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Woven towel

a technology of woven fabrics and woven fabrics, applied in the field of woven terry fabrics, can solve the problems of shrinkage of conventional woven cotton fabrics, inability to withstand multiple launderings, and relatively short useful life of fabric materials, and achieve the effect of significantly inferior absorption properties of woven fabrics compared to cotton woven fabrics

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-06-18
LINEN HLDG
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The present invention relates to a type of woven towel that includes a ground fabric made up of warp yarns and weft yarns, as well as pile yarns. These yarns are made of polyester, either spun using a vortex process or air-jet, and cotton yarns. The towel is woven in a terry weave, and has a dimensional stability even after multiple launderings. The technical effect of the invention is the creation of a woven towel that has excellent strength and durability, while also being comfortable and easy to care for.

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However, cotton has several drawbacks.
Specifically, because conventional woven cotton fabrics are primarily constructed of cotton, such fabrics have a relatively short useful life and cannot withstand multiple launderings.
In particular, such conventional woven cotton fabrics suffer from shrinkage when subjected to the high temperatures usually associated with laundering and particularly drying.
However, polyester filaments do not readily absorb moisture and thus woven fabrics formed thereof have significantly inferior absorption properties as compared with cotton woven fabrics.

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[0014]Certain terminology is used in the following description for convenience only and is not limiting. The words “right”, “left”, “lower”, and “upper” designate directions in the drawings to which reference is made. The words “inwardly” and “outwardly” refer to directions toward and away from, respectively, the geometric center of the fabric and designated parts thereof The terminology includes the above-listed words, derivatives thereof, and words of similar import. Additionally, the words “a” and “an”, as used in the claims and in the corresponding portions of the specification, mean “at least one.”

[0015]Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like numerals and characters indicate like elements throughout, there is shown in FIGS. 1-2 a presently preferred embodiment of a woven fabric in accordance with the present invention.

[0016]With particular reference to FIGS. 1-2, the woven fabric, generally designated 10, is preferably a woven terry fabric, and more preferably a woven...

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Abstract

A woven towel includes a ground fabric having a set of warp yarns woven together with a set of weft yarns and a plurality of pile yarns interlaced with the ground fabric. The warp yarns and weft yarns are polyester vortex spun fibers or polyester air-jet spun yarns. The pile yarns are cotton spun yarns or cotton / polyester blended spun yarns. The warp yarns, the weft yarns and the pile yarns are woven together in a terry weave.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 916,531, filed on Dec. 16, 2013, entitled “Woven Fabric,” the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]An embodiment of the present invention relates generally to a woven terry fabric and, more particularly, to a woven terry towel composed of spun polyester yarns.[0003]Most conventional woven terry fabrics are constructed from cotton warp yarns, cotton weft yarns and cotton pile yarns woven together. Other known fabrics utilize a blend of cotton and cellulose fibers for the warp or weft yarns. Cotton is primarily used to make such conventional woven fabrics because it is inexpensive and highly absorbent. However, cotton has several drawbacks. Specifically, because conventional woven cotton fabrics are primarily constructed of cotton, such fabrics have a relatively short useful life and cannot withstand multi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): D03D27/08A47K10/02
CPCA47K10/02D03D27/08A47C31/11A47G9/0223A47G9/0238A47G9/0253A47G9/062D02G3/02D02G3/04D03D5/00D10B2201/02D10B2201/20D10B2331/04
Inventor TOMLIN, GERALD L.
Owner LINEN HLDG
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