ANTIBACTERIAL TEXTILE

Abstract

An antibacterial textile is directed to a textile mainly formed by mixedly weaving a first yarn, a second yarn, and a copper yarn. The first yarn is exposed in an inside layer of the textile, and a material thereof has hydrophobicity and moisture permeability, to form a water-resistant surface. The second yarn and the copper yarn are exposed in an outside layer of the textile, and a material of the second yarn has moisture draining performance, to form an antibacterial and moisture draining surface. Therefore, when apparel made of the textile is worn, a water-resistant surface in contact with skin does not get wet after absorbing sweater under slight pressure. The sweat is absorbed by a moisture draining surface on the outside layer via the water-resistant surface, and the moisture is exhausted, so that the inside layer of the apparel still maintains dry and clean.

Description

BACKGROUND

Technical Field

The invention relates to an antibacterial textile, and in particular, to an antibacterial textile having a water-resistant inside layer and a moisture-draining outside layer.

Related Art

Generally, most of apparel sold on markets particularly focuses on effects of permeability and moisture draining for being worn comfortably, especially sports apparel. How to exhaust heat, sweat, and moisture produced after exercising from clothes to make wearers more comfortable is an indicator to determine whether the sports apparel has good performance. All the major brands of sports apparel attentively study how to research and develop apparel with higher air-permeability and higher moisture draining performance.

In addition to air permeability and moisture draining performances, for activities such as mountaineering, river tracing, and sea trips, conditions such as humidity and light raining are likely to be encountered. If wearing raincoats or other fully waterproof apparel, the wearers are likely to be uncomfortable due to stuffiness and sweating caused by airtight and wet conditions. As a result, some light waterproof and rainproof apparel preventing moisture from penetrating into clothes, but still maintaining air permeability and moisture draining performances is required.

For general waterproof apparel, waterproof processing is performed on a surface of the apparel, so that once the apparel comes into contact with liquid, the liquid does not immediately penetrate into an inside of the apparel, and the apparel can be prevented from getting wet and contacting skin provided that water drops are shaken off as soon as possible. However, in this way, the moisture draining effect is definitely poor. Sweat cannot be easily exhausted, and the moisture draining effect from inside to outside is relatively weak.

Therefore, the invention is devoted to improving the above deficiencies, researching and developing a textile made of cloth with a better moisture draining effect and a waterproof effect, to make apparel more suitable for sports.

SUMMARY

To resolve the above problems, an objective of the invention is to provide a textile having a water-resistant inside layer and a moisture-draining outside layer to exhaust sweat from inside to outside and enhance moisture draining performance.

The invention discloses an antibacterial textile, mainly formed by mixedly weaving a first yarn, a second yarn, and a copper yarn, where the first yarn is exposed in an inside layer of the textile, and a material thereof has hydrophobicity and moisture permeability, to form a water-resistant surface, and the second yarn and the copper yarn are exposed in an outside layer of the textile, and a material of the second yarn has moisture draining performance, to form an antibacterial and moisture draining surface.

In embodiments of this application, a coverage ratio of the first yarn to the inside layer of the textile is in a range of 85% to 95%, a coverage ratio of the second yarn to the outside layer of the textile is in a range of 65% to 70%, and a coverage ratio of the copper yarn to the outside layer of the textile is in a range of 20% to 25%.

In the embodiments of this application, the material of the first yarn is one of a polyamide fiber, a polyester fiber, and a polypropylene polymer. The material of the second yarn is one of a synthetic fiber and a natural fiber.

In the embodiments of this application, a copper ion content in the copper yarn is in a range of 5% to 10%.

In the embodiments of this application, the textile is soaked in a zinc oxide solution with a concentration in a range of 5% to 10%, to make the first yarn and the second yarn contain zinc oxide.

In the embodiments of this application, the textile further includes a bamboo charcoal fiber, and the bamboo charcoal fiber, the second yarn and the copper yarn are mixedly woven.

Therefore, the advantage of the present invention is that through the water-resistant characteristic of the inside layer, namely, the water-resistant surface, of the textile, although sweat cannot be absorbed immediately after coming into contact with the textile, the sweat also penetrates into the textile under slight pressure or after a long time, and moisture is exhausted via the antibacterial and moisture draining surface of the outside layer of the textile. Because the inside layer is the water-resistant surface, the moisture either coming from the outside or penetrating from the inside layer does not cause the inside layer to get wet, thereby making clothes maintain dry, clean, and comfortable.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a water-resistant surface of an antibacterial textile according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an antibacterial and moisture draining surface of an antibacterial textile according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a first yarn of an antibacterial textile according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a second yarn and a copper yarn of an antibacterial textile according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a state of an antibacterial textile contacting water according to the present invention; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an antibacterial textile with a bamboo charcoal fiber according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Detailed contents and technical description about the present invention are further described by using embodiments. However, it should be understood the embodiments are only used for illustration, and should not be construed as limitations on implementations of the invention.

It should be noted that, terms in the specification, the claims, and the above drawings of the present invention, such as “first”, “second”, “inside layer”, and “outside layer” are used for differentially describing similar objects, and are not definitely used for describing a specific order or sequence. It should be understood data used in this way is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present invention described herein can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated in diagrams or described herein.

Refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5. The invention relates to an antibacterial textile 100, mainly formed by mixedly weaving a first yarn 110, a second yarn 120, and a copper yarn 130. The first yarn 110 is exposed in an inside layer of the textile 100, and a material of the first yarn 110 has hydrophobicity and moisture permeability, to form a water-resistant surface 111. The second yarn 120 and the copper yarn 130 are exposed in an outside layer of the textile 100, and a material of the second yarn 120 has moisture draining performance, to form an antibacterial and moisture draining surface 121 together with the copper yarn 130.

In an implementation, a coverage ratio of the first yarn 110 to the inside layer of the textile 100 is in a range of 85% to 95%, a coverage ratio of the second yarn 120 to the outside layer of the textile 100 is in a range of 65% to 70%, and a coverage ratio of the copper yarn 130 to the outside layer of the textile 100 is in a range of 20% to 25%.

In an implementation, the material of the first yarn 110 is one of a polyamide fiber, a polyester fiber, and a polypropylene polymer. The material is a fiber having hydrophobicity and moisture permeability, so that the inside layer that is of the textile 100 and in which the first yarn 110 has a relatively large coverage ratio can form the water-resistant surface 111 for achieving a waterproof effect. Therefore, once liquid comes into contact with the water-resistant surface 111, the liquid does not easily penetrate into the textile 100, and water drops 210 are formed on the water-resistant surface 111. The water drops 210 (liquid) can penetrate into the textile 100 when the water drops 210 are pressed under external pressure, and moisture is exhausted via the antibacterial and moisture draining surface 121.

The material of the second yarn 120 is one of a synthetic fiber and a natural fiber having good air permeability and moisture draining performance, such as rayon, lyocell, cotton, flax, and silk. A copper ion content in the copper yarn 130 is in a range of 5% to 10%. For the copper yarn 130, an original material is soaked into a copper ion solution before fibers are drawn, so that the original material of the copper yarn 130 contains copper ions, and then the drawing is performed. Therefore, the drawn fibers naturally contain the copper ions.

The copper ions have characteristics of easing pain, cooling down, being anti-bacteria, and being anti-inflammation, where the trace copper ions can attack cell membranes, nucleic acids and enzymes of bacteria, and destroy cell protein to make bacteria die or lose the capability of division and proliferation. Therefore, the good antibacterial property of the copper ions can inhibit proliferation of bacteria and fungi to prevent corrupt odor and eliminate smells. In addition, the copper ions have a particularly good anti-fungi effect, excellent antibacterial efficacy thereof has an inhibitory effect on fungal skin diseases. Therefore, the use of copper ion-containing fibers can play a role in regulating diseases of the skin, gynecology, and the like.

Therefore, the outside layer that is of the textile 100 and in which the second yarn 120 and the copper yarn 130 have a relatively large coverage ratio can form the antibacterial and moisture draining surface 121. When the water drops 210 (liquid) penetrate into the antibacterial and moisture draining surface 121 from the water-resistant surface 111, waterlogging 220 is presented on the antibacterial and moisture draining surface 121. However, due to improvement of the air permeability and the moisture draining performance, the waterlogging 220 can be eliminated quickly for maintaining dry and clean.

Further, the textile 100 may be soaked in a zinc oxide solution with a concentration in a range of 5% to 10%, to make the first yarn 110 and the second yarn 120 contain zinc oxide. The zinc oxide is non-toxic and non-irritant to the skin, has good thermal stability, can make the fibers highly elastic, has a strong ultraviolet absorption function, and can be used for ultraviolet light shielding. The zinc oxide also has a good antibacterial mechanism. In a neutral environment, peroxidation occurs on surfaces of the zinc oxide crystals, the peroxidation inhibits growth of bacteria, and therefore antibacterial and deodorizing effects are brought.

Furthermore, refer to FIG. 6. The textile 100 further includes a bamboo charcoal fiber 140, and the bamboo charcoal fiber 140, the second yarn 120 and the copper yarn 130 are mixedly woven. A porous structure of the bamboo charcoal fiber 140 has good moisture absorption and release functions. A special internal ultra-fine micropore structure makes the bamboo charcoal fiber have a strong adsorption capability, and the bamboo charcoal fiber can absorb harmful substances such as formaldehyde, benzene, toluene and ammonia in the air, eliminate bad smells, and also have antibacterial efficacy. Therefore, through the deodorizing and antibacterial efficacy of the bamboo charcoal fiber 140, the bamboo charcoal fiber 140, the second yarn 120 and the copper yarn 130 are mixedly woven, and therefore the antibacterial, moisture draining and air permeability effects can be further enhanced.

In an implementation, the textile 100 is suitable for various textile fabrics, such as clothes, trousers, suits, socks and gloves, and in particular, the textile 100 is most suitable for apparel such as sportswear and socks with higher requirements for moisture absorption and air exhaustion due to sports sweat. When the sweat produced by human bodies adheres to the apparel woven from the textile 100, the inside layer of the textile 100 can directly contact human skin. The water-resistant surface 111 makes the sweat penetrate into the antibacterial and moisture draining surface 121 from the water-resistant surface 111 by the pressure of contact with the skin or after the sweat adheres the skin for a period of time, and then the second yarn 120 of the antibacterial and moisture draining surface 121 exhausts moisture and maintains air permeability. Moisture from outside or moisture remaining in the textile 100 is blocked by the water-resistant surface 111, and does not wet the human skin again, so that the human skin can still maintain dry, clean and comfortable even after sweating.

Moreover, through the antibacterial effect of the copper yarn 130, the skin of wearers is less prone to be red, swollen and itchy due to moisture allergy, or bacterial or fungal infections. Further, the apparel made by the textile 100 soaked in a zinc oxide solution, or the apparel added with the bamboo charcoal fiber 140 can further strengthen the antibacterial and deodorizing effects thereof, thereby bringing wearing experience of being drier, cleaner, and more comfortable.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific embodiments of this application, and are not intended to limit this application in any form. Although this application has been disclosed above through the specific embodiments, the embodiments are not intended to limit this application. Any person skilled in the art can make some variations or modifications, which are equivalent changes, according to the foregoing disclosed technical content to obtain equivalent embodiments without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of this application. Any simple amendment, equivalent change, or modification made to the foregoing embodiments according to the technical essence of this application without departing from the content of the technical solutions of this application shall fall within the scope of the technical solutions of this application.

Claims

1. An antibacterial textile, mainly formed by mixedly weaving a first yarn, a second yarn, and a copper yarn, wherein the first yarn is exposed in an inside layer of the textile, and a material thereof has hydrophobicity and moisture permeability, to form a water-resistant surface, and the second yarn and the copper yarn are exposed in an outside layer of the textile, and a material of the second yarn has moisture draining performance, to form an antibacterial and moisture draining surface.

2. The antibacterial textile according to claim 1, wherein a coverage ratio of the first yarn to the inside layer of the textile is in a range of 85% to 95%.

3. The antibacterial textile according to claim 1, wherein a coverage ratio of the second yarn to the outside layer of the textile is in a range of 65% to 70%.

4. The antibacterial textile according to claim 1, wherein a coverage ratio of the copper yarn to the outside layer of the textile is in a range of 20% to 25%.

5. The antibacterial textile according to claim 1, wherein the material of the first yarn is one of a polyamide fiber, a polyester fiber, and a polypropylene polymer.

6. The antibacterial textile according to claim 1, wherein the material of the second yarn is one of a synthetic fiber and a natural fiber.

7. The antibacterial textile according to claim 1, wherein a copper ion content in the copper yarn is in a range of 5% to 10%.

8. The antibacterial textile according to claim 1, wherein the textile is soaked in a zinc oxide solution with a concentration in a range of 5% to 10%, to make the first yarn and the second yarn contain zinc oxide.

9. The antibacterial textile according to claim 1, wherein the textile further comprises a bamboo charcoal fiber, and the bamboo charcoal fiber, the second yarn and the copper yarn are mixedly woven.