Abstract: The present invention relates to a comfortable cut resistant fabric wherein metal fibers in the fabric are shielded from abrasive exposure by being wrapped with cut resistant staple fibers.

Abstract: In a diaphragm for loud-speaker of the present invention, an increase in tensile strength is averagely attained as a whole, and the over all diaphragm is uniformly colored without showing any lattice pattern.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing tack cloth including weaving fibers into a textile fabric with a loom, impregnating the textile fabric with a resin, and cutting the resin impregnated textile fabric to create at least one serrated edge. The preferred type of serrations are triangular and the preferred resin is polybutene. The serrating of the resin impregnated tack cloth provides superior thread retention capabilities.

Abstract: The instant invention involves a process used in preparing fibrous tows which may be formed into polymeric plastic composites. The process involves the steps of (a) forming a carbon fiber tow; (b) forming a thermoplastic polymeric fiber tow; (c) intermixing the two tows; and (d) withdrawing the intermixed tow for further use.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to dyed melamine fabrics and methods for dyeing melamine fabrics. In one arrangement, the fabrics comprise a plurality of melamine fibers, wherein the flame resistant fabric has been dyed through a beam dyeing process in which the fabric has not been mechanically agitated. In one arrangement, the methods comprise the steps of wrapping melamine fabric around a perforated beam of a beam dyeing machine such that several layers of fabric surround the beam, injecting dyebath into the beam so that it penetrates the fabric layers, and circulating the dyebath through the fabric layers until the fabric is dyed to a desired shade.

Abstract: An ionizing wiper for removing static charge from an insulative surface. The wiper is made of wiping material with a high density of ionizing points being disposed along the surface of the wiper such that the air between the ionizing points and an object is sufficiently ionized to remove static charge from the object.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of manufacturing a two-thread yarn having a certain degree of elasticity for use on the weaving industry and to an apparatus for carrying out the method. The method comprises the steps of providing at least one elastic yarn and at least one support yarn as a paired couple; applying a water-soluble thermosetting adhesive substance to said elastic yarn and support yarn paired as a couple; fastening said adhesive-coated elastic yarn and support yarn paired as a couple to each other to form a two-thread yarn; and simultaneously stretching, heating and setting said two-thread yarn comprising said elastic yarn and said support yarn paired as a couple.

Abstract: A seat belt webbing in which elongation at initial yield point is 6% or less, tenacity at 8% elongation is 1.5 to 7 kN, tenacity at break is 15 kN or more, elongation under load of 11.1 kN is 10 to 40% and an energy absorption work amount is 600 J/m or more, and a passenger-holding device comprising the seat belt webbing and a seat belt retractor portion having a lock mechanism for stopping rotation of a take-up shaft in response to acceleration or abrupt unwinding of a webbing exhibits high energy absorption performance at low costs.

Abstract: A textile substrate for seat coverings, a velour, a woven fabric, a single-thread knitted fabric or a multi-thread knitted fabric, especially raschel or malimo, contains about 50 wt % of wool and about 50 wt % of viscose rayon. The substrate can be made exclusively of wool and viscose rayon, but can also contain other constituents such as metal threads and plastic fibers, such as polyesters. The substrate can be formed as a woven fabric, for example, which comprises in the warp (1) a mixed yarn of 30 to 70 wt % of wool and 30 to 70 wt % of viscose rayon and in the weft (2) a mixed yarn of 30 to 70 wt % of wool and 30 to 70 wt % of viscose rayon alternating with a pure viscose rayon yarn.

Abstract: An allergen-barrier fabric includes a tightly-constructed fabric substrate, woven from 0 to 45% continuous synthetic filament yarns and 55 to 100% natural or synthetic spun yarns. The fabric substrate is finished to produce a fabric with a mean pore size of 4 to 10 microns, an air permeability of 0.5-25 cfm, a mean fabric flexibility of 0.5 to 6.5 grams (bending resistance), and a moisture vapor permeability in excess of 800 g/m2/24 hours. This fabric provides a barrier to mite-induced allergen particles. Various additional finishes can be included on the fabric. For example, an antimicrobial finish may be provided on the fabric to extend fabric wearlife by providing protection against mold and mildew. As another alternative, a fluorochemical finish can be provided to extend fabric wearlife by providing protection against fluid stains.

Abstract: A flame retardant cloth, used for example in interiors as a material for curtains, comprises (A) 60-40 parts by weight of fiber which contains 8-70 wt. % of halogen chemically bonded to a polymer and 1-8 wt. % of Sb compound not chemically bonded to a polymer, and has a shirnkage factor at 240.degree. C. of not less than 40% under a load of 300 mg/metric count yarn count (17), and (B) 60-40 parts by weight of polyester fiber, which compounded making a total of 100 parts by weight. This cloth can retain its high fire retardance even after it has been subjected to a process using a binder, such as pigment printing, and enables the range of application of a compound flame retadant fiber product comprising polyester fiber and halogen-containing fiber to be further widened.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new chenille yarn and a method of making the same. The chenille yarn may be used on conventional weaving equipment, including air jet and water jet weaving machines, to produce simulated pile fabrics having superior abrasion resistance and improved hand. The present invention is also directed to a method of making fabrics containing the chenille yarn, and various uses for the fabrics, especially as residential upholstery fabrics, decorative throws, contract fabrics, automotive fabrics, and bedding fabrics for use in the home.

Abstract: A composite yarn comprised of a chain stitch yarn knitted from a yarn A and at least an inlay yarn of a yarn B inserted into the chain stitch yarn along a longitudinal direction thereof. Since the chain stitch yarn and the inlay yarn are surely interlaced with each other in the composite yarn, there is little chance that the chain stitch yarn and the inlay yarn are separated in use. A preferable apparatus for manufacturing the composite yarn in accordance with the present invention may include individual winding mechanisms downstream of each knitting station in a warp knitting machine.

Abstract: Provided is a flame-retardant fabric comprising (A) from 16 to 45 parts by weight of a halogen-containing fiber containing from 11 to 67% by weight of a halogen chemically bound to a polymer and from 4 to 30% by weight of an Sb compound not chemically bound to a polymer, (B) from 10 to 36 parts by weight of a polyvinyl alcohol fiber, and (C) from 60 to 40 parts by weight of a polyester fiber, which are compounded to total 100 parts by weight. The flame-retardant fabric of the present invention has an excellent heat resistance, an excellent processability and a high flame retardance. This fabric can improve the feeling after high-temperature processing such as transfer printing and further widen the range of application of a polyester fiber product.

Abstract: An ionic substance removing material for use in a super-clean room and a method of manufacturing the material are disclosed. The material includes an ion exchanger capable of an ion exchange reaction.

Abstract: A planar porous composite structure including a plurality of regular textile planar layers formed of continuous yarns. The layers are placed on top of each other to form a structure having two dimensions at right angles to each other and a third dimension perpendicular to them and defining a plane having a direction along the two dimensions. A plurality of openings extends through the layers. Each opening is defined by portions of the continuous yarns extending substantially in the direction of the plane and existing in the regular textile planar layers to make the planar layers regular in structure prior to placing them on top of each other. A plurality of passages extends entirely through the structure in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the structure.

Abstract: A permanently flame-retardant and anti-microbial air-textured yarn is formed of a plurality of substantially longitudinally extending, permanently flame-retardant filaments defining a core, and a plurality of substantially randomly extending, permanently anti-microbial filaments disposed at least about the core, the anti-microbial filaments at least partially defining a boucle-like sheath about the core. A knit or woven fabric formed with the yarn and having at lease 5% by weight of the anti-microbial filaments is characterized by an ability to pass, both after one commercial laundering and after 100 commercial launderings, both National Fire Protection Agency vertical flame retardancy test NFPA 701-1989 and at least the 85% reduction level of gram positive and gram negative bacteria of anti-microbial test NYS 63.

Abstract: Described are a hybrid yarn consisting of two groups of filaments, one group consisting of one or more varieties of reinforcing filaments (filaments (A)) and the other group consisting of one or more varieties of matrix filaments (filaments (B)), whereinthe filaments (A) of the first group have an initial modulus of above 600 cN/tex, preferably of 800 to 25,000 cN/tex, in particular of 2,000 to 20,000 cN/tex,a tenacity of above 60 cN/tex, preferably of 80 to 220 cN/tex, in particular of 100 to 200 cN/tex, and a breaking extension of 0.01 to 20%, preferably of 0.1 to 7.0%, in particular of 1.0 to 5.0%,the filaments (B) of the second group are thermoplastic filaments which have a melting point which is at least 10.degree. C., preferably 20.degree. to 100.degree. C., in particular 30.degree. to 70.degree. C.

Abstract: There is provided a speaker damper for use in an acoustic output device, which exhibits excellent shape retaining property at the time of molding, is highly safe to work environment and has excellent water resistance, heat resistance an durability. The speaker damper is obtained by impregnating cloth formed of mixed yarn of a wholly aromatic polyamide fiber and an aromatic polyester fiber with a polyester resin, and molding the cloth under heat and pressure.

Abstract: A patient support fashioned of a core of carbon-fiber material and a synthetic material for binding the carbon-fiber material. The carbon-fiber core has a greater proportion of carbon fibers oriented substantially in lengthwise directions than in other directions. As a result of this construction, the patient support is substantially inflexible along its longitudinal axis yet flexible along its lateral axis. The sides of the support can be drawn up and around the patient, to hold the patient immobile within the support, which is especially helpful when transporting trauma patients and those with back and neck injuries. The support is also transparent to radiation, making it particularly suited to use with radiation imaging devices. Finally, the exterior surface of the support is formed of low-friction material, further facilitating practical use thereof. The support can be fashioned as a backboard or a patient transfer device and has a wide range of advantageous applications in a hospital environment.

Abstract: Three dimensional fiber networks which are semi-rigid and dimensionally stable are made from textile fabrics that have projections and optional depressions which are compressible and return to their original shape after being compressed. The fiber networks are made by the thermo-mechanical deformation of textile fabrics that are in turn made from thermoplastic fibers. The fiber networks have particular utility as cushioning and impact absorbing materials.

Abstract: Carboxymethyl cellulose fiber having a degree of substitution of at least 0.1, preferably 0.2-0.5, carboxymethyl groups per glucose unit is derived from solvent-spun cellulose fiber, for example by reaction with a strong alkali and a monochloroacetate reagent. The fiber has an absorbency of at least 8 grams, usually at least 15 grams, 0.9% saline solution per gram of fibre and a tenacity of at least 10, usually at least 15, cN/tex. It can be used for absorbent personal products.

Abstract: An improved shrinkable covering made of a shrinkable plastic compound having an inlay of non-recoverable threads and recoverable threads has the recoverable threads arranged with excess length, preferably in helical form, and extending in the stretching and shrinking direction of the covering. As a consequence of this excess length, the recoverable threads are not subjected to any additional stretching during the stretching process of the covering. The recoverable threads act as "swelling agents" in the shrinking process and seal off any longitudinal capillary cavities which may be produced during the production process of the shrinkable covering.

Abstract: A fiber comprising at least about 80% by weight linear low density polyethylene and having a melting point >109.degree. C. is disclosed. Also disclosed are thermally consolidated fiber structures comprising (1) at least about 3% by weight, based on the total weight of the structure, of lower melting binder fibers comprising at least 80% by weight linear low density polyethylene, and (2) not more than 97% by weight, based on the total weight of the structure, of nonmelting fibers, or fibers having a melting point higher than the linear low density polyethylene fibers. The fiber structures can be in the form of multifilament yarns, woven or nonwoven textile fabrics, carpets, or laminates. The linear low density polyethylene binder fibers in the structures preferably have a melting point <109.degree. C.

Abstract: An acrylic-covered spandex yarn, a method for producing the same, and textiles and garments made from the same. Specially modified acrylic yarn is substituted for nylon yarn in a conventional process for making nylon-covered spandex. Surprisingly, the process parameters are substantially the same as for nylon yarn, despite the inferior flex fatigue resistance and abrasion resistance of the acrylic yarn compared to those of the nylon yarn.

Abstract: There is disclosed a woven bandage which exhibits a crepe effect and which contains elastomeric yarns and composite warp yarns (1) wherein the composite yarns comprise a staple fibre yarn (2) and a textured filament yarn (3) twisted together. The staple fibre yarn (2) forms loops (4) which gives the bandage a crepe effect. There is also described a process for manufacture of such bandages.