US2186965A

US2186965A - Bed sheet

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Publication number: US2186965A
Application number: US101534A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fridolph Annette
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-09-19
Filing date: 1936-09-19
Publication date: 1940-01-16
Anticipated expiration: 1957-01-16

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A. FRIDOLPH Jan 16, 1940.

BED SHEET 'Filed sept. 19. 193e INVEzyToR. Hnnee E' @waaien A/at vcessed ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 16,1940

UNITED. STATES 'PATENT OFFICE BED snEET Annette Fridollih, New York, N. Y. Y Applicashun september 19, 193e, .serial No, 101,534

s claims. (ci. 139-391) This invention relates to a process of forming sheeting for bed sheetsand the like and product thereof, and has to do particularly with the forming of bed'sheets and similar articles of mate-4 5 rially varying surface characteristics.

In the normal weaving of sheeting for use as bed sheets and similar articles, it has been customary to so weave the threads as to form a surface as a smooth hard surface. It is common l knowledge that bedsheets so woven give a relatively cold feel in the winter-'time with the result that many people use special coverings or warm` '23 The combing rolls may be replaced by the form? ing of the Woof threads or both the Woof and the.' warp threads of relatively soft thread material; in any case, the result being a woven textile vfabric or continuous' form but having portions 30 ofits surface of distinctly different 'characteristics. Y

In the drawing:l

Fig. 1 is a plan view, largely diagrammatic, of

`a continuous length of woven sheeting, portions 35 of the surface being processedaccording to the present method and other portions retaining the relatively hardfinished surface.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation similar to Fig. l, and also largely diagrammatic, illustrating one man- 40 ner of roughing or combing spaced portions of the -continuously woven sheeting.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a bed sheet or similar article, the bottom part o f the bed sheet for covering the feet being shown at 45 the right of the dash and dot line and the central 'and upper part of the bed sheet being shown at the left of the dash and dot line.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 and illustrating the forming-of the bottom part of the sheet of o warp and Woof threads .of a different type than those usedA to form the main part of the sheet.

Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged fragmentary views similar to-Figs 3 and 4 but illustrating the lwoof threads alone being formed of 'softer material.

55 An essential feature of the present invention is the fabricating of spaced portions of a length of sheeting, preferably continuous sheeting, whereby to form a relatively soft surface at said spaced .fabricated portions. Specifically, the

. process isparticularly applicable to bed sheets 5 and the forming of the fabricated portion for, roughly, thirty inches, and the hard finished smooth portion for the rest of the length, or in some cases it may form substantially half the length of the sheet. v 10 In Fig. 1 I have shown a continuous,` length. of

sheeting with a fabricated or processed portion as at 2 and a hard finished standard unprocessed -portion as at 3. The continuous sheet may be cut olf as desired and the spaced portion 2 obl5 viously. may b e of any length desired.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated one method of fabricating and processing the spaced portions in a continuous length of sheeting wherein the sheeting is fed from a loom through brushing or combing rolls 4`which comb out and soften the hard finished surface of the sheeting to lgive a sort ofannel eiect. It is obvious that the `rolls may be moved relative to each other in timed relation'so as to process a definite length of ma- 2li terial at the points desired. In Fig. y3 I have illustra-ted an enlarged fragmentary plan view of 4a portion of the continuous sheeting shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and taken at the dividing point between the processedand unprocessed surfaces. 30

In Fig. 4 I have' illustrated a modification in that instead of using roughing or combing rolls 4, a softer thread or yarn is tied to the warp and woof'threads 5 and 6; in other words, the warp and Woof threads coming from the spools are cut and the softer, preferably heavier, yarn is tied on and fed through the loom in the regular way. When the desired length of the continuous sheeting has been woven with the softer yarns, they may be again cut and the standard warp and Woof -40 threads againl tied on and fed through the loom.

In Fig. 5 I have demonstrated a still further modification in that the warp threads 5'are fed through the loom in the standard way but at certain intervals I prefer to feed through relatively soft and heavy yarns 1 to take the place of the Woof threads 6. `The feeding of the cross yarns l may terminatel at any point desired and such section may also be submitted to the rough- -ing or combing vrolls 4.

In Fig. 6. I have illustrated a fragmentary enlargement, somewhat similar to Fig. 5, in that relatively heavy woolen yarns 1 are fed crosswise as the Woof threads in fabricating the continuous sheeting. Y ,i

While the present process is particularly applicable to the fabricating of bed sheets and the like, it will be understood that it may have other uses such as the fabricating of babies diapers and similar articles requiring both a relatively smooth cold surface and a portion having a relatively soft warm" surface.

What I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a bed sheet of Woven material having the Warp and Woof threads of a portion thereof of standard formation to present a relatively smooth cold feel, and the warp and Woof threads 0f a widthwise portion adjacent one end of said woven sheet having an exposed surface napped to form a relatively soft surface.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a bed sheet formed of woven material having the warp and Woof threads of a portion thereof of standard unnapped formation to present a relatively smooth cold feel on both sides of the sheet, and the warp and Woof threads of a widthwise portion adjacent one end of said woven sheet having an exposed surface on opposite sides of the sheet roughed-up to form a relatively soft nap.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a bed sheet formed of one piece of woven material having an area thereof extending widthwise of the sheet adjacent one end napped to provide better insulation characteristics, the remainder of the sheet being of standard formation and unnapped.

ANNETIE FRIDOLPH.