The present invention relates to an industrial two-layer fabric using a warp binding yarn, which can satisfy the physical properties necessary for industrial fabrics such as wear resistance, surface property, rigidity, running stability and water drainage property.
Fabrics obtained by weaving warps and wefts have conventionally been used widely as an industrial fabric. They are, for example, used in various fields including papermaking wires, conveyor belts and filter cloths and are required to have fabric properties suited for the intended use or using environment. Of such fabrics, a papermaking wire used in a papermaking step for removing water from raw materials by making use of the network of the fabric must satisfy a severe demand. There is therefore a demand for the development of fabrics which do not transfer a wire mark of the fabric and therefore have excellent surface property, have enough wear resistance and rigidity and therefore are usable desirably even under severe environments, and are capable of maintaining conditions necessary for making good paper for a prolonged period of time. In addition, fiber supporting property, improvement in a papermaking yield, good water drainage property, dimensional stability and running stability are demanded. In recent years, owing to the speed-up of a papermaking machine, requirements for papermaking wires become severe further.
Since most of the demands for industrial fabrics and solutions thereof can be understood if papermaking fabrics on which the most severe demand is imposed among industrial fabrics will be described, the present invention will hereinafter be described by using a papermaking fabric as a representative example.
For papermaking fabrics, excellent surface property not permitting transfer of wire marks of the fabric to paper, fiber supporting property for supporting fine fibers, wear resistance enough to permit long-period running even under severe running conditions, running stability ensuring stable running until the final using stage and rigidity are very important. Research on the design or constitution of the fabric capable of satisfying the above-described properties is proceeding. Recently, two-layer fabrics using, as a portion of upper surface side warps and lower surface side warps which are vertically arranged pairs, a warp binding yarn which is woven with both an upper surface side weft and a lower surface side weft to form an upper surface side surface and a lower surface side surface and at the same time, has a binding function have come to be used. A two-layer fabric using a warp binding yarn is also disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-342889. This fabric has excellent surface property, because it uses a warp binding yarn and does not use an additional binding yarn which destroys the upper surface side fabric design. In the fabric disclosed in this document, however, a lower surface side weft constituting a lower surface side fabric has a design in which it passes over two warps and then passes under two warps so that no long crimp of the lower surface side weft is formed on the lower surface side surface and the fabric does not have excellent wear resistance. In general, a fabric has improved wear resistance when a lower surface side weft is imparted with a long crimp design. In a fabric using a warp binding yarn, the fabric design is sometimes limited, depending on the yarn diameter, structure or using purpose of the fabric, or the like. For example, the fabric disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-342889 has a design, on the lower surface side fabric, in which a lower surface side weft passes over two warps and then passes under two warps. In this fabric, a water drainage space is formed between a set of lower surface side warps which are adjacent to each other.
By forming this fabric with yarns of a small diameter, it has a small thickness and becomes suited for manufacture of tissue paper, but not suited for applications requiring wear resistance and rigidity. Even if a lower surface side weft having a large diameter is used for a fabric of such a design, it is not flexible so that a warp protrudes from the lower surface side surface and is easily worn away.
Thus, in industrial fabrics using a warp binding yarn, those capable of satisfying all of the wear resistance, surface property, rigidity, running stability and water drainage property have not yet been developed.
An object of the present invention is to provide an industrial two-layer fabric capable of satisfying all the properties required for industrial fabrics such as surface property, wear resistance, rigidity, running stability and water drainage property.
In the present invention relates to a industrial two-layer fabric which comprises an upper surface side fabric having an upper surface side warp and an upper surface side weft and a lower surface side fabric having a lower surface side warp and a lower surface side weft, the upper surface side warp and lower surface side warp being arranged vertically and constituting a pair, and the upper surface side fabric and lower surface side fabric being bound with a yarn in a warp direction. The lower surface side fabric is made of a design in which either one of a warp binding yarn and a lower surface side warp constituting a pair to be woven with an upper surface side weft and a lower surface side weft passes under one lower surface side weft and then passes over a plurality of lower surface side wefts. A warp on one adjacent side of the warp has a similar design thereto and passes over and under the same lower surface side wefts. The design of a set of the two warps adjacent to each other is shifted and arranged one after another to form a complete design (or a repeating unit) of the lower surface side fabric; and a lower surface side weft has a design in which the weft passes over two successive warps and then passes under a plurality of warps to form a long crimp on the lower surface side surface.
Both of vertically arranged upper surface side warp and lower surface side warp of at least one pair may be warp binding yarns which are woven with an upper surface side weft and a lower surface side weft to form a portion of an upper surface side surface design and a portion of a lower surface side surface design. On the upper surface side surface, warp binding yarns constituting a pair may be woven with respective upper surface side wefts and cooperatively function as one warp constituting an upper surface side complete design (repeating unit).
One of warp binding yarns constituting a pair may be woven with an upper surface side weft, under which the other warp binding yarn is woven with one lower surface side weft or two non-adjacent lower surface side wefts and at the same time, the one warp binding yarn may be woven with one lower surface side weft or two non-adjacent lower surface side wefts, over which the other warp binding yarn is woven with an upper surface side weft, whereby warp binding yarns constituting a pair mutually complement to form an upper surface side warp surface design and a lower surface side warp surface design.
The industrial two-layer fabric according to the present invention is able to have improved wear resistance, surface property, rigidity, running stability and water drainage property by disposing a pair of warp binding yarns which complement an upper fabric design and a lower fabric design respectively, forming the lower surface side fabric while applying to two warps adjacent to each other the same design that they pass over and under one lower surface side weft, and forming a long crimp of a lower surface side weft on the lower surface side surface.
The industrial fabric according to the present invention is an industrial two-layer fabric which comprises an upper surface side fabric having an upper surface side warp and an upper surface side weft and a lower surface side fabric having a lower surface side warp and a lower surface side weft, the upper surface side warp and lower surface side warp being arranged vertically and constituting a pair, and the upper surface side fabric and lower surface side fabric being bound with a warp direction yarn, wherein the lower surface side fabric has a complete design obtained by shifting, by several lower surface side wefts, the design of a set of two warps, that is, one warp having a design in which it passes under one lower surface side weft and then passes over a plurality of lower surface side wefts, and the other warp which is on one adjacent side to the one warp, has the same design and passes over and under the same lower surface side wefts and then arranging the design one after another; and a lower surface side weft has a design in which it passes over two successive warps, passes under a plurality of warps, thereby forming a long crimp on the lower surface side surface.
The industrial two-layer fabric according to the present invention has a pair of an upper surface side warp and a lower surface side warp arranged vertically. An upper surface side warp is woven with an upper surface side weft to form the upper surface side fabric, while a lower surface side warp is woven with a lower surface side weft to form the lower surface side fabric. As a binding yarn for weaving this upper surface side fabric and the lower surface side fabric, a warp binding yarn is employed. This warp binding yarn is not disposed especially for the purpose of weaving the upper and lower layers, but a warp binding yarn having a binding function is employed as warps of at least one pair of vertically arranged upper surface side warp and lower surface side warp.
It is preferred that one of warp binding yarns is woven with an upper surface side weft, under which the other warp binding yarn is woven with one lower surface side weft or two non-adjacent lower surface side wefts, while the one of warp binding yarns is woven with one lower surface side weft or two non-adjacent lower surface side wefts, over which the other warp binding yarn is woven with an upper surface side weft. In this manner, when two warp binding yarns forming a pair mutually complement to form an upper surface side warp surface design and a lower surface side warp surface design, there is preferably no fear of the upper surface side design and lower surface side design being destroyed.
A warp binding yarn is used under higher tension compared with a weft binding yarn so that it is effective for improving the binding power. A warp binding yarn can weave the upper and lower layers together without destroying their fabric structures so that it does not damage the surface property of the fabric. In the present invention, a warp binding yarn is not disposed singly but it is used as an upper surface side warp and a lower surface side warp constituting a pair. Two warp binding yarns constituting a pair may have the same design or different design.
An upper surface side warp is woven with an upper surface side weft to form an upper surface side fabric, while a lower surface side warp is woven with a lower surface side weft to form a lower surface side fabric. Warp binding yarns are woven with an upper surface side weft and a lower surface side weft respectively to form a portion of the upper surface side surface design and a portion of the lower surface side surface design. It is preferred that on the upper surface side surface, warp binding yarns constituting a pair are woven with respective upper surface side wefts and cooperatively function as one warp constituting the upper surface side complete design. If two warp binding yarns constituting a pair are woven with one upper surface side weft, they must be disposed in parallel, which leads to blocking of a water drainage space. A difference in water drainage property by location will be a cause of generation of marks. When a preference is given to the surface property, a warp binding yarn equal in diameter to an upper surface side warp is suited. A difference in diameter between an upper surface side warp and a warp binding yarn is not preferred, because a yarn having a greater diameter protrudes from the upper surface side surface or lower surface side surface, which may cause transfer of a wire mark to paper or wear. A relatively uniform surface can be formed when an upper surface side warp and a warp binding yarn are equal in diameter. The upper surface side warp designs formed by a pair of warp binding yarns and by an upper surface side warp may be the same or different. The upper surface side complete design may be formed by a plurality of warp complete designs. No particular limitation is imposed on the upper surface side fabric design and fabric designs such as plain weave, twill weave, broken twill weave and satin weave may be employed.
An auxiliary weft smaller in diameter than an upper surface side weft may be disposed between upper surface side wefts. For example, a fiber supporting property by wefts can be improved by employing a design in which an auxiliary weft and an upper surface side weft are disposed alternately and an auxiliary weft has a formation portion of a long crimp which passes over a plurality of warps.
In the lower surface side fabric, a warp binding yarn of a pair and a lower surface side warp pass under one lower surface side weft and then pass over a plurality of lower surface side wefts. In short, these two warps adjacent to each other form a set and pass over and under the same lower surface side wefts. Two adjacent warps constituting the lower surface side surface simultaneously weave one lower surface side weft from the lower side. The lower surface side complete design is formed by shifting the design of a set of these two warps by several lower surface side wefts and arranging the design one after another. When one warp binding yarn of a pair and a lower surface side warp are used as a set, either one of warp binding yarns may pass under the same lower surface side wefts under which the lower surface side warp passes. A lower surface side weft is designed to pass over a set of these two warps and then passes under a plurality of warps to form a long crimp on the surface side surface. Since the lower surface side weft is woven, from the lower side, by two adjacent warps, it protrudes from the backside of the fabric, leading to an increase in the wear volume. The fabric therefore has excellent wear resistance. In addition, this usually makes a warp binding yarn, which is usually smaller in diameter than a lower surface side weft, wear resistant. Moreover, the fabric has improved rigidity because a lower surface side weft is woven by two warps. The design constituting the lower surface side fabric is preferably made of an even-numbered shaft of 6 or greater and a twill weave or a broken twill weave is suited. Fabrics made of shafts not greater than 6 cannot fully exhibit the effect of the present invention because the long crimp of a lower surface side weft becomes shorter. A 4-shaft fabric or the like is therefore not preferred.
By employing the above-described structure of the present invention, not only surface property and wear resistance, but also various physical properties necessary for industrial fabrics such as rigidity, running stability and water drainage property can be attained.
Although a yarn to be used in the present invention may be selected depending on its using purpose, examples of it include, in addition to monofilaments, multifilaments, spun yarns, finished yarns subjected to crimping or bulking such as so-called textured yarn, bulky yarn and stretch yarn and yarns obtained by intertwining them. As the cross-section of the yarn, not only circular form but also square or short form such as stellar form, or elliptical or hollow form can be used. The material of the yarn can be selected freely and usable examples of it include polyester, polyamide, polyphenylene sulfide, polyvinylidene fluoride, polypropylene, aramid, polyether ether ketone, polyethylene naphthalate, polytetrafluoroethylene, cotton, wool and metal. Of course, yarns obtained using copolymers or incorporating or mixing the above-described material with a substance selected depending on the intended purpose may be used.
As upper surface side warps, lower surface side warps, warp binding yarns and upper surface side wefts of a papermaking wire, use of a polyester monofilament having rigidity and excellent dimensional stability is usually preferred. As lower surface side wefts which need wear resistance, those obtained by combined weaving of polyester monofilaments and polyamide monofilaments while arranging them alternately are preferred, because they have improved wear resistance without losing rigidity.
Although no particular limitation is imposed on the diameter of yarns constituting a fabric, it is recommended to set the diameters of upper surface side warps, warp binding yarns and lower surface side warps equal to each other. When the diameters of upper surface side warps and warp binding yarns are set equal to each other, warps of the same diameter are arranged on the upper surface side surface so that the fabric has excellent surface property. By setting the diameters of warp binding yarns and lower surface side warps equal to each other, wear of the warps appearing on the lower surface side surface can be made uniform. For example, when the diameter of lower surface side warps is made greater than that of warp binding yarns, a portion of the lower surface side warps which protrudes and appears on the lower surface side surface is worn away first because they have a greater diameter, which sometimes leads to breakage. To set the diameters of lower surface side warps and warp binding yarns equal to each other is effective for dispersing the wear to some degree and extend the life of the fabric. The diameter of upper surface side wefts is preferably made smaller than that of lower surface side wefts. In order to improve the wear resistance, the diameter of lower surface side wefts is made greater. Diameter of these yarns may be selected as needed depending on the using purpose or intended use.
Embodiments of the present invention will next be described based on some examples with reference to accompanying drawings.
In these design diagrams, warps are indicated by Arabic numerals, for example 1, 2 and 3; upper surface side warps are indicated by numerals with a, for example, 1a, 2a and 3a; lower surface side warps are indicated by numerals with b, for example, 1b, 2b and 3b. The same numerals with a and b are regarded as a pair. Warp binding yarns are indicated by numerals with A or B, for example, 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B and the same numerals with A and B are regarded as a pair. For example, 1A and 1B constitute a pair, while 2A and 2B constitute a pair. Warp binding yarns constituting a pair appear alternately on the upper surface side and lower surface side and they cooperatively form the upper surface side surface design and the lower surface side surface design. Wefts are indicated by Arabic numerals with a prime, for example, 1′, 2′ and 3′. Upper surface side wefts are indicated by a numeral with u, for example, 1′u, 2′u and 3′u. Lower surface side wefts are indicated by a numeral with d, for example, 1′d, 2′d, and 3′d. Upper surface side wefts and lower surface side wefts are arranged vertically but some lower surface side wefts do not have an upper surface side weft thereunder. It depends on the arrangement ratio.
In the diagrams, a mark x″ means that an upper surface side warp lies over an upper surface side weft; a mark “□” indicates that a lower surface side warp lies under a lower surface side weft; a mark “♦” indicates that a warp binding yarn lies over an upper surface side weft; a mark “⋄” indicates that the warp binding yarn lies under a lower surface side weft; a mark “●” also indicate that a warp binding yarn lies over an upper surface side weft; and a mark “◯”indicates that the warp binding yarn lies under a lower surface side weft. In the cross-sectional views taken along warps and wefts, warp binding yarns of marks “♦” and “⋄” are filled with dots and warp binding yarns of marks “●” and “◯” are filled with slashes in order to discriminate pairs of warp binding yarns from others. In the design diagram, yarns of marks “” and “⋄” of two warp binding yarns constituting a pair are placed on the left side and yarns of marks “∘” and “◯” are placed on the right side. In some cases, the right and left ones are reversed or they may be arranged alternately.
An upper surface side warp and a lower surface side warp, and an upper surface side weft and a lower surface side weft are arranged vertically. In the diagram, these yarns are vertically and precisely overlapped each other for convenience of drawings, but in the actual fabric, they may be a little misaligned each other. Two warp binding yarns constituting a pair adhere each other and on the upper surface side, function as one warp forming the upper surface side complete design. This also applies to the lower surface side fabric.
The fabric of Example 1 is a 16-shaft two-layer fabric in which a pair of an upper surface side warp and a lower surface side warp and a pair of warp binding yarns are arranged alternately. As the upper surface side surface design, a 1/1 plain weave design is employed, while as the lower surface side surface design, a 3/1 design in which a warp passes over three lower surface side wefts and passes under one lower surface side weft is employed. Upper surface side wefts and lower surface side wefts are arranged at 4:3.
In the design diagram of
As is apparent from
In warp binding yarns which constitute a pair, one of the warp binding yarns is woven with an upper surface side weft to form an upper surface side design, while the other warp binding yarn is woven with one lower surface side weft or two non-adjacent lower surface side wefts to form a lower surface side design. In other words, in a portion where one warp binding yarn forms a lower surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the upper surface side surface design. In a portion where one warp binding yarn forms the upper surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the lower surface side surface design. Two warp binding yarns mutually complement the designs, thereby forming the upper surface side surface design and lower surface side surface design so that even if warp binding yarns travel between the upper surface side fabric and lower surface side fabric, they do not destroy the upper surface side and lower surface side surface designs and the resulting fabric is able to have excellent surface property. In this example, warp biding yarns which constitute a pair have different designs each other, but they may have the same design.
These two warp binding yarns 1A and 1B pass over upper surface side weft 1′u, under 2′u, over 3′u, under 4′u, over 5′u, under 6′u, over 7′u, under 8′u, over 9′u, under 10′u, over 11′u, under 12′u, over 13′u, under 14′u, over 15′u, and under 16′u, thereby cooperatively forming a 1/1 plain weave design on the upper surface side surface. On the lower surface side, they pass under lower surface side weft 1′d, over three successive 2′d, 3′d and 5′d, under lower surface side weft 6′d, over three successive 7′d, 9′d and 10′d, under lower surface side weft 11′d, and then passes over three successive 13′d, 14′d and 15′d, thereby forming a 3/1 design.
As is apparent from
On the lower surface side, warp binding yarns 1 constituting a pair and lower surface side warp 2 pass under the same lower surface side wefts and form a 3/1 design. The complete design of the lower surface side fabric is formed by shifting, by three lower surface side wefts, the design of a set of two warps 1 and 2 which are adjacent to each other and form the lower surface side surface and arranging the design one after another. A set of warps 3 and 4 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 1 and 2 by shifting the design of the set of warps 1 and 2 by three lower surface side wefts. Similarly, a set of warps 5 and 6 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 3 and 4 and a set of warps 7 and 8 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 5 and 6, each by shifting three lower surface side wefts, whereby a complete design is formed.
By this, a lower surface side weft is designed, as illustrated in
The fabric obtained in Example 2 is a 16-shaft two-layer fabric in which a pair of an upper surface side warp and a lower surface side warp and a pair of warp binding yarns are alternately arranged. A 1/3 twill weave design is adopted as the upper surface side surface design, while a 3/1 design is adopted as the lower surface side surface design. Upper surface side wefts and lower surface side wefts are arranged at 4:3, which is similar to Example 1.
In the design diagram of
The fabric of this example is different from that of Example 1 in the upper surface side surface design. Described specifically, an upper surface side warp and an upper surface side weft are interwoven to form a 1/3 design on the upper surface side surface, while two warp binding yarns constituting a pair appear on the upper surface side surface alternately to function as one warp and form a 1/3 design similar to that of an upper surface side warp. By employing a 1/3 twill weave design as the upper surface side design, the count of wefts can be increased, whereby the fabric is able to have a dense surface and is excellent in fiber supporting property by wefts.
With regards to a pair of warp binding yarns, one of the warp binding yarns is woven with an upper surface side weft to form the upper surface side design, while the other warp binding yarn is woven with one lower surface side weft or two non-adjacent lower surface side wefts to form a lower surface side design. In other words, in a portion where one of warp binding yarns forms the lower surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the upper surface side surface design, while in a portion where one of warp binding yarns form the upper surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the lower surface side surface. Two warp binding yarns form the upper surface side design and the lower surface side design, mutually complementing these designs.
The lower surface side fabric has a design similar to that of Example 1, in which a warp passes under one lower surface side weft and then passes over three lower surface side wefts. In a pair of warp binding yarns, they cooperatively function as one lower surface side warp. Warp 2 adjacent to the warp binding yarn 1 has also the same design in which it passes over and under the same lower surface side wefts. The complete design of the lower surface side fabric is formed by shifting, by three lower surface side wefts, the design of a set of two warps 1 and 2 which are adjacent to each other, and arranging the design one after another. A set of warps 3 and 4 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 1 and 2 by shifting its design by three lower surface side wefts and similarly, a set of warps 5 and 6 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 3 and 4 and a set of warps 7 and 8 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 5 and 6, by shifting each design by three lower surface side wefts, whereby a complete design is formed.
By this, a lower surface side weft is designed, as illustrated in
The fabric obtained in Example 3 is a 16-shaft two-layer fabric in which three pairs of an upper surface side warp and a lower surface side warp are arranged relative to a pair of warp binding yarns. This fabric is formed by alternately arranging, for warps of the upper surface side design, a 1/1 plain weave design and a 2/2 level weave design and, for the lower surface side design, a 1/3 design. Upper surface side wefts and lower surface side wefts are arranged at 4:3, similar to that of Example 1.
In the design diagram of
Upper surface side warps are woven alternately with upper surface side wefts and some of the upper surface side warps form a 1/1 plain weave design and some form a 2/2 level weave on the upper surface side surface. A pair of warp binding yarns forms a 1/1 plain weave. Warp binding yarns constituting a pair alternately appear on the upper surface side surface, function as one warp and form a 1/1 plain weave design similar to upper surface side warps. By alternately arranging a 1/1 upper surface side warp design and a 2/2 upper surface side warp design as in this Example, the resulting fabric is able to have both rigidity, which has been attained by the 1/1 design, and water drainage property, which has been attained by the 2/2 design. The fabric may thus be obtained by employing a plurality of designs as a warp design forming the upper surface side fabric.
With regards to a pair of warp binding yarns, one of the warp binding yarns is woven with an upper surface side weft to form the upper surface side design, while the other warp binding yarn is woven with one lower surface side weft or two non-adjacent lower surface side wefts to form a lower surface side design. In other words, in a portion where one of warp binding yarns forms the lower surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the upper surface side surface design, while in a portion where one of warp binding yarns form the upper surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the lower surface side surface. Two warp binding yarns form the upper surface side design and the lower surface side design, mutually complementing these designs.
The lower surface side fabric has a design similar to that of Example 1, in which a warp passes under one lower surface side weft and then passes over three lower surface side wefts. In a pair of warp binding yarns, they cooperatively function as one lower surface side warp. Warp 2 adjacent to the warp binding yarn 1 has also the same design in which it passes over and under the same lower surface side wefts. The complete design of the lower surface side fabric is formed by shifting, by three lower surface side wefts, the design of a set of two warps 1 and 2 which are adjacent to each other and arranging the design one after another. A set of warps 3 and 4 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 1 and 2 by shifting the design by three lower surface side wefts and similarly, a set of warps 5 and 6 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 3 and 4 and a set of warps 7 and 8 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 5 and 6, each by shifting the design by three lower surface side wefts, whereby a complete design is formed.
By this, a lower surface side weft is designed, as illustrated in
The fabric obtained in Example 4 is a 12-shaft two-layer fabric in which a pair of an upper surface side warp and a lower surface side warp and a pair of warp binding yarns are alternately arranged. This fabric is obtained by employing a 1/2 twill weave design for the upper surface side surface design and a 2/1 design for the lower surface side surface design. Upper surface side wefts and lower surface side wefts are arranged at 1:1.
In the design diagram of
Upper surface side warps are woven with upper surface side wefts to form a 1/2 twill weave design on the upper surface side surface. Warp binding yarns forming a pair alternately appear on the upper surface side surface, function as one warp and form a 1/2 design similar to that of upper surface side warps.
With regards to a pair of warp binding yarns, one of the warp binding yarns is woven with an upper surface side weft to form the upper surface side design, while the other warp binding yarn is woven with one lower surface side weft or two non-adjacent lower surface side wefts to form a lower surface side design. In other words, in a portion where one of warp binding yarns forms the lower surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the upper surface side surface design, while in a portion where one of warp binding yarns form the upper surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the lower surface side surface. Two warp binding yarns form the upper surface side design and the lower surface side design, mutually complementing these designs.
The lower surface side fabric has a design in which a warp passes under one lower surface side weft and then passes over two lower surface side wefts. In a pair of warp binding yarns, they cooperatively function as one lower surface side warp. Warp 2 adjacent to the warp binding yarn 1 has also the same design and passes over and under the same lower surface side wefts. The complete design of the lower surface side fabric is formed by shifting, by two lower surface side wefts, the design of a set of two warps 1 and 2 which are adjacent to each other and arranging the shifted design one after another. A set of two warps 3 and 4 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 1 and 2 by shifting the design by two lower surface side wefts. Similarly, a set of warps 5 and 6 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 3 and 4, whereby a complete design is formed.
By this, a lower surface side weft is designed, as illustrated in
The fabric obtained in Example 5 is a 20-shart two-layer fabric obtained by alternately arranging pairs of an upper surface side warp and a lower surface side warp and pairs of warp binding yarns. This fabric is obtained by employing a 2/3 design for the upper surface side surface design and a 4/1 design for the lower surface side surface design. Upper surface side wefts and lower surface side wefts are arranged at a ratio of 4:3 similar to that of Example 1.
In the design diagram of
Upper surface side warps are woven with upper surface side wefts to form a 2/3 design on the upper surface side surface. Warp binding yarns forming a pair alternately appear on the upper surface side surface, function as one warp and form a 2/3 design similar to that of upper surface side warps.
With regards to a pair of warp binding yarns, one of the warp binding yarns is woven with an upper surface side weft to form the upper surface side design, while the other warp binding yarn is woven with one lower surface side weft or two non-adjacent lower surface side wefts to form a lower surface side design. In other words, in a portion where one of warp binding yarns forms the lower surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the upper surface side surface design, while in a portion where one of warp binding yarns form the upper surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the lower surface side surface. Two warp binding yarns form the upper surface side design and the lower surface side design, mutually complementing these designs.
The lower surface side fabric has a design in which a warp passes under one lower surface side weft and then passes over four lower surface side wefts. In a pair of warp binding yarns, they cooperatively function as one lower surface side warp. Warp 2 adjacent to the warp binding yarn 1 has also the same design and passes over and under the same lower surface side wefts. The complete design of the lower surface side fabric is formed by shifting, by one lower surface side weft, the design of a set of two warps 1 and 2 which are adjacent to each other and arranging the design one after another. A set of warps 3 and 4 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 1 and 2 by shifting the design by one lower surface side weft and similarly, a set of warps 5 and 6, a set of warps 7 and 8, and a set of 9 and 10 are arranged one after another, whereby a complete design is formed.
By this, a lower surface side weft is designed, as illustrated in
The fabric obtained in Example 6 is a 24-shart two-layer fabric obtained by alternately arranging pairs of an upper surface side warp and a lower surface side warp and pairs of warp binding yarns. This fabric is obtained by employing a 1/1 plain weave design for the upper surface side surface design and a 5/1 design for the lower surface side surface design. Upper surface side wefts and lower surface side wefts are arranged at a ratio of 2:1.
In the design diagram of
Upper surface side warps are woven with upper surface side wefts to form a 1/1 plain weave design on the upper surface side surface. Warp binding yarns forming a pair appear alternately on the upper surface side surface, function as one warp and form a 1/1 plain weave design similar to that of upper surface side warps.
With regards to a pair of warp binding yarns, one of the warp binding yarns is woven with an upper surface side weft to form the upper surface side design, while the other warp binding yarn is woven with one lower surface side weft or two non-adjacent lower surface side wefts to form a lower surface side design. In other words, in a portion where one of warp binding yarns forms the lower surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the upper surface side surface design, while in a portion where one of warp binding yarns form the upper surface side surface design, the other warp binding yarn complements the lower surface side surface. Two warp binding yarns form the upper surface side design and the lower surface side design, mutually complementing these designs.
The lower surface side fabric has a design in which a warp passes under one lower surface side weft and then passes over five lower surface side wefts. In a pair of warp binding yarns, they cooperatively function as one lower surface side warp. Warp 2 adjacent to the warp binding yarn 1 has also the same design and passes over and under the same lower surface side wefts. The complete design of the lower surface side fabric is formed by shifting, by one lower surface side weft, the design of a set of two warps 1 and 2 which are adjacent to each other. A set of warps 3 and 4 is arranged adjacent to the set of warps 1 and 2 by shifting the design by one lower surface side weft. Similarly, a set of warps 5 and 6, a set of warps 7 and 8, a set of 9 and 10 and a set of 11 and 12 are arranged one after another, whereby a complete design is formed.
By this, a lower surface side weft is designed, as illustrated in
“Wear Resistance Comparison Test”
Wear resistance comparison test was carried out using the fabric obtained in Example 3 of the present invention and that obtained in Conventional Example 1. In order to compare the wear resistance between the fabrics different in the crimp length of a lower surface side weft, the diameter of the lower surface side weft, and material and count of these fabrics were made equal.
Upper surface side warp, lower surface side warp, warp binding yarn: 0.17 mm (PET)
The fabric of Example 3 had a design in which a lower surface side weft passes over two warps and then passes under six warps to form, on the lower surface side surface, a long crimp corresponding to six warps, while that of Conventional Example 1 had a design in which a lower surface side weft passes over two warps, and then passes under two warps to form, on the lower surface side surface, a short crimp corresponding to two warps.
Wear resistance test was carried out on the assumption of paper manufacture by extending each fabric sample on a rotating ceramic roll under a predetermined tension, feeding a predetermined amount of a 2% slurry of calcium carbonate onto the fabric which was rotating while being in contact with the roll, calculating a thickness reduction ratio based on the thickness reduction amounts measured at 5-minute intervals for 30 minutes, and observing the wear of the lower surface side weft brought into contact with the roll surface.
As is apparent from
The fabrics according to the present invention do not easily transfer wire marks of fabrics to paper, have enough wear resistance and rigidity to permit preferable use under severe environments, and in addition have fiber supporting property, improved papermaking yield, good water drainage property, dimensional stability and running stability. Even in a papermaking wire which must satisfy severe requirements, the fabrics of the present invention can be used for a prolonged period until the final using stage while maintaining the conditions necessary for the manufacture of good paper.
Although only some exemplary embodiments of this invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will readily appreciated that many modifications are possible in the exemplary embodiments without materially departing from the novel teachings and advantages of this invention. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this invention.
The disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-341627 filed Nov. 26, 2004 including specification, drawings and claims is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2004-341627 | Nov 2004 | JP | national |