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- ABSTRACT Methods for imparting decorative weave effects and designs to fibrous glass fabrics in post-weaving operations [52] U.S. Cl ..28/74, 8/18, particularly comprising the transformation of stresses existing 28/76 in a given weave design to yield a uniform weave pattern are [51] Int. Cl D06p 3/80 provided.
- tension characteristics of sized fibrous glass yarns vary considerably from the corresponding characteristics of natural and other synthetic yarns.
- glass fibers are mutually abrasive; prolonged contact of the moving yarn with guide eyes and contact points tends to yield quantities of fuzz or fly with attendant decreases in the strengths of the yarn.
- fibrous glass yarns are not immediately adaptable to conventional weaving techniques, let alone to more complex weaving operations.
- the unique tension characteristics and tendency to produce fuzz in weaving operations are results of the combined stiffness and resiliency of glass fibers and fibrous glass yarns.
- fibrous glass yarns have a stiffness of 332 grams per denier, as compared with values of 4 grams per denienfor wool, ll for rayon, 6 for acetate, 18 for nylon, 10 for acrylic and Zl for polyester yarns. This unusual stiffness is accompanied by an elastic recovery of 100 percent.
- the yarns are highly stressed by the displacement of the individual glass filaments and the yarn itself by the weave pattern. Such stresses are evidenced by the ease with which a fibrous glass fabric may be unraveled.
- fibrous glass fabrics are subjected to a weave setting treatment in which the fabric is heated to a temperature justin excess of the softening point of the glass fibers. Upon cooling the yarns are permanently set in the pattern of the weave and consequently relieved of weave induced stresses.
- An object of the present invention is the provision of methods for imparting weave effects and fabric design to a fibrous glass fabric.
- Another object is the provision of methods for imparting weave effects and fabric design to fibrous glass fabrics without using complex weaving operations, or special additional yarns, fibers or coatings to cause the effects.
- a further object is the provision of fibrous glass fabrics possessing a weave effect and fabric design.
- the process entails the random application of controlled force to the fabric, in which the force applied is in itself less than that required to physically shift the yarns within the weave pattern. Instead, the forces applied act both to relieve in some places the stresses induced in the yarns by the weave pattern, and to reinforce in other places those stresses thereby permitting and achieving, respectively, shifting of the yarns within the weave pattern'to yield a new nonrandom pattern which is determined by the stresses inherent in the yarns in the original weave pattern.
- the stiffness and resiliency of the fibrous glass yarns resist the displacement of the yarns in the weave pattern, and these forces, latent in the yarns as stressed in the weave pattern, may be rendered operative by relief or reinforcement to yield a compacted weave effect and psuedoembossed fabric design.
- the means of rendering these forces operative is the application of outside forces which are capable of overcoming, neutralizing, or reinforcing the forces already present in the yarns in a weave pattern, but said outside forces being inadequate by themselves to shift the yarns physically within the weave pattern.
- the sum of the forces induced in the yarns by the weave pattern and the outside forces placed on the yarns by this method is sufficient to shift yarns within the limits of weave pattern.
- said yarns seek the path of least resistance to assume a new configuration.
- the nonrandom character of the new weave pattern is the result of the fact that the original weave pattern produced nonrandom or patterned stresses in the yarns, and the reflexive actions of the yarns upon the release of those restrictive forces also act in a nonrandom fashion. in the case of glass fabrics, this new effect may then be permanently retained by means of subjecting the fabric to a temperature in excess of the softening point of the glass fibers.
- FlG. l is a top view of a fibrous glass fabric having the pseudoembossed fabric effect, and viewed perpendicular to the plane of the original fabric weave,
- FIG. 2 is a greatly enlarged top view of a fibrous glass fabric before being treated in accordance with the present invention, again viewed perpendicular to the plane of the fabric weave,
- FIG. 3 is a greatiy enlarged top view of the same fibrous glass fabric illustrated in FIG. 2, but after the fabric was treated in accordance with the present invention, and again viewed perpendicular to the plane of the original fabric weave.
- FIG. 3 is a greatly enlarged top view of a single yarn from the fabric of FIG. 2, viewed perpendicular to the plane of the fabric weave,
- H6. 5 is a greatly enlarged top view of a single yarn from the fabric of EEG. 3, viewed perpendicular to the plane of the original fabric weave,
- MG. 6 is a greatly enlarged side view of a single yarn from the fabric of PEG. 2, viewed in the plane of the fabric weavei.e. rotated from the view in FlG. i; and
- FIG. 7 is a greatly enlarged side view of a single yarn from the fabric of FIG. 3, viewed in the plane of the fabricweavei.e. rotated 90 from the view in FIG. 5.
- the total fabric effect is shown in FIG. 1.
- the zones of differing reflectivity l1 and 12 are obvious, and the angles 13 made by those zones with the original warp and weft directions are also shown.
- FIG. 2 a greatly enlarged view of a fabric, shows in detail the relationship of the yarns before the fabric is treated in accordance with the present invention.
- the uniformly equal areas of exposed yarn 14 are obvious here, and may be compared with the unequal areas 17 shown in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 3 an equally enlarged view of a fabric, shows in detail the relationship of the yarns after treatment in accordance with the present invention.
- This figure shows the zones of reflectivity l and 16 which are made up of larger exposed yarn areas 17 which are in turn caused by the local compaction 18 of the yarns in one direction.
- This FIG. also clearly shows that both warp and weft yarns are similarly displaced in their equilibrium configurations.
- FIG. t shows an individual two-strand yarn from the unprocessed fabric. This top view shows the highlighted areas 19 and 20 corresponding to the valleys and peaks, 19' and 20' in FIG. 6, in the sinusoidal displacement of the yarns 'in the original fabric weave.
- FIG. 5 shows a corresponding yarn taken from a sample of the same fabric after having been treated in accordance with the present invention.
- the highlighted areas 21 and 22 corresponding to the sinusoidal valleys and peaks, 2] and 22 in FIG. 7, caused by the original fabric weave are shown, but, in addition, the yarn is distorted with various sinuous valleys 23 and peaks 24 in the plane of the fabric weave and in other planes, as schematically shown by line 25.
- the major displacement here is in the plane of the fabric weave, but there is vertical displacement, shown in FIG. 7, which gives the fabric a slight loft.
- FIG. 6 shows a side view, within the plane of the fabric weave, of the single yarn shown in FIG. 4. Here the uniform, sinusoidal valleys IQ and peaks 20' are readily seen.
- FIG. 7 shows a side view, within the fabric weave, of the single yarn shown in FIG. 5.
- the sinusoidal valleys 21' and peaks 22' corresponding to the highlighted areas 21 and 22 of FIG. 5 are obvious, but other sinuous displacements 26, as schematically shown by line 27, are also visible, some of which correspond to the displacements 23 and 24 of FIG. 5.
- each weave design creates a distinct series of stresses which accordingly yield a distinct, uniform efiect upon treatment in accordance with the present invention. It is also significant that the stresses existing in a given weave design, and the effect which may be realized by means of the present invention, may be modified or altered through the degree of twist imparted to the yarn or the use of plied yarns in the weaving of the fabric. For example, yarns in a fabric possess certain stresses as a result of their displacement by the weave pattern. However, additional stresses may be designed into the fabric by changing the amount of twist of the yarns or by plying the yarns before weaving. Then the counteraction of such stresses and forces applied by means of the present invention allows the reflexive shifting of the yarns in even another mode. While the pattern of the effect differs for each type of weave, and its extent may be changed by corresponding changes in weaving tensions, yarn twist, or plied yarns, for example, it should be noted that for a given weave, the effect achieved is always reproducible.
- the effect is not locally isolated at random positions throughout the fabric, but it is a uniform result of shifts of all of the yarns within the weave pattern.
- the effect since it is three dimensional, is most obviously seen in the sheen or reflectivity of the fabric.
- the same fabric when treated exhibits alternating zones of high and low reflectivity or sheen in the form of elongate strips which intersect the warp and fill directions at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. These zones of different degrees of sheen or reflectivity give the fabric a pseudoembossed effect.
- FIGS. 5 and 7 depicting the changes in individual yarns, it should be obvious that fabrics treated in accordance with the present invention undergo a reduction in their two major dimensions.
- shrinkage has not been employed due to the fact that glass yarns do not shrink in the ordinary sense of the work-that is, the individual fibrous glass yarns do not compact throughout their mass.
- the reduction in net length of the individual yarns is a result of the yarns assumption of a sinuous position in the new equilibrium configuration of the fabric.
- the sinuous position of the yarns also gives the fabric a slight loft, enhancing the pseudoembossed effect.
- EXAMPLE I For example, an adequate force may be applied to a fibrous glass plain weave fabric by subjecting the fabric, prior to weave setting, to a cotton cycle of approximately 20 minutes in a conventional household washing machine.
- the fabric treated in this manner contains a fabric design made by the yarns shifted in the weave pattern so that the new effect is uniformly achieved throughout the entire length and breadth of the fabric.
- the described effect is not easily removed by the application of tension in the warp, fill or bias directions or by distortion such as crumpling the fabric.
- the effect may be pennanently set by heating the fabric to temperatures just in excess of the softening point of the glass fibers. This can be accomplished by either a continuous or a batch process.
- the yarns and fibers in the new configuration are essentially free of stresses and the new equilibrium weave effect is permanently set in the fabric.
- the fabric may then be finished, dyed, or printed in the conventional manner.
- Moisture or moderate temperatures may assist by softening any adhesion between the yarns at their crossover points which may result from the size composition which is usually applied to glass fibers just after their formation.
- the moisture may act as a lubricant to facilitate the slipping of the yarns one among the other within the bounds of the weave pattern.
- a lubricant may be added specifically for the above purpose. With water, any soapy substance will work as a lubricant. With other media, other compatible lubricants must be chosen.
- EXAMPLE ill The effect is also achieved by loosely suspending the fabric and subjecting it to a jet of liquid or gas. A series of such jets is arranged in any desired pattern, so that a corresponding pattern of the pseudoembossed effect is processed into the fabric. With this system the pressure used in the fluid jets and the time of treatment varies the extent of the achieved effect.
- EXAMPLE IV Another method of processing fibrous glass fabrics with a definite pattern of the pseudoembossed effect is to use a stencillike die which allows treatment of the desired areas, and essentially immobilizes the areas of the fabric which are not to be treated. Such a system can then be used with a turbulent bath of liquid, or with pressurized fluid streams as disclosed in Example iii.
- Still another method of processing fibrous glass fabric with a definite pattern of the pseudoembossed effect comprises a two-step process.
- the fabric is printed with a pattern of a water resistant film forming substance which essentially immobilizes the fabric in the printed areas.
- the pattern of printed areas is the negative of the desired pseudoembossed pattern areas.
- this printed fabric is treated by the repeated application of forces randomly throughout the fabric as achieved by any of the methods disclosed in the previous examples.
- a film forming substance which is more than just water resistant may be used. in any case, the film can afterward be removed during the heat setting process, and the fabric may then be finished, dyed, or printed in the conventional manner.
- EXAMPLE VI Examples 1, iii, iv, and V describe methods for imparting the present fabric effect which are essentially isolated or batch processes. However, each of these methods can be modified so that the process is adapted to the continuous processing of the fibrous glass fabric.
- the fabric is advanced into a treating zone wherein the section of fabric undergoing treatment is suspended in a fluid, and forces are randomly applied throughout the fabric while it is suspended to allow shifting of those portions of the fabric yarns being treated. Said yarns are thereby stress-relieved, and the fabric is advanced from the treating zone having the desired pseudoembossed fabric effect.
- the fabric can then be continuously advanced through a heat treatment zone, emerging from that treatment with the pseudoembossed effect permanently set into the fabric.
- This continuous system consists of a set of rollers which meters the speed of the incoming fabric, followed by a length of slack fabric.
- This slack area is followed by the actual treating zone in which the fabric is loosely suspended in a fluid which applies the appropriate forces to the fabric to bring about the pseudoembossed fabric effect.
- the actual treating zone can consist of any one or combination of the systems already shown in previous examples. This may be a large bath of liquid which is violently agitated by a series of reciprocating paddles. In any liquid bath system, the fabric must be essentially horizontal, or slowly cascading downward, to relieve internal stress insofar as possible.
- An alternate system is a series of fluid jets which impart a definite pattern into the fabric.
- liquid jets may also be employed to increase agitation in the liquid bath system.
- a stencillike die can be used with either fluid streams or a liquid bath.
- the fibrous glass fabric printed with a pattern of a water resistant film forming substance may be continuously processed in the slack washer system or with fluid jets.
- the extent of the fabric effect may be controlled by metering the treatment time by close control of the speed with which the fabric passes through the treating zone and the number of applications of force.
- the length of the treating zone can be designed so that an appropriate amount of fabric undergoes treatment for the desired length of time. After emerging from the treatment zone, another leader section of slack fabric is maintained before the fabric proceeds to heat treatment or other processing.
- the extent or degree of the fabric effect which may be achieved is limited for a particular fabric structure or original weave pattern.
- the effect is achieved progressively during the time of treatment, but the fabric eventually reaches a stage at which additional treatment evokes no further change in the fabric.
- a plain taffeta weave fabric achieves a degree of effect after a 20 minute wash cycle in a household washing machine which is not increased or changed by additional treatment.
- the progressive achievement of the fabric effect may be observed. This illustrates that the relief of stresses and compacting of the yarns into a final equilibrium configuration is a progressive process which is achieved only after the yarn stresses have been substantially relieved by this mechanical process.
- the progressive achievement of the fabric effect is not necessarily uniform, but the final equilibrium configuration gives an essentially uniform effect.
- the present invention has been discussed as used on fibrous glass fabrics woven from yarns made of glass fiber coated only with the usual sizing compounds, it may be performed on fabrics woven with yarns coated with any substance which does not destroy the inherent stiffness and resiliency of the fibrous glass yarns, and which provides a coating which is slick enough to allow the yarn to shift easily within the limits of the weave pattern.
- fibrous glass yarns coated with polyethylene, polypropylene, or polyvinyl chloride could be used in fabrics suitable for treatment in accordance with the present invention.
- Combinations yarns of fibrous glass strand plied with organic strand may also be used. Such combinations of viscous and glass yarns have been used.
- the same combination of glass and organic strands may be used in core yarns with the glass strand as either the core or the wrapper, and fabrics made with such yarns are suitable for treatment in accordance with the present invention.
- fabrics woven from yarns containing no glass whatsoever could lend them selves to the present invention if the properties of the yarns were such that stresses are produced in the yarns by the weave pattern, and the yarns are slick enough and the stresses large enough to allow the yarns to shift within the weave pattern to relieve the stresses in the yarns when treated in accordance with the present invention.
- fabrics woven with blends of different types of combination and coated yarns can be processed by the method of the present invention.
- the continuous method of imparting a nonrandom, pseudoembossed efiect to a fibrous glass yarn fabric comprising advancing the fabric into a treating zone, suspending the fabric in a fluid within said treating zone, applying forces randomly throughout the fabric while suspended in said fluid to allow shifting of the fibrous glass yarns within the fabric weave pattern to relieve stresses therein, until equilibrium is reached and advancing the fabric from said treating zone.
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- 2. The method of modifying an original weave pattern and imparting a uniform, reproducible pseudoembossed effect to fibrous glass fabric, comprising exposing the fabric to turbulence, said turbulence being sufficient to release, neutralize and reinforce stresses present in yarns making up the original weave pattern.
- 3. The method of claim 2 wherein thE turbulence is created in a liquid medium.
- 4. The method of claim 2 wherein the turbulence is produced by flowing gases.
- 5. The method of claim 3 wherein the liquid medium contains a lubricating agent.
- 6. The method of imparting a patterned, pseudoembossed effect throughout specific localized areas of glass fabric comprising printing the fabric with a pattern of a water resistant film forming substance which essentially immobilizes the fabric in the printed areas, and then treating the film printed fabric by the method of claim 2, so that only the specific localized areas retain the pattern of the original weave.
- 7. The method of imparting a patterned, pseudoembossed effect to fibrous glass fabric, different from the original pattern, which comprises applying forces randomly throughout specific localized areas of the fabric by exposing the localized areas to a turbulent flow until equilibrium is reached.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein said turbulent flow is applied as individual streams of fluid directed onto loosely suspended fabric.
- 9. The continuous method of imparting a nonrandom, pseudoembossed effect to a fibrous glass yarn fabric comprising advancing the fabric into a treating zone, suspending the fabric in a fluid within said treating zone, applying forces randomly throughout the fabric while suspended in said fluid to allow shifting of the fibrous glass yarns within the fabric weave pattern to relieve stresses therein, until equilibrium is reached and advancing the fabric from said treating zone.
- 10. The method of claim 9 wherein the pseudoembossed effect is permanently set in the fibrous glass yarn fabric by heating the fabric to a temperature slightly in excess of the softening point of the glass yarns subsequent to advancing the fabric from said treating zone and cooling the hot fabric.
- 11. The method of claim 9 wherein the forces randomly applied throughout the fabric are inadequate by themselves to shift the yarn within the weave pattern of the fabric, but which are adequate when acting in concert with forces induced in the yarn by the weave pattern to shift the yarn to a new equilibrium position within the limits of the weave pattern.
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