US20040265585A1 - Adhesive coated sewing thread - Google Patents

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US20040265585A1
US20040265585A1 US10/606,973 US60697303A US2004265585A1 US 20040265585 A1 US20040265585 A1 US 20040265585A1 US 60697303 A US60697303 A US 60697303A US 2004265585 A1 US2004265585 A1 US 2004265585A1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G3/00—Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
    • D02G3/22—Yarns or threads characterised by constructional features, e.g. blending, filament/fibre
    • D02G3/40—Yarns in which fibres are united by adhesives; Impregnated yarns or threads
    • D02G3/404—Yarns or threads coated with polymeric solutions
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
    • D02G—CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS
    • D02G3/00—Yarns or threads, e.g. fancy yarns; Processes or apparatus for the production thereof, not otherwise provided for
    • D02G3/44—Yarns or threads characterised by the purpose for which they are designed
    • D02G3/46—Sewing-cottons or the like
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/29—Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
    • Y10T428/2913—Rod, strand, filament or fiber
    • Y10T428/2929—Bicomponent, conjugate, composite or collateral fibers or filaments [i.e., coextruded sheath-core or side-by-side type]

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  • the invention relates to coating sewing thread with a thermally activated adhesive.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,869,182 by Ebert describes coating sewing thread with different polymers, with the intention of increasing the volume of the thread. When heated, the polymer evaporates and the threads shrink, tightening the stitching. While Ebert mentions and includes polymers having adhesive properties, the patent is coating the thread with the intention of increasing the thread volume rather than coating the thread with a thermal set adhesive.
  • This invention is to coat thread with an adhesive material before sewing, either wrapping it around a spool or applying it between the spool and sewing needle.
  • an adhesive material When the textile is sewn adjacent threads on a textile stick together as the adhesive material is activated.
  • the adhesive material must be thermally activated, such as epoxy or another thermal set plastic.
  • the present invention is coating a sewing thread with a thermally activated adhesive that is inactive until heated and set when cooled.
  • the adhesive can be permanently set when cooled, or it can be reactivated every time it is heated above the threshold temperature for the adhesive and reset when cooled.
  • the adhesive should be a partially cured thermal set plastic, such as epoxy, so the adhesive used cured by cross linkage does not reactivate when the garment or textile is heated in a domestic dyer or when dry cleaned commercially. If the adhesive can be reactivated thermally, the activating temperature should be higher than temperatures the garment or fabric will encounter during cleaning or normal use, while at the same time being low enough to not damage the thread when the adhesive is initially activated.

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Abstract

Loose threads on garments and other textiles diminish the quality and reduce the lifetime of the garment or textile. This invention is coating a sewing thread with a thermally activated adhesive that is activated when heated and set when cooled. The adhesive can be permanently set when cooled, or it can be reactivated every time it is heated above the threshold temperature for the adhesive and reset when cooled. Using this thread to sew garments and textiles, heating them to activate the adhesive and then letting them cool and set would strengthen the garment or textile, increasing the quality and lifetime of the article.

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    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • [0001]
    REFERENCES CITED
    6,503,623 January, 2003 Oue, et al.
    6,251,210 June, 2001 Bullock, et al.
    6,127,028 October, 2000 Sandor, et al.
    5,869,182 February, 1999 Ebert,et al.
    5,436,075 July, 1995 Sawko
    5,128,054 July, 1992 Chakravarti
  • Not Applicable [0002]
    • STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
  • Not Applicable [0003]
    • REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISK APPENDIX
  • Not Applicable [0004]
    • FIELD OF THE INVENTION
  • The invention relates to coating sewing thread with a thermally activated adhesive. [0005]
    • BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • Loose threads on garments and other textiles diminish the quality and reduce the lifetime of a garment or textile. In the last ten years, advances in treating thread and yarn have solved the problem of textile disintegrating by treating the textile as a whole with adhesive, coating thread with polymers that increase the volume of the thread and when heated decrease the thread to its original volume, tightening the stitching. [0006]
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,869,182 by Ebert, describes coating sewing thread with different polymers, with the intention of increasing the volume of the thread. When heated, the polymer evaporates and the threads shrink, tightening the stitching. While Ebert mentions and includes polymers having adhesive properties, the patent is coating the thread with the intention of increasing the thread volume rather than coating the thread with a thermal set adhesive. [0007]
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,251,210 by Bullock, describes treating textiles with adhesive, along with other compounds. Though the patent covers treating textiles with adhesive materials, it is oriented towards treating the woven textile rather than the individual threads before the textile is sewn. [0008]
  • Other patents relating to the art of treating thread and yarn include increasing strength and elasticity, altering the thermodynamic properties to allow for a larger temperature range, and increasing resistance to cutting. None of these patents, as well as others retrieved in text and title searches, are the same as the present invention. [0009]
    • BREIF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • This invention is to coat thread with an adhesive material before sewing, either wrapping it around a spool or applying it between the spool and sewing needle. When the textile is sewn adjacent threads on a textile stick together as the adhesive material is activated. To avoid threads adhering together when spooled, the adhesive material must be thermally activated, such as epoxy or another thermal set plastic. [0010]
    • BREIF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • Not Applicable[0011]
    • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • The present invention is coating a sewing thread with a thermally activated adhesive that is inactive until heated and set when cooled. The adhesive can be permanently set when cooled, or it can be reactivated every time it is heated above the threshold temperature for the adhesive and reset when cooled. [0012]
  • Preferably, the adhesive should be a partially cured thermal set plastic, such as epoxy, so the adhesive used cured by cross linkage does not reactivate when the garment or textile is heated in a domestic dyer or when dry cleaned commercially. If the adhesive can be reactivated thermally, the activating temperature should be higher than temperatures the garment or fabric will encounter during cleaning or normal use, while at the same time being low enough to not damage the thread when the adhesive is initially activated. [0013]

Claims (3)

I claim:
1. A sewing thread consisting of a thread coated in a thermally activated adhesive, where the adhesive is active when heated and set when cooled.
2. A sewing thread as described in claim 1 where the thermally activated adhesive is a partially cured B-stage thermal set plastic which upon final heating remains permanently set.
3. A sewing thread as described in claim 1 where the thermally activated adhesive is a thermal set plastic.
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US20120121901A1 (en) * 2010-11-16 2012-05-17 Lee Bong-Kyu Water based bond sewing thread and method of manufacturing the same

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US4438178A (en) * 1982-10-27 1984-03-20 Fiber Industries, Inc. Adhesive activated polyester fibrous material
US5128054A (en) * 1991-01-02 1992-07-07 Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. Adhesive-active polyester yarn
US5436075A (en) * 1989-09-21 1995-07-25 The United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of National Aeronautics And Space Administration Silicon carbide sewing thread
US5869182A (en) * 1992-05-08 1999-02-09 Ebert; Gerd Sewing thread, area structure sewn thereby, and method for obtaining a splash-proof stitched connection
US6127028A (en) * 1992-11-24 2000-10-03 Hoechst Celanese Corporation Composite yarn comprising filled cut-resistant fiber
US6251210B1 (en) * 1996-08-07 2001-06-26 Hi-Tex, Inc. Treated textile fabric
US20020122938A1 (en) * 2001-01-04 2002-09-05 Fisher Chad Daniel Single dip adhesive
US6503623B1 (en) * 1998-12-28 2003-01-07 Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha Yarn comprising polytrimethylene terephthalate

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4438178A (en) * 1982-10-27 1984-03-20 Fiber Industries, Inc. Adhesive activated polyester fibrous material
US5436075A (en) * 1989-09-21 1995-07-25 The United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of National Aeronautics And Space Administration Silicon carbide sewing thread
US5128054A (en) * 1991-01-02 1992-07-07 Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. Adhesive-active polyester yarn
US5869182A (en) * 1992-05-08 1999-02-09 Ebert; Gerd Sewing thread, area structure sewn thereby, and method for obtaining a splash-proof stitched connection
US6127028A (en) * 1992-11-24 2000-10-03 Hoechst Celanese Corporation Composite yarn comprising filled cut-resistant fiber
US6251210B1 (en) * 1996-08-07 2001-06-26 Hi-Tex, Inc. Treated textile fabric
US6503623B1 (en) * 1998-12-28 2003-01-07 Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha Yarn comprising polytrimethylene terephthalate
US20020122938A1 (en) * 2001-01-04 2002-09-05 Fisher Chad Daniel Single dip adhesive

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20120121901A1 (en) * 2010-11-16 2012-05-17 Lee Bong-Kyu Water based bond sewing thread and method of manufacturing the same

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