Fur-like mesh fabric made of pure wool and polyester fibers loaded with bioceramic particles

Abstract

A fur-like mesh fabric (1) made of pure wool and polyester fibers (3, 7) charged with bioceramic particles (6), comprising at least one mesh fabric (4), polyester fibers (3, 7) charged with bioceramic particles (6), and pure wool fibers (2) which are processed to produce the fur-like mesh fabric (1), characterized in that the mesh fabric (4) consists of plastic fibers and is provided as a structural element on which the pure wool fibers (2) and the polyester fibers (3, 7) charged with the bioceramic particles (6) are arranged, so that the fur-like mesh fabric (1) has an increased ability to reflect the infrared rays (9) emitted by the human body (8), wherein the fur-like mesh fabric (1) also has a hygroscopic effect due to the provision of the pure wool fibers (2).

Description

[0001] Wool, a natural textile fiber obtained primarily from sheep's hair, has long been used to protect against the cold. For many years, a specific processing technique, "fur processing," has been used. This involves attaching the wool fibers to a substrate that offers the same properties as the live wool on the animal.

[0002] In recent years, with the emergence of biotechnology - the technological application of biology - to produce technological products, it has become possible to produce bioceramic fibers using known processes.

[0003] Bioceramics are known to reflect infrared rays (emitted by any living being) which depend on the body temperature of the living being acting on the fibres, the wavelength of the reflected rays remaining unchanged. Numerous products have been invented: products with polyester fibres incorporated into wool fabrics but without bioceramic particles (see GB 2 221 624 A of 14.02.1990), products using polyester fibres charged with bioceramic particles such as KR 10 1993 0 011 324 B1 of 30.11.1993, products made from mesh fabrics charged with bioceramic particles, e.g. WO 2005 / 018 698 A1 of 03.03.2005. There are also products such as JP S64 6170 A of 10.01.1989, which proposes a fabric that reflects infrared rays, but does not involve the use of bioceramic particles or mesh fabrics, or WO 2009 / 124367 A2 of 15 / 10 / 2009, which describes a fabric containing bioceramic microparticles, but does not involve the use of wool or a fur-like fabric structure. Many of these products are manufactured using bioceramic fibers that are interwoven to produce garments, etc. The main disadvantage of all these products is that the interweaving of the bioceramic fibers and the resulting mechanical stress break certain bonds responsible for reflecting infrared rays, thereby compromising the result and the associated benefits.Furthermore, many of the aforementioned inventions do not involve the use of a fur-like mesh fabric composed of a mesh structure, polyester fibers loaded with bioceramic particles, and natural wool fibers in a single product to maximize infrared radiation reflection. A warming fabric is known from CN 1 03 129 039 A.

[0004] The object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned disadvantages of known garments made from bioceramic fibers. Indeed, thanks to years of research and numerous experiments using specially modified equipment, it has been possible to knit bioceramic fibers with pure wool. The result is a combination of the advantageous natural properties of wool with the properties of the FIR infrared rays reflected by bioceramics (far infrared, the type of infrared rays commonly emitted by living organisms). Within this task, the goal was to provide a fabric made from bioceramic fibers and pure virgin wool that reflects FIR rays without changing their wavelength.

[0005] A further object of the invention is to provide a fabric made of bioceramic fibers and pure new wool which has hydroscopic properties, ie which can absorb up to 33% by weight of moisture based on its own weight and thus keeps the wearer's body completely dry when at rest.

[0006] Another objective is to provide a fabric made of bioceramic fibers and pure new wool, produced using commercially available means and materials, so that the fur-like mesh fabric is economically competitive.

[0007] This object and the other objects are achieved by a fur-like mesh fabric having the features of patent claim 1.

[0008] A fabric according to the invention made of bioceramic fibers and pure new wool, which reflects FIR rays without changing the wavelength, comprises a substrate made of polyester mesh fibers as a structural element and pure wool fibers and bioceramic fibers arranged thereon, which are knitted together in a fur-like manner such that the pure wool fibers and the bioceramic fibers are interwoven with the polyester mesh fibers.

[0009] Further features and advantages of the article according to the invention are illustrated in more detail in the following description of a preferred, but not exclusive, embodiment of the fur-like mesh fabric made of pure wool and polyester fibers loaded with bioceramic particles, which is presented purely by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0010] They show: Fig. 1 shows a cross section of the invention 1; Fig. 2 the polyester fiber loaded with bioceramic particles; Fig. 3 the physical process that takes place between the human body and the invention.

[0011] With reference to the above drawings, the fur-like mesh fabric made of pure wool and polyester fibers loaded with bioceramic particles according to the invention—generally designated by reference numeral 1—comprises at least one mesh fabric 4 made of synthetic fibers such as polyester, with which the polyester fibers 3 loaded with bioceramic particles are interwoven with the pure wool fibers 2 according to known methods to produce a fur-like mesh fabric. Starting from a state in which the invention 1 covers the human body 8 or a surface of the human body 8, the following mechanism is triggered: - The human body 8 dissipates 60% of the infrared radiation 9 (FIR) to the environment at an ambient temperature of approximately 20 °C. - The infrared rays 9 emitted by the human body 8 are irradiated onto the invention 1, which consists of polyester fibers 3, 7 loaded with bioceramic particles 6 and can reflect these infrared rays 9 to produce reflected infrared rays 10. - The reflected infrared rays 10 have the same but opposite direction as the radiation emitted by the body 8 and thus radiate onto the body 8. - The reflected infrared rays 10 radiate onto the human body and, according to current knowledge, penetrate about 5 - 7 cm into the interior of the body 8 .

[0012] Advantageously, the fur-like mesh fabric according to the invention made of polyester fibers loaded with bioceramic particles, comprising pure new wool fibers 2, combines all the advantages of bioceramics and the advantages of wool; in fact, the invention 1 has hygroscopic properties and can therefore absorb up to 33% by weight of moisture relative to its own weight, thereby keeping the human body covered by the invention 1 completely dry at rest.

[0013] It is further advantageous that the invention 1 develops the natural advantageous effects of the new wool fibers 2.

Claims

[1] Fur-like mesh fabric (1) made of pure wool and polyester fibers (3, 7) loaded with bioceramic particles (6), comprising at least one mesh fabric (4), polyester fibers (3, 7) loaded with bioceramic particles (6) and pure wool fibers (2) which are processed to produce the fur-like mesh fabric (1), characterized by that the mesh fabric (4) consists of plastic fibers and is provided as a structural element on which the pure wool fibers (2) and the polyester fibers (3, 7) loaded with the bioceramic particles (6) are arranged, so that the fur-like mesh fabric (1) has an increased ability to reflect the infrared rays (9) emitted by the human body (8), wherein the fur-like mesh fabric (1) also has a hygroscopic effect due to the provision of the pure wool fibers (2). [2] Fur-like mesh fabric (1) according to claim 1, characterized by that the mesh fabric (4) is made of polyester fibres. [3] Fur-like mesh fabric (1) according to claim 1, characterized by that it reflects FIR infrared rays (9) without changing the wavelength.

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