BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective, schematic view of a light-emitting mark structure that is composed of an optical cloth and a cover for generating a predetermined shining bright area according to the prior art;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an optical structure that has been bended into a predetermined shape according to the prior art;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the optical structure with the predetermined shape that is sewed on a sock according to the prior art;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a jacquard weave structure with a gradational light-emitting effect for showing characters and numbers according to the present invention;
FIG. 4A is an enlarged drawing of FIG. 4 according to the first embodiment (when using a light-emitting unit) of the present invention;
FIG. 4B is an enlarged drawing of FIG. 4 according to the second embodiment (when using a plurality of light-emitting units) of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a jacquard weave structure with a gradational light-emitting effect for showing stripes and figures according to the present invention; and
FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method for manufacturing a jacquard weave structure with a gradational light-emitting effect according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring to FIGS. 4 and 4A, the first embodiment of the present invention provides a jacquard weave structure with a gradational light-emitting effect, comprising: a plurality of opaque wires 1, a plurality of flexible transparent wires 2, and a light-emitting module 3.
The opaque wires 1 can be chemical yarns or any opaque yarns. The flexible transparent wires 2 can be optical fibers or any wire with a flexible and transparent function. Moreover, the flexible transparent wires 2 can be made of transparent thermoplastic material; alternatively, each flexible transparent wire 2 can be selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate, polystyene, polymethyl methacrylate, MMA-styrene Copolymer, thermoplastic Polyurethane and ethylene vinyl acetate. However, above-mentioned materials of the flexible transparent wires 2 do not use to limit the present invention. Hence, any material with an opaque function or a flexible and transparent function is protected in the present invention.
Moreover, the flexible transparent wires 2 respectively interweaves with the opaque wires 1 each other, for one part of the flexible transparent wires 2 being covered by the opaque wires 1 and other part of the flexible transparent wires 2 being exposed out to form a predetermined arrangement shape S. In this embodiment, the predetermined arrangement shape S is a “TAIWAN NO. 1”. In addition, the flexible transparent wires 2 are regularly or irregularly interweaved with the opaque wires 1 each other respectively. Furthermore, the predetermined arrangement shape S is a continuous or discontinuous arrangement shape.
According to FIG. 4A, the light-emitting module 3 is disposed beside end sides of the flexible transparent wires 2. The light-emitting module 3 is composed of a light-emitting unit 30 and a control unit 31 for controlling the light-emitting unit 30. Hence, when the end sides of the flexible transparent wires 2 are bound to form a light source inlet 20, light source of the light-emitting unit 3 is projected toward the light source inlet 20. In other words, when the light-emitting module 3 provides the light source and transmits the light source into the flexible transparent wires 2, one part of the flexible transparent wires 2 are covered by one part of the opaque wires 1 to form a covered dark area (not shown) and other part of the flexible transparent wires 2 are exposed out to form a shining bright area 21 with the predetermined arrangement shape S. The other part of the opaque wires 1 becomes a non-shining bright area 10.
Referring to FIG. 4B, a light-emitting module 3′ is composed of a plurality of light-emitting units 30′ and a control unit 31′ for controlling the light-emitting units 30′. Hence, a plurality of flexible transparent wires 2′ respectively interweaves with a plurality of opaque wires 1′ each other. In addition, when the end sides of the flexible transparent wires 2′ are bound to form a plurality of light source inlets 20′, light source of each light-emitting unit 3′ is projected toward the corresponding light source inlet 20′.
Referring to FIG. 5, the flexible transparent wires 2 respectively interweaves with the opaque wires 1 each other. The other part of the flexible transparent wires 2 exposed out to form the shining bright area 21 with the predetermined arrangement shape S can be stripes S1 or figures S2.
Referring to FIG. 6, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a jacquard weave structure with a gradational light-emitting effect. The steps of the method comprises: designing a shining bright area 21 with a predetermined arrangement shape S (S100); respectively interweaving a plurality of flexible transparent wires 2 with a plurality of opaque wires 1 each other, for one part of the flexible transparent wires 2 being covered by the opaque wires 1 to form a covered dark area (not shown), and other part of the flexible transparent wires 2 being exposed out to form the shining bright area 21 with the predetermined arrangement shape S (S102); and disposing a light-emitting module 3 beside end sides of the flexible transparent wires 2 for providing light source and transmitting the light source into the flexible transparent wires 2 (S104).
In conclusion, the present invention provides a plurality of flexible transparent wires 2 that are respectively interweaved with opaque wires 1 each other to form a jacquard weave structure, and one part of the flexible transparent wires 2 are exposed out to form a shining bright area 21 with a predetermined arrangement shape S. Hence, the present invention has some advantages, as follows:
1. Manufacture is simple: The jacquard weave structure of the present invention does not need to be separatedly sewed on a decorative article such as clothes. A designer needs to interweave the flexible transparent wires 2 with the opaque wires 1 each other only for forming the decorative article and the shining bright area 21 with the predetermined arrangement shape S together.
2. A complex jacquard weave structure with gradational light-emitting effect can be provided: One part of the flexible transparent wires 2 is covered by the opaque wires 1 to form a covered dark area that is a non-shining bright area, and other part of the flexible transparent wires 2 does not be covered by the opaque wires 1 and is exposed out to form the shining bright area 21 with the predetermined arrangement shape S that designer wants.
3. The jacquard weave structure of the present invention can be manufactured automatically via an automatic jacquard apparatus for producing many various weave structures.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
Patent Application
20070279929
