Abstract: A composite yarn formed of a core yarn and a cover yarn, wherein one of the core yarn and the cover yarn is a fluid-soluble strand and the other of the core yarn and cover yarn is a non-fluid-soluble strand. The composite yarn can be knitted into an intermediate fabric product. The soluble element is dissolved to leave a use fabric suitable for other processing, such as coating with materials such as latex, the non-fluid-soluble strand may be either a single strand or multi-filaments of steel wire.
Abstract: A method of treating textile which is yarn or fabric containing spandex fibres, comprising contracting the textile with a perfume so that the perfume is deposited on the fabric. The perfume contains a mixture of fragrance materials which preferentially deposit on the spandex fibres. The yarn of fabric may be made up into garments.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 14, 2000
Date of Patent:
March 30, 2004
Assignee:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.
Inventors:
Keith Douglas Perring, Christopher Francis Clements, Angus Peter MacMaster, Raymond Palmen, Olivier William John