TW201633982A - Towel product - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a towel product which keeps characteristics of honeycomb weaving in the prior art and can be improved in water absorption, light weight and skin tactility as comparison with the prior art. The basic structure of the towel product is same as a common honeycomb woven structure. A first characteristic is this: hollow cotton silks with the hollow ratio of 30-60% are used. Because warps and wefts are shrunk in the honeycomb woven structure, the mutual restraint of warps and wefts is relatively low. Therefore, the hollow silks cannot be extremely collapsed even if the hollow silks with the hollow ratio of 30-60% are used. That is, the shapes of the hollow silks can be maintained. By using the structure, the water absorption, light weight, skin tactility and the drying property can be improved. In addition, the durability can be reduced a little because of the first characteristic. A second characteristic is that the hollow silks formed by twisting cotton with the effective fiber length of 25-42mm are used. As a result, the durability can be maintained. A third characteristic is that the hollow silks are double silks.

Description

Towel products

The present invention relates to a towel article having a honeycomb woven construction.

In the case of Japan, it is used in Japan, and it is used in Japan today. For example, robes such as towels, bath towels, and bathrobes, and other cloths such as kitchen towels, are used in a wide range of fields. The honeycomb weave is similar to the texture of a muffin, so it is also called a muffin (Patent Document 1).

The honeycomb woven towel is different from the towel having a loop pile on the surface. The warp yarn 1 is cross-woven into a flat woven deformation structure with respect to the warp yarn 1, and has a concave and convex shape generated by shrinkage of the cloth itself. With this configuration, the following effects and effects are obtained.

For example, when wiping off sweat, gently touch the towel to the skin. At this time, only the convex portion contacts the skin and absorbs moisture. The moisture absorbed by the convex portion is partially evaporated and partially moved to the concave portion. As a result, the convex portion always maintains a dry state.

Thereby, even if the sweat is repeatedly wiped, the user gets a dry touch every time. In other words, there is no sticky feeling. Even if this feature is applied to the footpad of the bath, the same effect can be obtained.

Also, the honeycomb-woven towel has a looped fur on the surface. The towel should be thin. Therefore, it is smaller. Moreover, there is no occurrence of fluff falling off, etc., and there is little fiber shedding.

[First technical literature] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2009-160212

However, the characteristics of the above-mentioned honeycomb-woven towel products can also be a problem and a problem.

Generally, in a towel product, it is preferable to sufficiently balance the properties of water absorption, dryness, lightness, and skin touch. For example, in order to wipe the wet body after bathing, a towel is often used, and water absorption is a necessary property. Towels are items that are used daily, and are used by children to the elderly. Therefore, it is best to seek weight reduction. The towel is directly attached to the skin of the human body, and the touch of the skin affects the mood of use. When the skin feels rough and hard, the feeling of use is poor. Further, when drying indoors, when the drying time is long, the bacteria proliferate and cause odor. When a dryer is used for drying, energy is wasted when the drying time is long.

In addition, the previous honeycomb woven towel has the following problems regarding water absorption, lightness, and skin touch.

When wiping off the water, gently touch the towel with the skin. At this time, only the convex portion contacts the skin. That is, the contact area is small. As a result, sufficient water absorption cannot be obtained.

By using thick silk densely braided, although it can improve water absorption, it is heavy. The amount becomes heavier and the skin contact becomes harder.

Moreover, the honeycomb woven towel makes the densely-knitted structure more contracted and has irregularities, so the weight per unit area is heavier. That is, compared with a small appearance, the lightweightness is poor.

By using a finer and denser thread, the lighterness is improved, but the finer dense silk has a smaller shrinkage ratio. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain a large-sized unevenness in the fabric, and it is difficult to obtain a feeling of a three-dimensional feeling of honeycomb weaving. Moreover, the water absorption is also lowered.

Moreover, the honeycomb woven towel has no soft skin touch when compared with a looped towel having a stretch feeling made of unevenness. In particular, the skin contact of the convex portion is hard.

By combining the dense silk with a relatively small number of twists and the thicker tissue, although the softness of the skin is improved, the dense silk with less twisting and the thicker tissue have a smaller shrinkage, so the fabric cannot be produced. It is difficult to obtain a feeling of three-dimensional feeling of honeycomb weaving. Moreover, the water absorption is also lowered.

As described above, the previous honeycomb woven towel has a problem of water absorption, lightness, and skin touch. If you want to improve any of these features, other features will be reduced. That is, it is difficult to improve water absorption, lightness, and skin touch.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a towel product which can maintain the characteristics of the honeycomb weaving of the prior art and which can improve the water absorption, the lightness and the touch of the skin as compared with the prior art.

In order to solve the above problems, the towel product of the present invention has a bee The nest weave structure is composed of cotton hollow wire.

In the honeycomb weaving structure, the warp and the weft are shrunk, so that the restraint of each other can be alleviated. Therefore, even if a hollow fiber is used, the hollow does not collapse extremely. That is, the shape of the hollow fiber can be maintained.

According to the above configuration, compared with the prior art, water absorption, lightness, skin feel and dryness can be improved.

Preferably, the hollow fiber of the aforementioned hollow fiber is 30 to 60%.

Thereby, it is particularly felt that the lightweightness is improved.

Further, the hollow rate of the cotton hollow fiber is preferably 40 to 50%.

Thereby, a clearer effect can be obtained, and there is no concern about maintaining the shape of the hollow fiber.

Preferably, the aforementioned cotton hollow fiber is a double wire.

Compared with the monofilament, the double-filament system has less shape deformation. Further, in comparison with the monofilament, the double-filament system is easy to shrink, and it is easy to form a concavo-convex shape.

Preferably, the cotton hollow fiber is composed of cotton having an effective fiber length of 25 mm to 42 mm.

The hollow fiber has a small cross-sectional area, so it is necessary to review the axial strength of the hollow fiber. That is, it has a subject of durability.

According to the above configuration, the durability can be prevented from being lowered.

It is more preferable that the cotton hollow fiber is composed of cotton having a twisted effective fiber length of 25 mm to 37 mm.

Thereby, durability, economy and practicability can be simultaneously satisfied.

The present invention maintains the characteristics of the prior art honeycomb weaving while Compared with the prior art, it can improve water absorption, lightness and skin feel.

Figure 1 is a schematic organization diagram.

Fig. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the difference in shape deformation between the monofilament and the double filament.

~Basic composition~

An embodiment of the present invention will be described. Figure 1 is a histogram of the honeycomb weave structure. The configuration of the honeycomb woven structure of the present embodiment is also the same as that of a general honeycomb woven structure. The feature is that the weft yarn 1 is cross-woven into a flat woven deformation structure with respect to the warp yarn 1, and has irregularities caused by the shrinkage of the cloth itself. A more detailed description of the structure will be omitted.

~Characteristic composition 1~

In the present embodiment, a cotton hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 30 to 60% is used.

Further, when the hollow ratio is less than 30%, the following effects cannot be sufficiently obtained. For example, when the hollow ratio is less than 30%, the weight is lighter than 20%, and the lightweight property cannot be felt. Further, when the hollow ratio exceeds 30%, the weight ratio is more than 20%, and the lightness and the like can be perceived, and a clear effect can be obtained.

When based on the investigation conducted by the inventors, the use of dense silk honeycomb woven towels, which is different from the lightweightness of the honeycomb woven towel which is reduced by 20% by weight, can be felt by almost everyone.

When the hollow ratio exceeds 60%, the hollow fiber itself cannot maintain its shape. That is, it is applicable to the upper limit of the hollow fiber.

Moreover, it is preferable that the hollow ratio is 40 to 50%. By this range, you can get A clearer effect is achieved without the concern of maintaining the shape of the hollow fiber.

~ Effect effect~

In the honeycomb weaving structure, the warp and the weft are shrunk, so that the restraint of each other can be alleviated. Therefore, even if a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 30 to 60% is used, the hollow does not collapse extremely. That is, the shape of the hollow fiber can be maintained. The water absorption, light weight, skin feel and dryness will be described.

For example, when a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 50% is used, the weight can be reduced by 30% or more, and the lightweight property can be felt.

Moreover, when a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 50% is used, the deformation causes the hollow to collapse a little, so that the amount of the towel is reduced as compared with the towel using the dense silk. When maintaining the same amount of feeling as the dense silk, it is necessary to increase (increasing the number of filaments) the tissue density. As a result, even when a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 50% was used, the weight was not reduced by 50%.

When wiping off a small amount of water such as sweat, gently touch the towel to the skin. At this time, only the convex portion comes into contact with the skin. If a small amount of moisture is used, it is possible to absorb water only by the convex portion.

In addition, when wiping the wet body after bathing, apply a towel to the skin. The hollow fiber with a hollow ratio of 30 to 60% is more flexible and softer than the dense silk. As a result, the recess contacts the skin outside the convex portion. That is, the contact area can be increased to obtain sufficient water absorption.

The hollow fiber with a hollow ratio of 30 to 60% is more flexible and softer than the dense silk. Thereby, the soft touch of the towel itself can be obtained.

Moreover, by using a hollow fiber with a hollow ratio of 30 to 60%, it can be quickly dry.

In this way, compared with the prior art, it can improve water absorption, lightness, skin feel and dryness.

Further, even if a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 30 to 60% is used, the characteristics of the honeycomb weaving of the prior art are maintained.

~New topic~

However, when a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 30 to 60% is particularly woven into a towel, the strength of the fabric is weak, and the degree of damage caused by washing becomes large, and the value (durability) of the product is used. Fundamentally lacking. Therefore, even if you use a hollow silk woven towel, you must think about how to do it.

Moreover, as a result of various reviews, when the hollow ratio is less than 60%, it is confirmed that the hollow does not collapse extremely (described above). That is, there is no problem in the strength of the hollow fiber in the cross-sectional direction. Therefore, it becomes necessary to review the axial strength of the hollow fiber.

~Characteristic composition 2~

The hollow fiber of the present embodiment is characterized by twisting cotton having an effective fiber length of 25 mm to 42 mm.

When the cotton is broken down, the fibers of various lengths are taken out. Generally, when the cotton is made of longer fibers, when the yarn is made, the joints are less and the strength can be exhibited.

Usually, when manufacturing a towel, cotton having an effective fiber length of 20 mm to 25 mm is mixed, and a cotton yarn having an average effective fiber length of 22 mm to 23 mm is used.

On the other hand, when the cotton having an effective fiber length of less than 25 mm is twisted to constitute a hollow fiber, sufficient strength cannot be obtained. In addition, when twisting cotton with an effective fiber length of more than 25 mm to form a hollow fiber, it is possible to obtain resistance. Subject to practical strength.

The effective fiber length is 42 mm, which is the upper limit of the fiber length of ordinary cotton. Individuals vary, but the fiber length cannot exceed 42 mm.

Moreover, it is preferred that the effective fiber length is 25 mm to 37 mm. The fiber with an effective fiber length of about 42 mm is limited to a specific type that is very limited, and it is desirable to concentrate the fiber having an effective fiber length of about 42 mm, which is economical and practical. On the other hand, cotton having an effective fiber length of 25 mm to 37 mm is used as a high-grade fabric or bedding, and this cotton is used as a towel, thereby satisfying economy and practicability.

~effect~

A hollow fiber having a twisted effective fiber length of more than 25 mm to 42 mm is used to form a hollow fiber, whereby sufficient axial strength can be obtained. As a result, durability which can withstand repeated washing can be obtained.

~Characteristic composition 3~

If the hollow ratio is less than 60%, although it is confirmed that the hollow does not collapse extremely (the above), it is preferable that the shape deformation is as small as possible.

Further, in the hollow fiber having a particularly large hollow ratio, the axial elastic force is small. As a result, the shrinkage of the cloth becomes small, and it is difficult to form the uneven shape.

Moreover, the filament has a monofilament and a double filament. The monofilament is one of the original filaments, and the double filament twists the two filaments into one filament.

In the hollow fiber of the present embodiment, the double wire is better than the single wire. Moreover, it is assumed that the double wire of the number 10/2-30/2 is used.

The double wire system has less shape deformation than the same number of monofilaments. Fig. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the difference in shape deformation. That is, the double wire is When twisting two wires, it can absorb deformation.

Further, since the double yarn shrinks even when the two yarns are twisted, it is easily contracted compared with the same number of filaments, and the uneven shape is easily formed.

In this way, by using the double wire, the effect of the hollow wire honeycomb woven towel can be assisted.

~Supplement~

In the present invention, the inventors reviewed the knitting of the towel in the honeycomb and used a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 20%. Further, for the following reasons, when various types of towels are used for weight reduction, a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of about 20% is generally used.

When a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 20% is used, the deformation causes the hollow to collapse a little, so that the amount is reduced as compared with the towel using the dense silk. When maintaining the same amount of feeling as the dense silk, it is necessary to increase the tissue density (increasing the number of filaments). As a result, even if a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 20% is used, only a weight of 10 to 15% is reduced.

When the weight is reduced by about 10%, the increased lightness cannot be sufficiently felt. That is, a 10% reduction in weight and a 10% reduction in weight can be felt completely different.

According to the investigation conducted by the present inventors, it was felt that the use of dense silk honeycomb woven towels, and the lightweight difference of the honeycomb woven towel with a weight reduction of 10% was very small.

In addition, the inventors tried a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 50% in addition to the honeycomb woven structure, and reviewed the use thereof. For example, in a simple plain weave structure in which a warp and a weft are floated and weaved, the warp and the weft are restrained from each other (constrained), so when a hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 50% is used, the hollow collapses. The flat weave structure cannot be maintained and the characteristics of the hollow fiber cannot be maintained. That is, it is necessary to continuously understand the characteristics of the towel structure and review the use of the hollow fiber having a hollow ratio of 50%.

The inventors focused on shrinking warp and weft in the honeycomb weaving structure, so that the restraint of each other was gentle, and the application of the hollow fiber of 50% hollow width was reviewed to complete the present invention.

That is, the characteristics of the honeycomb woven structure and the characteristics of the hollow fiber are well known, and the present invention has been successfully developed.

[Industrial use possibilities]

The present invention is particularly useful in articles such as towels, bath towels, and towel robes. In addition, not only towel products, but also materials for clothing such as indoor wear or pajamas, and materials for baby products.

Claims (6)

A towel product characterized by having a honeycomb woven structure and consisting of a cotton hollow fiber. The towel product according to claim 1, wherein the hollow fiber has a hollow ratio of 30 to 60%. The towel product according to claim 1, wherein the hollow fiber has a hollow ratio of 40 to 50%. The towel product according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cotton hollow fiber is a double yarn. The towel product according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cotton hollow fiber is composed of cotton having a twisted effective fiber length of 25 mm to 42 mm. The towel product according to claim 5, wherein the cotton hollow fiber is composed of cotton having a twisted effective fiber length of 25 mm to 37 mm.