EP3369849A1 - Verfahren zur herstellung eines gewebten länglichen flexiblen schlauchs - Google Patents

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EP3369849A1
EP3369849A1 EP17159072.2A EP17159072A EP3369849A1 EP 3369849 A1 EP3369849 A1 EP 3369849A1 EP 17159072 A EP17159072 A EP 17159072A EP 3369849 A1 EP3369849 A1 EP 3369849A1
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Hugh Finn
Simon Valkenburg
Ralf Koehnen
Gary Wootton
Andy HOLLIES
Kai-Stephan Müller
Detlef Hein
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D1/00—Woven fabrics designed to make specified articles
    • D03D1/02—Inflatable articles
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    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D11/00—Double or multi-ply fabrics not otherwise provided for
    • D03D11/02—Fabrics formed with pockets, tubes, loops, folds, tucks or flaps
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D15/00—Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used
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    • D03D15/43—Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used characterised by the structure of the yarns or threads with differing diameters
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D49/00—Details or constructional features not specially adapted for looms of a particular type
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  • the present invention relates to a method of producing a woven elongate flexible tube. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of producing a woven elongate flexible tube suitable for use in producing an inflatable safety belt.
  • Conventional safety belts such as those more commonly known as seat belts and which are provided in motor vehicles as occupant restraints, typically comprise lengths of webbing strap which are woven from warp and weft yarns.
  • webbing strap which are woven from warp and weft yarns.
  • the tensile strength of such safety belts is of primary importance, and so such belts are conventionally woven using relative heavy warp yarns which have a sufficiently high linear mass density to ensure adequate tensile strength in the finished belt.
  • Airbags typically supplement simple seat belt restraint mechanisms in order to provide additional protection to vehicle occupants in the event of a crash occurring. Whilst airbags have proliferated over recent years, and can now be very sophisticated and adaptable in order to optimize the supplementary protection that they offer in addition to that provided by a conventional seat belt, there can be some situations in which the level of protection offered to a vehicle occupant can be improved even further. For example, it can be difficult to provide an airbag which is suitably or reliably positioned to provide adequate protection to a rear seat passenger of a motor vehicle, due to the fact that the front seats of most vehicles configured to carry rear seat passengers are moveable in a fore-and-aft manner and/or in a tilting manner.
  • the rear seats may also be moveable, which can also contribute to difficulties in reliably positioning a fronts-seat-mounted airbag to provide adequate protection for a rear seat passenger.
  • a conventional airbag to be installed in the rear of a front seat of a vehicle, so as to deploy in front of a rear seat passenger sitting behind it, then the actual position of the airbag in front of the rear seat passenger can vary considerably depending on where the front and rear seats are actually positioned in relation to one another. This makes it extremely difficult to design and construct a suitable airbag for deployment from the front seat to reliably protect a rear seat passenger regardless of where the front seat is actually positioned.
  • Previously proposed inflatable safety belts of the type noted above are typically provided in the form of an elongate woven tube, comprising both relatively heavy and thick yarns in a central region to provide similar tensile strength characteristics to conventional safety belts, and also relatively light and thin yarns to define a lighter weight and more flexible inflatable region of the belt.
  • the inflatable region is thus defined by relatively lightweight woven fabric, which is folded inwardly between a pair of opposed and relatively heavy woven plies during normal use of the safety belt, but which expands therefrom upon inflation.
  • An inflatable safety belt of this type is disclosed in CA2319832A .
  • inflatable safety belts of the type described above have been found to be difficult to weave in a reliable or convenient manner, due to the different weight and thickness of yarns involved, and the need to weave different features into various regions across the belts.
  • a method of producing a woven elongate flexible tube suitable for use in producing an inflatable safety belt involves the steps of: providing a plurality of yarns including at least one weft yarn and a plurality of warp yarns, said plurality of warp yarns including at least a first set of warp yarns and a second set of warp yarns, wherein the warp yarns of said first set have a higher linear mass density than the warp yarns of said second set; simultaneously weaving a pair of plies from said yarns in superimposed relation to one another and such that the plies become interwoven and interconnected by a pair of transversely spaced-apart and substantially longitudinally-extending woven seams between which said tube is defined, each said ply being woven from at least one said weft yarn and a plurality of said warp yarns drawn from both said first set and said second set; wherein said weaving involves: i) using warp yarns drawn solely from said first set to weave a central
  • said first and second shedding mechanisms are of different types or configurations to one another.
  • said method involves the use of a plurality of said weft yarns.
  • said woven seams are woven from warp yarns drawn solely from said second set.
  • said first shedding mechanism may be a Dobby mechanism.
  • the first shedding mechanism may be a cam motion mechanism.
  • said Dobby mechanism comprises a plurality of first healds through which warp yarns of said first set pass
  • said Jacquard mechanism comprises a plurality of second healds through which warp yarns of said second set pass, said first healds being arranged for movement at a different longitudinal position to said second healds, relative to a weaving direction in which said warp yarns are fed during said weaving.
  • said Dobby mechanism comprises a plurality of heald frames, each heald frame being operable independently to move a respective group of said first healds in synchronism.
  • said Dobby mechanism comprises twelve heald frames.
  • said first healds are located behind said second healds, relative to said weaving direction.
  • said heald frames are arranged for independent movement adjacent one another, and are all located behind said second healds of the Jacquard mechanism, relative to said weaving direction.
  • said shedding process involves the creation of a first shed amongst said first set of warp yarns using said non-Dobby mechanism, and a second shed amongst said second set of warp yarns using said Jacquard mechanism, wherein said first shed is larger than said second shed.
  • said weaving involves a beating process which uses a graduated reed through which said warp yarns pass, said graduated reed comprising a plurality of spaced-apart dent wires and being configured so as to comprise: i) at least one coarse region in which said dent wires are arranged to define relatively large dents therebetween and through which warp yarns of said first set extend; and ii) fine regions in which said dent wires are arranged to define relatively small dents therebetween and through which warp yarns of said second set extend.
  • said warp yarns are drawn from a plurality of beams.
  • the warp yarns of said first set may be drawn from a plurality of beams, and the warp yarns of said second set are drawn from at least one beam.
  • the warp yarns of said first set have a substantially equal linear mass density to one another
  • the warp yarns of said second set have a substantially equal linear mass density to one another
  • the warp yarns of said first set have a linear mass density in the range of 900 to 1100 dtex.
  • the warp yarns of the second set have a linear mass density in the range of 90 to 550 dtex.
  • the warp yarns of said second set have a linear mass density in the range of 200 to 300 dtex.
  • the warp yarns of said second set have a linear mass density of approximately 160 dtex.
  • the method may involve a picking process which uses a double-rapier mechanism.
  • the method may be configured to weave a plurality of said elongate flexible tubes substantially simultaneously; wherein a web of fabric is woven from said yarns; the web incorporating said plurality of tubes in adjacent and substantially parallel relationship to one another, each said tube being formed from a respective pair of said superimposed plies and between a respective pair of said woven seams; and the web comprising a respective region, located between each pair of adjacent tubes, which is woven from warp yarns drawn solely from said second set.
  • the or each said tube is woven such that said central tensile load-bearing regions of its constituent plies are substantially straight and of constant width, and such that its said woven seams diverge and converge at positions along its length so as to define at least one widened region of said tube which is wider than other parts of said tube.
  • each said tube is woven so as to comprise a plurality of said widened regions in longitudinally spaced-apart relation to one another, the web being woven such that the widened regions of each said tube are at least partially transversely overlapping and are longitudinally interdigitated with those of the or each adjacent tube.
  • figure 1 illustrates a length of an elongate flexible tube 1 of a type which may be woven via the method of the present invention. It is to be appreciated at the outset that the method of the present invention may be used to weave a tube which is considerably longer than the length illustrated in figure 1 , which is simply intended to illustrate key features of the flexible tube 1 in a clear manner.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the flexible tube 1 in transverse cross-section along line II-II denoted in figure 1
  • figure 4 illustrates the flexible tube 1 in transverse cross-section along line IV-IV denoted in figure 1 .
  • the flexible tube comprises an upper woven fabric ply 2 and a lower woven fabric ply 3.
  • the two plies 2, 3 are arranged in superimposed relation to one another and are interwoven in their edge regions by a pair of transversely spaced-apart and substantially longitudinally-extending woven seams 4 which serve to interconnect the two plies 2, 3 to form the tube 1 therebetween.
  • the woven seams 4 thus serve to define opposite edges of the tube 1.
  • yarns of the two plies 2, 3 are interwoven via a one-piece weaving technique which is known per-se.
  • the woven seams 4 diverge at a first longitudinal position along the tube 1, and converge at second longitudinal position, so as to thereby form a pair of opposed wings 5 which define a widened region of the tube 1.
  • Each wing 5 is located on the opposite side of a generally straight central region 6 of the tube 1.
  • the wings 5 actually form regions of the two plies 2, 3 between which the tube is defined.
  • the tube 1 is woven from a plurality of warp yarns 7 and a plurality of weft yarns 8.
  • the warp yarns 7 comprise two distinct types, namely a first set of warp yarns 7a and a second set of warp yarns 7b.
  • the warp yarns 7a of the first set have a higher linear mass density than the warp yarns 7b of the second set, and are thus thicker and heavier than the warp yarns 7b of the second set.
  • figure 3 which denotes the different types of warp yarns 7 in the transverse cross-section II-II illustrated in figure 2 (i.e. through a relatively narrow region of the tube 1 not having wings 5)
  • warp yarns 7a of the first set are used in transversely central regions of the two plies 2, 3, and warp yarns 7b of the second set are used in the woven edge seams 4.
  • the wings 5 are woven from warp yarns 7b of the second set (i.e. those having a relatively low linear mass density), whilst the warp yarns 7a of the first set continue to run through central regions of the two plies 2, 3.
  • the first set of warp yarns 7a will all be identical and will thus have a substantially equal linear mass density to one another, which may be in the range of 900 to 1100 dtex.
  • the second set of warp yarns 7b may also all be identical to one another, so as to have a substantially equal linear mass density to one another, and which may be in the range of 90 to 550 dtex, optionally 200 to 300 dtex.
  • the linear mass density of the warp yarns 7b of the second set may be approximately 160 dtex.
  • weft yarns 8 may have similar characteristics to the warp yarns 7b of the second set, and may thus have a linear mass density in the range of 90 to 550 dtex, optionally 200 to 300 dtex, and in some embodiments approximately 160 dtex.
  • main tensile strength requirements of safety belts are longitudinal, with transverse tensile strength being of considerably less importance.
  • all of the yarns 7, 8 may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • the two plies 2, 3 may be interconnected by additional stitched tear-seams 9 along respective opposed edges of their central regions 6.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrated transverse cross-sections of the tube 1 after it has been turned inside out, with figure 5 illustrating the region of the tube 1 denoted at line II-II in figure 1 , and figure 6 illustrating the widened region of the tube 1 denoted at line IV-IV in figure 1 .
  • the process of turning the tube 1 inside out serves to pull the woven interconnecting side seams 4 of the tube inside the tube.
  • the cavity 12 Upon injection of a large volume of inflating gas into the cavity 12 of the safety belt 10, for example from an inflator of type known per se, the cavity 12 will be caused to expand. In the region of the safety belt 10 comprising the folded wings 5, the flow of inflating gas will serve to expand the wings 5, breaking the tear seams 9, such that the wings 5 will inflate outwardly from opposite sides of the safety belt 10, thereby forming an inflated airbag at an appropriate position along the safety belt 10.
  • FIG 7 there is illustrated a length of an elongate web of fabric 13 which may be woven via the method of the present invention, and which incorporates a plurality of the above-described elongate flexible tubes 1 formed in adjacent and substantially parallel relationship to one another.
  • the specific web 13 illustrated incorporates four tubes 1, although it is to be appreciated that more or fewer tubes 1 could be formed within the web 13 without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • each of the flexible tubes 1 illustrated in figure 7 has more than one widened region 14 comprising the above-described wings 5. It is furthermore to be appreciated that figure 7 only illustrates a short length of the web 13, comprising two such widened regions 14 of each tube 1.
  • the web 13 will be woven in a continuous manner so as to be of very significant length, and will incorporate a plurality of flexible tubes 1 with each tube having a large number of widened regions 14 formed at longitudinally spaced-apart positions along its length.
  • each tube 1 will have its widened regions 14 formed at a much greater longitudinal spacing from one another than illustrated in figure 7.
  • Figure 7 is thus not to scale and is provided for illustrative purposes only.
  • Figure 7 furthermore illustrates how adjacent flexible tubes 1 may be nested against one another, so as to maximise the number of tubes 1 that may be formed across the width of the web 13.
  • the widened regions 14 of each tube are formed so as to be at least partially transversely overlapping and are longitudinally interdigitated with those of the or each adjacent tube 1.
  • the web 13 may be woven on a special power loom which is configured to weave the adjacent flexible tubes 1 simultaneously, and also to weave the respective plies 2, 3 of each tube 1 simultaneously.
  • Each of the tubes 1 is woven so as to have the characteristics described above, and so the web 13 will be woven using warp yarns drawn from both said first set of warp yarns 7a and said second set of warp yarns 7b.
  • each tube 1 will be cut from the web, by creating cuts through the fabric of the web along the woven edges 4 of the tubes.
  • each tube 1 will thus comprise a plurality of widened regions 14 at spaced-apart positions along its length.
  • Each tube 1 may thus be used to produce a plurality of inflatable safety belts, as it is envisaged that each safety belt will require only one widened region 14 to define a single inflatable region of the belt.
  • the tubes 1 may thus each be cut into a plurality of smaller lengths, with the dashed lines 17 in figure 7 denoting appropriate cut lines. Each cut line 17 is located between successive widened regions 14 along the length of the tube 1. Thereafter, the resulting shorter lengths of tube may be turned inside out to form respective safety belts 10 as described above.
  • FIG 8 is a schematic illustration showing the primary features of a power loom 18 which is specifically configured to implement the method of the present invention.
  • the warp yarns 7 are drawn into the mechanism of the loom 18 from a plurality of warp beams 19 at the rear of the loom on which the yarns are initially wound, and are then drawn through a shedding system 20, and subsequently through a beating mechanism 21.
  • the weft yarns 8 are inserted via a weft insertion mechanism (not shown in figure 8 ), and the resulting woven web 13 is then taken up on a fabric beam 22 at the front of the loom 18.
  • Figure 9 is a perspective view from the rear of the loom 18, and from the opposite side to that illustrated in figure 8 , and illustrates a possible arrangement of the warp beams 19.
  • the plurality of warp beams 19 comprises a pair of primary first warp beams 19a, and a single second warp beam 19b which is located closer to the mechanism of the loom, and thus in front of the two first warp beams 19a.
  • the two first warp beams 19a are wound with a plurality of the first (relatively high linear mass density) warp threads 7a
  • the second warp beam 19b is wound with a plurality of the second (relatively low linear mass density) warp threads 7b.
  • the plurality of warp beams 19 may further comprise one or more smaller secondary warp beams 19c, each of which may be wound with warp yarns 7 of a slightly different characteristics to those wound on the primary beams 19a, 19b.
  • the or each secondary warp beams 19c may be wound with warp yarns of slightly lower linear mass density than the aforementioned first warp yarns 7a, but somewhat higher than that of the aforementioned second warp yarns 7b, and may be used to form relatively soft edges to the central regions 6 of the two plies 2, 3 of each tube 1.
  • the provision of a plurality of beams 19 allows the convenient supply of various different types of warp yarns to the loom 18.
  • one or more of the primary beams 19a, 19b, 19c may be wound with more than one different type of warp yarn 7, even if differing only in colour, in which case the relevant beam may be provided with one or more flanges along its length to separate the different types of warp yarn 7.
  • the shedding system 20 is configured and operable to create a shed 23 in the warp yarns 7, as will be understood by those of skill in the art.
  • the shed 23 is created by selectively lifting the warp yarns 7 in a predetermined manner so as to create a desired pattern in the weave of the fabric of the web 13.
  • the desired pattern for the central tensile load-bearing regions 6 of the plies 2, 3 of each tube will be different to the desired pattern for the more flexible wings 5 of the plies, and also different to the desired pattern for the woven edge seams 4 and the web regions 15, 16 adjacent and between the tubes 1.
  • the shedding system 20 is computer-controlled via an electronic control unit 24.
  • the shedding system 20 furthermore comprises a first shedding mechanism 25 which is configured to lift the warp yarns 7a of the first set, and a second shedding mechanism 26 which is configured to lift the warp yarns 7b of the second set.
  • the first and second shedding mechanisms 25, 26 are of different types/configurations to one another, and in the particular power loom 18 illustrated; the first shedding mechanism 25 is provided in the form of a Dobby mechanism, and the second shedding mechanism 26 is provided in the form of a Jacquard mechanism, both of which will be understood by those of skill in the art, and both of which are independently controlled by the electronic control unit 24.
  • the Dobby mechanism 25 could be substituted by another type of (non-Jacquard) shedding mechanism such as, for example, a cam motion mechanism of a type understood by those of skill in the art.
  • the Dobby mechanism 25 comprises a plurality of heald frames 27, of which only one is illustrated schematically in figure 8 for the sake of simplicity.
  • Each heald frame 27 supports a plurality of first healds 28 which hang downwardly from the heald frame 27 and which each have an eye 29 at their lowermost end through which a respective warp yarn 7a of the first set passes, as shown most clearly in figure 12 .
  • the heald frames 27 are arranged adjacent one another in an array, and are independently vertically moveable in respective guides 30 at the sides of the loom 18, as shown most clearly in figure 11 , under the control of the electronic control unit 24.
  • the particular loom 18 illustrated is equipped with twelve heald frames 27, but as will be noted from figure 11 , the loom 18 has some vacant guides 30 and so could be equipped with more heald frames 27 in other embodiments. Indeed, fewer than twelve heald frames 27 could also be used in some embodiments.
  • the Jacquard mechanism comprises a large number of harness chords 31, each of which is connected to a respective second heald 32 at its lowermost end.
  • the second healds 32 each have an eye 33 formed at their lowermost ends, through which respective warp yarns 7b of the second set pass, as illustrated most clearly in figure 10 .
  • the heald frames 27 of the Dobby mechanism 25 are located behind the harness cords 31 of the Jacquard mechanism 26, relative to the weaving direction of the loom indicated by arrow D in figure 8 .
  • the Dobby mechanism 25 is operable to lift warp yarns 7a of the first set to a greater height that to which the Jacquard mechanism 26 lifts the warp yarns 7b of the second set, such that a first shed is created amongst said first set of yarns 7a which is larger than a second shed which is created amongst said second set of yarns 7b. This is to ensure that the sheds are both sufficiently large in their forwardmost regions to permit the weft yarns 8 to be inserted cleanly by the weft insertion mechanism.
  • the harness cords 31, and their associated second healds 32, of the Jacquard mechanism are arranged in groups which are spaced apart across the width of the loom 18.
  • the first healds 28 of the Dobby mechanism 25 are arranged in groups, the groups of first healds 28 being located between the groups of second healds 32.
  • the yarns 7a of the first set are arranged in groups corresponding to the positions of the first healds 28 of the Dobby mechanism 25, whilst the yarns 7b of the second set are arranged therebetween in groups corresponding to the positions of the second healds 32 of the Jacquard mechanism 26.
  • the Dobby mechanism 25 may be used to create the shed 23 amongst the relatively thick and heavy warp yarns 7a of the first set, whilst the Jacquard mechanism 26 may be used to create the shed 23 amongst the relatively thin and lightweight warp yarns 7b of the second set.
  • This relative operation of the two mechanisms provides significant benefits to the weaving process for forming the tubes 1 in the web 13 of fabric.
  • the Dobby mechanism 25 is well suited to shedding the relatively heavy yarns 7a of the first set, in regions of the web 13 defining the central tensile load-bearing regions 6 of the plies 2, 3, for which relatively simple and regular weave patterns are considered preferable in terms of the desired properties of a finished safety belt 10.
  • the Dobby mechanism 25 is not suited to shedding the relatively light yarns 7b of the second set in regions of the web where the more flexible wings 5 of the plies and the interconnecting woven seams 4 are formed.
  • the beating mechanism 21 comprises a reed 34 which extends across the width of the loom 18 and which moved by the mechanism between a rearward position (illustrated) to facilitate insertion of the weft yarn 8 through the shed 23, and a forward position in which it urges the last inserted length of weft yarn 8 against the fell 35 of the web 13.
  • the reed 34 comprises a plurality of spaced-apart dent wires 36 between which there are defined dents 37 through which the warp yarns 7 pass.
  • the reed 34 is actually graduated in the sense that it comprises coarse regions 38 (only one illustrated in figure 13 ) in which the dent wires 36 are relatively widely spaced-apart so as to define relatively large dents 37 therebetween, and fine regions 39 in which the dent wires 36 are relatively closely spaced-apart so as to define relatively small dents 37 therebetween.
  • the coarse regions 38 of the reed 34 are transversely aligned with the groups of first healds 28 of the Dobby mechanism 25, whilst the fine regions are transversely aligned with the groups of second healds 32 of the Jacquard mechanism.
  • the coarse regions 38 of the reed 34 are thus arranged to receive yarns 7a of the first set through their dents 37, and the fine regions 39 are arranged to receive yarns 7b of the second set through their dents 37.
  • the graduated reed 34 is thereby specifically configured to move reliably through the warp yarns of both sets, and to neatly beat the weft yarns 8 against the fell 35.
  • FIG 14 illustrates part of a weft insertion mechanism 40 which is suitable for use in the present invention. It is to be appreciated, however, that alternative types of weft insertion mechanism could be used instead.
  • the specific weft insertion mechanism 40 illustrated is configured to insert two identical weft yarns 8 simultaneously, and thus comprises a pair of weft yarn packages 41 (only one being shown) in the form of reels of identical yarn.
  • the two weft yarns 8 extend from their respective yarn packages 41 and into respective weft accumulators 42, each of which has a weft feeder 43 which presents the respective weft yarn 8 to a first rapier (not shown in figure 14 ).
  • the rapier is configured and operable, under the control of the electronic control unit 24, to collect the two weft yarns 8 from one side of the loom 18 and then move rapidly across the loom, through the shed 23 created amongst the warp yarns 7 by the Dobby and Jacquard mechanisms, and between the reed 34 and the fabric edge 35.
  • Figure 15 shows a rapier 44, which also forms part of the weft insertion mechanism 40 but which is initially located on the opposite side of the loom.
  • a rapier 44 which also forms part of the weft insertion mechanism 40 but which is initially located on the opposite side of the loom.
  • the first rapier which is initially located adjacent the weft feeders 43 carries the two weft yarns 8 towards the second rapier 44, and when the two rapiers meet in a transversely central region of the loom, the second rapier collects the two weft yarns 8 from the first rapier.
  • the two rapiers return to their outward positions by moving rapidly apart from one another, and in so doing the second rapier carries the two weft yarns 8 the rest of the way through the shed 23, thereby completing a pick.
  • the beating mechanism 21 then operates to move the reed 34 forwards so that it beats the just inserted length of the two weft yarns 8 against the fell 35, and then backwards so that it returns to its rearmost position illustrated in figure 8 to permit the two rapiers then to move towards one another; this time the second rapier carrying the two weft yarns 8 through the first part of the shed 23 before passing them on to the first rapier which then carries the weft yarns 8 through the rest of the shed 23 as the rapiers then move apart again, thereby completing another pick.
  • the wings 8 will define the widened inflatable regions of the finished safety belts 10 and must be capable of being tightly folded between the central regions 6 of the two plies 2, 3 when the flexible tube 1 is turned inside out to form the safety belt 10. It is to be appreciated, however, the insertion process of the present invention could nevertheless involve the insertion of just a single weft yarn 8, or indeed in other embodiments could involve the insertion of more than two weft yarns 8.
  • Figure 16 illustrates the fell region of a web 13 being woven via the method of the present invention, and which comprises a large number of flexible tubes 1.
  • the central regions 6 of the uppermost plies 2 of each tube are clearly visible, as indeed are the woven edge seams 4.
  • Figure 17 illustrates a region of a web 13 after it has been removed from the loom 18, and which incorporates two pairs of flexible tubes 1 ready to be cut from the web in the manner described above.

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