Reflective Fabric and Manufacturing Method Thereof
A reflective fabric and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The reflective fabric includes a plurality of warps, a plurality of wefts, and a plurality of reflective yarns. Each of the reflective yarns is arranged between the plurality of warps or the plurality of wefts, and is interleaved with the plurality of warps and the reflective yarns to form the reflective fabric.
The present invention relates to a reflective fabric and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly to a reflective fabric having an anti-industrial washing effect and a manufacturing method thereof.
Description of the Prior ArtIn night workplaces or workplaces with insufficient light, workers usually wear reflective vests with reflective strips. When vehicles pass nearby, drivers can see the workers by means of reflection of vehicle lamp light by the reflective strips, so as to prevent accidents and protect personal safety of the workers. However, such type of reflective vests, reflective belts or fabrics are post-processed with such as reflective thermal films, reflective character films, reflective plastic films or reflective inks, and workwear made by the above means has standardized appearances and can be worn only at workplaces instead of also being worn as ordinary clothes. Workers usually wear their own casual clothes and then put on this type of reflective vests on the outside after arriving at workplaces. Further, the reflective belts of such type of reflective vests are easily attached by grease and stains from environments where such type of workwear are worn, and industrial washing is often used for cleaning. Because industrial washing has higher washing temperatures than those of household washing, the reflective effect decreases as the number of times of washing increases, hence losing the function of being reflective. Therefore, improvement needs to be made.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIt is a primary object of the present invention to provide a reflective fabric having an anti-industrial washing effect.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a manufacturing method for a reflective fabric having an anti-industrial washing effect.
To achieve the objects above, a reflective fabric of the present invention includes a plurality of warps, a plurality of wefts and a plurality of reflective yarns. Each of the reflective yarns is arranged between the plurality of warps or the plurality of wefts, and is interleaved with the plurality of warps and the plurality of wefts to form the reflective fabric.
The present invention further provides a manufacturing method for a reflective fabric. The manufacturing method includes: providing a plurality of warps; providing a plurality of wefts; and providing a plurality of reflective yarns, wherein each of the reflective yarns is arranged between the plurality of warps or the plurality of wefts, and is interleaved with the plurality of warps and the reflective yarn to form the reflective fabric.
In the reflective fabric of the present invention, reflective yarns are added between warps or wefts. Since clothes made from the reflective fabric of the present invention look the same as ordinary clothes, and the reflection of light beams reflected by the reflective yarns in night environments or environments of poor vision allows workers wearing the clothes made from the reflective fabric of the present invention to be effectively seen, workers are provided with most fundamental guarantee with respect to personal safety. Meanwhile, clothes made from the reflective fabric of the present invention can be worn at work and can also be directly worn after work, and are suitable for any occasions, thus solving the issues of the prior art.
For the Examiner to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, preferred embodiments are described below. Refer to
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Further, the reflective fabric 1 can be easily attached with grease and stains in work environments where the reflective fabric 1 needs to be worn and industrial washing is required. As the reflective yarns 20 used by the reflective fabric 1 of the present invention has a feature of being capable of withstanding more than 50 times of industrial washing, the reflective yarns 20 used by the reflective fabric 1 of the present invention still has a function of being reflective even after numerous times of industrial washing, improving the durability of the reflective fabric 1 and solving the issue of the prior art in which reflection performance decreases as the number of times of washing increases.
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In step S2: a plurality of wefts are provided.
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In step S3, a plurality of reflective yarns are provided. Each reflective yarn is arranged between the plurality of warps or the plurality of wefts, and is interleaved with the plurality of warps and the plurality of wefts to form the reflective fabric.
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Further, the reflective fabric 1 can be easily attached with grease and stains in work environments where the reflective fabric 1 needs to be worn and industrial washing thus is required. As the reflective yarn 20 used by the reflective fabric 1 of the present invention has a feature of being capable of withstanding more than 50 times of industrial washing, the reflective yarn 20 used by the reflective fabric 1 of the present invention still has a function of being reflective even after numerous times of industrial washing, improving the durability of the reflective fabric 1.
In the reflective fabric 1 of the present invention, the reflective yarn 20 is added to the warps 10 or wefts 30. Since clothes made from the reflective fabric 1 of the present invention look the same as ordinary clothes, and the reflection of light beams reflected by the reflective yarn 20 in night environments or environments of poor vision allows workers wearing the clothes made from the reflective fabric 1 of the present invention to be effectively seen, workers are provided with most fundamental guarantee with respect to personal safety. Meanwhile, clothes made from the reflective fabric 1 of the present invention can be worn at work and can also be directly worn after work, and are suitable for any occasions, thus solving the issues of the prior art.
It should be noted that, the embodiments given above are examples for illustration purposes, and the scope of the claims are to be accorded with the appended claims and are not to be limited by the foregoing embodiments.
Claims
1. A reflective fabric, comprising:
- a plurality of warps;
- a plurality of wefts; and
- a plurality of reflective yarns, wherein each of the reflective yarns is arranged between the plurality of warps or the plurality of wefts, and is interleaved with the plurality of warps and the reflective yarn to form the reflective fabric.
2. The reflective fabric according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of warps comprise a first warp combination and a second warp combination, and the reflective yarn is arranged between the first warp combination and the second warp combination.
3. The reflective fabric according to claim 2, wherein the first warp combination is yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 18 times, and the second warp combination is yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 6 times or 3 times.
4. The reflective fabric according to claim 3, wherein the color of the yarns of the first warp combination is different from the color of the yarns of the second warp combination.
5. The reflective fabric according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of reflective yarns occupy 1% to 25% of the reflective fabric by weight.
6. The reflective fabric according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of reflective yarns are distanced from one another by 0.5 cm to 30 cm.
7. The reflective fabric according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of warps are repeated by N times according to an arrangement order, where N is a natural number; the arrangement order is the first warp combination comprising the yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 18 times, then the second warp combination comprising the yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 6 times, then the first warp combination comprising the yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 18 times, and finally the second warp combination comprising the yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 3 times.
8. The reflective fabric according to claim 7, wherein the reflective yarn is arranged between the Nth arrangement order and the (N+1)th arrangement order.
9. The reflective fabric according to claim 8, wherein the color of the yarns of the first warp combination is different from the color of the yarns of the second warp combination.
10. The reflective fabric according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of reflective yarns occupy 1% to 25% of the reflective fabric by weight.
11. A manufacturing method for a reflective fabric, comprising:
- providing a plurality of warps;
- providing a plurality of wefts; and
- providing a plurality of reflective yarns, wherein each of the reflective yarns is arranged between the plurality of warps or the plurality of wefts, and is interleaved with the plurality of warps and the reflective yarn to form the reflective fabric.
12. The manufacturing method for a reflective fabric according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of warps comprise a first warp combination and a second warp combination, and the reflective yarn is arranged between the first warp combination and the second warp combination.
13. The manufacturing method for a reflective fabric according to claim 12, wherein the first warp combination is yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 18 times, and the second warp combination is yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 6 times or 3 times.
14. The manufacturing method for a reflective fabric according to claim 13, wherein the color of the yarns of the first warp combination is different from the color of the yarns of the second warp combination.
15. The manufacturing method for a reflective fabric according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of reflective yarns occupy 1% to 25% of the reflective fabric by weight.
16. The manufacturing method for a reflective fabric according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of reflective yarns are distanced from one another by 0.5 cm to 30 cm.
17. The manufacturing method for a reflective fabric according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of warps are repeated by N times according to an arrangement order, where N is a natural number; the arrangement order is the first warp combination comprising the yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 18 times, then the second warp combination comprising the yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 6 times, then the first warp combination comprising the yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 18 times, and finally the second warp combination comprising the yarns of a single color repeatedly arranged for 3 times.
18. The manufacturing method for a reflective fabric according to claim 17, wherein the reflective yarn is arranged between the Nth arrangement order and the (N+1)th arrangement order.
19. The manufacturing method for a reflective fabric according to claim 8, wherein the color of the yarns of the first warp combination is different from the color of the yarns of the second warp combination.
20. The manufacturing method for a reflective fabric according to claim 19, wherein the plurality of reflective yarns in overall occupy 1% to 25% of the reflective fabric by weight.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 27, 2019
Publication Date: May 27, 2021
Inventor: Chi-Hsiang Chen (Taipei City)
Application Number: 16/697,354