It is provided a fabric and garments made of such fabric.
Fabrics used in apparel designed for athletic activities are conceived with the objective of maximizing the body performance by notably controlling the body temperature and keeping the moisture away from the individual. The challenge is to manufacture such apparel which generally exhibit characteristics that enhance the performance without compromising the appearance and/or comfort of an individual. The moisture from the associated sweat generated as a result of physical exertion causes undesirable liquid spot on the face surface of the apparel. Having a fabric that reduces occurrence of moisture spots is convenient for wearers that can work out in a athletic gear and walk to get groceries or coffee without worrying about sweat marks. Having a fabric that has comfort stretch and recovery that does not restrict your movement, having a fabric that is wrinkle free that makes your transition possible from one activity to another activity seamlessly is also convenient for wearers as well as having a fabric that provides soft/comfort touch to your skin.
It is thus highly desired to be provided with improved fabrics that reduce wrinkles.
It is provided a fabric comprising a face side and a back side, said fabric comprising a multifilament yarn having a bi-component polymer core yarn which gives a mechanical stretch which is combined with a mechanical stretch yarn with mechanical stretch from texturizing; and a high moisture regain yarn with greater fiber weight per filament or higher surface area than the multifilament yarn, wherein the high moisture regain yarn is inserted such that a plurality of long high moisture regain yarn floats is generated, wherein a majority of the long high moisture regain yarn floats are on the back side of the fabric.
In an embodiment, the bi-component polymer yarn is a combination of a polyester, polyacrylic, Polytrimethylene terephthalate, nylon, a polypropylene, an acrylic and any blend combination thereof.
In a further embodiment, the bi-component polymer yarn comprises a recycled polyester.
In a further embodiment, the mechanical stretch yarn with mechanical stretch from texturizing comprises a recycled polymer.
In another embodiment, the mechanical stretch polymer is a blend of a bio polymer with synthetic polymer.
In a further embodiment, the mechanical stretch polymer is a bicomponent yarn.
In an embodiment, the bi-component yarn is air-textured or twisted with a mechanical stretch yarn.
In another embodiment, the air-textured yarn comprises about 10-80% bio polymer.
In a further embodiment, the fabric is woven and wherein the bi-component core yarn together with mechanical stretch yarn is inserted as a warp yarn and a weft yarn, and wherein the high moisture regain yarn is inserted as the weft yarn.
In an embodiment, the fabric is woven and wherein the bi-component core yarn together with mechanical stretch yarn is inserted as a warp yarn and a weft yarn, and wherein the high moisture regain yarn is inserted as the warp yarn.
In an embodiment, the fabric is woven and wherein the bi-component core yarn together with mechanical stretch yarn is inserted as a warp yarn and a weft yarn, and wherein the high moisture regain yarn is inserted as the warp yarn and the weft yarn.
In another embodiment, the bi-component core yarn together with mechanical stretch yarn is 15 D/50 F yarn to 120 D/125 F yarn such that a denier per filament of the yarn is in a range of 0.35-0.99 Denier/Filament.
In a further embodiment, the bi-component core yarn together with mechanical stretch yarn is 85 D/106 F micro polyester blend.
In an embodiment, the high moisture regain yarn is selected from a high moisture regain synthetic polymer, a regenerated cellulosic fiber and a natural fiber.
In an embodiment, the high moisture regain yarn is selected from a high moisture regain nylon, acrylic, cotton, silk, wool, modal, micro-modal, rayon, lyocell, viscose, cupro, artificial silk or any combination thereof.
In another embodiment, the high moisture regain yarn is nylon with 20 Denier to 120 Denier yarn size.
In a further embodiment, the woven fabric comprises insertions and the high moisture regain yarn is introduced in every other insertions.
In an embodiment, the high moisture regain yarn is introduced every 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th insertion.
In another embodiment, 60% of the moisture regain yarn is on the back side of the fabric and 40% of the moisture regain yarn is on the face side creating denier gradient channels between the back and the face sides to remove moisture away from the back side and out of the face side of the fabric.
In a further embodiment, 90% of the moisture regain yarn is on the back side of the fabric and 10% of the moisture regain yarn is on the face side creating denier gradient channels between the back and the face sides to remove moisture away from the back side and out of the face side of the fabric.
In an embodiment, the back side of the woven fabric is mechanically sueded using sandpaper.
In an embodiment, the bi-component yarn together with the mechanical stretch yarn is dyed.
In a further embodiment, the fabric is dyed.
In another embodiment, the fabric is dyed using cationic dyable yarns and cationic dyes.
It is further provided an air-textured multifilament yarn comprising a core yarn air-textured with a mechanical stretch feed yarn, wherein the mechanical stretch yarn is a modified blend of a bio polymer with synthetic polymer.
In an embodiment, the mechanical stretch feed polymer yarn is a bi-component yarn.
In another embodiment, the mechanical stretch feed polymer yarn is a modified polyester comprising 10%-70% bio-polyester or a polyester derivative.
In a further embodiment, the mechanical stretch feed polymer yarn is 30-70 D modified polyester.
In an embodiment, the mechanical stretch feed polymer yarn is 50 D/34 F a bi-component yarn fully drawn yarn.
In an embodiment, the mechanical stretch feed polymer yarn is 50 D/34 F bi-component yarn that is draw texturized yarn.
In a supplemental embodiment, the core yarn is a recycled polyester 30 D/72 F draw textured yarn.
In an embodiment, the air-textured multifilament yarn is 15 D/50 F yarn to 120 D/125 F yarn such that denier per filament of the yarn is in a range of 0.35-0.99 Denier/Filament.
In another embodiment, air-textured multifilament yarn is 85 D/106 F micro polyester yarn.
It is further provided a fabric comprising the air-texturized multifilament yarn as described herein.
It is also provided an apparel comprising the woven fabric as described herein.
In an embodiment, the apparel is a shirt, a headwear, a coat, a jacket, a pant, an underwear, a glove, a sock, or a footwear.
Reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings.
The present application discloses a unique fabric that has a comfort stretch and recovery level of for example, comfort stretch in both warp and weft direction of about 8 to 20%, and recovery of more than 95%.
The fabric provided herein has moisture management, having high moisture regain fiber next to the skin for comfort plus the combination of special texturized bi-component polyester yarn that has mechanical stretch and a mechanical stretch yarn that also has mechanical stretch that confers to the fabric mechanical properties (comfort stretch) plus good recovery. The fabric is naturally anti-wrinkle due to the combination of mechanical stretch polyester and bi-component yarns.
The fabric provided herein comprises different sets of yarns, a yarn comprising a bi-component core yarn with mechanical stretch which is air texturized with a mechanical stretch yarn that gets mechanical stretch from a texturizing technique. The weft yarns are interwoven with the warp yarns such that the woven fabric defines a face side and a back side opposite to the face side. The high moisture regain yarn is inserted such that it generates plurality of long high moisture regain yarn floats such that a majority of the long high moisture regain yarn floats are on the back side of the woven fabric. The high moisture regain yarn can be inserted in weft or in warp direction or can alternate or at different intervals such that the longer floats are on the backside for more exposure to the skin.
In one aspect a woven fabric is provided. The woven fabric can comprise a bi-component core yarn, such as for example a synthetic polymer core yarn, air-textured with a mechanically stretched feed polymer yarn, and a high moisture regain yarn with greater fiber weight and size per filament than the air-textured bi-component yarn. The yarns are interwoven such that the woven fabric defines a face side and a back side opposite to the face side. The high moisture regain yarn is inserted so that it generates plurality of long high moisture regain yarn floats with a majority of the long high moisture regain yarn floats being on the back side of the woven fabric.
The bi-component yarn as defined and encompassed herein is spun using two different polymers spun together side by side that provides mechanical stretch due to the differential shrinkage between the two different polymers.
In an embodiment, a mechanical stretch yarn which gets its mechanical stretch from texturizing is combined with the bi-component core yarn.
In an embodiment, a mechanical stretch yarn is a bi-component yarn combined with the bi-component core yarn.
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The high moisture regain yarn 16 is woven such that it is inserted every 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th weft insertion (or in some implementations warp insertion) such that a plurality of long high moisture regain yarn floats 18 are generated. For example, in the illustrated scheme of the woven fabric 10 of
The bi-component core polymer yarn 21 in the multifilament yarn 12, or 15 can be combination of any suitable polymer, such as for example, a polyester, a polyacrylic, Polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), nylon, a polypropylene, an acrylic or any blend combination thereof. In one implementation the bi-component polymer yarn 21 can comprise a recycled polyester. For example, the recycled polyester can be 20-80 denier (D) to 20-200 filaments (F). In one embodiment, the bi-component core polymer yarn 21 in the yarn 12, or 15 can be recycled polyester 30 D/72 F, draw textured yarn (DTY).
The mechanical stretch feed polymer 22 in the multifilament yarn 12, 15 can be any suitable polymer. In one implementation, the mechanical stretch feed polymer 22 can be a blend of a bio polymer with synthetic polymer, or a blend of a two different polymers such as a bi-component yarn, or polymer derivative like a Polytrimethylene terephthalate. For example, the mechanical stretch feed polymer 22 can comprise about 7-80% bio polymer. The multifilament yarn 12, 15 can be a 10-90% bio polymer and 10-90% synthetic polymer. A denier per filament of the yarn 12, 15 can be in a range of 0.35-0.99 D/F. For example, the multifilament yarn 12, 15 can be 15 D/50 F yarn to 120 D/125 F yarn. In one embodiment, the bi-component yarn can be 85 D/106 F air-textured with mechanical stretch polyester.
In one implementation, the yarn 12, 15 can be formed by twisting the mechanical stretch polymer yarn 22 about the bi-component core polymer yarn 21.
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The plurality of the weft yarns 11 are interwoven with the wrap yarn 12 such that 60% of the high moisture regain yarn 16 is on the back side of the woven fabric 10 and 40% of the high moisture regain yarn 16 is on the face side of the fabric 10 thus creating denier gradient channels between the back and the face sides to remove moisture away from the back side and out of the face side of the woven fabric 10. This can also help with the wearer's comfort since the high moisture regain yarn close to wearer's skin absorbs moisture vapour and makes the fabric breathable. In one implementation, 90% of the high moisture regain yarn 16 is on the back side of the fabric 10 and only 10% of the high moisture regain yarn 16 is on the face side of the woven fabric 10. The high moisture regain yarn 16 is introduced every 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th weft insertion so that it can create the long floats 18 of high moisture regain weft yarn 16 on the back side of the woven fabric 10 to facilitate removal of the moisture away from the skin of the wearer. There can be various iteration of a woven fabric structure that can achieve this functionality where the high percentage of high moisture regain yarn is next to the wearer's skin. Because of the high moisture regain yarn 16 that is next to the skin, it provides quick drying achieving a no sweat show function to the fabric as well.
In some embodiments, the obtained yarn 12, 15 can then be dyed at a pre-determined process parameters such that the yarn can retain the mechanical stretch and elongation properties. The dyeing process can comprise a dyeing machine in which spools of bi-component yarn combined with the mechanical stretch yarn are inserted. The spool package winding tension can be about 4-8 grams. For example, the yarn winding tension in the spool can be 6 grams. The dyeing temperature can be between 100° C.-150° C. at pressure of 1-2 bars for about 15-35 minutes. In an embodiment, to achieve yarn dyes stripes and checks, these mechanical stretch yarns are dyed using a special dyeing technique where the yarn package is wound with less tension 4 to 8 grams, the yarn is dyed at slightly lower temperature around 125 to 135 degree centigrade with dyeing time of about 20 to 30 minutes and the dyeing vessel pressure of about 1.25 to 1.75 bars. This technique makes sure that the mechanical stretch and wrinkle resistant properties of the fabric are maintained as provided in Table 1 below.
For example, the duration of the dyeing process can be 25 minutes at 130° C. dyeing temperature at 1.5 bar pressure in the machine. In another embodiments, the fabric can be dyed using cationic dyes. For example, cationic dyeable polymer yarn, for example cationic dyeable polyester yarn, can be used in the warp direction while ordinary polymer yarn, e.g., ordinary polyester or nylon, can be used in the weft direction. When the fabric is then dyed with cationic dyes the cationic dyeable yarns will be dyed creating striped pattern in the fabric (see
Dyeing the fabric using cationic dyes as per the process described herein above, allows to retain the mechanical and elongation properties of the bi-component yarns without going through the yarn dyeing process when tested for e.g. dimensional change of fabrics after home laundering (as per AATCC 135).
The yarn dyed strip can also be achieved using cationic dyeable mechanical stretch polyester yarns. Results from a solid dyed yarn fabric characterization are shown in the table 2 below.
As encompassed herein, the woven fabric 10 described herein can be used in any type of articles of apparel including shirts, headwear, coats, jackets, pants, underwear, gloves, socks, and footwear. The fabric is naturally anti-wrinkle due to the combination of mechanical stretch polyester and bi-component yarns.
While the disclosure has been described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood that it is capable of further modifications and this application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art and as may be applied to the essential features hereinbefore set forth, and as follows in the scope of the appended claims.
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CA2022/050760 | 5/13/2022 | WO |
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63188075 | May 2021 | US |