Abstract: The invention provides a waterproof moisture-permeable fabric for clothing which includes, on one side of a polyester fabric A, a waterproof moisture-permeable layer B including a colorless transparent polyester film stacked, and a white or gray resin C partially stacked, and clothing including the waterproof moisture-permeable fabric. Preferably, a moisture-permeable polymer resin D containing inorganic fine particles is stacked on the waterproof moisture-permeable layer B, and the white or gray resin C is partially stacked thereon.

Abstract: A stretchable composite fabric appropriate to sports wear and under wear is a woven or knitted fabric including a composite yarns (A) formed from stretchable yarns (1) having a self-elongation of 5% or more upon absorbing water and an elongation at break of 200% or more and non-stretchable yarns (2) having a self-elongation less than 5% upon absorbing water, and yarns (B) including stretchable yarns (3) having a self-elongation less than 5% upon absorbing water and an elongation at break of 30% or more, wherein the yarns (1) and (2) in a sample taken from the composite fabric respectively have a length L1 and a length L2, the ratio L1/L2 is 0.9 or less, and the yarns (1) can self-elongate upon absorbing water and shrink upon drying.

Abstract: A three-dimensional woven fabric comprising a surface layer having a woven structure, a back layer having a woven structure, and a bonding layer having a woven structure and corrugated in a wave-like shape in the warp direction or weft direction, wherein a conjugated yarn composed of two or more constituents, of which one constituent is a polyester multifilament yarn with individual filament size of 0.05-1.5 dtex and comprising 30-150 filaments, is woven as either or both the warp yarn and weft yarn of the surface layer and back layer.

Abstract: A polyester blended yarn giving a woven or knitted fabric exhibiting a swollen touch and a high grade texture is stably obtained by melt-spinning a polyester including A including a substrate polymer including a polyester and 0.5 to 5.0 percent by weight of a polymer P, and the substrate polymer from an identical spinneret or different spinnerets to obtain the filament group A including the polyester composition A and the filament group B including the substrate polymer, blowing cooling air on the filament groups B and A at a speed of 0.20 to 0.80 m/sec and at a speed of not less than 1.1 times said speed, respectively, to once separately cool and solidify the filament groups B and A, doubling the cooled filament groups, and then taking off the obtained doubled yarn at a speed of not less than 2,500 m/min.

Abstract: A polymer of a kind different from a polyester in an amount within the range of 0.3 to 5.0% by weight based on the polyester is added to the polyester, and the resulting composition is melt-extruded from the same pack. The extruded filament group including polyester multi-filaments is cooled once to the glass transition temperature or below, and the filament group is subsequently divided into two groups. One of the filament groups in an opened state is subjected to non-contact heat treatment at an atmospheric temperature of 120° C. or above; however, the other filament group is kept in a state without being subjected to the heat treatment. The respective filament groups are then simultaneously taken off at a speed of 2500 m/min or above and subjected to doubling and mixing of the filaments.

Abstract: A polyester blended yarn giving a woven or knitted fabric exhibiting a swollen touch and a high grade texture is stably obtained by melt-spinning a polyester composition A comprising a substrate polymer comprising a polyester and 0.5 to 5.0 percent by weight of a polymer P, and the substrate polymer from an identical spinneret or different spinnerets to obtain the filament group A comprising the polyester composition A and the filament group B comprising the substrate polymer, blowing cooling air on the filament groups B and A at a speed of 0.20 to 0.80 m/sec and at a speed of not less than 1.1 times said speed, respectively, to once separately cool and solidify the filament groups B and A, doubling the cooled filament groups, and then taking off the obtained doubled yarn at a speed of not less than 2,500 m/min.

Abstract: A furnace roof for an electric arc furnace which is divided into several blocks so that local damage, if any, of the furnace roof can be repaired easily by replacing a block which has been damaged with a new spare one, without taking down the whole furnace roof for repairs.