Crimped Or Bulked Patents (Class 57/239)
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Patent number: 11834763Abstract: Terry products include a ground component including a plurality of ground warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns interwoven with the plurality of ground warp yarns. The ground component includes a lower side and an upper side opposed to the lower side along a vertical direction, and a pile component includes a plurality of piles that extend away from the ground component along the vertical direction. The plurality of piles are formed from a set of pile yarns including plied yarns. The plied yarns include two-ply yarns including natural fiber yarns and polymeric yarns. The natural fiber yarns can include cotton and the like. The polymeric yarns can include polyester and the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Sysco Guest Supply, LLCInventors: Khushboo Mittal, Mohan Meiyappan Kandhasamy
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Patent number: 10072364Abstract: A terry fabric includes a ground component comprising a plurality of warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns interwoven with the plurality of warp yarns. At least one of the plurality of warp yarns and the plurality of weft yarns include 5 twisted or plied yarns. The woven terry fabric includes a pile component that projects from the ground component in a direction away from the ground component. The pile component includes a plurality of piles that include absorbent pile yarns interwoven with the plurality warp yarns and the plurality of weft yarns.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Welspun India limitedInventor: Dipali Goenka
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Patent number: 9487888Abstract: A cord for reinforcing rubber articles according to the present invention is formed by a thread with ply-twisted cellulose fiber twisted with a thread of ply-twisted nylon fiber. The ply twist number of the nylon fiber is less than the ply twist number of the cellulose fiber. A pneumatic tire according to the present invention uses the cord for reinforcing rubber articles according to the present invention in a ply cord of the carcass.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Keisuke Kawashima
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Patent number: 7678450Abstract: To provide a sewing thread that is excellent in high-speed sewability and automatic sewing characteristics. A sewing thread includes a plurality of under-twisted yarns provided with upper-twist, the yarns each being composed of a sheath-core structure yarn composed of two or more multifilament yarns, wherein part of the sheath-core structure yarn protrudes as loops on a yarn surface, the loops being composed of 50 to 300 loops/m with 0.7 to less than 1.2 mm length and 10 or less loops/m with 1.2 mm or more length, and wherein the yarns have a strength of 4 to 6 CN/dtex.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Haruki Kitamura, Toshihiko Kimura, Kazuo Umeda, Yoshikazu Tsuji, Naoki Yamaga, Akihiro Maekawa
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Publication number: 20090208695Abstract: A spun-dyed textured polylacted filament yarn according to the present invention comprises a textured polylacted filament yarn, wherein the textured polylacted filament yarn includes a filament having an approximately circular or circular cross-section and has a relative viscosity of 2.5 to 3.8, wherein the textured polylacted filament yarn contains a coloring agent in an amount of 0.01 to 3 mass %, and wherein the textured polylacted filament yarn is 1.75 to 3.5 cN/dtex in tenacity, 35 to 60% in elongation, 500 to 3,500 dtex in total fineness, 2.5 to 25 dtex in a filament fineness, 2 to 8% in hot water shrinkage ratio, and 5 to 25% in dry heat crimp ratio. By employing the above structure, a spun-dyed textured polylacted filament yarn excellent in loftiness, toughness and abrasion resistance can be obtained. It is preferable that the cross-section of the filament has a degree of deformation less than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2006Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Suminoe Textile Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Funatsu, Yoshihiko Okamoto, Yoshiki Hayashi, Hiroji Yoshida
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Patent number: 6782686Abstract: A method for forming a highly textured loop pile rug and/or carpet using the torque created by twisting then cabling bulk continuous yarns. A flooring article having a textured effect by creating torque in the yarn through the twisting and cabling of bulk continuous fiber.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Invista North America S.a.r.l.Inventor: Maya D. Mills
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Patent number: 6705069Abstract: A self-set yarn made from bicomponent fibers forms helical crimps that lock in twist and form bulk.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2000Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Arthur Talley, Arnold E. Wilkie, Karl H. Buchanan
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Publication number: 20030165656Abstract: A carpet fiber yarn having carpet fiber and binder material, the yarn being subjected to singeing to remove protruding fiber ends, and subjected to heat sufficient to melt the binder fiber, wherein initial appearance and trafficked appearance of a first test carpet having a pile comprised of the yarn is improved over a corresponding second test carpet having a pile comprised of an unsinged yarn with the carpet fiber and the binder fiber, the unsinged yarn also being subjected to heat sufficient to melt the binder fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2002Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: Solutia Inc.Inventors: Richard W. Miller, Harold M. Familant, Tim D. Smith, Kenneth R. Thomas, Bart S. Campbell, Debra N. Hild, James E. Polk, David B. Horn, Raymond S. Knorr, Walter J. Nunning, William K. Fairchild
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Patent number: 6425237Abstract: A sewing yarn is described, with at least two roving. yarns, which are twisted together with one another for the formation of the sewing yarn, whereby each roving yarn has the structure of a core yarn, comprising at least one first multifilament yarn component, forming a yarn core, and a second fiber yarn component spun over the core. In the cross-section of the sewing yarn, the spun fiber yarn covering of at least one roving yarn contains less than 41 individual fibers.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2000Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Amann & Soehne GmbH & Co.Inventors: Karl Greifeneder, Kurt Truckenmueller
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Patent number: 6408607Abstract: A method for false twist texturing a synthetic yarn, as well as the thus-produced crimped yarn, wherein a false twist is produced on the yarn at a speed of a false twist unit, which exceeds 2.2 times of the yarn speed and is above a saturation limit for absorbing a false twist in the yarn. The overtwisted yarn is set in the false twist zone at a temperature higher than 200° C. In proportion with the advancing speed, the withdrawal speed does not exceed 1.4 times the advancing speed, and is below 1,000 m/min. With that, a false twist textured crimped yarn is produced, which has large and small cross sections with curls and bows, which alternate with one another and have opposite directions of twist.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2000Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Barmag AGInventor: Wolfgang Nölle
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Patent number: 6335093Abstract: Composite crimped yarn comprising 50-90 wt. % of cellulose filaments and synthetic fiber filaments and having a crimp elongation percentage of 0.1-4.0%; and a weft knitted fabric comprising the composite crimped yarns. A weft knitted fabric comprising the composite crimped yarns does not substantially have weft bar has a high-quality appearance, a glossiness and hand touchness of the cellulose filaments, and excellent shrinkage proofing properties and setting properties, so that this weft knitted fabric can be applied to clothing goods, such as inner wear, sports wear and outer wear which are required to have excellent, a wet strength, dimensional stability and a high quality of knitted fabric.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2000Date of Patent: January 1, 2002Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiaki Mori, Hiroshi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6301870Abstract: A false twist texturing machine for the texturing of synthetic threads in one handling position at a time, in which a heating device and a false twist unit are disposed within a false twist zone. In an after-treatment zone are disposed a second heating device and a counter-twist apparatus. In this case a residual twist left in the thread from the false twist unit is removed by the counter-twist apparatus. The counter-twist apparatus is for this disposed in one plane with the second heating device, so that the thread is run substantially in a straight thread path.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Barmag AGInventors: Heino Bünger, Hellmut Lorenz
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Patent number: 6158204Abstract: A self-set yarn made from bicomponent fibers forms helical crimps that lock in twist and form bulk.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1998Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Arthur Talley, Arnold E. Wilkie, Karl H. Buchanan
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Patent number: 5698291Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a crimp-bonded fibrous cellulosic laminate. The process includes the steps of: 1) providing at least two superposed plies of a fibrous cellulosic material; 2) passing the superposed plies through a crimp roll arrangement including a rotating crimp element and a rotating anvil element; and 3) applying a pressure load against the rotating elements sufficient to crimp bond the fibrous cellulosic material plies into a laminate. The crimp element has protruding members configured in a discontinuous pattern aligned on an axis that is parallel to the cross-machine direction to provide a substantially continuous uniform area of localized surface contacts between the rotating crimp and anvil elements across the width of the plies. Also disclosed is an overall crimp-bonded fibrous cellulosic laminate and an apparatus for crimp-bonding multiple superposed plies of a fibrous cellulosic material.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1995Date of Patent: December 16, 1997Assignee: Kimberly-Clark CorporationInventors: Harry Edmund Clark, Cynthia Watts Henderson, Robert Clarence Marcinek, Frances Wynn Mayfield, Thad Wayne Perkins, Jorg Friedemann Voss
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Patent number: 5652038Abstract: A tufted fabric and yarn for use therein which is suitable for fabrication into a highly absorbent and quick drying bathroom rug. The fabric includes a primary backing material and yarn tufts secured in the backing material and forming a raised surface on one side of the backing material. Each of the tufts and the yarn for forming of such tufts includes hydrophilic microdenier filaments in an end of less than 500 denier for wicking and distributing moisture throughout the raised surface of the tufted fabric and hydrophobic tufting denier filaments in an end of more than 500 denier for providing resiliency, bulk and strength to the tufted fabric.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1995Date of Patent: July 29, 1997Assignee: Springs Industries, Inc.Inventor: Michael W. Geren
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Patent number: 5414987Abstract: A process for treating a ply-twisted crimped multifilament yarn. The process involves adjusting the temperature and moisture content of the yarn prior to passing the yarn through a stuffer box which is essentially free of steam. Excess hot fluid is removed from the yarn, and the yarn's temperature is adjusted to a temperature in the range of about 40.degree. to 90.degree. C. before the yarn is passed through the stuffer box. The yarns may be used for making a textured saxony-type carpets having a tightly tailored surface texture.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1993Date of Patent: May 16, 1995Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Warren F. Knoff, Theresa A. Weston
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Patent number: 5284009Abstract: The present invention relates to ply-twisted yarns comprising fiber blends of about 70 to 90 weight percent base fiber and about 10 to 30 percent non-melt compatible polyolefin fiber having a melting point of about 130.degree. to 170.degree. C. The base fiber may be polyamides, polyesters, or fiber mixtures thereof. The ply-twisted yarns may be heat-set by a conventional process, whereupon the polyolefin fibers melt and bond to each other but do not bond to the base fibers.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1993Date of Patent: February 8, 1994Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Wae-Hai Tung, Leif R. Simonsen, Yashavant V. Vinod, Frank Werny
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Patent number: 5209974Abstract: Heatset, textured (e.g. stuffer box textured), continuous filament, nylon carpet yarn useful for making textured carpets is disclosed. The yarn is made from nylon 66 copolymer. Textured carpets made from the yarns of the invention have improved aesthetics and/or appearance retention characteristics as compared to textured carpets made from nylon 66 carpet yarns.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1991Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Donald H. Martin, Walter J. Nunning, Scott E. Osborn, James S. Ridgway, Rupert J. Snooks, Jr., John H. Southern
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Patent number: 5058371Abstract: Yarn suitable for use in making cut pile trackless carpet is disclosed. The yarn is composed of two continuous filament singles yarn cabled together with from 3.5 to 5.0 turns per inch (2.54 cm) of twist. Each singles yarn is tangled and contains substantially no twist. The yarn is characterized, in that, each singles yarn comprises, in addition to crimped carpet filaments, filaments having no crimp and a high degree of shrinkage. The yarn develops texture during conventional heatsetting of the yarn without the use of mechanical crimping.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1989Date of Patent: October 22, 1991Assignee: Monsanto CompanyInventors: Jing-peir Yu, Thomas C. Pursley, John H. Southern
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Patent number: 5008992Abstract: A method for combining a relatively elastic yarn component with a relatively inelastic yarn component is disclosed, and wherein the two components are guided through a jet of high velocity air so as to entangle the filaments and produce a bulked composite yarn. To facilitate the air jet entangling operation, at least the inelastic yarn component is subjected to a filament spreading operation prior to its advance through the air jet. The method may also be incorporated in a false twisting process, and wherein the inelastic component is false twisted so as to transversely spread its filaments prior to its being brought into contact with the elastic component and subjected to the air jet.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1989Date of Patent: April 23, 1991Assignee: Barmag AGInventors: Bernd Gehrmann, Heinz Treptow
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Patent number: 4897989Abstract: A novel pile fabric and method of making the pile fabric which employs a three-ply yarn having one yarn being textured and the other two yarns being non-textured to provide a wool-like appearance to the fabric and eliminate the tendency of such a fabric to finger mark.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1988Date of Patent: February 6, 1990Assignee: Milliken Research CorporationInventor: Coy J. Gray
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Patent number: 4840838Abstract: A high temperature filter felt comprising a scrim and an entangled batt. The machine-direction component of the scrim is made up of intermeshed continuous filament yarns which are 40 to 75% glass fibers and 25 to 60% poly(tetrafluoroethylene) fibers. The fiber of the cross-machine direction component of the scrim is glass, poly(tetrafluoroethylene), aramid, polyacrylate, polyphenylene sulfide or blends of these fibers or the bulked yarn previously described at the machine-direction yarn.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1988Date of Patent: June 20, 1989Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Kurt H. Wyss
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Patent number: 4788816Abstract: Method to produce a spun-like textured yarn comprised of one yarn which is substantially fully oriented and the other yarn is partially oriented. The method involves plying the yarns in the draw zone before being pre-textured. The ply point of the plied yarns is located above the entrance to the heater in the draw zone.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1988Date of Patent: December 6, 1988Assignee: Milliken Research CorporationInventors: Larry R. Clements, Paul W. Eschenbach
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Patent number: 4656825Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sewing thread comprising the following steps:drawing an undrawn polyester multifilament yarn;preliminarily heat treating the drawn yarn at an effective heat treating temperature before false twisting;then, false twisting the heat treated synthetic multifilament yarn at a temperature of at least 150.degree. C.subjecting the false twisted yarn to a fluid jet treatment under the slackened condition so as to intermittently interlace in a lengthwise direction constituent filaments of the yarn and so as to form protruded portions protruding from the surface of the yarn; andpost-heat treating the interlaced yarn at an effective heat treating temperature being higher than the heat treating temperature of the false twisting.By this method, a thread suitable for sewing can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1984Date of Patent: April 14, 1987Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Takao Negishi, Teiryo Kojima
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Patent number: 4578940Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sewing thread comprising the following steps:drawing an undrawn polyester multifilament yarn;preliminarily heat treating the drawn yarn at an effective heat treating temperature before false twisting;then, false twisting the heat treated synthetic multifilament yarn at a temperature of at least 150.degree. C.;subjecting the false twisted yarn to a fluid jet treatment under the slackened condition so as to intermittently interlace in a lengthwise direction constituent filaments of the yarn and so as to form protruded portions protruding from the surface of the yarn; andpost-heat treating the interlaced yarn at an effective heat treating temperature being higher than the heat treating temperature of the false twisting.By this method, a thread suitable for sewing can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1981Date of Patent: April 1, 1986Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Takao Negishi, Teiryo Kojima
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Patent number: 4513565Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sewing thread comprising the following steps:drawing an undrawn polyester multifilament yarn;preliminarily heat treating the drawn yarn at an effective heat treating temperature before false twisting;then, false twisting the heat treated synthetic multifilament yarn at a temperature of at least 150.degree. C.;subjecting the false twisted yarn to a fluid jet treatment under the slackened condition so as to intermittently interlace in a lengthwise direction constituent filaments of the yarn and so as to form protruded portions protruding from the surface of the yarn; andpost-heat treating the interlaced yarn at an effective heat treating temperature being higher than the heat treating temperature of the false twisting.By this method, a thread suitable for sewing can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1983Date of Patent: April 30, 1985Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Takao Negishi, Teiryo Kojima
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Patent number: 4418524Abstract: A twisted combination yarn is disclosed which is made of a first yarn which contracts when it absorbs water, and a second yarn plied with the first yarn which is not substantially changed in length by contact with water. The twisted combination yarn of the invention has a high water absorbing capacity, and contracts and becomes elastic when it absorbs water.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1981Date of Patent: December 6, 1983Assignee: Kao Soap Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Ito, Kazunori Nishizawa
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Patent number: 4338776Abstract: Process and apparatus for producing a crimped continuous multifilament yarn by the sequential steps of air-jet texturizing to form multiple random filamentary loops, immediately pulling out metastable loops formed in the yarn without heating and without stretching or deforming the yarn filaments, next shrinking and heat setting the yarn at a temperature of about 150.degree.-245.degree. C., and then winding the yarn onto a spool at a predetermined yarn tension. The resulting spooled texturized yarn has valuable properties and characteristics in subsequent processing and textile operations.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1978Date of Patent: July 13, 1982Assignee: Barmag Barmer Maschinenfabrik AktiengesellschaftInventor: Eberhard Krenzer
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Patent number: 4196241Abstract: The invention relates to a composite, synthetic multi-filament carpet yarn of polyamide, which yarn is composed of a number of intertwined basic yarns of varying dye affinity and/or crimped yarns of different colors.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1979Date of Patent: April 1, 1980Assignee: Akzona IncorporatedInventors: Willem C. van Anholt, Antonie De Geus
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Patent number: 4193252Abstract: In a method of making carbon or graphite yarn, a bundle of single ply precursor yarns is knit into an elongated fabric to facilitate subsequent processing of the yarns. The elongated fabric is pretreated to facilitate carbonization thereof such as by being advanced in the direction of elongation thereof through a cleaning process. Thereafter the yarns remain in the form of the fabric to facilitate processing thereof through at least a carbonization step. The carbonization step may be accomplished by winding the elongated fabric onto skeins to a desired extent and then severing the fabric, following which the skeins are disposed in a carbonizing oven to at least partially carbonize the yarns. Thereafter, the fabric length on each skein may be deknitted, and the resulting bundle of single ply yarns is twisted to form a multi-ply yarn which is then fired to substantially raise the percentage of carbon in the yarns and then graphitized.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1978Date of Patent: March 18, 1980Assignee: HitcoInventors: Gary D. Shepherd, Ramon B. Fernandez, R. Glenn Kapaun, Charles P. Logan
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Patent number: 4180968Abstract: A composite filament yarn made by plying untexturized cellulose acetate yarn with polyamide or polyester yarn is made more coherent by false-twist texturizing it. The increased coherence prevents bunching of the acetate yarn during knitting and so the associated shade variation is avoided. The acetate yarn is spun-dyed and the polyamide or polyester yarn is package-dyed after pre-texturizing. The acetate and synthetic yarns may be dyed to matching shades.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1977Date of Patent: January 1, 1980Assignee: Courtaulds LimitedInventor: Breen C. White
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Patent number: 4141121Abstract: An apparatus for producing a novel teased yarn having teased, hairy, fluffy, fuzzed character without loops resembling angora, alpaca and the like yarns from multifiber spun yarns of short to medium staple, and the resulting yarn produced thereby, wherein the yarn supplied has a yarn twist in a predetermined twist direction and is fed along a feed path through a yarn feed bore to a fluid vortex station and turbulence chamber station defined within a surrounding housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1977Date of Patent: February 27, 1979Assignee: Glen Raven Mills, Inc.Inventor: Alexander L. Trifunovic
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Patent number: RE32047Abstract: Process and apparatus for producing a crimped continuous multifilament yarn by the sequential steps of air-jet texturizing to form multiple random filamentary loops, immediately pulling out metastable loops formed in the yarn without heating and without stretching or deforming the yarn filaments, next shrinking and heat setting the yarn at a temperature of about 150.degree.-245.degree. C., and then winding the yarn onto a spool at a predetermined yarn tension. The resulting spooled texturized yarn has valuable properties and characteristics in subsequent processing and textile operations.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1984Date of Patent: December 17, 1985Assignee: Barmag Barmer Maschinenfabrik AktiengessellschaftInventor: Eberhard Krenzer