Patents Assigned to Toray Textile, Inc.
  • Latent looped yarn, a fabric made of the same, and a method for manufacturing the latent looped yarn
    Patent number: 5312677
    Abstract: This invention relates to a latent looped yarn having loops produced by an eddy current treatment and once potentialized therein before a weaving operation and revealed in a fabric, after the yarns are woven therein at least as warp yarns, by heat treatment, to give the fabric a spunlike handling and high yarn density. This invention also provides a manufacturing method for producing the latent looped yarn and high density spunlike fabrics utilizing the latent looped yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc., Toray Textile, Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Shiojima, Toshiaki Miura, Keitarou Nabeshima, Satoru Masuzaki