JPH0327149A - Toweling piece and production thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain toweling piece having large amounts of drapeabilities, water absorption properties and wiping properties by using at least a specific ratio of ultrathin synthetic fiber having specific size in looped pile yarn and/or ground yarn and controlling pile length within a specific range. CONSTITUTION:Multicomponent-type synthetic fiber becoming to bundle of ultrathin fibers having 0.7-0.00001 denier fiber size by removing and/or separating at least one component is used in pile yarn and/or ground yarn to weave looped pile toweling piece and said toweling piece is subjected to heat treatment, then said one component is removed and/or separated at the same time and/or after the heat treatment to afford toweling piece having 0.3-10mm, preferably 2-6mm looped pile length from base part. The ultrathin synthetic fiber is contained >=5wt.%, especially >=35wt.% to total weight of the toweling piece and may be used in a type of blend, union knitting or union fabric with other fiber.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] Although the present invention uses synthetic fibers,
It relates to a special towel fabric that has extremely high water absorption performance compared to conventional towels made of regular cotton (cotton/cotton), and its manufacturing method. The present invention relates to a novel towel fabric that can very quickly absorb moisture from the body and hair when used as a towel to wipe wet hair, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Furthermore, the present invention relates to a new toweling material that does not raise much dust into the air and has the ability to quickly wipe away fine dust when used as a wiping material such as a dry cloth, and a method for manufacturing the same.

In addition, the present invention relates to a novel and unprecedented multi-functional toweling fabric that is extremely soft and blends well with the object to be wiped, and a method for manufacturing such a toweling fabric.

According to the present invention, for example, towels used after shampooing, so-called ordinary towels such as pass towels, and towel blankets, and body accessories such as wrist bands, hair bands, and pajamas, as well as furniture, precision equipment, and electrical appliances. device,. We provide multifunctional towel fabrics that can be effectively used as daily necessities such as wiping materials for CDSOA equipment, jewelry, glassware, lacquerware, musical instruments, televisions, glasses, lenses of cameras and optical equipment, tablecloths, handkerchiefs, etc. It is something that

In particular, the towel fabric according to the present invention can absorb moisture very quickly, so it has become popular among young women in recent years for so-called morning towels (a short time in the morning before commuting to school or work). It is effective as shampoo) and towels.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, cotton has been mainly used as a material for towel cloth because it has a certain degree of hygroscopicity and water absorption, absorbs sweat from the human body well, and provides a relatively comfortable feeling.

However, as towel fabrics made of cotton are used, their texture becomes rough and hard over time, making them uncomfortable to the touch, the fibers becoming brittle quickly, resulting in poor durability, and poor dye fastness.
There was also the inconvenience that the color faded. Furthermore, although it has some degree of hygroscopicity and water absorption, for example, when used as a draining towel after shampooing, the ability is still insufficient to quickly wipe away moisture contained in hair after shampooing. There was also a problem with the drying properties.

Especially in the summer, if you neglect to dry the towel after use and leave it for a while, there is a problem that it will emit an unpleasant odor, but this is due to the nature of cotton fibers, where the absorbed moisture is dried. This was because it was difficult.

On the other hand, instead of the cotton toweling which has been the mainstream in recent years, there have been developed Japanese Utility Model Applications No. 52-158176, 1983-36977, 54-69964, and 52-115374. Public bulletin, 51-4563
Publication No. 49-144973, Publication No. 1983-4
Publication No. 6853, Publication No. 52-33428, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 1973
Attempts have also been made to develop towel fabrics made of synthetic fibers, as seen in Japanese Patent No. 3-122865.

However, all of these towels are designed to improve their performance as ``scrubbing towels,'' which have a textured surface and are used as bath towels to increase the kinetic friction with the human body. There are no products that have been designed to improve the properties of wiping away dirt and debris.

In other words, the reason for this seems to be that it was impossible to imagine that synthetic fibers, which originally have poor water absorbency compared to natural fibers such as cotton, could be used as towels with water absorbency comparable to or better than regular towels. .

Furthermore, Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-10588, No. 61-52
Publication No. 257 describes a pile woven or knitted fabric using ultrafine yarn of 0.6 denier or less. However, these materials were not developed as terry cloth, but were designed for cold-weather clothing such as artificial fur, and the performance obtained is inevitably different, and the raised portion is made of cut pile yarn. Therefore, when the fabric is used as a towel as it is, the napped yarns have a strong convergence force and form a brush-like shape (this tendency is especially noticeable with ultra-fine cut pile yarns), resulting in fine voids between each yarn. As a result, there are problems such as poor water absorption effect, pile yarns becoming flattened, yarns getting tangled between napped yarns, and becoming pilled, which seriously impairs surface quality.

Therefore, as a towel cloth, it has water absorbency comparable to that of cotton products, and has excellent color fastness, durability, soft texture, and surface quality, as well as the ability to remove several micrometers of dust that accumulates on floors, tabletops, etc. Without letting anything rise inside,
At present, there has not yet been a towel fabric that can be quickly wiped off and has excellent wiping properties against completely foreign substances such as moisture and dust.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In view of the problems of the prior art as described above, the purpose of the present invention is to realize advanced functionality (high water absorbency, high wiping property) as a water absorbing material and wiping material. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel towel fabric and a method for producing the same, and more specifically, when used as a towel for wiping wet hair after shampooing, for example, it exhibits very good water absorption performance.
It also blends well with each hair, and of course does not damage the hair, and can absorb moisture well into every corner of the head and hair.It also absorbs moisture from towels, furniture, desks, etc. To provide a towel fabric and a method for manufacturing the same that can realize a wiping material that can quickly wipe away dirt, fine dust, etc. without scattering it into the air like a vacuum cleaner.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration.

That is, the toweling fabric of the present invention has a loop pile yarn structure, the loop pile length is 0.3 to 10 mm from the base part, and the loop pile yarn and/or
Alternatively, it is a terry cloth characterized by containing at least 5% by weight or more of ultra-fine synthetic fibers of 0.7 denier to 0.00001 denier in the ground yarn based on the total weight of the terry cloth.

Alternatively, the toweling fabric of the present invention may be 0.7 denier to
It is a terry cloth made of a woven or knitted fabric having at least a loop pile yarn and/or ground yarn made of ultra-fine synthetic fiber yarn of 0.00001 denier, and the ultra-fine synthetic fiber per one loop pile yarn and/or ground yarn. The towel fabric is characterized in that the number of constituent fibers is 280 or more.

Further, in the method for producing towel fabric of the present invention, the fineness can be reduced to 0.0 by removing and/or separating at least one component.
After knitting and weaving loop pile terry cloth using multi-component fibers that form a bundle of ultrafine synthetic fibers of 00001 denier or more and 0.7 denier or less in the pile yarn and/or ground yarn, the terry cloth is subjected to heat treatment. This is a method for producing towel fabric, characterized in that the one component is removed and/or separated simultaneously with and/or after the heat treatment.

Alternatively, the method for producing terry cloth of the present invention can produce a bundle of ultrafine synthetic fibers having a fineness of 0.00001 denier or more and 0.7 denier or less by removing and/or separating at least one component. After knitting and weaving a loop pile terry cloth using the component fibers in the pile yarn and/or ground yarn, the terry cloth is subjected to heat treatment, and the crimp of the multicomponent fibers is brought out by the heat treatment, and at the same time, This is a method for producing towel fabric, characterized in that the one component is removed and/or separated afterwards.

Furthermore, in these two methods of manufacturing towel fabric of the present invention, preferably the heat treatment conditions are a heat treatment temperature of 60 to 60.
This method involves hot water treatment at 120°C and pH 4 to 7.

[Function] Hereinafter, the towel fabric of the present invention and its manufacturing method will be explained in more detail based on the drawings and the like.

In the present invention, the towel fabric is 0.7 denier to 0.0 denier.
The first feature is that it is composed of ultrafine synthetic fibers of 0,001 denier.

In the present invention, such ultrafine fibers of 0.7 denier or less can be produced by various methods such as those exemplified below, and any of these methods or those produced by methods other than these methods may be used. can also be used in the present invention.

In other words, it can be made by a method using a polymeric mutually arrayed fiber, which is generally called a sea-island composite fiber, or it can be made from a fiber whose island component is a polymeric mutually arrayed fiber, which is called a sea-island composite fiber. Good too. The sea component may be separated using a solvent or a decomposing agent, or may be separated into peelable split fibers consisting of two components A and B. Also,
In the direct spinning method, the spinning conditions may be made stricter as appropriate. Furthermore, by separating the fibers using a peelable split fiber made of two or more components, fibers having a size of 0.7 denier or less may be obtained.

In the present invention, such 0. 7 denier ~ 0.00
The ultra-fine synthetic fibers of 0.001 denier exist in the towel fabric and form a network-like micro-dropper structure or micro-sponge structure in the gaps between the constituent fibers, and this structure is very unique to the towel fabric of the present invention. It provides effective water absorption and water retention ability.

In order to form such a network-like microdropper structure or microsponge structure, which is the most important point, the single thread weave of the fibers that form the towel fabric is very important, and the single thread weave is 0.00001 denier or more. It is important to use ultra-fine synthetic fibers of 7 deniers or less, preferably o. ooo01 denier or more and 0.5 denier or less, more preferably 0.001 denier or more and 0.2 denier or less.

The ultrafine synthetic fibers are preferably contained in an amount of 5% by weight or more, more preferably 20% by weight or more, and most preferably 35% by weight or more based on the total weight of the towel fabric. If the amount is less than 5% by weight, it will be difficult to fully exhibit the functions of the ultrafine synthetic fiber, and it will be difficult to obtain the desired water absorbency and wiping performance.

The ultra-fine synthetic fibers may be used in either a filament or staple form, but it is preferable to use them as filament yarns, as this will result in less fiber shedding than when they are used as spun yarns.

In the present invention, the pile structure needs to be a loop pile. In particular, when ultrafine fibers are used as cut pile fibers, pile yarns,
This is undesirable because the pile fibers become entangled with each other and pilling occurs, which impairs quality and performance.

As the method for forming the loop pile woven or knitted fabric, an appropriate method can be adopted from among conventionally known methods. For example, a typical example of textiles is warp pile textiles, and more specifically towel textiles, velvet textiles, etc. Further, knitted fabrics include those having a loop pile shape such as one-sided or double-sided nine-pile structure, Torico-Soto knit, and Russell knit.

The ultra-fine synthetic fibers may be used for either the loop pile yarn or the ground yarn, or may be used for both.

When ultra-fine synthetic fibers are mainly used in the loop pile section, the microdropper or microsponge structure described above will be mainly formed in the loop pile section, and the pile section will exhibit good water absorption and water retention performance. I will do it.

In addition, when ultra-fine synthetic fibers are mainly used in the ground yarn part, the microdropper or microsponge structure described above will be mainly formed in the ground texture part, and it will be possible to improve water absorption and water retention mainly in the ground texture part. It will demonstrate its performance. In this case, the pile yarn side first captures moisture, and the moisture is transferred to the aforementioned microdropper or microsponge structure side in the ground structure by capillary action, thereby achieving the above-mentioned good water absorption and water retention performance in the ground structure. This is the mechanism that works.

When ultra-fine synthetic fibers are used in both the ground texture and the pile yarn, both of them will exhibit the above-mentioned good water absorption and water retention performance. In this case, the ultra-fine synthetic fibers on the ground yarn side are
It may be thinner than the ultra-fine fibers of loop pile yarn, and with such a unique combination structure, the micro dropper or micro sponge structure formed on the ground yarn side has finer pores. Therefore, a structure is formed in which moisture is very easily transferred to the ground yarn side due to capillary phenomenon.

Further, in the present invention, in addition to the ultra-fine composite fibers, appropriate other fibers may also be mixed and used, and the mixed use mode may be any of blended fibers, mixed knitting, or mixed weaving. As the other fibers, natural fibers such as cotton can also be used. For example, a combination may be made in which ultra-fine synthetic fiber is used for the loop pile yarn and cotton is used for the ground texture, or vice versa.

In the present invention, the loop pile length and the number of fibers constituting the loop pile yarn are important factors in determining whether to obtain good water absorption performance or wiping performance.

In other words, if the loop pile length or the number of constituent yarns is inappropriate, the fine network structure mentioned above may not be formed effectively and good capillary action may not be obtained, the feel in the hand may be unreliable due to the low basis weight, or the unevenness of the surface may occur. This is undesirable because the water absorption effect and wiping effect may be weakened.

From this point of view, according to the findings of the present inventors, the loop pile length is 0.3 to 10 mm from the base portion, and more preferably 2 mm to 6 fflm. In addition, regarding the number of loop pile fibers, the number of fibers per loop pile yarn is preferably as large as possible (preferably 280 or more fibers).

Here, a more specific explanation will be given using the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view schematically showing the raised state of an example of towel fabric made of the yarn of the present invention, and a model example in which an ultra-fine synthetic fiber yarn is used as the loop pile yarn. This is shown in .

FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view schematically showing the raised state of towel fabric made of ordinary yarn.

In these Figures 1 and 2, 1 is a pile part, 2 is a ground weave part, and 3 is a pile yarn.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a loop pile state of an example of towel fabric made of the yarn of the present invention shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the loop pile state of the towel fabric made of the usual threads shown in FIG. 1.

Moreover, FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the loop pile length, and in the present invention, the loop pile length refers to the length when the loop pile is stood straight, as shown in the length L shown in FIG. It is expressed in height.

As is clear from these figures, compared to conventional toweling, when ultrafine fibers are used as loop pile yarns in the toweling of the present invention, the loop piles cover the fabric surface in a three-dimensional structure, and the structure between the piles and between the piles is An infinite number of extremely fine pores are formed between each fiber, forming the aforementioned microdropper structure or microsponge structure.

These loop piles look like cotton candy when viewed from the side, and look like a fine three-dimensional spider web or a dense mesh when viewed from the plane.

Therefore, moisture is sucked into these fine and infinitely large pores, or fine dust is caught, thereby exhibiting good water absorption and wiping properties.

Furthermore, once trapped moisture, trapped dust, and dirt are drawn into the space between the ultra-fine fibers, preventing them from being released again, so it has excellent ability to diffuse and retain moisture, dirt, etc. It is.

When ultrafine fibers are used for the base yarn, the aforementioned microdropper structure or microsponge structure will be formed in the base texture.

Further, it is preferable to use a crimped yarn or a real twisted yarn that has been given an appropriate number of twists to the ultrafine fibers, because this gives a void effect or an appropriate amount of convergence and enhances capillarity.

The crimped yarn may be an actual crimped yarn such as a false-twisted yarn or an air-entangled yarn, or a composite fiber made of two or more fiber components with different heat shrinkage rates, which can be heat-treated to give a yarn length difference. A latent crimped yarn, etc., which develops crimping can be used.

Further, as the real twisted yarn, real twisted yarn with a twist number within the range of 1 to 500 t/m obtained by a processing machine such as an Italian yarn twisting machine can be used satisfactorily. When using a real twisted yarn with a twist number of more than 500 t/m, the convergence of the fibers will generally be excessive, which is unfavorable from the viewpoint of forming a microdropper or microsponge structure. The preferred actual twist number is 10 to 300 t/m, more preferably 10 to 2001/m, although it also depends on the total fineness of the ultrafine fiber bundle.

A well-made towel fabric of the present invention exhibits very high water absorption performance of generally 80 mm or more, or even 100 mm or more in the water absorption test (JIS-L1018 B method) described below. By the way, conventional ordinary towels have a length of about 70 mm at most.

It is also preferable to produce a fabric by mixing or interweaving ultrafine synthetic fibers and cotton, since performance can be imparted more effectively.

For example, when ultra-fine fibers are used as the pile yarn and cotton yarn is used for the base, the micro-dropper structure formed by the ultra-fine loop pile yarn will provide high water absorption, and the cotton yarn forming the base will absorb moisture. By further promoting the retention ability, the amount of water retained increases and the water absorption performance can be further enhanced.

The ultra-fine fibers are preferably formed by knitting and weaving multi-component fibers and then removing and/or separating one section of the fibers, since voids can be effectively obtained.

Methods for removing one component include a method using a solvent treatment, a method using a weak alkaline solution, a method using a combination of acid treatment and alkali treatment,
Furthermore, there is a method using hot water treatment. For these, an appropriate method may be selected and used depending on the type of polymer forming the multi-branched fiber.

In particular, simple hot water (temperature 60-120°C, pH 4-7)
The treatment method using a chisel is preferable as a treatment method in the case of mixing with cotton or inter-knitted fabrics. That is, it is possible to remove one component and make the cotton ultra-fine without substantially causing any harm to the cotton.

Examples of the polymer include terephthalic acid and a copolymer of isophthalic acid and 5-sodium sulfoisophthalic acid.

In addition, in order to obtain ultrafine fibers of 0.7 denier or less by separating them using a peelable split fiber consisting of two or more components, various known methods can be used, for example, benzyl alcohol A common method is to perform separation treatment using .

Ultra-fine treatment is carried out using appropriate means after weaving, using multi-component fibers as pile yarns and/or ground yarns, at the same time as heat treatment, or after heat treatment. Alternatively, it is preferable from the viewpoint of forming a microsponge structure. The heat treatment referred to here refers to dry heat treatment or steam treatment at 100℃ or higher for gray set, intermediate set, etc., or hot water washing, scouring, etc.60
This refers to hot water treatment at a temperature of 0.degree.

As described above, the towel fabric of the present invention has good water absorption performance due to the micro dropper or micro sponge structure formed by the ultra-fine loop pile, and also has excellent properties in wiping away fine dust. be.

It is also preferable that the towel fabric of the present invention is subjected to hydrophilic treatment, water absorption treatment, antibacterial treatment, deodorization treatment, sanitary treatment, etc., either singly or in combination, before and after weaving.

Furthermore, it is also preferable to knit and weave using copolymer fibers in which hydrophilic groups have been introduced into pile yarns and/or ground yarns, or fibers imparted with hydrophilic properties through post-processing.

[Examples] The present invention will be explained below using Examples, but the present invention is not restricted or limited by these Examples.

In the Examples, water absorption, ability to wipe off moisture from hair after washing, and texture were measured by the following methods.

Water absorption: JIS-L1018 B method (Byrek method) Ability to wipe away moisture from hair = Visual judgment by 5 panelists.

Texture: Tactile evaluation by five panelists.

◎: Very good ○: Good ×: Bad Example 1, Comparative example Polymer mutual array fiber, consisting of boristyrene as the sea component and polyethylene terephthalate as the island component, with an island/sea ratio of 9 0/1 0 Then, four yarns having a total of 50 denier, 9 filaments, 70 island components, and an island single yarn weave of 0.07 denier after sea component elution were combined to form a loop pile yarn. The number of ultrafine fibers in one loop pile yarn is 2,520.

A 40s/2 cotton thread is used for the ground warp yarn, and a 20s/1 cotton thread is used for the ground weft color, the pile length is 3mm from the base, and the pile density is 115 threads/d on one side.
A double-sided warp pile fabric was woven.

The fabric was heat-treated at 80° C. for 20 minutes in a jet dyeing machine, and then dehydrated and dried.

Next, the pile yarn was subjected to ultra-fine treatment while being rubbed in a trichlorethylene solution while changing the solution, and dried while being rubbed in a tumble dryer.

The content of 0.07 denier ultrafine fibers in the resulting pile fabric was 61% by weight based on the total weight of the fabric.

The surface of the double-sided pile fabric obtained in this way has a cut-pile-like appearance, although the napped portion is essentially a loop pile, and the individual piles exhibit appropriate inclination and convergence, with minute voids. It became a toweling fabric with a cotton candy structure, which has many types.

In addition, instead of pile yarn made of ultra-fine fibers,
A towel cloth woven with a similar weaving design using 30 s/1 cotton yarn, which is often used in towel cloth, was prepared for comparative study. The surface of this product could clearly be identified as loop pile, similar to commercially available towels, and was unremarkable.

Using these toweling cloths, a monitor test was conducted on five women with long hair. Water absorption was also measured.

The results are shown in Table 1.

As is clear from Table 1, the towel fabric according to the present invention exhibited superior effects in water absorption performance, durability, and feel compared to commonly used towels.

Furthermore, in order to observe the wiping performance as another experiment, we placed two blackboards on the floor of the room and left them for 10 days.
Small cotton particles and sand particles were collected. When we compared the performance of the blackboard by gently wiping it once with the towel fabric of the present invention and the towel fabric of a comparative product to remove the dust that had accumulated on the blackboard, we found that the comparative product still had dust in spots in some places even after wiping. In contrast, the product of the present invention was able to almost completely remove the dust without raising any dust.

Example 2 A polyethylene terephthalate yarn in which two 75-denier, 96-filament multifilament yarns were combined was used as the loop pile yarn, while a 125-denier polyethylene terephthalate yarn was used as the ground yarn.
De=-le, 20 filaments, the number of island components is 36,
Using a false twisted yarn with an island/sea ratio (weight ratio) of 78/22 (island single yarn weave after sea component elution is 0.13 denier), where the island component is polyethylene terephthalate and the sea component is polystyrene. A double-sided loop pile knitted fabric was knitted using a double-sided pile circular knitting machine.

The knitted fabric was heat-treated at 80° C. for 20 minutes in a jet dyeing machine, and then dehydrated and dried.

Next, while performing rubbing treatment in a trichlorethylene solution and changing the solution, the ground yarn was subjected to ultra-fine treatment, and dried while being rubbed in a tumble dryer.

In this way, the loop pile length is 1. 2 mm%
A loop pile knitted fabric was obtained in which the number of ultrafine fibers per ground yarn was 720.

The content of the 0.13 denier ultrafine fiber used in the ground yarn was 32% by weight based on the total weight of the knitted fabric.

A practical evaluation of the double-sided pile knitted fabric revealed that it exhibited extremely superior effects compared to conventional ordinary towels in terms of water absorption properties, drying properties of the towel fabric after water absorption, durability and texture. .

Example 3 Polyethylene terephthalate/isophthalic acid/
5-sodium sulfoisophthalic acid is 87.5 (70
A loop pile fabric was woven using a copolymerized polyester containing 12.5 mol % of /30)/12.5% by mole, and in the same manner as in Example 1, except for the thread use and weaving design.

The fabric was dry heat treated at 180°C for 2 minutes, and then heated to 100°C.
While performing heat treatment using a jet dyeing machine for 20 minutes, the sea component was removed and the pile yarn was made extremely fine. The pH of the treatment liquid at this time was 5.7.

After the fabric was dehydrated, it was dried with a tumble drier.

The ultra-fine loop pile fabric obtained in this way has virtually no decrease in the strength of the cotton yarn used as the ground yarn, has excellent tear strength and breaking strength, and has excellent performance characteristics such as water absorption and texture. It was excellent.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to obtain a novel towel fabric that exhibits the excellent functions and effects listed below.

(1) The loop pile made of ultra-fine fibers has a suitable length and density, so by forming a microdropper or microsponge structure between the hairs,
The water absorption rate is high.

■ Because it uses ultra-fine fibers, the fibers can penetrate and act between the minute irregularities such as hair cuticles, and can effectively absorb moisture from every corner.

(3) It has a very soft touch and will not damage your hair.
There is almost no need to worry about damaging the cuticle.

(4) Due to the above (1) to (3), it is most suitable as a towel for wiping the head after shampooing.

(■ When used as a wiping material, it has a surface so delicate that it can catch finger prints, etc., so even minute dust can be completely wiped away.

(6) Good performance can be obtained without any special post-treatment, and the performance and texture can be maintained semi-permanently.

(7) Since the towel fabric is made of ultra-fine fibers, it has excellent drape properties and fits well on the object to be wiped, making it extremely easy to wipe.

(8) Not only dry hair, but also dry body after swimming.
It can effectively wipe away minute water droplets that remain after wiping mirrors that tend to fog up, car windows, and glass cleaning.

(9) Garbage accumulated on the floor, tabletop, tatami, etc.
Dirt such as hand marks on furniture can be easily removed.

■ Taking advantage of its properties, the towel fabric according to the present invention can be used for shampoo towels, pass towels, bath towels, car wash towels, towel blankets, pajamas, diapers, face towels, handkerchiefs, dry cloths, table cloths, wristbands, hair bands, etc. In addition, it can be used for many purposes such as cleaning CD108 equipment, automobiles, electrical equipment, jewelry, glassware, lacquerware, musical instruments, televisions, etc., furniture, etc., draining water from golf balls, drying tableware, and glass cups. It can be used effectively.

[Brief Description of the Drawings] Fig. 1 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view schematically showing the raised state of an example of towel fabric made of the yarn of the present invention, in which ultra-fine synthetic fiber yarn is added to the loop pile yarn. This is a model example of the example used. FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view schematically showing the raised state of towel fabric made of ordinary yarn. In these Figures 1 and 2, 1 is a pile portion, 2 is a ground weave portion, and 3 is a pile yarn. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a loop pile state of an example of the towel fabric made of the yarn of the present invention shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the loop pile state of the towel fabric made of the usual threads shown in FIG. 1. Moreover, FIG. 5 is a diagram explaining the loop pile length. 1: Pile part 2: Ground texture part 3: Pile yarn

Claims (9)

[Claims] (1) It is a terry cloth with a loop pile yarn structure, and the loop pile length is 0.3 to 10 mm from the base part,
A terry cloth, characterized in that the loop pile yarn and/or ground yarn contain at least 5% by weight or more of ultrafine synthetic fibers having a size of 0.7 denier to 0.00001 denier based on the total weight of the terry cloth. (2) A terry cloth made of a woven or knitted fabric having at least a loop pile yarn and/or ground yarn made of ultra-fine synthetic fiber yarn of 0.7 denier to 0.00001 denier, and the loop pile yarn and/or ground yarn 1 A towel fabric characterized in that the number of constituent fibers of the ultra-fine synthetic fibers is 280 or more. (3) The towel cloth according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ultrafine synthetic fibers of 0.7 denier to 0.00001 denier are crimped. (4) Thread containing ultra-fine synthetic fibers is 1 to 500 t/m
The towel fabric according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is a real twisted yarn. (5) The terry cloth according to claim 1 or 2, which is a mixed knitted fabric or a mixed woven fabric in which cotton yarn is mixed with loop pile yarn and/or ground yarn. (6) The loop pile yarn and/or ground yarn is 0. The towel fabric according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is a mixed yarn in which cotton fiber is mixed with ultrafine synthetic fibers of 7 denier to 0.00001 denier. (7) By removing and/or separating at least one component, the fineness is 0.00001 denier or more and 0.7
After weaving and weaving loop pile terry cloth using multi-component fibers that form bundles of ultra-fine synthetic fibers of denier or less in the pile yarn and/or ground yarn, the terry cloth is subjected to heat treatment, and at the same time as the heat treatment. A method for producing towel fabric, characterized in that/or the one component is removed and/or separated thereafter. (8) By removing and/or separating at least one component, the fineness is 0.00001 denier or more and 0.7
After knitting and weaving loop pile terry cloth using multi-component fibers that form bundles of ultra-fine synthetic fibers of denier or less in the pile yarn and/or ground yarn, the terry cloth is subjected to heat treatment, and the heat treatment causes the A method for producing towel fabric, characterized in that the one component is removed and/or separated at the same time and/or after the crimping of the multicomponent fibers is revealed. (9) Production of towel fabric according to claim (7) or (8), wherein the heat treatment is performed with hot water having a temperature of 60 to 120°C and a pH of 4 to 7. Method.