Crimped Or Bulked Type Patents (Class 57/208)
  • Patent number: 11795588
    Abstract: The present subject matter discloses a fabric weaving method and apparatus therefor, wherein the method includes forming a fabric where the warp ends of the fabric is made of multifilament polyester yarns and the weft picks are made of cotton or regenerated cellulose fiber or linen fiber or a combination thereof. The woven textile fabric has 50-89 EPI of multifilament polyester yarns of denier within a range of 75D-200D with 7-250 filaments in each polyester yarn, wherein one or more yarns per dent is setup in the reed apparatus of the warp of the loom apparatus. Further, the woven textile fabric comprises of 50-91 picks per inch of cotton or regenerated cellulose fibre or linen fiber or a combination thereof and of 20-50 count (NE). Furthermore, the total cover factor of the woven textile fabric is 10-38, wherein the warp cover factor is 8-19 and the weft cover factor is 10-19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Vishal Pacheriwala
  • Patent number: 10780671
    Abstract: Composite products and related methods are disclosed. In some examples, methods of filament winding composite components and products, such as a sleeve and/or a mandrel for use in down-hole applications, are disclosed. The winding of components can involve using a percentage of fiber roving strands that are blown during manufacture such that they have fiber loops that when wound as layers forms bridges across the discrete layers to enhance the inter-laminar strength of the composite product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: CCDI COMPOSITES, INC.
    Inventor: Rob Sjostedt
  • Patent number: 10370783
    Abstract: A binding cord for a motor (i) reduces damage to a motor component that is bound with the binding cord, (ii) has high fastening properties when the binding cord is tied, (iii) does not loosen after the binding cord is tied, (iv) prevents fluff from falling off, and (v) is suitable for both mechanical binding and manual binding. A binding cord for a motor of the present invention includes a multifilament yarn made of synthetic fibers. The multifilament yarn is a bulked yarn that has a loop and a slack in the direction of the yarn axis. The multifilament yarn is preferably a non-torque type and processed by a fluid jet. The degree of bulkiness of the multifilament yarn is preferably 1.5 ml/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: GOSEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Kinugasa
  • Patent number: 9896787
    Abstract: A polyester sewing thread usable for a fabric for an airbag and a cushion for an airbag is provided. The polyester sewing thread is obtained by doubling and twisting a specific polyester yarn including a plurality of polyester filaments, and bonding the polyester yarn in the manner of in-bonding, out-bonding, or in-and-out bonding. A method for producing the thread is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyung Kim, Hyung-Keun Kim, Sang Mok Lee, Dong-Jin Kwak
  • Publication number: 20140208491
    Abstract: Disclosed are technical fibers and yams made with partially aromatic polyamides and a fiber having vapor phase action such as an FR cellulosic fiber. Fabrics made from such fibers and yarns demonstrate superior flame retardancy over traditional flame retardant nylon 6,6 fabrics. Further, the disclosed fibers and yams, when blended with other flame retardant fibers, do not demonstrate the dangerous “scaffolding effect” common with flame retardant nylon 6,6 blended fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Schmitt, Deborah M. Sarzotti
  • Patent number: 8065751
    Abstract: A moisture-absorbable hat includes: a crown made of a woven fabric including warp and weft textured charcoal fiber yarns, warp and weft non-charcoal fiber yarns which are not elastic and are not textured, and weft elastofiber yarns, the elastofiber yarns extending along a circumferential direction of the crown; and a sweatband attached to and extending along a circumferential open end of the crown and including warp and weft textured charcoal fiber yarns, and weft elastofiber yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Inventor: Chung-Sen Chen
  • Patent number: 7416782
    Abstract: A strand based on glass fibers with a ?/?2 ratio greater than 9, where ? is the yardage of the strand in tex and ? is the filament diameter in ?m. The strand has at least 6000 filaments with a yardage greater than 1200 tex and a filament diameter greater than 11 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Renaudin, Marc Guinet, Jean-Louis Thiriet, Jean-Charles Vanderlynden, Pierre Juttet
  • Patent number: 7309667
    Abstract: A fabric includes mutually transverse thread systems, with at least one of the thread systems including a differential shrinkage yarn C. The shrinkage yarn C has at least one effect component A that irreversibly elongates itself upon heat treatment, and at least one shrinkage component B that shortens itself upon heat treatment. The components A and B are bound together by nodes, wherein the number (y) of nodes per meter in the yarn C is predetermined as a function of the yarn count (x) of the transverse thread system so that the number (y) of nodes exceeds a minimum value and increases proportionally above the minimum value as a function of the yarn count (x).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Deutsche Institute fur Textilund Faserforschung Stuttgart
    Inventors: Stefan Schindler, Helmut Weinsdörfer, Jürgen Wolfrum
  • Patent number: 6705069
    Abstract: A self-set yarn made from bicomponent fibers forms helical crimps that lock in twist and form bulk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Talley, Arnold E. Wilkie, Karl H. Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20020155289
    Abstract: Melt processable perfluoropolymer forms in woven, non-woven and knitted manifestations, and products produced therefrom such as filters and filtration support media are made of melt processable single and/or multicomponent yarns from a wide range of deniers, shapes and crimps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Frank Cistone, Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 6440555
    Abstract: The present invention provides a package, of a false twist yarn composed of polytrimethylene terephthalate fibers, characterized in that a hardness and a winding density of the package and the number of crimps of the false twist yarn thus taken up simultaneously satisfy the following conditions (1), (2) and (3): (1) 70≦hardness≦90 (2) 0.6 g/cm3≦winding density≦1.0 g/cm3 (3) hardness×the number of crimps≧520 The package of the present invention maintains a favorable package shape and is excellent in unwinding property, whereby a high-quality knit or woven fabric is obtainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunori Yuuki, Shoichi Akita
  • Patent number: 6408607
    Abstract: A method for false twist texturing a synthetic yarn, as well as the thus-produced crimped yarn, wherein a false twist is produced on the yarn at a speed of a false twist unit, which exceeds 2.2 times of the yarn speed and is above a saturation limit for absorbing a false twist in the yarn. The overtwisted yarn is set in the false twist zone at a temperature higher than 200° C. In proportion with the advancing speed, the withdrawal speed does not exceed 1.4 times the advancing speed, and is below 1,000 m/min. With that, a false twist textured crimped yarn is produced, which has large and small cross sections with curls and bows, which alternate with one another and have opposite directions of twist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Barmag AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Nölle
  • Patent number: 6158204
    Abstract: A self-set yarn made from bicomponent fibers forms helical crimps that lock in twist and form bulk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur Talley, Arnold E. Wilkie, Karl H. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 5856005
    Abstract: A permanently flame-retardant and anti-microbial air-textured yarn is formed of a plurality of substantially longitudinally extending, permanently flame-retardant filaments defining a core, and a plurality of substantially randomly extending, permanently anti-microbial filaments disposed at least about the core, the anti-microbial filaments at least partially defining a boucle-like sheath about the core. A knit or woven fabric formed with the yarn and having at lease 5% by weight of the anti-microbial filaments is characterized by an ability to pass, both after one commercial laundering and after 100 commercial launderings, both National Fire Protection Agency vertical flame retardancy test NFPA 701-1989 and at least the 85% reduction level of gram positive and gram negative bacteria of anti-microbial test NYS 63.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Design Tex, Inc.
    Inventor: Martin E. Gurian
  • Patent number: 5644906
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for increasing the dyeability of polyester yarn and comprises heating the partially oriented yarn to a temperature between its crystallization temperature and its melting point while preventing the partially oriented yarn from shrinking, and immediately thereafter draw texturizing the partially oriented yarn to a desired draw ratio and texturization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Wellman, Inc.
    Inventor: Charlie King
  • Patent number: 5640745
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the manufacture of a mixed yarn consisting of two components, continuous filament yarn and staple fibers. The mixed yarn is manufactured by an air jet texturing process. It has been possible to bind the staple fibers undisplaceably into the yarn, and this is ensured by the loops on the continuous filaments produced during texturing. Owing to the formation of a suction zone of the airstream directly before the beginning of actual texturing, the staple fibers can be sucked in and can be blended into the interior of the yarn and can be secured firmly in the yarn by the loops. The invention relates to a new method of manufacture and to an apparatus, or an entire machine, with which the known loop yarn or the new mixed yarn can now be manufactured selectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Heberlein Maschinenfabrik AG
    Inventors: Gotthilf Bertsch, Erwin Schwarz, Albert Rebsamen
  • Patent number: 5462790
    Abstract: In a polyester multi-filament yarn consisting of at least two kinds of false twisted filament yarns having different sectional shapes, the present invention relates to a combined and multi-component false twisted filament yarn which comprises at least one kind of filament yarns having a specific sectional shape not having a recess and the other kind of filament yarns having a specific sectional shape having recesses, and wherein the filament yarns having the respective sectional shapes are dispersedly mix-woven. The present invention relates also to a method of producing such a combined and multi-component false twisted multi-filament yarn and a knitted/woven fabric obtained by using such a yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sadao Matsuki, Moriyuki Motogi, Keitaro Nabeshima, Minoru Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 5414987
    Abstract: A process for treating a ply-twisted crimped multifilament yarn. The process involves adjusting the temperature and moisture content of the yarn prior to passing the yarn through a stuffer box which is essentially free of steam. Excess hot fluid is removed from the yarn, and the yarn's temperature is adjusted to a temperature in the range of about 40.degree. to 90.degree. C. before the yarn is passed through the stuffer box. The yarns may be used for making a textured saxony-type carpets having a tightly tailored surface texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Warren F. Knoff, Theresa A. Weston
  • Patent number: 5358767
    Abstract: Textile structure useful as a reinforcement in the manufacture of composite materials is produced using technical yarns. At least some of the yarns are formed from three constituents, namely a substantially straight core, a relief yarn, and an independent binding yarn. The relief yarn is secured to the core by the binding yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Brochier S.A.
    Inventors: Bruno Bompard, Jean Charles Durand, Jean Paul Lamarie
  • Patent number: 5341632
    Abstract: A yarn with the appearance of a spun yarn, made from polyamide-based filaments. The yarn has crimped bulked parts, and parts which are both tight and interlaced, has a cohesion factor lying between 90 and 140 knots/meter, a Young's modulus lying between 100 and 150 cN/tex, and a difference in orientation between the two populations of filaments, evaluated by measurement of the sonic modulus, lying between 25 and 50 cN/tex. The textile articles obtained from this yarn simultaneously have a soft feel, bulk and strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Fibres
    Inventors: Emmanuel Jung, Christine Raffin
  • Patent number: 5336562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel type of polyolefine yarns with good performance in the manufacture of rugs and carpets, made-up by admixing polypropylene filaments with polyethylene filaments, and by subjecting said filaments mixture to a temperature of from 125.degree. C. up to 130.degree. C., which substantially equals the melting temperature of the polyethylene filaments, whereby said polyethylene filaments become melted while the polypropylene filaments, with higher melting point, remain solid and stable, and with said melting of the polyethylene filaments constituting welding points for said polypropylene filaments, bulking and shaping the resulting yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Pavco S.A.
    Inventor: Miguel Forero
  • Patent number: 5237808
    Abstract: A method of composite yarn formed of a false twist crimped, heat set elastomeric core yarn intermingled with a false twist crimped, substantially heat set partially drawn, non-elastic yarn. The resulting composite yarn is substantially free of alternating "S" and "Z" twists, as well as voids. The composite yarn of the present invention is formed by increasing the number of turns per inch of the false twist and adjusting the operating conditions of the D/Y ratio, draw ratio of the elastic and non-elastic yarns, disc stacking, heat, and the machine speed to achieve a balanced or stable thread line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Unifi, Inc.
    Inventor: O. Lee Gordon, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5069958
    Abstract: A printing blanket having a printing face, a compressible body of material below the printing face and at least one body or reinforcing layer adjacent the compressible layer. The reinforcing layer is a woven fabric having air textured polyester warp and fill yarns therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventor: Alonzo M. Burns, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5035110
    Abstract: A substantially twist-free, crimped, continuous, multifilament yarn containing randomly-spaced, tightly entangled nubs and the process and apparatus used for making such yarns is disclosed. The nub yarn is made by feeding a substantially entanglement-free multifilament crimped continuous yarn through a forwarding jet, through an aspirating entanglement jet where nubs are formed and passing the yarn through a loop guide. The nubs of the yarn are less than one inch in length and the yarn is useful in textile and carpet end uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Thomas L. Nelson
  • Patent number: 4993218
    Abstract: A novel yarn is a bundle of multifiliment supply yarns, preferably at least two, with two alternating lengths in a selected ratio. The first length has alternating sections of entangled filaments forming nodes and unentangled, crimped filaments alternating in closely, substantially randomly-variable spaced sequence. The second length has substantially unentangled crimped filaments. The yarn is characterized by substantially uniform, linear denier and the extent of the second length from node to node is greater than the extent from node to node of any of the second sections of the first length. The yarn presents a space-dyed appearance, especially when multicolored supply yarns are employed, combined with varying textural, effects. Fabrics made of such yarns have novel and pleasing aesthetics. Novel apparatus for making the yarn is taught.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Textured Yarn Company Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan G. Schwartz, Harry A. Prosceno
  • Patent number: 4976097
    Abstract: Disclosed is a level-dyeable mixed false-twisted filament yarn composed of larger denier multifilaments (1) having a denier of 1 to 2.5 and smaller denier multifilaments (2) having a denier of 0.6 or less, which is characterized in that (a) the yarn comprises entangled portions (I) thereof whereat the larger denier filaments and the smaller denier filaments are entangled with one another and opened portions (II) thereof comprising a core composed of the larger denier filaments and a covering composed of the smaller denier filaments, (b) in the coverings of the opened portions, net-like parts thereof are formed by the smaller denier filaments extending obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the yarn and intersecting one another, and scattered therein, (c) the length L.sub.1 of the opened portions is longer than the length L.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Masaaki Yanagihara, Katsutoshi Taniguchi, Masakazu Fujita
  • Patent number: 4969322
    Abstract: A flat multifilament yarn having a very soft unique touch is obtained by arranging two or more types of multifilament yarns having different drawings properties in parallel, and applying a false twisting procedure which includes a twist applying and twist releasing operations to the paralleled multifilament yarn at a temperature of 120.degree. C. or less, and subjecting the resultant false twisted composite yarn to a heat treatment at a temperature of 130.degree. C. or more in a subsequent procedure, the resultant high elongation multifilaments derived from the high drawability multifilaments in the multifilament yarn having a crystallinity (density method) of 10% to 30%, a non-crystalline portion orientation of 0.035 to 0.10, a non-crystalline portion density of 1.31 to 1.36 g/cm.sup.3, and a Young's modulus of 200 to 700 kg/mm.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sasaki, Masayuki Tani
  • Patent number: 4955189
    Abstract: Disclosed is a worsted yarn-like false-twisted yarn composed of large-denier multifilaments having a thickness of at least 4 de and small-denier multifilaments having a thickness of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Masaaki Yanagihara, Katsutoshi Taniguchi, Muneaki Awata
  • Patent number: 4829757
    Abstract: An apparatus for the production of a yarn has a joining group provided with a frame carrying a pneumatic-joining assembly, a unit for conditioning substantially inelastic yarns and feeding them to the pneumatic-joining assembly and a unit for feeding an elastic strand to the latter. A common drive is provided with individually adjustable transmission ratios using conical pulleys and belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Fadis S.P.A.
    Inventor: Armando Canton
  • Patent number: 4802331
    Abstract: A glass fiber bulk strand roving that is made up of a multiplicity of strands, each of which is made up of a plurality of individual fibers, for example, 200 of such fibers. Each strand of the roving has a multiplicity of rather long, axially extending loops, for example, axially extending loops with a calculated length of at least 6 inches, and a multiplicity of shorter, unbroken, cross-axially extending loops that are formed in the axially extending loops of such strands. The axially extending loops and the cross-axially extending loops interengage and intertwine with one another to form a composite entangled structure. The roving of the present invention is made by a process that uses a finger wheel to form axially extending loops in strands and a spinner downstream of the finger wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Owen-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome P. Klink, Hellmut I. Glaser
  • Patent number: 4790136
    Abstract: A glass fiber bulk strand roving that is made up of a multiplicity of strands, each of which is made up of a plurality of individual fibers, for example, 200 of such fibers. Each strand of the roving has a multiplicity of rather long, axially extending loops, for example, axially extending loops with a calculated length of at least 6 inches, and a multiplicity of shorter, unbroken, cross-axially extending loops that are formed in the axially extending loops of such strands. The axially extending loops and the cross-axially extending loops interengage and intertwine with one another for form a composite entangled structure. The roving of the present invention is made by a process that uses a finger wheel to form axially extending loops in strands and a co-axial spinner with an inlet that is positioned above or below the finger wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
    Inventors: Hellmut I. Glaser, William L. Streicher
  • Patent number: 4788816
    Abstract: Method to produce a spun-like textured yarn comprised of one yarn which is substantially fully oriented and the other yarn is partially oriented. The method involves plying the yarns in the draw zone before being pre-textured. The ply point of the plied yarns is located above the entrance to the heater in the draw zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventors: Larry R. Clements, Paul W. Eschenbach
  • Patent number: 4776162
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the manufacture of a glass fiber bulk strand roving which is made up of a multiplicity of strands, each of which is made up of a plurality of individual fibers, for example, 200 of such fibers. Each strand of the roving has a multiplicity of rather long, axially extending loops, for example, axially extending loops with a calculated length of at least 6 inches, and a multiplicity of shorter, unbroken, cross-axially extending loops that are formed in the axially extending loops of such strands. The axially extending loops and the cross-axially extending loops interengage and intertwine with one another to form a composite entangled structure. The roving which is produced by the method and apparatus of the present invention is made by a process that uses an array of inwardly projecting fingers to form axially extending loops in the strands and a spinner with an inlet that is positioned adjacent the fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
    Inventors: Hellmut I. Glaser, William L. Streicher
  • Patent number: 4741151
    Abstract: A glass fiber bulk strand roving that is made up of a multiplicity of strands, each of which is made up of a plurality of individual fibers, for example, 200 of such fibers. Each strand of the roving has a multiplicity of rather long, axially extending loops, for example, axially extending loops with a calculated length of at least 6 inches, and a multiplicity of shorter, unbroken, cross-axially extending loops that are formed in the axially extending loops of such strands. The axially extending loops and the cross-axially extending loops interengage and intertwine with one another to form a composite entangled structure. The roving of the present invention is made by a process that uses a finger wheel to form axially extending loops in strands and a spinner downstream of the finger wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome P. Klink, Hellmut I. Glaser
  • Patent number: 4736578
    Abstract: A method for forming a slub yarn uses conventional false-twist texturing apparatus in combination with one or more air jets to impart striations and/or neps and slubs to continuous filament yarns. Three process configurations are disclosed; each configuration uses one air jet through which yarn passes and which directs turbulent air in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Donald E. Shaffer
  • Patent number: 4711080
    Abstract: A bound spun yarn comprising substantially twistless core fibers and wound fibers wound spirally around the core fibers. The core fibers and the wound fibers have colors different from each other and the number of the wound fibers vary randomly in a longitudinal direction of the yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshimi Shibazaki, Teruo Nakayama
  • Patent number: 4689944
    Abstract: A flat yarn wherein fibers composing a yarn are bonded to each other substantially in a side-by-side manner to form a tape-like flat body and the flat body has a plurality of gear-crimped portions across a width thereof. There may be a plurality of reverse points at which front and back surfaces of the yarn replace each other. The points are twisted in the same direction and positioned at random intervals from each other. The gear-crimped portions are arranged randomly in the lengthwise direction of the yarn. The fibers composing the yarn are bonded to each other in an intermittent manner in the lengthwise direction of the yarn. A fabric made from the flat yarn has an aesthetic appearance and soft touch as well as good crease resistance. A method of production for the same is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahisa Toki, Seiji Satoh, Yoshiaki Matsui, Kunio Morihata, Toyoji Murata
  • Patent number: 4674273
    Abstract: Method to produce a spun-like textured yarn comprised of one yarn which is substantially fully oriented and the other yarn is partially oriented. The method involves plying the yarns in the draw zone before being pre-textured. The ply point of the plied yarns is located above the entrance to the heater in the draw zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventors: Larry R. Clements, Paul W. Eschenbach
  • Patent number: 4663927
    Abstract: A slub yarn, in which a sheath component is wound around a core component to form a plurality of slub portions along the axis of the yarn, which structure is obtained by simultaneously false-twist texturing the core and sheath components. The slub yarn has a feature that the slub portion includes a multilayered winding structure of seven or more layers of the sheath component wound around the core component. A method for producing the slub yarn includes a step of overfeeding a sheath component to a core component in the direction substantially perpendicular to a passage of the core component in a twisting zone of a false-twist texturing machine while the sheath component is guided by a guide repeatedly traversed along a passage of the core component, a distance between the guide and the passage of the core component being kept in a range not shorter than 10 cm. An apparatus for randomly traversing the sheath component along the core component during the false-twist texturing process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takemae, Yasuo Takada, Shuichiro Tokuda, Noriyuki Furukawa, Hitoshi Kodama
  • Patent number: 4656825
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sewing thread comprising the following steps:drawing an undrawn polyester multifilament yarn;preliminarily heat treating the drawn yarn at an effective heat treating temperature before false twisting;then, false twisting the heat treated synthetic multifilament yarn at a temperature of at least 150.degree. C.subjecting the false twisted yarn to a fluid jet treatment under the slackened condition so as to intermittently interlace in a lengthwise direction constituent filaments of the yarn and so as to form protruded portions protruding from the surface of the yarn; andpost-heat treating the interlaced yarn at an effective heat treating temperature being higher than the heat treating temperature of the false twisting.By this method, a thread suitable for sewing can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Negishi, Teiryo Kojima
  • Patent number: 4638624
    Abstract: The present invention provides a false twist crimped yarn having an improved coherent structure which is produced by the specific mode of processing realized by defining the processing conditions of false twist crimping system. Here the unitary effect generally takes the form of a structure in which several of the yarn composing filaments fasciate the rest of the filaments and accordingly the false twist crimped yarn can be submitted to the weaving process without undergoing the sizing, twisting and interlacing required conventionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignees: Teijin Limited, Kitanihon Spinning Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichi Hakoyama, Shigetatu Mori, Yoshiyuki Takebe, Kanya Imaoka
  • Patent number: 4615167
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a yarn or sewing thread from core and effect yarns. The effect yarn is drawn at no higher than a normal drawing ratio for material from which the effect yarn is made and the effect yarn is softened by sufficient heating, in order to prevent rupturing of the effect yarn during drawing. The core or effect yarn is passed through a wetting device to aid aspiration and entanglement of the core and effect yarns in a fluid jet device. The effect yarn is overfed to the jet device to aid in the formation of a highly entangled looped yarn which is subsequently set by a heated roller while contraction of the yarn is prevented. The core yarn can also be drawn at or below its normal drawing ratio in order to aid in developing thread tenacity and ensure an acceptable elongation at break after dyeing or subsequent wet processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Inventor: Neville G. Greenberg
  • Patent number: 4610131
    Abstract: A boucle yarn is produced by entangling a drawn core yarn and an air textured, drawn effect yarn. The air textured, drawn effect yarn provides a plurality of randomly spaced curls or loops around the core yarn to produce the boucle yarn appearance. A number of the random curls or loops are embedded in the core yarn during the entangling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1986
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventors: Paul W. Eschenbach, Andre M. Goineau
  • Patent number: 4578940
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sewing thread comprising the following steps:drawing an undrawn polyester multifilament yarn;preliminarily heat treating the drawn yarn at an effective heat treating temperature before false twisting;then, false twisting the heat treated synthetic multifilament yarn at a temperature of at least 150.degree. C.;subjecting the false twisted yarn to a fluid jet treatment under the slackened condition so as to intermittently interlace in a lengthwise direction constituent filaments of the yarn and so as to form protruded portions protruding from the surface of the yarn; andpost-heat treating the interlaced yarn at an effective heat treating temperature being higher than the heat treating temperature of the false twisting.By this method, a thread suitable for sewing can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Negishi, Teiryo Kojima
  • Patent number: 4574578
    Abstract: Synthetic yarn and yarn-like structures are formed by the method of treating separate multifilament strands of thermoplastics material so that at least one has a shrinkage ratio higher than normal at an elevated temperature. The strands are intermingled in a gas stream with formation of loops on the strands after which they are subjected to a twisting force which imparts a random form of twist on the intermingled formation followed by a heating operation to cause them to shrink differentially while being held until shrinkage ceases so that interlocking bud-like projections form on the filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: J&P Coats Limited
    Inventor: Alexander Scott
  • Patent number: 4567720
    Abstract: A new process is provided for producing highly resilient, textured, continuous multifilament polymeric yarns and combinations of such yarns with other continuous filament yarns and with spun yarns. The unstable or wild loops which form in conventional air jet textured yarns are substantially eliminated in the product yarns of this invention. The product yarns are formed by continuously drawing polymeric yarn under controlled temperature conditions, texturing the yarn in an air jet texturizer and subjecting the textured yarn to saturated steam while restraining the linear shrinkage of the yarn in the presence of the steam, followed by continuous take-up of the yarn on a package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Enterprise Machine & Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel T. Price
  • Patent number: 4519200
    Abstract: Textile yarn having a staple yarn character and including continuous filaments with each continuous filament being formed into coils, loops or whorls at random intervals along its length, each continuous filament having a main body section with a portion thereof along the length of the main body section being intermittently separated from the main body section and a fraction of the intermittently separated portion being broken and providing free ends extending from the main body section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Bobby M. Phillips
  • Patent number: 4513565
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sewing thread comprising the following steps:drawing an undrawn polyester multifilament yarn;preliminarily heat treating the drawn yarn at an effective heat treating temperature before false twisting;then, false twisting the heat treated synthetic multifilament yarn at a temperature of at least 150.degree. C.;subjecting the false twisted yarn to a fluid jet treatment under the slackened condition so as to intermittently interlace in a lengthwise direction constituent filaments of the yarn and so as to form protruded portions protruding from the surface of the yarn; andpost-heat treating the interlaced yarn at an effective heat treating temperature being higher than the heat treating temperature of the false twisting.By this method, a thread suitable for sewing can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Negishi, Teiryo Kojima
  • Patent number: 4489543
    Abstract: Polyester polymer is extruded through converging capillaries at different speeds to merge and form a combined stream. The stream is cooled to form a filament, which is withdrawn at a high speed. A plurality of such filaments are combined into yarn which self-crimps upon heating. In some embodiments, the yarn has a variable denier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Bromley, John R. Dees, Harold M. Familant, Wayne T. Mowe, Darwyn E. Walker
  • Patent number: RE31808
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing novelty yarn with an unusual configuration. An effect yarn is fed to a novelty yarn jet, and a core yarn is fed to a different yarn port in the same jet, the core yarn being maintained substantially taut. The combined core and effect novelty yarn is taken up from the jet and periodically (preferably pseudo-randomly) a pronounced variation in linear density is provided in the combined yarn. This linear density variation is accomplished by introducing a first fluid pulse into the jet at a first position to form a loop in the effect yarn, which loop extends substantially coincident with a portion of the core yarn, and then utilizing a second fluid pulse at a spaced position from the first pulse to impart a spiraling and/or rotating action to the loop of effect yarn to wind the effect yarn around the core yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: Burlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe F. London, Jr., Charles D. Pugh