Abstract: A friction paper including filler, para-aramid pulp, and resin, characterised in that the para-aramid pulp includes 0.1 to 10 wt. % of polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), the paper having a grammage in the range of 100 to 800 g/m2. It has been found that the use of a PVP-containing para-aramid pulp leads to improved friction performance as compared to the use of para-aramid pulp not containing PVP. Effects obtained include improved friction properties, improved strength properties, and improved filler retention.

Abstract: An anti-vandalism fabric having at least one thread intertwined with itself forming a mesh, the thread in turn being formed by a bundle of between 3 and 14 filaments or a combination of filaments and yarns not plaited with one another, of which at least 3 are metal filaments, the metal filaments of the bundle having a diameter between 0.05 mm and 0.09 mm. The fabric can include more than one mesh. In one variant the mesh or meshes are embedded in a panel of non woven fabric.

Abstract: Spacer textiles are disclosed comprising a first and a second fabric layer with filaments of poly ether ether ketone N(PEEK) connecting the layers. Preferably the first or second fabric layer comprise aramid yarn. The fabric layers may be of mesh construction or a closed structure fabric. Also disclosed are methods for producing such spacer textiles preferably by knitting.

Abstract: A method for obtaining an elongate polysaccharide element, in particular a chitosan thread, includes extruding a hydroalcoholic extrusible solution containing a polyalcohol of said polysaccharide through an extrusion die, coagulating the extruded solution by neutralisation, and at least one operation of removing the polyalcohol. The ratio of water to polyalcohol in the extrusible solution is determined such as to obtain in the elongate element a polysaccharide with the crystalline structure thereof mainly in the form of an anhydrous allomorph. Since the polysaccharide used to prepare the extrusible solution has a weight-average molar mass Mw0, the polysaccharide in the elongate element obtained preferably has a weight-average molar mass Mw1 comprised between Mw0 and 0.7 Mw0. Since the purpose is to obtain a chitosan thread, the latter has properties of mechanical strength and flexibility that allow the thread to be tied into overhand knots and to be woven without breaking.

Abstract: A protective suit fabric of the present invention is a heat-resistant flame-retardant protective suit fabric, which is formed of a spun yarn. The fiber blend rate is: 25-75 mass % of polyetherimide fiber (A); 20-50 mass % of at least one fiber (B) selected from wool and flame-retardant rayon; and 5 to 25 mass % of para-aramid fiber (C). The spun yarn for forming the fabric is a two-fold yarn (20) prepared by twisting: 1) a single yarn (24) of a uniform blended spun yarn including the fiber components (A) and (B); and 2) a single yarn (23) of a sheath-core spun yarn including a core (21) of stretch-broken spun yarn of the para-aramid fiber (C) and a sheath (22) formed by blend-spinning the polyetherimide fiber (A) and the at least one fiber (B) selected from wool and flame-retardant rayon. The protective suit fabric has high washing resistance. The protective suit fabric provides favorable comfort in wearing even if the suit is worn in the hot seasons or even if the wearer perspires during exertion.

Abstract: A knitted dual-layer fabric for manufacturing garments such as underwear and sportswear for wearing in the outdoors is described. The dual-layer fabric comprises a first layer, the first layer being an inner layer adapted to be in contact with the skin and having water repellent or hydrophobic properties, and a second layer, the second layer being an outer layer having hydrophilic or water absorbent properties, and a binding interposed between the inner layer and the outer layer to bind and tie the layers.

Abstract: The water-permeability stretch knitted fabric has a multi-layered structure including at least two layers, namely the outer layer and the inner layer, wherein 30% or more of the outer layer of the knitted fabric is accounted for by composite fiber multifilament yarns composed of two types of polyester polymer materials adhered to each other side by side in the fiber's length direction, the water-permeability of the knitted fabric being such that both the water absorption back-and-front moisture content ratio and the water absorption back-and-front diffusion area ratio between the outer layer and the inner layer are two or more, and the average for the stretch percentages and that for the stretch recovery percentages in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the knitted fabric being 55% or more and 60% or more, respectively.

Abstract: A textile fabric has at least one raised surface incorporating multicomponent fibers formed of at least a first material and a second material disposed in side-by-side relationship. The first material and the second material exhibit differential thermal elongation, which causes the multicomponent fibers to bend or curl and reversibly recover in response to changes in temperature, thereby adjusting insulation performance of the textile fabric in response to ambient conditions.

Abstract: Fabrics and garments may include “dimensionalized” structures. The fabric may be “dimensionalized” by integrally forming a plurality of self-standing fabric surface modifying elements in the fabric material to thereby provide a fabric contact level different from (and/or reduced in surface area as compared to) the fabric base level. Garments may include this “dimensionalized” material, e.g., positioned at various locations to promote better evaporative cooling of the body or heat retention, such as along the wearer's spine, sides, and/or other locations that release substantial heat. The “dimensionalizing” structure may be formed in the material, for example, by molding, rolling, embossing, calendering, stretching, crimping, pressing, heating, and/or the like.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a multifunctional protective fabric and yarn. The fabric has a double knit interlock material of the yarns. The yarns include: a first filament being a liquid crystal polymer filament; and a second filament being selected from the group consisting of: modacrylic, polyacrylonitrile, nylon, glass, aramid, olefins, and combinations thereof. The weight ratio of the first filament to the second filament ranges from 20:80 to 99:1.

Abstract: An electrical power source including at least one hollow fibre incorporated in a material structure, wherein the at least one hollow fibre forms part of an electric circuit capable of storing or generating electrical power. In this way power sources may be provided as an integral part of a fibre composite structure or fabric.

Abstract: [Problem] There are provided an antislipping tape having an excellent antislipping effect, and comfortable to the skin, and textile products including the antislipping tape. [Means for Resolution] Using a filament yarn A with a single filament diameter of 10 to 1000 nm, a cloth having a woven fabric structure or a knitted fabric structure is obtained. Using the cloth, an antislipping tape is obtained. Then, using the antislipping tape, textile products such as brassiere are obtained.

Abstract: A water-absorbing quick drying woven or knitted fabric characterized by containing 20% by weight or more of sheath-core type polyester fiber satisfying the following (1) to (4) requirements: (1) the fiber is a modified cross-section fiber having one or more recessed portions in its single yarn section; (2) the sheath part contains polyethylene glycol, and weight ratio of sheath part/core part is in a range of 20/80 to 50/50; (3) an amount of polyethylene glycol in the sheath-core type polyester fiber be in a range of 0.1 to 1.0% by weight; (4) long streak-like grooves A and short streak-like grooves B are present in a mixed state along the direction of fiber axis, and lengths of the streak-like grooves A and streak-like grooves B are 30 ?m or more and 15 ?m or more, respectively; provided that, P is a ratio of length to width of the groove, and represented by P=[Length]/[Width].

Abstract: A binding tape 10 includes a base material 11 and an adhesive layer 12 that is made on a back side of the base material 11 which contacts an outer peripheral surface of the wire bundle W. The base material 11 is made up of a single sheet of fabric 20. The fabric 20 is made of knitted fabric that is knitted by use of warp yarn 21 and weft yarn 22, both of which are made from polyester fibers, by means of a warp-knitting weft insertion method. A thickness of the warp yarn 21 is 22 to 56 decitexes; a thickness of the weft yarn 22 is 440 decitexes or more; and a density of the warp yarn 21 is 10 to 30 wales/inch.

Abstract: Composite fibrous constructs are made of combinations of inorganic-organic hybrid monofilament or multifilament yarns containing at least 6 weight percent of inorganic micro-/nanoparticles and organic monofilament or multifilament yarn with typical examples of the hybrid yarn matrix made of absorbable or non-absorbable thermoplastic polymers and final constructs being in the form of knitted or woven meshes and braided ligatures intended to perform under specific mechanically, biologically, and/or radiologically related functions.

Abstract: The water-permeability stretch knitted fabric has a multi-layered structure including at least two layers, namely the outer layer and the inner layer, wherein 30% or more of the outer layer of the knitted fabric is accounted for by composite fiber multifilament yarns composed of two types of polyester polymer materials adhered to each other side by side in the fiber's length direction, the water-permeability of the knitted fabric being such that both the water absorption back-and-front moisture content ratio and the water absorption back-and-front diffusion area ratio between the outer layer and the inner layer are two or more, and the average for the stretch percentages and that for the stretch recovery percentages in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the knitted fabric being 55% or more and 60% or more, respectively.

Abstract: The islands-in-sea type composite fiber of the present invention comprises a sea part containing an easily soluble polymer and 100 or more island parts containing a hardly soluble polymer, per fiber. In a cross-sectional profile of the composite fiber, each of the island parts has a thickness in the range of from 10 to 1,000 nm and the intervals between the island parts adjacent to each other are 500 nm or less. The islands-in-sea type composite fiber is produced by melt spinning the sea part polymer and the island part polymer mentioned above through a spinneret for an islands-in-sea type composite fiber and taking up the spun fiber at a speed of 400 to 6,000 m/min. Dissolution and removal of the sea part polymer from the composite fiber gives a group of fine fibers having a thickness of 10 to 1,000 rim and useful for clothing, industrial materials and other applications.

Abstract: Composite fibrous constructs are made of combinations of inorganic-organic hybrid monofilament or multifilament yarns containing at least 6 weight percent of inorganic micro-/nanoparticles and organic monofilament or multifilament yarn with typical examples of the hybrid yarn matrix made of absorbable or non-absorbable thermoplastic polymers and final constructs being in the form of knitted or woven meshes and braided ligatures intended to perform under specific mechanically, biologically, and/or radiologically related functions.

Abstract: An elongation resistant fabric, devices, and methods can include an elongation resistant yam laid in a knit structure of the fabric between knit loops in selected adjacent wales and partially about the loop in one adjacent wale in predetermined courses. In this manner, the fabric can be adapted to resist elongation in a walewise direction along the length of the fabric. The elongation resistant fabric can be a mesh fabric. In a mesh fabric, the size and a shape of pores in the fabric can be maintained when the fabric is pulled in the walewise direction. The elongation resistant yam can have a diameter larger than the individual diameters of other yarns in the fabric. The elongation resistant yarn can be, for example, a monofilament yarn, such as a polypropylene or polyester monofilament yarn.

Abstract: The invention relates to a soft and flexible surgical soft tissue mesh comprising polyethylene yarns, wherein the polyethylene yarns have a tensile strength of more than 1.0 Gpa and consist of a polyethylene with a relative viscosity of more than 5 dl/g. A further aspect of the invention is a method of producing a soft and flexible surgical soft tissue mesh comprising polyethylene yarns, wherein yarns are applied that comprise filaments made by: a) spinning at least one filament from a solution of polyethylene with a relative viscosity of more than 5 dl/g in a solvent; b) cooling the filament obtained to form a gel filament; c) removing at least partly the solvent from the gel filament; and d) drawing the filament in at least one drawing step before, during or after removing solvent.

Abstract: A fabric is formed of yarns having soiling-hiding and soiling-prone characteristics which are visually distinct one from the other in the surface of the fabric once the fabric has been soiled. The soiling-prone yarns comprise yarns formed of multi-lobal fibers or filaments where the soiling particles collect in the cavities of the lobed surfaces. Preferably, the soiling-hiding yarns are formed of hollowfil synthetic fibers or filaments. By embedding one or more yarns of the soiling-prone type in the fabric, e.g., carpet, the yarns become differentially visually distinctive relative to one another upon soiling of the fabric.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave shielding material including a three dimensionally knitted base material and a conductive metal layer formed on the three dimensionally knitted base material, which shielding material is characterized in that it comprises: a heat-fusing thread used at at least a portion of the three dimensionally knitted base material; and a portion in which connection thread is not present, wherein the amount of cutting debris generated at the time of cutting is decreased. According to the present invention, an electromagnetic wave shielding material, which is used for an electromagnetic wave shielding gasket for shielding electromagnetic wave, exhibits good workability if the thickness of the product is relatively thin, suppresses the metal separation and reduces the amount of cutting debris generated at the time of cutting, is obtained.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a multi-filament yarn formed at least in part from filaments having cross-sectional zig-zag or double “W” shape with a 180 degree axis of symmetry. The filaments have a denier per filament generally in the range of about 0.1 to about 4.0. Fabrics made from yarns formed with the filaments have high moisture wicking, soft hand, and a silk-like lustrous appearance.

Abstract: A knit fabric wherein at least a portion of the interconnected yarn loops are formed from segments of a common yarn of multi-filament construction. In the fabric the common yarn includes a first group of yarn segments having a first average cross-sectional filament area and at least a second group of yarn segments having a second average cross-sectional filament area. The second average cross-sectional filament area is greater than the first average cross-sectional filament area. The average level of crystalline orientation of the first group of yarn segments is greater than the average level of crystalline orientation of the second group of yarn segments.

Abstract: Irregular cross-sectional filaments made from a polyester and yarns and fabrics comprising the filaments, the cross-sectional profile of which filaments has a triangular part (A) and a flat projection part (B) connected to an angular portion of the triangular part and extending therefrom in a flat form, and satisfies the requirements (1) and (2): 0.7≦(L1/L2)≦3.0  (1) and 3.0≦(h2/h1)≦10.

Abstract: A fabric material for forming a garment to be worn by a user is provided. The fabric material has a first side and a second side. The fabric material comprises a plurality of fibers with at least a portion of the fibers having at least one open side wherein each fiber directs moisture from the first side of the fabric material to the second side of the fabric material. A method for constructing the fabric material is also provided.

Abstract: A base substrate having a first side and a second side, first and second receiving loops extending from the first and second side of the base substrate, respectively, and first and second stiff loops extending from the first and second side of the base substrate, respectively. The base substrate is a flexible cloth or cloth-like material. The receiving loops are an absorbent material such as the material used in the base substrate. The stiff loops are formed of a yarn having at least one filament with a cross-section having an aspect ratio of greater than about 1.2, a corner edge, and/or at least a concave portion.

Abstract: A technical fabric is disclosed that combines sweat-repellent and thermally insulating characteristics, which is easy to produce, which is economical, effective and reliable over time, and which provides absolute comfort for the athlete or any individual wearing a garment manufactured from this fabric, regardless of the physical exertion made and the climatic conditions in cold as well as in heat.

Abstract: A sliver-knit material is formed from a base including at least one thread having a first material and a second material. The first material has a melting point lower than the second material. A sliver material is secured to the base. A portion of the sliver material is encapsulated by the first material.

Abstract: A fabric for reducing endogenous pain by application of the fabric to a pain site to facilitate the flow of endogenous electrical current in the body, and including a knitted stretch fabric having a knit base structure of electrically non-conductive fibers forming courses and wales, a first electrically-conductive carbon fiber knitted into and extending along first selected wales and transversely along first selected courses of the base structure, and a second electrically-conductive carbon fiber knitted into and extending along second selected wales and transversely along second selected courses of the base structure intersecting the first selected courses for contacting the first electrically-conductive carbon fiber and thereby defining a matrix of first and second electrically-conductive carbon fibers that induce an electrical current in the presence of an electrical charge.

Abstract: A net for diffusing light comprising threads of flat yarn, characterized in that the flat yarn has a layer comprising a foamed synthetic resin film capable of diffusing light passing therethrough. Also disclosed is a method for protecting plants from overexposure to sunlight comprising covering the plants with such a net.

Abstract: Fibers or filaments made by using a spinneret orifice having a regular polygonal cross-section. Melt-spinnable thermoplastic polymer is melted and extruded through a spinneret orifice having a regular polygonal cross-section to form molten filaments. The molten filaments are then solidified, and optionally are subsequently subjected to stretching and false twisting processes.

Abstract: A fabric material for forming a garment to be worn by a user is provided. The fabric material has a first side and a second side. The fabric material comprises a plurality of fibers with at least a portion of the fibers having at least one open side wherein each fiber directs moisture from the first side of the fabric material to the second side of the fabric material. A method for constructing the fabric material is also provided.

Abstract: A fabric for moisture management which contains first fibers and second fibers. The first fibers have either circular cross-sections or multiply indentations along the longitudinal side of the fibers. The second fibers have multiply indentations along the longitudinal side of the fibers. The capillary action of the first fibers is induced by either the inter-fiber spaces alone (i.e., where the fibers have circular cross-sections) or a combination of both the inter-fiber spaces and the indentation spaces, which are formed due to indentations. The capillary action of the second fibers is induced by the combination of both the inter-fiber spaces and the indentations spaces, which are formed due to indentations. The capillary action of the second fibers is greater than that of the first fibers so that the moisture absorbed by the first fibers can be easily transferred to the second fiber.

Abstract: A compound cloth comprises a first cloth sheet, a second cloth sheet, and an elastic base material sandwiched between said first cloth sheet and said second cloth sheet. The base material is formed of stacking multi-hollow fibers. The multi-hollow fibers are made of polymer, such as PET, which have been processed by thermal spray, needle punching and wind cooling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a textile composite material used to stabilize, consolidate or reinforce soils and layers of earth, and which can also be used as a load-carrying drainage or filtering layer and comprises at least one nonwoven fabric (1). The disadvantage of nonwovens, used alone or in textile composites made of various plastic nonwovens, lies in their limited load-carrying capacity. To create a low cost textile composite material comprising at least one nonwoven fabric, having a high tear resistance in a main load direction and the ability to absorb high tensile forces without undue stretching, exclusively parallel, straight, load-carrying plastic filament yarns (2) are knitted, sewed or Raschel-knitted onto the nonwoven (1).

Abstract: A fabric made using a para-aramid yarn is disclosed having increased cut resistance and maintained comfort wherein the yarn has low twist and the staple fibers in the yarn have high linear density.

Abstract: A fabric made using a para-aramid yarn is disclosed having increased cut resistance and maintained comfort wherein the yarn has low twist and the staple fibers in the yarn have high linear density.

Abstract: Hollow polyester fibers having a thickness of 0.11 to 8.89 d tex (0.1 to 8.0 denier), a hollow volume (a cross-sectional area ratio of hollow to fiber) of 40 to 85%, and a crystallization degree of 20% or more and crystal size in (0 1 0) plane of 4 nm or more of polyester, has a high resistance to compression and a high recovery from compression and are useful for producing woven and knitted fabric having a high durability, pile sheet materials having high resistance to and recovery from pile prostration, and nonwoven fabrics and artificial leather materials having a high resistance and recovery from compression.

Abstract: A knitted textile fabric containing integrated fluid-carrying tubes is fabricated of yarn formed into interlooped stitches arranged in longitudinal wales and transverse courses throughout the fabric structure, with plural elongate hollow tubular segments integrated with the yarn into the fabric structure and spaced essentially in parallel relation to one another. The fabric structure is preferably warp knitted, one embodiment of which has the tubular segments extending longitudinally in selected spaced wales and another embodiment of which has the tubular segments extending coursewise in selected spaced courses.

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 roof for vehicles, particularly convertibles: A roof material including an upper fabric layer, a lower fabric layer, a rubberizing layer arranged between the upper and lower fabric. Possibly a ceiling inner lining is arranged below the roof material. A protective layer is arranged on the lower fabric layer and/or on the top side of the ceiling inner lining. The protective layer consists of a cut resistant material of cut-proof fibers such as aromatic polyamide fibers, polyethylene fibers spun by the gel-spinning process, or glass fibers. A wire is in at least one system of the threads of the cut resistant material. A textile nonwoven layer is applied, by needling, on at least one side or both sides of the protective layer.