Abstract: A textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a wall of interlaced monofilament and/or multifilament yarns. Opposite edges of the wall extend along a central axis of the sleeve. The opposite edges are biased into a self-wrapping, overlapping relation with one another to bound a tubular cavity in an in-use first configuration. A plurality of elongate hinges formed with the interlaced yarns extend along the length of the sleeve in substantially parallel relation with the central axis, with the hinges separating relatively rigid, arcuate regions of the wall from one another. The hinges allow the arcuate regions to be moved from the expanded in-use tubular first configuration to a collapsed, second configuration nested with one another to allow significantly increased numbers of the sleeves to be shipped and stowed in a significantly reduced volume of space.

Abstract: A counterband tape for use in the heat setting tunnel of a carpet yarn heat setting machine. The tape is constructed from polyphenylene sulfide yarns. The counterband tape may be formed as a single layer woven fabric with a twill weave construction. The tape also may include a herringbone pattern.

Abstract: The invention relates to a woven fabric comprising warp threads or wires and comprising weft wires, wherein the woven fabric comprises an offset weft wire. The offset is particularly suitable for fastening objects separate from the woven fabric.

Abstract: A terry fabric includes a plurality of longitudinally-oriented ground warp yarns, a plurality of pile warp yarns in parallel with the ground warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns oriented substantially laterally to the ground warp yarns. Each weave sequence of the terry fabric includes first and second placements of weft yarns in a first shed of the ground warp yarns, third and fourth placement of weft yarns in a second shed of the ground warp yarns and a fifth placement of weft yarn in a third shed of the ground warp yarns and the pile warp yarns such that the pile warp yarns form a pile loop over the first, second, third and fourth placements of weft yarns.

Abstract: A method for weaving a pile fabric with areas having a corded structure, a backing fabric being woven on a weaving machine by inserting backing weft yarns during successive weft insertion cycles between binding and tension warp yarns, while pattern-weft yarns are inserted outside the backing fabric, and are covered by pile warp yarns forming cords. Successive series of different pattern-weft yarns are inserted into the pile fabric in areas having a corded structure and at least one pattern-weft yarn of each series is running essentially above the warp yarns in a first part of its trajectory and is forming the pattern, and is covered by pile warp yarns essentially forming cords in a second part of its trajectory, so that a predetermined pattern or design is formed. This enables the color palette and/or the effect palette to be modified across the width of the weaving machine with weft effects.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for weaving a fabric (1, 2), comprising a ground fabric (100, 200) which is composed of ground warp yarns, comprising one or more binding warp yarns (101, 201) and second weft yarns (4a, 4b, 4?, 4?) which are tied up in the ground fabric; one or more tension warp yarns (102, 202); non-figure forming and/or figure forming pile warp yarns (6, 7), with figure forming pile warp yarns (6) forming figure forming pile burls (6a, 6b), wherein at least one set of two successive figure forming pile burls (6a, 6b) in the warp direction are alternately tied up over a first weft yarn (3) which is situated on the back of the fabric (1, 2) outside the ground fabric (100, 200), and over a said second weft yarn (4a, 4b, 4?, 4?). Furthermore, the invention relates to a fabric (1, 2) woven according to such a method.

Abstract: A terry fabric comprises a plurality of repeat units of interwoven warp and weft threads. Each of the repeat units comprises a set of ground warp threads, a set of pile warp threads, and a set of weft threads. The ground warp threads are woven tightly with the weft threads to form a substrate, and the pile warp threads are loosely interwoven with the weft threads to form pile loops. At least two adjacent weft threads are interwoven with the ground warp threads and the pile warp threads in an identical pattern (typically in a single machine cycle). In this configuration, fabrics with different properties can be producing in similar manufacturing duration, particularly if weft threads of different thread weight are employed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for weaving pile fabrics on a face-to-face weaving machine, where, in successive insertion cycles, weft yarns (1-12) are inserted between binding warp yarns (13-16) and pile warp yarns (17-24), so that two backing fabrics (30), (31) are woven one above the another, in which groups of at least four weft yarns (1-6); (7-12) are inserted in respective openings between repeatedly crossing binding warp yarns (13), (14); (15), (16), so that each group of weft yarns (1-6); (7-12) comprises at least two pairs of weft yarns (2,3), (5,6), (8,9), (11,12) inserted above one another, and so that pile warp yarns (18), (21), (24) are interlaced in the upper (30) and in the lower backing fabric (31) alternately round the weft yarns (2), (5), (8), (11), situated on the back, of the said pairs in order to form pile burls, preferably according to a two-shot weave; The present invention likewise relates to pile fabric woven according to this method.

Abstract: A fabric with a rib structure, in particular a false boucle carpet, with cut pile (13) and/or pile loops (12) is formed by a method for weaving such a fabric. On a weaving machine, such as a rod weaving machine, a backing fabric is woven by bringing weft yarns (1), (2), (3) between warp yarns (4-9) in successive weft insertion cycles, alternately weaving in warp yarns (7), (8) in the backing fabric and rib-formingly passing them around over at least one weft yarn (3). In a number of weft insertion cycles a loop-forming element (10), such as for example a wire or a wire with a blade, is provided above the backing fabric and at least one pile warp yarn (7), (8) is loop-formingly passed around over this loop-forming element (10). This method enables weaving of a fabric with a very varied appearance, because apart from the false boucle effect, areas with pile loops (12) and/or areas with cut pile (13) can also be obtained.

Abstract: Method for weaving fabrics with a rib structure, whereby on a weaving machine, two fabrics (22), (23); (49), (50) are woven one above the other with a rib structure according to a face-to-face weaving method, whereby each fabric comprises a backing fabric with rib warp yarns (15), (16), (17), (18); (43), (44), (45), (46) which are alternately woven in the backing fabric and are rib-formingly passed around over at least one weft yarn (4), (5), (32), (33) whereby pile warp yarns (19), (20); (47); are alternately interlaced in the top (21); (49) and the bottom fabric (22); (50) around at least one weft yarn (1), (2), (3), (6); (31), (36), and whereby these pile warp yarns (19), (20); (47) are split between the two fabrics so that two fabrics (22), (23); (49), (50) with a rib structure are obtained which also comprise at least one area with upright pile yarns.

Abstract: With a method for face-to-face weaving pile fabrics, whereby weft threads (1-6) are brought between warp threads (7-12) of a series of warp thread systems so that two backing fabrics (21), (22) are woven located one above the other with tension warp threads (7), (10) and dead pile warp threads (13-20) inwoven in the backing fabrics, whereby pile warp threads (13, 14, 18, 20) in each backing fabric form respective pile loops around first (1), (4) and around second weft threads (2), (5) which respectively run along the back and along the pile side of a tension warp thread (7), (10), and whereby the pile-forming pile warp threads (13, 14, 18, 20) are cut through between the backing fabrics, the dead pile warp threads (13-20), running along the pile side of the second weft threads (2), (5), are inwoven.

Abstract: A fabric web for the erosion protection of earth layers, particularly on embankments, which comprises hard vegetable fibers or mixed fibers with threads crossing one another at right angles, characterized in that individual threads project from the fabric plane at regular or irregular intervals in the form of loops or are tufted and in each case cover at least one crossing thread.

Abstract: This electrified tape for enclosure fences, notably of cattle grazing fields, comprises a flexible support layer having a network of electric conductors integrated in the tape. The support layer comprises means for imparting a dimensional stability to the network of electric conductors, in the form of a weft texture and a warp texture interwoven by means of a knitted warp of which the stitches lock each intersection between warp and weft yarns and encompass the wires of the network of electric conductors. This invention is applicable notably to textile processes.