JP2000170056A - Towel cloth - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain towel cloth having soft and kind touch feeling for the skin, excellent in pile-up property, morphological retention and stability and well displaying permeability, hygroscopic property and divergence of sweat or the like. SOLUTION: This towel cloth comprises a towel cloth A composed of single- sided pile structure or double-side pile structure and having tall piles 2 and short piles 3 on a base cloth 1 wherein arrays of the short piles 3 are arranged alternately or each several arrays to arrays of the tall piles 2, the tall pile fiber consists of soft fiber and the short pile fiber consists of fiber having more shape retention than the tall pile fiber.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a towel that can be widely used mainly for sheets and partial mats in bedding, mats for various types of leisure and sports, bath mats, and other rugs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Toweling fabrics woven with a single-sided pile structure or a double-sided pile structure are not only general towels, but also sheets and partial mats in bedding for bedridden elderly and sick people. It is frequently used for bath mats and others.

[0003] By the way, in conventional toweling, it is common that all pile yarns are made of the same material in nature. Usually, the pile yarns vary depending on the use, but the pile yarns include cotton yarns and the like. Fiber yarns having a relatively soft tactile sensation, for example, so-called cotton non-twist yarns obtained by decomposing cotton yarns are used.

[0004] However, toweling using such pile yarns is soft and gentle on the skin, but the pile has no stiffness and lacks pile standing (shape retention) and restoring properties. Is liable to collapse and fall. Therefore, when this is used for bed sheets or partial mats for bedridden elderly people or sick people, it is not possible to ensure sufficient ventilation, moisture absorption and wicking properties such as sweat due to piles, resulting in bedsores, etc. There is a problem. Such a problem also occurs in toweling with a longer or shorter pile.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and has a soft and skin-friendly contact feeling on the surface.
Moreover, it is excellent in pile standing, shape retention and resilience, can exhibit good breathability, moisture absorption, and wicking properties such as sweat. By using these properties, we aim to provide toweling that can be widely used for various applications. Is what you do.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a towel woven with a single-sided pile structure or a double-sided pile structure, wherein the pile projecting from the base cloth is a long pile and a short pile. The piles are alternately arranged so that short piles exist every other row or every several rows of long piles. Long pile yarns have more flexible fiber yarns, and short pile yarns have better shape retention than long pile yarns. It is characterized by being made of fiber yarn.

[0007] According to the above-mentioned toweling fabric, on the pile surface, the short piles arranged between the long piles are covered with the long piles, and the surface is formed with the long piles mainly made of flexible fiber yarns. This constitutes a portion, which can ensure a soft and skin-friendly touch feeling.

In addition, short piles made of fiber yarns having more shape retention than the long piles are arranged every other row or every several rows of the long piles.
Also, in terms of shape, it is less likely to collapse and collapse than a long pile, and has a specific elasticity, so it serves as a support for suppressing the collapse of the long pile adjacent to this short pile, and the pile standing on the entire pile surface Maintaining good shape retention, shape retention and resilience,
The elasticity of the pile surface is also good. For this reason, the toweling material is excellent in the void holding property and elasticity peculiar to the pile, and excellent in breathability and moisture absorption, and also excellent in divergence of moisture such as sweat while having a soft touch feeling.

In the above-mentioned toweling fabric, one or several rows of long piles and one row of short piles are alternately woven and woven, so that the short piles effectively support the long piles. And the pile shape can be kept even better.

In the above-mentioned toweling, the length of the short pile is preferably about 2/3 or less of the length of the long pile. That is, if the pile length of the short pile is longer than the above, a soft touch feeling that is gentle on the skin cannot be obtained, and therefore it is preferable to set as described above. Also,
If the short pile is too short, the effect of supporting the long pile becomes small. Therefore, from the viewpoint of these effects and the feeling of contact, the length of the short pile is set to 1/2 to 1/4 of the length of the long pile.
It is particularly preferable to set the range.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a towel cloth according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a part of the towel cloth in a vertical direction, and FIG. It is an expanded sectional view of a part. FIG. 4 shows an example of an organizational diagram of the toweling fabric, showing floating and sinking of a set of warp groups with respect to the weft (40) (hatched portions are floating). FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the configuration state of each yarn of the toweling.

The toweling (A) of this embodiment is woven with a single-sided pile structure, and the piles protruding from the base fabric (1) having the ground structure of ground warp and weft are composed of a long pile (2) and a short pile. The long pile (2) and the short pile (3) are the short pile (3) and the long pile (2).
Are alternately arranged one by one so as to exist every other column. Further, the yarn constituting the long pile (2), that is, the long pile yarn (20) is a flexible fiber yarn having a soft touch feeling, and the yarn constituting the short pile (3), that is, the short pile yarn (30) is The long pile yarn (20) is formed of a fiber yarn having more shape retention than the long pile yarn (20).

As the flexible fiber yarn used for the long pile yarn (20), for example, various flexible fiber yarns such as cotton, silk, rayon and the like having a soft touch can be selected and used. Synthetic fiber yarns can be used if they have flexibility, but natural fiber yarns are preferably used because they come into contact with the skin. Above all, cotton non-twisted yarn (that is, yarn that decomposed cotton yarn)
Is gentle on the skin and is particularly preferably used.

Further, as the fiber yarn used for the short pile yarn (30), various fiber yarns having a higher Young's modulus than the long pile yarn (20), having shape retention and elasticity, and in which the shape of the pile is hard to be collapsed can be used. Selectable to use. Above all, natural fiber yarns such as hemp, which have good air permeability, moisture absorption, and good divergence such as sweat, are particularly preferably used.

Regarding the thickness of the long pile yarn (20) and the short pile yarn (30), and the pile length of the long pile (2) and the short pile (3) formed by these yarns, It can be set appropriately according to the purpose and use of the toweling, the weaving density and the like. For example, in the case of toweling such as sheets and partial mats, a single yarn or a double yarn is generally used as the pile yarn. The pile length of the short pile (3) is determined in consideration of the contact feeling and support effect of the pile surface.
Is set to 2/3 or less, preferably 1/2 to 1/4. For example, when the pile length of the long pile (2) is 4 mm, the short pile (3) is set to approximately 2 mm.

The toweling (A) is woven, for example, as shown in the organization diagram of FIG. 4 and the configuration diagram of FIG.

That is, as shown in the organization chart of FIG. 4, a set of warp group long pile yarn (20), short pile yarn (30) and 2
As shown in FIG. 5, several (for example, three) weft yarns (40) are woven into the towel structure in which the ground warp yarns (11) and (12) are alternately arranged, and are slightly apart from the weaving mouth. The pile yarn (30) is engaged with one weft (40) every three yarns, and the long pile yarn (20) is engaged with one weft (40) every six yarns. By performing strong beating, the long pile yarn (20) and the short pile yarn (30), whose tension is loosely braked, are moved to form a short pile (3) and a long pile (2), respectively. If the length between the intersections of the long pile yarn (20) and the weft (40) before beating is 8 mm, the pile length of the long pile (2) is about 4 mm.
mm, and the pile length of the short pile (3) is almost そ の of that.

An example of the use of the thread of the toweling fabric (A) having the above-described configuration is as follows. Long pile yarn: cotton non-twist yarn (16th single yarn) Short pile yarn: hemp yarn (21st double yarn) Ground warp yarn: cotton yarn (30th double yarn) Weft yarn: cotton yarn (40th double yarn) As a result, a towel cloth (A) in which long piles (2) and short piles (3) are alternately arranged in one row on one side of a base cloth (1) is obtained.

[0020] The toweling material (A) of the present invention having the above structure.
Is used, for example, as a partial mat in a bedclothes of a bedridden elderly person or a sick person, as a mat for various leisure or sports, a bath mat and the like.

In the use of the toweling cloth (A), the pile surface is in spite of the fact that two kinds of piles, long and short, are mixed.
The short pile (3) is covered with the long pile (2), and the soft long pile (2) can ensure a soft and skin-friendly touch feeling. In addition, the long pile (2) is restrained from being collapsed by the supporting effect of the short pile (3) having a shape-retaining force adjacent thereto, so that the pile standing, shape-retaining and restoring properties of the entire pile surface can be kept good. it can. For this reason, it is possible to sufficiently secure the breathability and moisture divergence characteristic of the pile, and it is possible to suppress the occurrence of bedsore when used as a bed sheet or a partial mat for bedridden elderly or sick people.

In the above-described embodiment, in a toweling fabric in which a pile is formed on one side of the base fabric (1), the long pile (2) and the short pile (3) are alternately arranged in a row in the weaving width direction. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, in addition, as shown in FIG. 6, one or two (preferably one) short piles (3) are provided every several rows (2 to 4 rows) of the long pile (2). Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 7, in a toweling cloth (A) having a double-sided pile structure in which piles are formed on both sides of a base cloth (1) as shown in FIG. ) Can be carried out by alternately arranging the long piles (2) and the short piles (3) in one or several rows in the same manner as described above, and selecting and using the yarn material as described above.

Further, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which long piles and short piles are alternately arranged in the vertical direction (weaving direction), but from the viewpoint of ease of weaving, as described above, in the horizontal direction (width direction). ) Is preferably arranged alternately.

In addition to the woven toweling, for example, in the case of a pile knitted fabric such as warp knitting, two types of long and short piles are alternately arranged in the same manner as described above, and the yarn material is selected in the same manner as described above. It is possible to carry out.

In any of these cases, the pile surface can provide a soft and skin-friendly touch, and the pile standing, shape retention and restorability of the entire pile surface can be kept good.

[0026]

According to the toweling material of the present invention described above, two types of long and short piles are alternately arranged on the pile surface such that short piles exist every other row or several rows of the pile, and the pile pile is formed on the long pile yarn. Flexible and short pile yarns made of shape-retaining fiber yarns ensure a soft and skin-friendly touch, and also provide pile standing, shape retention and resilience. It is excellent in air permeability, moisture absorption, and divergence such as sweat.

Therefore, the toweling material of the present invention, utilizing the above-mentioned characteristics, can be widely used as sheets or partial mats in bedclothes for bedridden elderly people and sick people, and also for various leisure and sport mats, bath mats and various other uses. Suitable for use

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing one embodiment of a toweling material of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a part of the toweling in the vertical direction.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a part of the toweling in the lateral direction.

FIG. 4 is an organization chart of the above toweling fabric.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a configuration state of each thread of the toweling of the above.

FIG. 6 is a partial schematic cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the toweling material of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a partially schematic sectional view showing still another embodiment of the toweling material of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (A) Towel cloth (1) Base cloth (2) Long pile (3) Short pile (11) (12) Ground warp (20) Long pile yarn (30) Short pile yarn (40) Weft

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A towel woven with a single-sided pile structure or a double-sided pile structure, wherein the pile protruding from the base fabric is composed of two types of a long pile and a short pile, and a short pile is arranged every other row or every several rows of a long pile. A toweling fabric characterized in that the long pile yarns are made of flexible fiber yarns, and the short pile yarns are made of fiber yarns having more shape-retaining properties than the long pile yarns. 2. The toweling fabric according to claim 1, wherein one or several rows of long piles and one row of short piles are alternately woven. 3. The length of the short pile is about 2 times the length of the long pile.
The toweling according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ratio is not more than / 3.