EP0756030A1 - Procédé pour la fabrication d'un étoffe double face - Google Patents

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EP0756030A1
EP0756030A1 EP95305933A EP95305933A EP0756030A1 EP 0756030 A1 EP0756030 A1 EP 0756030A1 EP 95305933 A EP95305933 A EP 95305933A EP 95305933 A EP95305933 A EP 95305933A EP 0756030 A1 EP0756030 A1 EP 0756030A1
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Karl Lohmueller
Douglas Lumb
Moshe Rock
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B35/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, knitting machines, not otherwise provided for
    • D04B35/34—Devices for cutting knitted fabrics
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B21/00—Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B21/02—Pile fabrics or articles having similar surface features
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06C—FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS
    • D06C11/00—Teasing, napping or otherwise roughening or raising pile of textile fabrics

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  • This invention relates to a fabric that has a raised surface on both faces or sides, and more particularly to a method for making such fabric by utilizing a double needle bar warp knitting machine.
  • a warp knitting machine in the manufacture of velvet.
  • a three-dimensional knit fabric is knit on a machine having two needle beds with multiple guide bars. Two warp knit fabrics with yarn connecting the two fabrics are formed (see U.S. Patent No. 3,855,820). After knitting, the fabrics are split into two pile fabrics by cutting the yarn connecting them.
  • Each of the two fabrics has a flat warp knit side and a pile side. The flat side is known as the technical back and the pile side is known as the technical face of the fabric (Raz, Dr. S.: "Warp Knitting Production,” Verlag Melliand Textilberichte GmbH, Heidelberg).
  • the technical face is brushed to separate the individual fibers in each yarn bundle and create a face finished fabric often referred to as velvet.
  • the flat side, the technical back, is typically not processed and remains in the as-knit state.
  • Warp knit fabrics provide inherent technical features. For example, they can be engineered to have as high a degree of dimensional stability and durability as woven fabrics, properties that are desirable in many end uses and that are not available in weft knit fabrics. Because the velvet on the pile side consists of individual fibers of yarn bundles that are anchored in the warp knit fabric, the velvet is more resilient than other pile fabrics in which the surface is raised by simply tearing fibers out of the stitch. This resilience is maintained, even after repeated laundering, with the result that the velvet look is maintained and fiber clumps are not formed. Warp knit fabrics made on double needle bar machines have the added benefit of providing enhanced thermal properties by control of fabric thickness and density. Warp knit fabrics made on tricot machines (see U.S. Patent No. 4,712,281) can also be face finished on both sides, but do not provide the range of thermal properties or resilience possible on double needle bar equipment.
  • a method of constructing a double face fabric is provided.
  • the first step in the method is to knit a three dimensional fabric using a conventional double needle bar warp knitting machine which has a first knit fabric layer, a second knit fabric layer and a plurality of yarns that interconnect the two knit layers.
  • the yarns connecting the two layers are cut, resulting in two pieces of fabric having a pile surface on one side (the technical face, the side that is cut), and a flat knit surface on the other (the technical back).
  • the technical face is brushed to separate the individual fibers in each yarn bundle to create a velvet.
  • the technical back of each fabric is raised by a conventional process such as napping to form two double face fabrics, each with a velvet surface on the technical face and a raised fleece surface on the technical back.
  • the double face fabric produced by the inventive method may be used in a variety of applications, including coats, sweaters, blazers, blankets, throws and slippers. Either surface of the fabric may be worn against the skin or undergarment of the wearer. If the connecting yarn is treated to be hydrophilic, the velvet side may be worn on the inside and will wick liquid moisture away from the wearer's skin. If the connecting yarn is treated to be water repellent, the velvet side may be worn on the outside to provide the wearer protection from rain. Alternatively, the double face fabric may be treated for durable water repellency by a conventional padding operation during finishing, in which event, either side may be worn on the outside.
  • Another object of the invention is to nap the flat side of the fabric made on a double needle bar warp knitting machine in order to form a double face fabric.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a double face fabric for enhancing the transport of moisture away from the wearer's skin.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a double face fabric having durable water repellency.
  • Yet a further object of the invention is to provide a double face fabric having thermal and insulative properties.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide a double face fabric having a velvet surface whose appearance is unaltered even after repeated laundering.
  • the invention accordingly comprises the several steps and the relation of one or more steps with respect to each of the others, and the material or materials having the features, properties, and relation of constituents which are exemplified in the following detailed disclosure, and the scope of the invention will be set forth in the claims.
  • the double face fabric of the invention is prepared by first knitting a three dimensional knit fabric on a double needle bar warp knitting machine commonly used in the manufacture of single faced velvet and well known in the art.
  • the three dimensional knit fabric includes a first fabric layer, a second fabric layer and a plurality of yarn or yarn elements interconnecting the two layers ( Figure 1).
  • the fabric may be dyed or printed, or the yarns that are used for the layers as well as to connect the layers may be dyed before fabric formation.
  • the yarns may be either of synthetic material such as polyester, acrylic, nylon or olefin, and may be spun or filament (textured or oriented), or natural fibers such as cotton or wool, or of modified natural materials such as rayon or acetate. Mixtures of yarns of the above materials may also be used.
  • the synthetic yarn to connect the layers should be in the range of 0.3 to 6.0 denier per filament or per staple if spun yarn is used.
  • the yarn connecting the layers may have been rendered hydrophilic if wicking properties are required, or it may have been treated to enhance the fabric finishing.
  • the yarn for the layers may be any commercially available yarn since the layers have virtually no effect on the performance characteristics of the fabric.
  • each fabric piece can then be cleaned of loose fibers by additional brushing or napping and sheared to even the height therealong.
  • Each resulting fabric piece thus comprises a velvet fabric surface on one side and a raised fleece surface that is a non-pilling functional velour on the other.

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EP1067226A2 (fr) * 1999-07-02 2001-01-10 Malden Mills Industries, Inc. Etoffe velours à double face
WO2001066841A1 (fr) * 2000-03-08 2001-09-13 S.D. Genoves Miralles, S.L. Procede de fabrication de tissus en poil a deux faces et tissu obtenu au moyen de ce procede
EP1925702A1 (fr) * 2005-09-01 2008-05-28 Silver Ox Inc. Procede de fabrication d'un molleton comportant des faces avant et arriere constituees de fibres differentes
CN102352545A (zh) * 2011-07-01 2012-02-15 临沂绿因工贸有限公司 一种水波纹毛毯及其开发工艺
CN107435185A (zh) * 2017-06-28 2017-12-05 任新庄 一种羊毛毯的制备方法
CN107723918A (zh) * 2017-10-31 2018-02-23 宿迁市神龙家纺有限公司 一种皂洗防霉经编毛毯及其生产工艺
CN109371560A (zh) * 2018-11-13 2019-02-22 中原工学院 通过具有不同厚度的经编间隔织物制备3d假发的方法
CN109505056A (zh) * 2018-11-13 2019-03-22 中原工学院 一种双针床全成形3d多功能复合材料毯的制备装置和方法
IT201700107672A1 (it) * 2017-09-26 2019-03-26 Ger Elettr S R L Macchina perfezionata per il trattamento, la movimentazione e/o la gestione di manufatti laminari.
CN111088593A (zh) * 2019-12-28 2020-05-01 宁波大军长毛绒有限公司 一种仿兔毛面料的制备工艺及其使用的胶水
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US3855820A (en) 1972-05-29 1974-12-24 K Kohl Arrangement for the manufacture of velour
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US4712281A (en) 1986-10-30 1987-12-15 Guilford Mills, Inc. Napped warp-knitted fabric and method of producing same
EP0627517A1 (fr) * 1993-06-02 1994-12-07 Eurl Ertec Procédé pour l'obtention d'un tricot à mailles jetées double face et tricot obtenu par la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé

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US3855820A (en) 1972-05-29 1974-12-24 K Kohl Arrangement for the manufacture of velour
FR2211019A5 (en) * 1972-11-21 1974-07-12 Florin Michel Knitted fabric with reinforcing yarn - and a pile yarn which is brushed to form a pile
DE2857400B1 (de) * 1978-07-24 1981-02-05 Mayer Fa Karl Verfahren zur Herstellung von zwei Florwarenbahnen auf einer Kettenwirkmaschine mit zwei Nadelbarren
US4712281A (en) 1986-10-30 1987-12-15 Guilford Mills, Inc. Napped warp-knitted fabric and method of producing same
EP0627517A1 (fr) * 1993-06-02 1994-12-07 Eurl Ertec Procédé pour l'obtention d'un tricot à mailles jetées double face et tricot obtenu par la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé

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EP1067226A2 (fr) * 1999-07-02 2001-01-10 Malden Mills Industries, Inc. Etoffe velours à double face
EP1067226A3 (fr) * 1999-07-02 2001-03-07 Malden Mills Industries, Inc. Etoffe velours à double face
WO2001066841A1 (fr) * 2000-03-08 2001-09-13 S.D. Genoves Miralles, S.L. Procede de fabrication de tissus en poil a deux faces et tissu obtenu au moyen de ce procede
ES2176072A1 (es) * 2000-03-08 2002-11-16 S D Genoves Miralles S L Procedimiento de fabricacion de tejidos de pelo a dos caras y tejido obtenido con dicho procedimiento.
EP1925702A1 (fr) * 2005-09-01 2008-05-28 Silver Ox Inc. Procede de fabrication d'un molleton comportant des faces avant et arriere constituees de fibres differentes
EP1925702A4 (fr) * 2005-09-01 2010-04-07 Silver Ox Inc Procede de fabrication d'un molleton comportant des faces avant et arriere constituees de fibres differentes
CN102352545A (zh) * 2011-07-01 2012-02-15 临沂绿因工贸有限公司 一种水波纹毛毯及其开发工艺
CN102352545B (zh) * 2011-07-01 2013-11-06 临沂绿因工贸有限公司 一种水波纹毛毯的开发工艺
CN107435185A (zh) * 2017-06-28 2017-12-05 任新庄 一种羊毛毯的制备方法
IT201700107672A1 (it) * 2017-09-26 2019-03-26 Ger Elettr S R L Macchina perfezionata per il trattamento, la movimentazione e/o la gestione di manufatti laminari.
CN107723918A (zh) * 2017-10-31 2018-02-23 宿迁市神龙家纺有限公司 一种皂洗防霉经编毛毯及其生产工艺
DE112018008083T5 (de) 2018-10-17 2021-07-15 Dmitry Valeryevich Marchenkov Volumentrikotage
DE112018008083B4 (de) 2018-10-17 2023-05-11 Dmitry Valeryevich Marchenkov Volumentrikotage
CN109371560A (zh) * 2018-11-13 2019-02-22 中原工学院 通过具有不同厚度的经编间隔织物制备3d假发的方法
CN109505056A (zh) * 2018-11-13 2019-03-22 中原工学院 一种双针床全成形3d多功能复合材料毯的制备装置和方法
CN111088593A (zh) * 2019-12-28 2020-05-01 宁波大军长毛绒有限公司 一种仿兔毛面料的制备工艺及其使用的胶水
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