Flannel sheeting fabric for use in home textiles

Pending Publication Date: 2011-03-10
SHAVEL JONATHAN G
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[0006]The polyester greige cloth can be dyed and finished prior to being napped on two sides. The fabric has the following useful advantages over cotton flannel: it does not appreciably shrink, it does not appreciably pill, and it does not appreciably wrinkle

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This conventional flannel product has always suffered from the following cotton and manufacturing related issues: it shrinks, as the yarns are not stable; it wrinkles, as the yarns are delicate, and it pills, as the surface is composed of

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[0010]The present invention relates to home textile products that are created from the unexpected benefit of the use of polyester yarns on a warp knitting machine to make a base greige fabric which is then processed, and coupled with the subsequent and novel step of mechanical napping or brushing applied to both sides of this processed fabric. The processing can consist of scouring, bleaching, and / or dyeing and / or printing. The finishing process can be the application of heat and / or mechanically applied tension for length and width stability. An exemplary fabric 10 of the invention is shown in FIG. 1.

[0011]Polyester has been used for decades in the manufacture of cloth and fill. Polyesters are polymers chemically composed of di-hydric alcohol and terephthalic acid. The resulting fiber is generally insoluble, shows resistance to weak concentrations of alkali (consequently, it is not affected by human sweat), and is durable. In the prior art, it is used primarily on conventional weavi...

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Abstract

Polyester yarns are knit on a warp knitting machine to make a base greige fabric. In a subsequent step, mechanical napping or brushing applied to both sides of the greige fabric.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to development of an alternative to traditional cotton flannel used in home textiles; specifically to the development of a warp knit fabric of various polyester fiber deniers and the special unexpected and useful properties that this fabric demonstrates in comparison to cotton flannel used in the same home textiles products.BACKGROUND[0002]The standard and traditional cotton flannel is created by weaving a tightly spun cotton yarn in yarn sizes of NE 16-24 in the warp position with a soft twist cotton yarn in yarn sizes of NE 8-12 placed in the weft position. When woven, this allows soft twist yarns placed in the weft of the fabric to be held in place by tightly spun warp yarns. This is done to allow the softly twisted weft yarns to be napped or torn on the surface by a raising / brushing machine. The resultant napped, or brushed, surface is the ‘flannel’ effect. This conventional flannel product has always suffered f...

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IPC IPC(8): D06C11/00
CPCD04B21/00D04B21/16D10B2403/0121Y10T428/2395
Inventor SHAVEL, JONATHAN G.
Owner SHAVEL JONATHAN G
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