, preferably about 118 by 68 yarns per inch. The fabric is sanded, preferably moderate to heavy, on one side. The fabric is jet treated, preferably air jet laundered. The fabric provides an Ultraviolet sun protection factor of at least about 30, preferably about 70 or more.

Abstract: A high speed fabric napping apparatus is provided in which the fabric is fed in a straight line overpairs of worker rolls, one of each pair rotating in the direction of the pile of the fabric and the other rotating counter to the pile direction. The speed of each of the worker rolls is individually adjustable to control the tension applied to the cloth. A single cleaning roll is adapted to move back and forth amongst a plurality of worker rolls for removing lint collected by the worker rolls.

Abstract: An artificial tennis-playing court surface which comprises a flat, woven, fiber-glass, base sheet, one surface of the sheet characterized by a plurality of napped, generally upright, glass fibers and a layer of a cross-linked resin bonded to the upper surface, the resin forming a coating about and between the napped glass fibers to provide a rough, resin, fiber-coated surface, and a backing sheet secured to the opposite surface of the fiber-glass base sheet. A process of manufacturing an artificial tennis court-playing surface, which process comprises: napping the surface of a woven fiber-glass base sheet to provide a napped surface comprising a plurality of fine glass fibers protruding therefrom; coating the napped surface with a thin layer of a cross-linkable resin to coat the napped fibers and between the napped fibers; and securing a backing sheet to the fiber-glass base sheet.