Abstract: A pile fabric such as may be used in automotive and furniture upholstery and other applications which fabric incorporates a pile surface formed from variable height fibers. The pile is made up of a first group of fibers having a first height and at least a second group of fibers having a second height which is on average less than the height of the first group. A method of formation is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 15, 2003
Date of Patent:
August 8, 2006
Assignee:
Milliken & Company
Inventors:
Michael Keller, Andre M. Goineau, Robert S. Brown
Abstract: This disclosure relates to an improved system for mounting and aligning, in a manner that is both accurate and precise, an array of tubes used for delivering relatively small quantities of air or other fluids in various applications, as, for example, in patterning systems in which a stream of a patterning fluid such as a liquid dye is deflected from a trajectory by the impingement of a stream of a control fluid such as air.
Abstract: A wallcovering having a weft inserted warp knit fabric as a substrate with the inserted weft yarn being cotton with a count in the range of 18's-30's.