EP3316751B1 - Frotteestoff mit kontrollierter gewichtsverteilung und daraus hergestellte artikel - Google Patents

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EP3316751B1
EP3316751B1 EP15775354.2A EP15775354A EP3316751B1 EP 3316751 B1 EP3316751 B1 EP 3316751B1 EP 15775354 A EP15775354 A EP 15775354A EP 3316751 B1 EP3316751 B1 EP 3316751B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D27/00—Woven pile fabrics
    • D03D27/02—Woven pile fabrics wherein the pile is formed by warp or weft
    • D03D27/06—Warp pile fabrics
    • D03D27/08—Terry fabrics
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G27/00—Floor fabrics; Fastenings therefor
    • A47G27/02—Carpets; Stair runners; Bedside rugs; Foot mats
    • A47G27/0212—Carpets; Stair runners; Bedside rugs; Foot mats to support or cushion
    • A47G27/0225—Carpets; Stair runners; Bedside rugs; Foot mats to support or cushion for bathrooms
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
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  • the present invention relates to woven terry fabrics and more particularly, to woven terry fabric articles having controlled weight distribution.
  • Woven terry fabric bath and hand towels tend to have a uniform weight distribution from end to end and side to side resulting from a generally uniform construction and height across the length and width of the fabricated finished article.
  • most individuals primarily utilize the central portion of the towel to dry their hands, hair, and bodies, while the ends of the towel are less frequently used for these purposes and more commonly serve to provide a means by which one holds the towel.
  • Laundering towels consumes significant resources.
  • towels tend to be made from hydrophilic materials that require significant amounts of detergents or soaps to clean, water to rinse, and heat to dry.
  • facilities that pay to process towels and other terry cloth articles on a large scale typically pay according to article weight for laundering services. Reducing the weight of towels could reduce the resources and costs to launder the towels.
  • One way to reduce the weight of a towel is to reduce the pile height in the towel.
  • the absorbency of a towel corresponds to the weight of the towel and the total weight of the towel is often a significant influence on the perception of towel quality. As such, a lighter weight towel with a reduced pile height will tend to be less absorbent and will tend to have a less luxurious feel than a heavier weight towel.
  • GB 705341 discloses a method of manufacture of pile fabrics by weaving operations involving pile wires.
  • US 2014/0115783 discloses a thermal blanket having discrete regions of contrasting insulative capacities.
  • aspects of the present invention provide an improved terry fabric. Further aspects of the invention provide improved terry fabric articles, such as towels, having desirable drying characteristics and aesthetics while also having a reduced total weight as compared to the weight of the primary area of use, which decreases the resources necessary to manufacture and launder the terry fabric articles.
  • One way to accomplish this is to vary the height of individual rows or groups of pile yarns so as to create a fabric having a controlled, non-uniform distribution of weight either from side to side or end to end.
  • the resulting terry fabric may be utilized to make a terry fabric article, such as a towel, that is woven so that the expected area of primary use, such as the central area of the terry fabric article, has a weight that may be the same or even greater than the weight of a article made from a conventionally woven fabric having a substantially uniform pile height from end to end.
  • the fabric results in a terry fabric article that is woven so as to reduce the unit weight in aggregate by decreasing the pile heights of rows or groups of pile that are outside of the primary use of the terry fabric article. Control of the pile height variations could facilitate the weaving and fabrication of terry fabric articles that can be more or less imperceptible from conventionally woven terry fabric articles woven with substantially uniform pile height and weight distribution.
  • an aspect of the invention is directed to a terry fabric according to claim 1 that includes a body having a first end and a second end that are opposite one another and a first side edge and a second side edge that are also opposite another and generally perpendicular to the first and second opposite ends.
  • the body also includes a plurality of zones extending across the fabric between the first and second opposite ends or the first and second opposite edges.
  • Each zone of the plurality of zones has a pile with a pile height and the pile height in a zone differs from the pile height in an adjacent zone and the difference between the pile heights in adjacent zones is in a range between about 0.1 mm and about 2 mm.
  • the plurality of zones may include a first zone having a lowest pile height and a second zone having a highest pile height and a first plurality of intermediate zones that are intermediate to the first zone and the second zone.
  • the pile heights in each of the first plurality of intermediate zones incrementally increases from adjacent the first zone to adjacent the second zone.
  • the plurality of zones may further include a third zone having a pile height less than the pile height of the second zone and a second plurality of intermediate zones that are intermediate to the third zone and the second zone.
  • the pile heights in each of the second plurality of intermediate zones incrementally increases from adjacent the third zone to adjacent the second zone.
  • the pile height in at least one zone is less than the pile height in the zones that are on opposite sides of and immediately adjacent to the at least one zone.
  • the fabric may be utilized to produce a terry fabric article, such as a bath mat, a wash cloth, or a towel.
  • a terry fabric, and terry fabric articles made therefrom having a reduced overall weight as compared to the weight of the primary area of use while maintaining the appearance and utility of a heavier weight conventionally woven terry fabric having uniform weight from edge to edge or end to end.
  • a terry fabric 10 is woven in a three-pick terry weave, and includes a top surface 12 and a bottom surface 14, with the surfaces 12, 14 extending between a left selvage 16 and a right selvage 18, as well as a top or trailing end 20 and a bottom or leading end 22.
  • the ground warp ends E 1 , E 2 are formed of yarn C
  • the terry pile loops N are formed of yarns T 1 , T 2
  • the ground fill picks P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 , P 5 , P 6 , P 7 , P 8 are formed of yarn F.
  • the ground warp ends E 1 , E 2 and the ground fill picks P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 , P 5 , P 6 , P 7 , P 8 form the ground fabric.
  • the terry pile loops N form the pile that projects from the surface of the ground fabric.
  • the ground warp yarn C, terry pile loop yarn T 1 , T 2 , and ground fill yarn F are woven together in a three-pick terry weave.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates part of a single warpwise row, the ground warp ends and terry pile loops of the other rows of the terry fabric 10 may be constructed and arranged as shown in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a terry fabric article, in particular, a towel 30 formed from the terry fabric 10 with dashed lines indicating otherwise non-apparent transitions between zones.
  • FIG. 4 which is not drawn to scale, is a partial cross section of the towel 30 of FIG. 3 illustrating the differences in pile height between adjacent zones of terry fabric 10.
  • the exemplary towel 30 in FIGS. 3 and 4 has a body 31 with a length L B extending between the opposite ends 32, 32' of the towel 30 and a width W extending between opposite side edges 34, 34' of the towel 30.
  • the terry fabric 10 of towel 30 includes optional opposite end sections 36, 36' that are separated from the body 31 of the towel 30 by a pair of optional border sections 38, 38'.
  • the body 31 of the towel 30 is illustrated as being divided into a plurality of zones 40, 40', 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46', and 48 that each extend across the width of the towel.
  • the terry fabric 10 could be formed in which the zones 40, 40', 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46', and 48 extend across the length L B of the body 31 of the towel 30 instead of the width W.
  • the towel 30 may be formed without the optional end sections 36, 36' or the optional border sections 38, 38'.
  • the towel 30 may include a hem and a selvage or both around the sides edges 34, 34' and opposite ends 32, 32' and that references herein to extending to the ends 32, 32' and/or edges 34, 34' of the towel 30 contemplates extending to beginning of the hems and/or selvage.
  • the pile in the end zones 40, 40' of the body 31 of the towel 30 adjacent to the border sections 38, 38' have a height h that is the shortest pile in the towel 30.
  • the pile height h increases by an increment y that is not readily apparent upon casual visual inspection.
  • the pile height in the first intermediate zones 42, 42' is thus equal to h + y.
  • the pile height increases by another increment, designated here as 2y, relative to the pile height h PZ in the preceding zones, (i.e., first intermediate zones 42, 42').
  • the pile height in the second intermediate zones 44, 44' is thus equal to h PZ + 2y.
  • the pile height in the third intermediate zones 46, 46' that are adjacent to the second intermediate zones 44, 44' increases by another increment, designated here as 3y, relative to the pile height h PZ in the preceding zones (i.e., second intermediate zones 44, 44').
  • the pile height in the third intermediate zones 46, 46' is thus equal to h PZ + 3y.
  • the pile height in the central zone 48 that is adjacent to the third intermediate zones 46, 46' the pile height increases by another increment, designated here as 4y, relative to the pile height h PZ in the preceding zones (i.e., third intermediate zones 46, 46').
  • the pile height in the central zone 48 is thus equal to h PZ + 4y.
  • the central zone 48 has the highest pile height in the body 31 of the towel 30.
  • the incremental increase y in pile height between the end zones 40, 40' and the first intermediate zones 42, 42' may equal a first value and the incremental increase 2y between the first intermediate zones 42, 42' and the second intermediate zones 44, 44' may be a second value that is greater or smaller than the first value so long as the incremental increase y, 2y, 3y, 4y between adjacent zones 40, 40', 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46', 48 is not readily apparent upon casual visual inspection of the body 31 of the towel 30.
  • the pile heights in the optional end sections 36, 36' and optional border sections 38, 38' may be less than, greater than, or equal to the pile heights of one or more of the zones 40, 40', 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46', 48 of the body 31 of the towel 30.
  • the differences (i.e., incremental increases y, 2y, 3y, 4y) between the pile heights h, h PZ in adjacent zones 40, 40', 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46', 48 of the body 31 of the towel 30 are small enough that the differences are not readily apparent upon casual visual inspection of the towel 30.
  • the difference in pile height between adjacent zones ranges between about 0.1 mm and about 2 mm. In another embodiment, the difference in pile height between adjacent zones may range between about 0.1 mm and about 1.5 mm. In another embodiment, the difference in pile height between adjacent zones may range between about 0.1 mm and about 1 mm.
  • the difference in pile height between adjacent zones may range between about 0.1 mm and about 0.8 mm. In another embodiment, the difference in pile height between adjacent zones may range between about 0.1 mm and about 0.6 mm. In another embodiment, the difference in pile height between adjacent zones may range between about 0.1 mm and about 0.5 mm. In another embodiment, the difference in pile height between adjacent zones may range between about 0.1 mm and about 0.4 mm. In another embodiment, the difference in pile height between adjacent zones may range between about 0.1 mm and about 0.3 mm. In another embodiment, the difference in pile height between adjacent zones may range between about 0.1 mm and about 0.2 mm. In another embodiment, the difference in pile height between adjacent zones may range between about 0.2 mm and about 0.4 mm. In another embodiment, the difference in pile height between adjacent zones may range between about 0.3 mm and about 0.4 mm.
  • the central zone 48 has the highest pile height in the body 31 of the towel 30.
  • the pile height in the zone with the highest pile height is not less than about 110% or more than about 300% of the pile height in the zone with the lowest pile height.
  • the pile height in the zone with the highest pile height is not less than about 125% or more than about 250% of the pile height in the zone with the lowest pile height.
  • the pile height in the end zones 40, 40' of the illustrated embodiment is about 10 mm
  • the pile height of the central zone may range between about 12.5 mm and about 25 mm.
  • the pile height in the zone with the highest pile height is not less than about 125% or more than about 200% of the pile height in the zone with the lowest pile height.
  • the heights of the pile measured as the distance that the pile projects from the ground fabric, may range from between about 5 mm and about 10 mm. If the terry has double sided pile, the total thickness of the pile from both sides of the fabric may range between about 10 mm and about 20 mm.
  • the pile height may also be considered as a function of the terry ratio, which is an expression of the length of yarn consumed for the pile as compared to the ground warp.
  • the fabric may have a terry ratio which ranges between about 3:1 and about 12:1. In another embodiment, the fabric may have a terry ratio which ranges between about 5:1 and 11:1.
  • end zone 40, first intermediate zone 42, the second intermediate zone 44, the third intermediate zone 46, and the central zone 48 each have a different pile height with the end zone 40 having the lowest pile height and the central zone 48 having the highest pile height.
  • These pile heights correspond with the pile heights in the zones at the opposite end of the towel, i.e., end zone 40', first intermediate zone 42', the second intermediate zone 44', the third intermediate zone 46'.
  • the illustrated embodiment utilizes five different pile heights spread across the end zones 40, 40', intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46', and the central zone 48. It will be appreciated that a different number of zones, each having a different pile height relative to their respective adjacent zones may be used.
  • At least four zones from the end zones to the central zone having four different pile heights are used. In another embodiment, at least eight zones from the end zones to the central zone having eight different pile heights are used. In another embodiment, at least twelve zones from the end zones to the central zone having twelve different pile heights are used. In another embodiment, at least sixteen zones from the end zones to the central zone having sixteen different pile heights are used. In another embodiment, at least twenty zones from the end zones to the central zone having twenty different pile heights are used. In another embodiment, the number of zones between the end zones and the central zone may range between four zones and thirty-two zones. In another embodiment, the number of zones between the end zones and the central zone may range between ten zones and thirty zones. In another embodiment, the number of zones between the end zones and the central zone may range between sixteen zones and thirty zones. In another embodiment, the number of zones between the end zones and the central zone may range between twenty zones and thirty zones.
  • the illustrated towel 30 has a central zone 48 surrounded by an equal number of intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46' between the central zone 48 and the two end zones 40, 40'
  • the towel 30 could have an unequal number of intermediate zones between the central zone 48 and the end zones 40, 40'.
  • the first end 32 of the towel 30 may include end zone 40 and a first plurality of intermediate zones and the second end 32' of the towel 30 may include second end zone 40' and a second plurality of intermediate zones, and the number of zones in the first plurality of intermediate zones may be different from the number of zones in the second plurality of intermediate zones.
  • the towel 30 could have a zone at the first end 32 with the shortest pile height and a second zone at the opposite end 32' with the highest pile height and a plurality of intermediate zones with piles heights that incrementally increase from the zone at the first end 32 to the zone at the second end 32' such that the difference between pile heights in adjacent zones is not be readily apparent upon casual visual inspection.
  • the pile heights in adjacent zones may not necessarily increase from one zone to the next across a plurality of zones.
  • the pile heights across a plurality of zones may alternate between lower pile heights and higher pile heights.
  • the towel illustrated in FIG. 3 could be produced such that the pile heights in zones 40 and 44 are higher or lower than the pile height in zones 42 and 46. This pattern of alternating pile heights could continue along the entire length L B of the body 31 of the towel 30 or along a portion of the length of the towel 30.
  • the pile heights could alternate in the end zones 40, 40', the first intermediate zones 42, 42' and the second intermediate zones 44, 44' and then the pile heights could increase incrementally from the second intermediate zones 44, 44' across the third intermediate zones 46, 46' to the central zone 48.
  • each zone 40, 40', 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46', 48 is a transition from the pile height in one zone to the pile height in the adjacent zone.
  • the distance between the transitions from one zone to the next zone defines the widths of each zone.
  • the width W EZ for end zone 40 is defined as the distance between transition 52 to the optional border section 38 and transition 54 to the first intermediate zone 42.
  • the width W CZ for the central zone 48 is defined as the distance between the transitions 56, 58 to the third intermediate zones 46, 46'.
  • the width W CZ of the central zone 48 may be wider than the width of the end zones 40, 40' and the intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46'.
  • the width W CZ is about equal to the width of one or more of the end zones 40, 40' and the intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46'.
  • none of the individual zones i.e., the individual end zones 40, 40', intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46', or central zone 48
  • the width of the individual zones i.e., the individual end zones 40, 40', intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46', or central zone 48
  • the width of the individual zones ranges between about 2% and about 15% of the overall length L B of the body 31 of the towel 30.
  • the width of the central zone 48 is greater than the width of any one of the end zones 40, 40' or intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46' and is not more than about 25% of the overall length L B of the body 31 of the towel 30.
  • the width of the end zones 40, 40' and intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46' may range between about 1% and about 10%, or, alternatively between about 2% and about 5% of the overall length L B of the body 31 of the towel 30.
  • the widths of the end zones 40, 40' and intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46' may range from between about 0.5 inch and about 5 inches and the width W CZ of the central zone 48 would not be more than about 12.5 inches.
  • intermediate zones in addition to the illustrated intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44', 46, 46' may be necessary to span to the distance from the end zones 40, 40' to the central zone 48.
  • the width of the third intermediate zones 46, 46' immediately adjacent to the central zone 48 may be greater than the width of the end zones 40, 40' and the remaining intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44'.
  • the central zone 48 may have a width W CZ that ranges between 5 times and 10 times the widths of the individual end zones 40, 40' and first and second intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44' and the third intermediate zones 46, 46' immediately adjacent the central zone 48 may have a width that ranges between about 3 times and about 6 times the width of the individual end zones 40, 40' and first and second intermediate zones 42, 42', 44, 44'.
  • the yarns defining the ground fill, ground warp, and pile warp of embodiments of the terry fabric 10 may be made of any suitable material including yarns made of natural material, synthetic material, and combinations thereof.
  • the yarns include hydrophilic fibers, such as cotton or other cellulosic fibers that may optionally be blended with synthetic yarns such as polyester in spun or filament yarn form.
  • Such yarns are known in the art.
  • the ground fill and ground warp may be selected of appropriate materials and the pile warp may be selected of the same or different materials, likewise any combination of yarns may be utilized to define the ground fill, ground warp, and pile warp as desired.
  • terry fabrics described herein may be used to manufacture any sort of terry fabric article, such as bath mats, wash cloths, and towels including bath sheets, bath towels, hand towels, and dish towels.
  • terry fabric is woven on a terry loom capable of weaving the terry fabric with the desired pile height in each zone.
  • the terry loom weaves a different pile height for every 48 to 96 pick insertions, which corresponds to about 16 loops to about 32 loops at the desired height in the zone over a distance of about 1 inch to about 2 inches. The number of pick insertions and corresponding loops per zone may be adjusted as necessary to result in zones having the desired widths as discussed above.
  • the resulting towel 30 has the further benefit of requiring less material to manufacture as less yarn will be needed to weave the fabric for the towel 30 due to the lower average pile heights. Further, the lower average pile heights will decrease the weight of the towels 30 which will decrease the resources necessary for laundering the towels 30. This has environmental consequences as less soap and water will be necessary to wash the towels 30 and less energy will be needed to dry the towels 30. This is especially helpful in institutional settings wherein laundering is paid based on the weight of the laundered items. The significant weight reductions in the towel will result in significant savings for institutional users of the towel 30, such as hotels and hospitals, which launder large quantities of towels 30 every day. Thus, the resulting towel 30 provides the same user benefits as heavier towels while reducing the resources required to manufacture and launder the towel 30.
  • the woven terry fabric may include synthetic fibers, filaments, and/or yarns in the pile loops, with the synthetic material being polyester and/or other suitable synthetic material(s).
  • the pile is illustrated herein as a loop pile, cut pile could also be used and is within the scope of the invention.
  • the invention in its broader aspects is therefore not limited to the specific details, representative apparatus and methods and illustrative examples shown and described.

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  1. Frottierstoff, umfassend:
    einen Körper (31) mit einem ersten Ende (32) und einem zweiten Ende (32'), wobei das erste und das zweite Ende zueinander entgegengesetzt sind,
    eine erste Seitenkante (34) und eine zweite Seitenkante (34'), wobei die erste und die zweite Seitenkante zueinander entgegengesetzt und im Allgemeinen rechtwinkelig zu dem ersten und dem zweiten entgegengesetzten Ende sind,
    eine Mehrzahl von Zonen, die sich über den Stoff zwischen einem des ersten und des zweiten entgegengesetzten Endes oder der ersten und der zweiten entgegengesetzten Kante erstrecken,
    wobei die Mehrzahl von Zonen eine erste Zone (40) aufweist, die zu einem des ersten Endes oder der ersten Kante benachbart ist, und eine zweite Zone (40'), die zu dem/der entgegengesetzten zweiten Ende oder zweiten Kante benachbart ist, eine zentrale Zone (48) zwischen der ersten Zone und der zweiten Zone, eine erste Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen (42, 44, 46) zwischen der ersten Zone und der zentralen Zone und eine zweite Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen (42', 44', 46') zwischen der zweiten Zone und der zentralen Zone, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    jede Zone der Mehrzahl von Zonen einen Flor mit einer Florhöhe aufweist, die sich von der Florhöhe in benachbarten Zonen unterscheidet, und die Florhöhe in jeder Zone der ersten Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen größer als die Florhöhe in der ersten Zone und kleiner als die Florhöhe in der zentralen Zone ist, und die Florhöhe in jeder Zone der zweiten Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen größer als die Florhöhe in der zweiten Zone und kleiner als die Florhöhe in der zentralen Zone ist, und der Unterschied der Florhöhe zwischen benachbarten Zonen in einem Bereich zwischen 0,1 mm und 2 mm liegt und die zentrale Zone eine Florhöhe aufweist, die nicht weniger als 110 % der Florhöhe in jeder der ersten und der zweiten Zone beträgt und nicht mehr als 300 % der Florhöhe in jeder der ersten und der zweiten Zone beträgt.
  2. Frottierstoff nach Anspruch 1, wobei die erste Zone (40) eine geringste Florhöhe aufweist und die zentrale Zone (48) eine höchste Florhöhe aufweist und die Florhöhe in jeder der ersten Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen (42, 44, 46), die zwischen der ersten Zone und der zentralen Zone sind, graduell von benachbart zu der ersten Zone zu benachbart zu der zentralen Zone zunimmt.
  3. Frottierstoff nach Anspruch 2, wobei die erste Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen (42, 44, 46) mindestens drei Zwischenzonen aufweist und wobei vorzugsweise die erste Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen in einem Bereich zwischen drei Zwischenzonen und dreißig Zwischenzonen liegt.
  4. Frottierstoff nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 3, wobei die Breite der zweiten Zone (40') nicht größer als 25 % der Länge des Körpers (31) ist und die Breite der übrigen Zonen in einem Bereich zwischen 1 % bis 25 % der Länge des Körpers liegt.
  5. Frottierstoff nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, wobei die zweite Zone (40') eine geringere Florhöhe als die Florhöhe der zentralen Zone (48) aufweist und die Florhöhe in jeder der zweiten Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen (42', 44', 46') graduell von benachbart zu der zweiten Zone zu benachbart zu der zentralen Zone zunimmt.
  6. Frottierstoff nach Anspruch 5, wobei die zweite Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen (42', 44', 46') mindestens drei Zwischenzonen aufweist und wobei vorzugsweise die zweite Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen in einem Bereich zwischen drei Zwischenzonen und dreißig Zwischenzonen liegt.
  7. Frottierstoff nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei ein Unterschied zwischen der Florhöhe in benachbarten Zonen in einem Bereich zwischen 0,1 mm und 0,6 mm liegt und/oder wobei die Florhöhe, gemessen als die Strecke, die der Flor von einer Seite des Grundgewebes vorsteht, in einem Bereich zwischen 5 mm und 10 mm liegt.
  8. Frottierstoff nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, wobei der Stoff eine erste Garnlänge in dem Flor und eine zweite Garnlänge in der Grundkette aufweist und das Verhältnis der Garnlänge in dem Flor zu der Garnlänge in der Grundkette in einem Bereich zwischen 3:1 und 12:1 liegt.
  9. Frottierstoff nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei der Körper (31) eine Länge und eine Breite aufweist und jede der Mehrzahl von Zonen eine Länge und eine Breite aufweist, die im Allgemeinen rechtwinkelig zu der Länge und Breite des Körpers sind, und die Breite jeder der Mehrzahl von Zonen nicht größer als 25 % der Länge des Körpers ist, und wobei vorzugsweise die Breite jeder der Mehrzahl von Zonen in einem Bereich zwischen 1 % bis 25 % der Länge des Körpers liegt.
  10. Frottierstoff nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, wobei die Florhöhe in der ersten Zone (40) gleich der Florhöhe in der zweiten Zone (40') ist.
  11. Erzeugnis aus Frottierstoff, umfassend den Frottierstoff nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10.
  12. Erzeugnis aus Frottierstoff nach Anspruch 11, wobei das Erzeugnis aus Frottierstoff ausgewählt ist aus der Gruppe bestehend aus einer Badematte, einem Waschlappen und einem Handtuch, und wobei vorzugsweise das Handtuch ausgewählt ist aus der Gruppe bestehend aus einem Badelaken, einem Badetuch, einem Handtuch und einem Geschirrtuch.
  13. Erzeugnis aus Frottierstoff nach einem der Ansprüche 11 oder 12, ferner umfassend einen ersten Endabschnitt (36), benachbart zu dem ersten Ende (32) des Körpers (31), und einen zweiten Endabschnitt (36'), benachbart zu dem zweiten Ende (32') des Körpers, und vorzugsweise ferner umfassend einen ersten Grenzabschnitt (38) zwischen dem ersten Endabschnitt und dem ersten Ende des Körpers und einen zweiten Grenzabschnitt (38') zwischen dem zweiten Endabschnitt und dem zweiten Ende des Körpers.
  14. Verfahren zum Weben des Frottierstoffs nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, umfassend Weben eines Frottierstoffs mit einer Mehrzahl von Zonen, die sich über den Stoff zwischen einem des ersten und des zweiten entgegengesetzten Endes (32, 32') oder der ersten und der zweiten entgegengesetzten Seitenkante (34, 34') erstrecken,
    wobei die Mehrzahl von Zonen eine erste Zone (40) aufweist, die zu einem des ersten Endes oder der ersten Kante benachbart ist, und eine zweite Zone (40'), die zu dem/der entgegengesetzten zweiten Ende oder zweiten Kante benachbart ist, eine zentrale Zone (48) zwischen der ersten Zone und der zweiten Zone, eine erste Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen (42, 44, 46) zwischen der ersten Zone und der zentralen Zone und eine zweite Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen (42', 44', 46') zwischen der zweiten Zone und der zentralen Zone, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    jede Zone der Mehrzahl von Zonen einen Flor mit einer Florhöhe aufweist, die sich von der Florhöhe in benachbarten Zonen unterscheidet, und die Florhöhe in jeder Zone der ersten Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen größer als die Florhöhe in der ersten Zone und kleiner als die Florhöhe in der zentralen Zone ist, und die Florhöhe in jeder Zone der zweiten Mehrzahl von Zwischenzonen größer als die Florhöhe in der zweiten Zone und kleiner als die Florhöhe in der zentralen Zone ist, und der Unterschied der Florhöhe zwischen benachbarten Zonen in einem Bereich zwischen 0,1 mm und 2 mm liegt und die zentrale Zone eine Florhöhe aufweist, die nicht weniger als 110 % der Florhöhe in jeder der ersten und der zweiten Zone beträgt und nicht mehr als 300 % der Florhöhe in jeder der ersten und der zweiten Zone beträgt.
  15. Frottierstoff nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10 oder Verfahren nach Anspruch 14, wobei der Unterschied der Florhöhe zwischen benachbarten Zonen bei einer überblicksmäßigen visuellen Inspektion nicht offensichtlich ist.
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