Tweed-like towel fabric and weaving method for tweed-like towel fabric

Abstract

To provide a tweed-like towel fabric having water absorbency, soft touch, quick drying property and fastness required for towel fabric, and colorful gradation, twill-like expression and rough heavy feel characteristic of tweed fabric, and a weaving method for the same. [Solution] The pile non-forming portion 1 is based on a weft satin weave in which pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94 are entangled with colored weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, and by changing the positions of the ground warp threads 31, 32, weft satin weave exposed portions 6, ground warp exposed portions 7, and irregular satin weave portions 8 are irregularly arranged in the weft direction. The pile non-forming portions 1 and pile forming portions 2 are alternately arranged in the warp direction, and the overall appearance looks like tweed.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a tweed-like towel fabric and a method for weaving a tweed-like towel fabric. [Background technology]

[0002] Originally, tweed was a twill fabric originating from Scotland, UK, made from thick, coarse woolen yarn of different lengths. Tweed is woven using woolen yarns of many different colors to create beautiful gradations in color and patterns, and has a thick, rough texture. It is also fashionable and has excellent heat retention, and compared to ordinary fabrics, it has a unique, irregular roughness on the surface, creating a simple, heavy feel. Tweed was used in the past as a fabric for hunting jackets, and is still used today for jackets, skirts, and other outerwear that does not come into direct contact with the skin. Tweed fabric is not suitable for underwear that comes into direct contact with the skin.

[0003] Towel fabrics are woven fabrics that use ground warp and weft threads and pile threads made of cotton yarn, forming pile (rings) on the front and / or back. To weave towel fabrics with a tweed-like pattern and texture, it is not enough to simply make the overall pattern tweed-like; it is also necessary to provide the soft, flexible texture that is essential for towel fabrics, as well as water absorbency, quick-drying properties, light weight, and washability.

[0004] When the ground warp yarn, ground weft yarn and pile yarn are used to weave a twill weave similar to tweed, a flat, stiff fabric without pile is produced, which is suitable for use in the hem of a towel fabric, but it lacks the soft texture, water absorbency, light weight and quick drying properties required for the main body of the towel fabric. Also, it is unable to express the rough feel, irregular color expression and stylish gradation of tweed.

[0005] As a method for expressing a tweed-like pattern and texture in a towel fabric, it is possible to reduce the pile density or to use thick pile warp yarns. If the pile density is reduced, the pile will be formed at a low density in a plain weave towel fabric in which the ground warp yarns and ground weft yarns are interwoven, and it is not possible to express a rough, heavy texture. If thick cotton yarns are used for the pile warp yarns, the pile height will be constant and the fabric will have a high pile density, which will make the fabric heavy, lack quick drying properties, and lose the fluffy feel of the towel fabric. Although this is suitable for applications such as foot mats, it is not suitable for hand towels or body towels that require a fluffy feel. In addition, it lacks the rough, irregular surface pattern, the appearance of nep-like colors, the interest of different color appearances, the variety of gradations, the rough softness, and the heat retention properties required for tweed.

[0006] As a towel fabric with an uneven surface height, a towel fabric has been proposed that combines a double-sided pile fabric and a pleated fabric with pleats alternately on the front and back sides (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The towel fabric disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a double-sided pile fabric with a uniform pattern and a plain-woven pleated fabric, and the pleated fabric has pleats that alternately rise on the front and back sides to create a bulging feel, and the pleated fabric is made to rise due to differences in the weave structure to create a pattern. The entire pleated fabric sags and bulges, making it impossible to achieve the rough, heavy feel of tweed, the appearance of irregular colors, or colorful gradations.

[0007] A towel fabric has been proposed in which strip-shaped pile-free fabric extends in the warp direction within a double-sided pile fabric (see, for example, Patent Document 2). The fabric disclosed in Patent Document 2 has strip-shaped pile-free parts of a given width in which parts with long protruding ground warp threads and parts woven with multiple weft threads and pile warp threads are alternately exposed in the warp direction.

[0008] The structure of the belt-shaped pile-free portion of Patent Document 2 (referred to as a pin tuck fabric in the specification) will be described in detail. The wefts are arranged in a multi-layered portion with many wefts arranged in the vertical direction and a single-layered portion with one weft arranged, alternately arranged at a predetermined interval in the warp direction. The pile warp is arranged with many wefts above and below to form a multi-layered, varied plain weave structure, and then entangled with the weft of the single-layered portion with one weft arranged, and with the single-layered weave structure as a boundary, it is further arranged with many wefts above and below to form a multi-layered, varied plain weave structure. Meanwhile, the ground warp threads are drawn out through the single-layered weave structure to the back side, and are arranged so that they float long in the warp direction on the back side of the multi-layered, varied plain weave structure and are arranged so that the entire back side of the multi-layered, varied plain weave structure is concealed by the many ground warp threads arranged side by side, and the multi-layered, varied plain weave structure is exposed on the front side. Next, the ground warp threads are pulled out from the single layer weave to the front side, and are arranged so as to float long in the warp direction on the front side of the multi-layered changed plain weave, and are arranged so as to cover the front side of the changed plain weave with a large number of ground warp threads arranged in parallel in the weft direction, and the multi-layered changed plain weave is exposed on the back side. In this way, the large number of warp threads and the multi-layered changed plain weave have a front-back relationship, and are configured so that the front side and the back side are reversed with the single layer weave as the boundary.

[0009] The structure of the pile-free portion disclosed in Patent Document 2 is easily caught, has low strength, and has low washability because it protrudes long on the front or back of the two-layer weave structure. In addition, the structure of the belt-shaped pile-free portion extending in the warp direction only has a repeat of two types of weave patterns, alternating between the part where the ground warp threads are stretched and the weft threads and pile warp threads of the changed plain weave structure, and there is no variation in the pattern. In the area where only the warp threads protrude long, only the color of the raised warp threads is visible, and the other threads are hidden by the warp threads and cannot be seen, so the fabric itself does not have a colorful or rough feel. In addition, in the area where the multi-layer changed plain weave structure is exposed, the weft threads and pile warp threads are organized in a plain weave pattern, so the twill-like color appearance that is characteristic of tweed cannot be expressed.

[0010] Referring to "0022" of the "Detailed Description of the Invention" of Patent Document 2, since the number of warp threads is 10, the band-shaped pile-free portion is wide, the boundary between the double-sided pile area and the band-shaped pile-free portion is clearly visible, and the double-sided pile area and the band-shaped pile-free portion each independently form a pattern. The double-sided pile area and the band-shaped pile-free portion do not combine to form a single pattern, so the overall appearance of tweed is not achieved.

[0011] The description in paragraph "0043" of Patent Document 2 that "Each pin tuck body 11 does not need to have a two-layer structure. By using three or more layers and increasing the degree of protrusion, a distinctive texture and appearance can be achieved, and by increasing the number of layers, a pattern with a more complex color can be expressed." means that in order to provide a texture with a distinctive protruding feel, it is preferable to increase the number of layers and increase the degree of protrusion in the multi-layered portion. From the contents of the description, the main effect of the structure of the belt-shaped pile-free portion disclosed in Patent Document 2 is to express a protruding texture. It can be seen that the multi-layered portion of the belt-shaped pile-free portion is protruding with the thickness of many overlapping weft threads, expressing a hard texture, partially becoming lumpy, lacking flexibility and quick-drying properties, and not having the soft texture required for face towels and bath towels. In the multi-layered portion, the layered threads are prone to slippage and have low robustness against external forces such as friction, so in order to prevent slippage between the layers, the ground warp threads are entangled in the single-layered portion where one weft thread is arranged. The structure of the pile-free portion disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a configuration in which a large number of protrusions partitioned by single-layer portions are arranged along the warp direction, and the present invention and Patent Document 2 are different in structure and effect. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0012] [Patent Document 1] Published patent application of JP-A-10-195735 [Patent Document 2] Patent publication No. 7030931 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0013] The problem that the invention is trying to solve is that the characteristic of tweed in towel fabric is that it stretches diagonally. The problem is that if one tries to recreate a twill weave or a heavy feel, the fabric will lack flexibility and lightness, and the essential properties of towel fabric will be lost.

[0014] To provide a tweed-like towel fabric which satisfies twill-like expression, rough and heavy feel, napped color expression, water absorbency, flexibility, quick-drying properties, durability and light weight. [Means for solving the problem]

[0015] The invention according to claim 1 is a towel fabric using ground warp yarns, ground weft yarns, color weft yarns, and pile warp yarns that are tensioned in the warp direction, and in which pile forming portions and pile non-forming portions are alternately arranged along the warp direction, The pile warp yarns are made of non-twist yarns and a plurality of types of yarns having different twist numbers, The pile forming section has a structure in which ground warp yarns and ground weft yarns are interlaced, and piles are formed by each pile warp yarn in the towel fabric structure, The pile non-forming portion is a weft satin weave surface portion in which a ground warp is disposed on the back side of a weft satin weave portion in which a color weft is floated long on the front side and arranged with a pile warp; a ground warp exposed portion in which ground warp threads are arranged under tension in the warp direction on the surface side of a weft satin weave structure in which color weft threads float long on the surface side and are woven with pile warp threads; The irregular satin weave portion is formed by weaving the pile warp and ground warp with the color weft threads, with the color weft threads floating long on the surface side, and is arranged irregularly in the weft direction. The pile-formed portion and the non-pile-formed portion combine to give the entire fabric a tweed-like pattern and texture. The invention according to claim 2 includes a step of arranging ground weft threads at right angles to ground warp threads tensioned in the warp direction, and interweaving the ground warp threads and the ground weft threads to weave a towel fabric structure; A step of weaving a pile forming portion by driving the pile warp yarns between the ground warp yarns of the towel fabric structure and intertwining them with the ground weft yarns to form a pile; a step of arranging only color wefts in the weft direction and weaving pile warps with the color wefts to form a weft satin weave in which the color wefts float in the weft direction; a step of weaving a weft satin weave exposed portion by arranging a ground warp yarn extending in a warp direction continuous with the pile forming portion under tension in the warp direction on a back side of the weft satin weave obtained in the step of weaving the weft satin weave; a step of weaving a ground warp thread exposed portion by arranging the ground warp threads extending in the warp direction continuously with the pile forming portion under tension in the warp direction on the surface side of the weft satin weave obtained in the step of weaving the weft satin weave; a step of weaving a ground warp yarn extending continuously from the pile forming portion in the warp direction at a position not adjacent to a color weft yarn of the weft satin weave structure obtained in the step of weaving the weft satin weave structure and a weaving point of the weft satin weave structure, thereby weaving an irregular satin weave structure portion with the pile warp yarn and the ground warp yarn; the weft satin weave exposed portion, the ground warp exposed portion and the irregular satin weave portion are irregularly arranged in different regions in the weft direction to weave a pile non-forming portion, The weaving process of the pile forming section and the weaving process of the pile non-forming section are alternately repeated to arrange the pile forming sections and the pile non-forming sections alternately in the warp direction, thereby weaving a tweed-like towel fabric that has a tweed-like pattern and texture as a whole. Effect of the Invention

[0016] In the present invention, the pile non-forming portion is based on a weft satin weave in which the pile warp threads are woven with the colored weft threads, the ground warp threads are arranged on the back side to form the weft satin weave exposed portion, the ground warp threads are stretched on the front side to form the ground warp exposed portion, and the pile warp threads and the ground warp threads are woven with the colored weft threads without being adjacent to each other at the weaving points. Three types of weaving patterns are arranged in each desired area. The effect is that the number of patterns can be expressed irregularly in the weft direction, and a diagonal twill pattern that is characteristic of tweed can be expressed in a weft satin weave, while a variety of colors and nep-like colors can be expressed by using pile warp threads as fixing threads.

[0017] The weft satin weave exposed portion, the ground warp exposed portion and the irregular satin weave portion are based on the same weft satin weave, and by changing the position at which the ground warp threads are entangled with the same weft satin weave, different patterns can be expressed.

[0018] In the present invention, since the pile warp yarn contains a non-twist yarn, in the non-pile non-forming portion, the non-twist yarn can express a bulky nep feel different from other pile warp yarns for fastening, which has the effect of providing variation in the pattern. Also, in the pile forming portion, the non-twist yarn can express a fluffy, soft feel to the touch and a rough, bulky, heavy feel.

[0019] The pile-forming sections and non-pile-forming sections are arranged alternately in the warp direction, so that the non-pile sections are surrounded by the pile of the adjacent pile-forming sections front and rear and appear to be hidden, thereby providing the overall effect of presenting the colorful gradations, twill texture and nep texture that are the requirements for a tweed fabric. The weft threads are arranged in a warp direction with a predetermined number of ground weft threads and color weft threads alternately arranged, so that the single layer has the effect of preventing the occurrence of thread slippage, high robustness, and flexibility. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a surface view showing a weft satin weave exposed portion (Example 1). [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory view showing the configuration of a weft satin weave exposed portion (Example 1). [Diagram 3] FIG. 1 is a front view showing a ground warp thread exposed portion (Example 1). [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory view showing a configuration of a ground warp thread exposed portion (Example 1). [Diagram 5] FIG. 1 is a surface diagram of an irregular satin weave part (Example 1). [Figure 6] FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory view showing the configuration of an irregular satin weave part (Example 1). [Figure 7] FIG. 1 is a photograph of the surface of a tweed-like towel fabric (Example 1). [Figure 8] FIG. 1 is a photograph of the back of a tweed-like towel fabric (Example 1). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0021] A predetermined number of ground wefts and a predetermined number of colored wefts are alternately arranged in the warp direction, and in the area where the ground wefts are arranged, a pile forming section is provided in which a double-sided pile is woven with pile warps in a towel fabric structure where the ground wefts and ground warps intersect, and in the area where the colored wefts are arranged, the pile warps are used as retaining threads for floating the colored wefts long and suppressing the floating of the colored wefts, thereby weaving a colorful weft satin weave structure in which the colors of the pile warps are scattered among the single color expressed by the colored wefts, and a pile non-forming section is provided in which a different weave structure is woven in a desired area in the weft direction by changing the positional relationship between the weft satin weave structure and the ground warp threads using the weft satin weave structure as a base, and the pile forming section and the pile non-forming section are alternately arranged in the warp direction, so that the entire fabric presents a tweed-like twill pattern and colorful gradations like tweed. EXAMPLES

[0022] Example 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. In the tweed-like towel fabric, pile non-forming area 1 areas of a specified warp width and pile forming area 2 areas are alternately arranged in the warp direction, giving the fabric an overall tweed feel. More specifically, a group of color weft yarns 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 that are perpendicular to ground warp yarns 31, 31a, 32, 32a that are tensioned in the warp direction, and a group of ground weft yarns 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 are alternately arranged in the warp direction. In the areas where color weft yarns 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are arranged, pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94 are used as fastening yarns to form pile non-forming area 1. In the area where the ground weft yarns 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 are arranged, they intertwine with the ground warp yarns 31, 31a, 32, 32a to weave a terry cloth with three wefts on both sides, and the pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94 form the pile forming section 2 where the pile is exposed on both sides. The pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94 are made of multiple types of yarns with different colors and twist numbers, and include at least one non-twist yarn. In addition, the pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94 are pre-dyed to a desired color, and it is preferable that the non-twist yarn is dyed in the same color as one of the twisted yarns. This is because one twisted yarn and one non-twisted yarn are the same color, which allows the fluffy and bulky feel of one layer of non-twisted yarn to be expressed.

[0023] In the pile non-forming portion 1, a weft satin weave exposed portion 6, a ground warp exposed portion 7, and an irregular satin weave portion 8 are irregularly arranged in the weft direction. The weft satin weave exposed portion 6, the ground warp exposed portion 7, and the irregular satin weave portion 8 will be described below.

[0024] The weft satin weave exposed portion 6 will be described with reference to Figures 1 and 2. Color wefts 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49 are arranged perpendicular to ground warp threads 31 and 32, which are tensioned in the warp direction. The ground warp thread 31 passes through the front side of the color weft thread 41, is pulled out to the back side of the color weft thread 42, holds down the color weft thread 41, and is arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49. The ground warp thread 32 is pulled out from the back side of the color weft thread 41 to the front side of the color weft thread 42, holds down the color weft thread 42, and is arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49.

[0025] The pile warp thread 91 is pulled out from the front side of the color weft thread 41 to the back side and disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 42, 43, 44, 45, crosses the color weft thread 46, pulled out to the back side and disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 47, 48, 49, and holds the color weft threads 41, 46 to prevent them from floating. The pile warp thread 92 is pulled out from the back side of the color weft thread 42 to the front side, crosses the color weft threads 42, 43, 44, and disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 45, 46, 47, and further pulled out from the front side of the color weft thread 48 to the back side of the color weft thread 49, and holds the color weft threads 42, 44, 48. The pile warp thread 93 is pulled out from the back side of the color weft thread 41 to the front side, passes through the front side of the color weft threads 42 and 43, pulled out to the back side and disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 44, 45, and 46, crosses the color weft thread 47, and is further disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 48 and 49, thereby holding the color weft threads 42, 43, and 47. The pile warp thread 94 is pulled out from the front side of the color weft thread 41 to the back side, disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 42, 43, and 44, crosses the color weft thread 45, and is further disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 46, 47, and 48, crosses the color weft thread 49, and is disposed on the front side of the color weft thread 49, thereby holding the color weft threads 41, 45, and 49. In the first embodiment, the color wefts 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49 and the pile warps 91, 92, 93, and 94 form a four-ply irregular satin weave, but the weft satin weave of the present invention is not limited to the four-ply irregular satin weave.

[0026] In the weft satin weave exposed portion 6, the pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94 act as retaining threads to hold down the floating color weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 that float long in the weft direction. The ground warp threads 31, 32 are arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 and are difficult to see from the front side, so that the pattern is formed only by the color weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 and the pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94.

[0027] For example, a specific example will be described in which the pile warp threads 91 are untwisted yarns, the pile warp threads 92 are loosely twisted yarns, the pile warp threads 93 are regular yarns, the pile warp threads 94 are untwisted yarns, and the colored weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are yarns pre-dyed in blue. When the pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94 are entangled as fixing threads in the area in which the colored weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are arranged in a row in the warp direction and have a solid blue satin-like appearance, the pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94 appear as dots or neps. In particular, the pile warp threads 91, 94 are made of untwisted yarns, and therefore have a bulky nep feel. It is also possible to use yarns dyed in a desired color in desired areas as the pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94. For example, if white and black yarns are used for the pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94, white or black yarns are arranged as fixing yarns in the areas where the blue colored weft yarns 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are arranged, and a white or black dot pattern is expressed by the fixing yarns.

[0028] The ground warp exposed portion 7 will be described with reference to Figures 3 and 4. Color wefts 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are arranged perpendicular to the ground warp threads 31, 32 arranged under tension in the warp direction. The ground warp thread 31 passes through the front side of the color weft thread 41, weaves with the color weft thread 42, holds down the color weft thread 42, and is arranged on the front side of the color weft threads 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49. The ground warp thread 32 is pulled out from the back side of the color weft thread 41 and is arranged on the front side of the color weft threads 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49.

[0029] The pile warp threads 91 are pulled out from the front side of the color weft threads 41 to the back side of the color weft threads 42, and hold the color weft threads 41 in place, and are disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49. The pile warp threads 92 are woven with the color weft threads 42, 43, and 44 from the back side of the color weft threads 41, and are disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 45, 46, and 47, and are woven with the color weft threads 48 and 49, and hold the front side of the color weft threads 42, 44, and 48 in place. The pile warp thread 93 is pulled out from the back side of the color weft thread 41 and disposed on the front side of the color weft threads 42 and 43, and is further pulled out to the back side, passes through the back sides of the color weft threads 44, 45, and 46, entangles with the color weft thread 47, and is disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 48 and 49, thereby holding the color weft threads 42, 43, and 47. The pile warp thread 94 is pulled out from the front side of the color weft thread 41 to the back side, passes through the back sides of the color weft threads 42, 43, and 44, entangles with the color weft thread 45, and is further disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 46, 47, and 48, and is pulled out to the front side of the color weft thread 49, thereby holding the color weft threads 41, 45, and 49.

[0030] The ground warp threads exposed portion 7 is configured such that the ground warp threads 31, 32 are tensioned in the warp direction on the surface side of the weft satin weave in which the colored weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are interlaced with the pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94. Therefore, the stripe-like pattern extending in the warp direction of the ground warp threads 31, 32 stands out on the surface side of the dot pattern expressed by the pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94 based on the colors of the colored weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49. The stripe-like ground warp threads 31, 32 extending in the warp direction are emphasized to the naked eye, expressing a pattern different from that of the weft satin weave exposed portion 6.

[0031] The irregular satin weave portion 8 will be described with reference to Figures 5 and 6. Color wefts 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are arranged in a positional relationship in which they intersect at right angles with ground warp threads 31, 32, 31a, 32a that are tensioned in the warp direction. The ground warp thread 31 passes under the front side of the color weft thread 41 and is arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 42, 44, weaves with the color weft thread 44 and is arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 45, 46, 47, crosses the color weft thread 48 and passes under the back side of the color weft thread 49, and holds the color weft threads 41, 44, 48 in place. The ground warp thread 32 passes from the back side of the color weft thread 41 to the front side of the color weft thread 42, is arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 43, 44, and 45, is pulled out to the front side to pass the front side of the color weft thread 46, is pulled out to the back side to be arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 47, 48, and 49, and holds the color weft threads 42 and 46. The ground warp thread 31a is pulled out from the front side of the color weft thread 41 to the back side to be arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 42, 43, and 44, is pulled out to the front side to pass the front side of the color weft thread 45, is arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 46, 47, and 48, is pulled out to the front side to pass the front side of the color weft thread 49, and holds the color weft threads 41, 45, and 49. The ground warp thread 32a is drawn out from the back side of the color weft thread 41 to the front side and arranged on the front side of the color weft threads 42 and 43, drawn out to the back side and arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 44, 45, and 46, intertwines with the color weft thread 47, and arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 48 and 49, thereby fastening the color weft threads 42, 43, and 47.

[0032] The pile warp thread 91 is pulled out from the front side of the color weft thread 41 to the back side and disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 42, 43, 44, 45, crosses the color weft thread 46, pulled out to the back side and disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 47, 48, 49, and holds the color weft threads 41, 46 to prevent them from floating. The pile warp thread 92 is pulled out from the back side of the color weft thread 42 to the front side, crosses the color weft threads 42, 43, 44, and disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 45, 46, 47, passes through the front side of the color weft thread 48, and is pulled out to the back side of the color weft thread 49, and holds the color weft threads 42, 44, 48. The pile warp thread 93 is drawn from the back side of the color weft thread 41 to the front side, passes through the front side of the color weft threads 42 and 43, is drawn to the back side and disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 44, 45, and 46, intersects with the color weft thread 47, and is further disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 48 and 49, and holds the color weft threads 42, 43, and 47. The pile warp thread 94 passes through the front side of the color weft thread 41, is drawn to the back side, is disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 42, 43, and 44, intersects with the color weft thread 45, and is further disposed on the back side of the color weft threads 46, 47, and 48, intersects with the color weft thread 49, and is disposed on the front side of the color weft thread 49, and holds the color weft threads 41, 45, and 49.

[0033] In the irregular satin weave portion 8 of the embodiment 1, the ground warp threads 31, 32, 31a, 32a are also used as fixing threads for the color weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 of the weft satin weave surface portion 6, forming a four-ply irregular satin weave. In other words, the pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94 are woven in a four-ply irregular satin weave for the color weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, and the ground warp threads 31, 32, 31a, 32a are also woven in a four-ply irregular satin weave for the color weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49. The pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94 are woven such that the weave points of the pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94 relative to the color weft yarns 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are not adjacent to the weave points of the ground warp yarns 31, 32, 31a, 32a relative to the color weft yarns 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49.

[0034] In the irregular satin weave portion 8 of the embodiment 1, the pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94 and the ground warp yarns 31, 32, 31a, 32a act as fixing yarns to suppress the floating of the color weft yarns 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49. The fixing parts of the pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94 and the ground warp yarns 31, 32, 31a, 32a on the surface side of the color weft yarns 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are expressed as dots or neps to make them more colorful, and there are more fixing parts compared to the weft satin weave surface portion 6, so that the fastness is improved. In the embodiment 1, the four-ply irregular satin weave is explained as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention includes irregular satin weaves with all the jump numbers as long as they are irregular satin weaves.

[0035] We will now explain the pile forming section 2. Ground warp threads 31, 32, 31a, 32a extending in the warp direction from the weft satin weave exposed section 6, the ground warp thread exposed section 7 and the irregular satin weave section 8 intersect with ground weft threads 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 to weave a towel fabric with three weft pile threads on both sides, and pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94 form the pile forming section 2 in which pile threads are exposed on both sides of the towel fabric.

[0036] In Example 1, the warp width of the non-pile forming portion 1 is set to about 3 mm, the warp width of the pile forming portion 2 is set to about 3 mm, and the pile length of the pile forming portion 2 is set to about 10 mm. The non-pile forming portion 1 is based on a weft satin weave, and three types of weaves are provided by changing the entanglement of the ground warp yarns 31, 32, 31a, 32a with the weft satin weave, so that a dotted or nep-like pattern is expressed by the pile warp yarns in the single-color area made of colored weft yarns, giving it a tweed-like appearance, and the basic weft satin weave has the twill-like appearance of tweed. The pile forming portions 2 with long pile lengths are arranged in front of and behind the non-pile forming portion 1, so that the non-pile forming portion 1 is hidden by the pile of the pile forming portion 2, giving it the effect of presenting a rich gradation of colors.

[0037] The weaving method of the tweed-like towel fabric will be explained. A predetermined number of colored wefts 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are sequentially ejected perpendicular to a number of ground warp threads 31, 32 tensioned in the warp direction. At the same time, pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94 are driven between the ground warp threads 31, 32, and a four-ply irregular satin weave is woven with the pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, 94 and the colored wefts 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49.

[0038] At a desired position of the four-ply irregular satin weave, the ground warp thread 31 holds the color weft thread 41 and draws it out to the back side, and is arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49, and the ground warp thread 32 is arranged on the back side of the color weft threads 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49 to weave the weft satin weave exposed part 6.

[0039] At another desired position of the 4-ply irregular satin weave, the ground warp threads 31 are disposed on the surface side of the color weft threads 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49. The ground warp threads 32 are disposed on the surface side of the color weft threads 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, and the ground warp threads 31, 32 are woven on the surface of the 4-ply irregular satin weave so as to present a striped pattern in the warp direction, thereby weaving the ground warp exposed portion 7.

[0040] At still another desired position of the obtained 4-ply irregular satin weave, the ground warps 31, 32, 31a, 32a are arranged at a position not adjacent to the weaving point of the 4-ply irregular satin weave, and a 4-ply irregular satin weave is woven with the color wefts 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49. The color wefts 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 are woven into a 4-ply irregular satin weave with the pile warps 91, 92, 93, 94 and the ground warps 31, 32, 31a, 32a.

[0041] Next, ground weft yarns 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 are sequentially injected onto the ground warp yarns 31, 32, and a towel fabric structure with three weft piles on both sides is woven by the ground warp yarns 31, 32 and the ground weft yarns 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, and pile warp yarns 91, 92, 93, 94 extending continuously from the pile non-forming portion 1 are driven into the towel fabric structure to weave the piles on the front and back sides.

[0042] A four-ply irregular satin weave is based on pile warp threads 91, 92, 93, and 94 and color weft threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49, and by changing the positions of ground warp threads 31 and 32, different weave patterns can be created. [Explanation of symbols]

[0043] 1. Pile non-forming section 2 Pile forming section 31, 32, 31a, 32a Ground warp threads 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 Color weft 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 Ground weft 6 Weft satin weave surface 7 Ground warp thread surface 8. Irregular Satin Weave Section 91, 92, 93, 94 Pile warp

Claims

1. A towel fabric using ground warp yarns, ground weft yarns, color weft yarns, and pile warp yarns that are tensioned in the warp direction, in which pile forming portions and pile non-forming portions are alternately arranged along the warp direction, The pile warp yarns are made of non-twist yarns and a plurality of types of yarns having different twist numbers, The pile forming section has a structure in which ground warp yarns and ground weft yarns are interlaced, and piles are formed by each pile warp yarn in the towel fabric structure, The pile non-forming portion is a weft satin weave surface portion in which a ground warp is disposed on the back side of a weft satin weave portion in which a color weft is floated long on the front side and arranged with a pile warp; a ground warp exposed portion in which ground warp threads are arranged under tension in the warp direction on the surface side of a weft satin weave structure in which color weft threads float long on the surface side and are woven with pile warp threads; The irregular satin weave portion is formed by weaving the pile warp and ground warp with the color weft threads, with the color weft threads floating long on the surface side, and is arranged irregularly in the weft direction. The pile-formed portion and the non-pile-formed portion cooperate to provide a tweed-like pattern and texture as a whole.

2. a step of arranging ground weft threads at right angles to ground warp threads tensioned in the warp direction and interweaving the ground warp threads and the ground weft threads to weave a towel fabric; A step of weaving a pile forming portion by driving the pile warp yarns between the ground warp yarns of the towel fabric structure and intertwining them with the ground weft yarns to form a pile; a step of arranging only color wefts in the weft direction and weaving pile warps with the color wefts to form a weft satin weave in which the color wefts float in the weft direction; a step of weaving a weft satin weave exposed portion by arranging a ground warp yarn extending in a warp direction continuous with the pile forming portion under tension in the warp direction on a back side of the weft satin weave obtained in the step of weaving the weft satin weave; a step of weaving a ground warp thread exposed portion by arranging the ground warp threads extending in the warp direction continuously with the pile forming portion under tension in the warp direction on the surface side of the weft satin weave obtained in the step of weaving the weft satin weave; a step of weaving a ground warp yarn extending continuously from the pile forming portion in the warp direction at a position not adjacent to a color weft yarn of the weft satin weave structure obtained in the step of weaving the weft satin weave structure and a weaving point of the weft satin weave structure, thereby weaving an irregular satin weave structure portion with the pile warp yarn and the ground warp yarn; the weft satin weave exposed portion, the ground warp exposed portion and the irregular satin weave portion are irregularly arranged in different regions in the weft direction to weave a pile non-forming portion, The weaving method for a tweed-like towel fabric is characterized in that the pile-forming sections and the pile-non-forming sections are alternately arranged in the warp direction by repeating the weaving step of the pile-forming sections and the weaving step of the pile-non-forming sections, thereby weaving a tweed-like towel fabric having a tweed-like pattern and texture as a whole.

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