287 results about "E-textiles" patented technology

An article of apparel is disclosed that includes zones with a textile having a structure that changes or is otherwise modified by a physical stimulus, such as the presence of water or a temperature change, to modify a property of the textile. The zones may be along a center back area and side areas of the apparel, and the textile may increase in air permeability when exposed to water. The zones may also be in an upper area of the torso and in a lower back area, and the textile may increase in texture when exposed to water. In some embodiments, slits are formed in the textile.

The present invention is directed to a multifunctional waterproof/vapor barrier fabric for use in industrial, medical, outdoor apparel (hunting, fishing, skiing, mountaineering, etc.) and military applications. The invention combines functional elements that are especially suited for the above applications. The fabric comprises a lining with wicking and antimicrobial properties, a vapor barrier film or coating with low Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate (M.V.T.R.), and a woven or knit face fabric enhanced with a hydrophobic face coating. The fabric performs admirably in various uses due in part to the use of hydrophobic adhesive, film and coatings, which renders the fabric subject to negligible moisture gain. The durability and water proof properties of the fabric are enhanced due to the impermeable low M.V.T.R design. The fabric of the present invention incorporates a unique combination of properties that addresses issues commonly associated with vapor barrier fabrics. The invention provides a waterproof/barrier fabric that is desirable to wear in direct contact with the skin to prevent evaporative heat loss in cool or cold conditions. The fabric is also effective when worn over one or more layers of other clothing. The fabric is particularly effective because it is capable of use as a base layer and waterproof shell, which helps to minimize the number of layers of clothing needed in cold weather.

The invention provides a weaving finishing agent with the functions of emitting far infrared ray, generating air negative ion, resisting bacterium and retaining moisture, which has positive roles to human body health, belonging to the functional textile technology field. The invention further provides the socks applying the weaving finishing agent, which achieves the functions of warming, killing and resisting bacterium, retaining skin moisture, preventing skin seasoning check, promoting blood circulation, promoting metabolism and alleviating fatigue and ache.

A malecot device includes a textile material covering its deployable malecot wing portion. The textile material is woven in a manner allowing it to be compactly disposed around an undeployed malecot and then expanded to cover malecot wings when those wings are deployed to an expanded outer device diameter.

The invention relates to a manufacture method for three-dimensional reinforced warp knitted spaced fabric, and the warp knitted spaced fabric is produced on a modified double tricot raschel machine with full weft insertion devices. A main body of adopted raw materials is tows of high-performance fiber such as fiber glass, carbon fiber, aramid fiber, ultra high modulus polyethylene and the like. The manufacture method comprises the following steps: introducing high-performance fiber inserted weft yarns on the whole width of the machine in the X-axis direction through two weft insertion devices arranged on the front and the back of the machine; introducing high-performance fiber inserted warp yarns in the Y direction through guide bars; binding and fixing the inserted warp yarns and the inserted weft yarns through chain stitch or tricot stitch of common or high strength synthetic fiber filament yarns; adopting the high-performance fiber on upper and lower surface layer connecting yarns, ensuring the distance of 5 to 6 cm between the two surface layers, and providing reinforcing fiber in the Z-axis direction; and designing raw materials, densities, arrangement modes and interlayer thickness of the inserted warp and weft yarns of the surface layers and interlayer connecting yarns according to the requirements to form three-dimensional mesh structures with different mesh sizes and specifications. The manufacture method is characterized in that the high-performance fiber is extended and arranged in three-dimensional directions so as to overcome the defects and disadvantages of the prior spaced fabric taken as a reinforced material, and the manufacture method provides an ideal three-dimensional reinforced fabric for production of composite boards with good tensile, bending, shearing and compression properties and shock resistance.

A connector for an e-textile having a conductive layer that includes conductors includes a terminal and a base separately provided from the terminal. The terminal has a mating end and a mounting end. The mounting end is terminated to the e-textile's conductors. The mating end is configured to be mated with a mating contact of a mating component. The terminal has a body and a plurality of tines extending from the body. The base is arranged opposite the body of the terminal such that the e-textile's conductors are positioned between the base and the body of the terminal. The terminal is crimped to electrically connect the terminal and the base to the e-textile's conductor. The tines are folded against the base to electrically connect the terminal to the base. The body of the terminal and the base engage the e-textile's conductors.

The invention discloses finishing technology for aromatic anti-bacteria cotton textile, which comprises the steps of extraction of active matters of plants, preparation of natural germicide and chitosan cross-linking and finishing technology of the cotton textile; finished knitted or machine-made cotton textile has long-time aroma and has health-care effect such as broad-spectrum bacteriostasis, sterilization, desinsectization and the like; in addition, the cotton textile disclosed by the invention has very good washability; and the cotton textile can be prepared as a plurality of knitted or machine-made health-care fabrics such as bras, underwear, pants, pajamas, pillowcases, bed sheets and the like.

A tufted controller using electronic textiles offers a unique way of controlling on/off and similar functions of electric and electronic devices. The uniquely soft and tactile tufted controllers offer relatively larger areas of more versatile contact over the prior art (i.e., flat, hard capacitive contact sensors). The tufted controllers may be constructed with yarn, string, thread, cordage or the like—even novelty yarns, like boucle- or eyelash type. Kits for building such controllers—especially for lamps and patches are popular craft projects.

A process for imparting durable water and oil repellency and durable soil release characteristics comprises the application of an aqueous mixture having a water repellent component such as a fluorocarbon polymer and a separate hydrophilic soil release polymer to a textile substrate, followed by a drying step. Optionally, a curing or thermosetting step may also be employed, if desired. This process is carried out in a preferred embodiment in a generally mild pH, which allows the process to be performed on a wide variety of textile substrates that may not be capable of withstanding more extreme pH values. Polyamides, aramids, polyesters, and poly/cotton substrates, when treated according to the present process, have all yielded improved performance with respect to durable water and oil repellency and durable soil release characteristics. A novel mixture or bath and novel treated substrates are also disclosed.

The present invention generally relates to specific combinations of active particles, forming a powder, that may be combined with carrier materials such as resins to produce fibers for textiles, films, coatings, and/or protective or insulating materials. The specific mixture of particles and materials may be carefully engineered to impart unique and valuable properties to end products including integration with optical energies, heat, and other electromagnetic energies. Resultant compositions may interact with light in the visible spectrum and optical and electromagnetic energy beyond the visible spectrum.

Methods and systems of the present invention use cellulose-containing materials, which may include post-consumer waste garments, scrap fabric and/or various biomass materials as a raw feed material to produce isolated cellulose molecules having desirable properties that can be used in the textile and apparel industries, and in other industries. A multi-stage process is provided, in which cellulose-containing feed material is subjected to one or more pretreatment stages, followed by a pulping treatment, to isolate cellulose molecules. The isolated cellulose molecules may be used in a variety of downstream applications. In one application, isolated cellulose molecules are extruded to provide regenerated cellulose fibers having desirable (and selectable) properties that are usable in various industrial applications, including textile production.

The invention relates to a method for the modification treatment of wool fibre and belongs to the field of dyeing and finishing technology. The method adopts pre-oxidation treatment, oxidation treatment, reduction treatment, enzyme hydrolysis treatment, softening treatment and other modification procedures, can effectively improve the felting property of loose wool fibre, wool yarn, wool strips, wool flower type strips so as to prepare a worsted wool product, so as to achieve the effects of felting prevention and machine washablility, improve the dimension stability of the worsted wool product and simultaneously obtain soft and smooth hand feeling and excellent lustrousness. The standard washing shrinkage rate of the wool clothing product produced through the method is lower than 3 percent.

The present invention relates to a multicomposition hemp blended spinning products and its technology. It is made from four fibres of hemp, yak cashmere, polyester fiber and modal as raw material, and its linear density is 9.7-200 tex, and its total compactness is 30%-99.5%. Its spinning technology includes the following steps: hemp and yak cashmere, dressing (A1860), pre-drawing (A272F) model and polyester fibre, dressing (FA201A), pre-drawing (FA304) mixed drawing first pass, mixed drawing second pass, roving (FA401), spinning (P7501), coning, warping, sizing, weaving and fabric finishing.

An integrally-woven three-layer heating textile is provided. The integrally-woven three-layer heating textile includes a heat-isolated fabric layer, a thermal function fabric layer, a plurality of conductive yams and a plurality of connecting yarns. The conductive yarn is distributed between the heat-isolated fabric layer and the thermal function fabric layer. The connecting yam interlaces the heat-isolated fabric layer and the thermal function fabric layer so that the conductive yam is sandwiched between the heat-isolated fabric layer and the thermal function fabric layer.

The invention discloses a method for dyeing silk broadcloth by using the pollen of lily as a natural dye and belongs to the technical field of textile dyeing and finishing. The method comprises the following steps of: soaking fresh or dried dark-red lily pistil, heating and performing suction-filtration to obtain a dye solution; adding silk broadcloth fabric which is refined, and dyeing the silk broadcloth fabric; and adding different mordants for mordanting and thus obtaining silk fabric with different colors. The method has the advantages of low cost, simple process, high performance, high additional value, non-allergic and non-carcinogenic to skin, and the like; raw materials are inexpensive, easy to get, and reproducible; and taking of dyeing products is safe. Particularly, by taking plant ash as a mordant, pollution is avoided. The method is environment-friendly and energy-saving, and clothes which are made of fabric dyed by using the method are natural, environment-friendly and nonirritating to the skin.

The invention discloses a low-temperature scouring and bleaching one-bath-process pretreatment process of cotton knitted fabrics, which includes the following steps: preparing scouring and bleaching solution according to the proportion of adding 0.2-0.8g of a scourzyme preparation A, 0.6-1.6g of an assistant B, 4-8g of hydrogen peroxide with the mass concentration of 30% and 1g of a penetrating agent in every liter of water; then, placing to-be-treated cotton knitted fabrics in the scouring and bleaching solution of 50-70 DEG C to be scoured and bleached for 30-60 minutes, emptying the scouring and bleaching solution and washing the cotton knitted fabrics with water, and then utilizing deoxygenation enzyme for deoxygenation to be prepared for dyeing. By combining scouring and bleaching and low-temperature bleaching ingeniously, one bath process can achieve a pretreatment process, scouring and high-temperature bleaching are not needed, and the low-temperature scouring and bleaching one-bath-process pretreatment process of cotton knitted fabrics saves water and energy, and shortens technological process. Products treated by the process meet quality requirements for fabrics and obtain good whiteness and wool effect, and comprehensive cost is lowered.

A method of wash-durably bonding integrated textile emblems such as patches, emblems, labels and cut textile parts to another textile article by laminating a pressure sensitive acrylic polymer adhesive to the back surface of the textile emblem. The acrylic polymer adhesive has a storage modulus that is greater than a loss modulus throughout a frequency range of from 0.1885 Hz to 628 Hz where bonding and debonding are expected to occur, and is devoid of any cross linking additives or reagents. The integrated textile emblem with laminated pressure sensitive acrylic polymer adhesive has improved adhesion to low-to-high energy surfaces, is not water soluble and is of adequate thickness to provide a wash-durable textile-to-textile bond capable of seaming or permanently attaching items such as textile panels, appliqué bearing text, numbers, logos and other indicia for the apparel, accessory and other industries.

The present invention provides a highly reflective fluorescent polymer composition comprising a benzoxzolyl naphthalene optical brightener and a polymeric substrate support material formed into three dimensional articles or fibers. The enhanced light reflectivity of the instant compositions occurs over a wavelength range of from about 400 to 700 nanometers. The fiber embodiment comprises a body or support portion made of a flexible and durable thermoplastic material which is at least partially translucent and bis(benzoxazolyl)napthalenes optical brightener molecularly dispersed throughout the polymeric body potion of the fiber. The fibers are fluorescent to a UV source and can be effectively utilized for artificial hair for toy dolls as well as for various other textile applications.

The invention provides a production method of inorganic nanometer light response type self-cleaning polyester fiber, comprising the following steps of: firstly specially producing visible light response type photochemical catalyst and easily-dispersed functional self-cleaning master batch, mixing the specially-produced functional master batch with polyester chip, and producing the inorganic nanometer light response type self-cleaning polyester fiber by a polyester fiber production technology. On the premise that the physical and chemical properties and the spinnability of the conventional fiber are not changed, the inorganic nanometer light response type self-cleaning polyester fiber has the characteristics such as bacteriostasis, air cleaning, self-cleaning function of easily desorbing greasy dirt, wide reaction condition, economical efficiency and the comprehensive treatment on pollutants. The various textiles made from the fiber, such as curtains, tablecloth, sofas, bedclothes and clothes, just like automatically running air cleaners, can be widely used in places such as bedrooms, hotel rooms, hospital wards, office, shopping malls, restaurants, indoor recreation grounds, etc.