This disclosure relates generally to textiles and, more particularly, to a method, a device and/or a system of a proliferated thread count of a woven textile by simultaneous insertion within a single pick insertion event of a loom apparatus multiple adjacent parallel yarns drawn from a multi-pick yarn package.
A consumer textile, for example apparel or bed sheets, may possess several characteristics that make it desirable. One desirable characteristic may be comfort for fabrics that come in contact with human skin. Another desirable characteristic may be durability, as consumer textiles may be laundered in machine washers and dryers that may tend to shorten the useful lifespan of the textile. In commercial operations, machine laundering may occur more than in residential or small-scale settings, which may further shorten the lifespan of the textile.
For textiles that contact human skin (for example T-shirts, underwear, bed sheets, towels, pillowcases), one method to increase comfort may be to use cotton yarns. Cotton may have high absorbency and breathability. Cotton may also generally be known to have a good “feel” to consumers.
But cotton may not be robust when placed in an environment with heavy machine laundering. To increase durability while retaining the feel and absorbency of cotton, the cotton yarns may be woven in combination with synthetic fibers such as polyester. Cotton may be used as warp yarns, while synthetic yarns may be used as weft yarns.
Constructing the textile using yarns with a smaller denier may also increase comfort. Using these relatively fine yarns may yield a higher “thread count.” A thread count of a textile may be calculated by counting the total weft yarns and warp yarns in along two adjacent edges of a square of fabric that is one-inch by one-inch. The thread count may be a commonly recognized indication of the quality of the textile, and the thread count may also be a measure that consumers associate with tactile satisfaction and opulence.
However, fine synthetic weft yarns, such as polyester, may break when fed into a loom apparatus. Cotton-polyester hybrid weaves may therefore be limited to larger denier synthetic yarns that the loom may effectively use. Thus, the thread count, and its associated comfort and luxury, may be limited.
In an attempt to claim high thread counts, some textile manufacturers may twist two yarns together, such that they may be substantially associated, before using them as a single yarn in a weaving process. A twisted yarn may yield properties in the textile similar to the use of a large denier yarn. Manufactures of textiles with twisted yarns may include within the advertised “thread count” each strand within each twisted yarn, even though the textile may not feel of satisfactory quality once it has been removed from its packaging and handled by the consumer. The Federal Trade Commission has taken the position in an opinion letter that it considers the practice of including each yarn within a twisted yarn in the thread count as deceptive to consumers.
Because fine denier yarns may break in a loom apparatus, cotton-synthetic blends may be limited to low thread counts and thus relatively low quality and comfort.
Disclosed are a method, a device and/or a system of proliferated thread count of a woven textile by simultaneous insertion within a single pick insertion event of a loom apparatus multiple adjacent parallel yarns drawn from a multi-pick yarn package.
In one aspect, a method includes drawing each of multiple partially oriented yarns from a corresponding supply package to form an oriented yarn, twisting and detwisting filaments within the formed oriented yarn to provide texture thereto, to provide a low stability interlacing during weaving, and to intermingle the filaments comprising the formed oriented yarn, and applying a uniform air pressure to the formed oriented yarn to provide a counter-twist following the twisting and the detwisting of the filaments. The each of the multiple partially oriented yarns is of a polyester filament fiber material or a synthetic filament fiber material.
The method also includes forming a multi-pick yarn package based on winding all formed oriented yarns onto a spool following the application of the uniform air pressure, with the all formed oriented yarns serving as weft yarns forming adjacent substantially parallel yarns wound together, and simultaneously inserting the weft yarns in a single pick insertion event of a pick insertion apparatus of a loom apparatus. Further, the method includes conveying, through the pick insertion apparatus, the simultaneously inserted weft yarns across a warp shed of the loom apparatus through a set of warp yarns, and interlacing, through a beat up motion of a reed apparatus of the loom apparatus, the set of warp yarns and the conveyed weft yarns to produce an incremental length of a woven textile fabric.
In another aspect, a method includes drawing each of multiple partially oriented yarns from a corresponding supply package to form an oriented yarn, twisting and detwisting filaments within the formed oriented yarn to provide texture thereto, to provide a low stability interlacing during weaving, and to intermingle the filaments comprising the formed oriented yarn, and applying a uniform air pressure to the formed oriented yarn to provide a counter-twist following the twisting and the detwisting of the filaments in accordance with conveying the formed oriented yarn to an intermingling jet configured to apply the uniform air pressure. The each of the multiple partially oriented yarns is of a polyester filament fiber material or a synthetic filament fiber material.
The method also includes forming a multi-pick yarn package based on winding all formed oriented yarns onto a spool following the application of the uniform air pressure, with the all formed oriented yarns serving as weft yarns forming adjacent substantially parallel yarns wound together, and the formed adjacent substantially parallel yarns having a denier of 20 to 65, 15 to 35, or 20 to 25, and simultaneously inserting the weft yarns in a single pick insertion event of a pick insertion apparatus of a loom apparatus. Further, the method includes conveying, through the pick insertion apparatus, the simultaneously inserted weft yarns across a warp shed of the loom apparatus through a set of warp yarns, and interlacing, through a beat up motion of a reed apparatus of the loom apparatus, the set of warp yarns and the conveyed weft yarns to produce an incremental length of a woven textile fabric.
In yet another aspect, a system includes multiple partially oriented yarns, each of which is drawn from a corresponding supply package to form an oriented yarn, with the each of the multiple partially oriented yarns being of a polyester filament fiber material or a synthetic filament fiber material, a friction twisting unit to twist and detwist filaments within the formed oriented yarn to provide texture thereto, to provide a low stability interlacing during weaving, and to intermingle the filaments comprising the formed oriented yarn, and an intermingling jet to apply a uniform air pressure to the formed oriented yarn to provide a counter-twist to the friction twisting unit.
The system also includes a wiper guide and a traverse guide to enable winding of all formed oriented yarns onto a spool to form a multi-pick yarn package following the application of the uniform air pressure through the intermingling jet, with the all formed oriented yarns serving as weft yarns forming adjacent substantially parallel yarns wound together, and a loom apparatus. The loom apparatus includes a pick insertion apparatus to simultaneously insert the weft yarns in a single pick insertion event, a warp shed across which the pick insertion apparatus conveys the simultaneously inserted weft yarns through a set of warp yarns, and a reed apparatus to interlace, through a beat up motion of the reed apparatus, the set of warp yarns and the conveyed weft yarns to produce an incremental length of a woven textile fabric.
The methods and systems disclosed herein may be implemented in any means for achieving various aspects, and may be executed in a form of a non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform any of the operations disclosed herein. Other features will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the detailed description that follows.
The embodiments of this invention are illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which like references indicate similar elements and in which:
Other features of the present embodiments will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the detailed description that follows.
Disclosed are a method, a device and a system of a proliferated thread count of a woven textile by simultaneous insertion within a single pick insertion event of a loom apparatus multiple adjacent parallel yarns drawn from a multi-pick yarn package. Although the present embodiments have been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the various embodiments.
In one embodiment, a woven textile fabric includes from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns and from 100 to 965 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns. The picks are woven into the textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) in groups of at least two multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) running in a parallel form to one another. The multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound in a substantially parallel form to one another, according to one embodiment.
In addition, the multi-filament polyester weft yarns are wound substantially adjacent to one another on a multi-pick yarn package 100 to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) during a single pick insertion event 416 of a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
Further, the number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) wound on the weft yarn package (e.g., multi-pick yarn package 100, binary pick-yarn package 400) using the single pick insertion and in a substantially parallel form to one another and substantially adjacent to one another is at least two. The number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus 404 across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is between two and eight, according to one embodiment.
The pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is an air jet pick insertion apparatus and/or a rapier pick insertion apparatus. The multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound on the multi-pick yarn package 100 at an angle of between 5 and 25 degrees to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401, single yarn 701) during the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
In addition, the woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) may be made of multi-filament polyester yarns having a denier of 20 to 65. The woven textile fabric may have multi-filament polyester yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) having a denier of 15 to 35. The warp yarns 426 may be made of a cotton material. The woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) may also have multi-filament polyester yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) having a denier of 20 to 25, according to one embodiment.
Additionally, the multi-filament polyester yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401, single yarn 701) may contain 10 to 30 filaments each. The woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) may have a total thread count from 190 to 1200. The woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) may have a minimum tensile strength in a warp direction of 17 kilograms to 65 kilograms and a minimum tensile strength in a weft direction of 11.5 kilograms to 100 kilograms. The woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) may have a warp-to-fill ratio that is between 1:2 to 1:4, according to one embodiment.
The weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) within each group run may parallel to each other in a plane which substantially includes the warp yarns 426. Each of the groups may be made up of at least four multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401), according to one embodiment.
In another embodiment, a woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) includes from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns 426 and from 100 to 965 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401). The warp yarns 426 are made of a cotton material and the picks are woven into the textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) in groups of at least two multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) running in a parallel form to one another. The weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) within each group run parallel to each other in a plane which substantially includes the warp yarns 426. In addition, the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound in a substantially parallel form to one another and substantially adjacent to one another on a multi-pick yarn package 100 to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) during a single pick insertion event 416 of a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405.
Further, the number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) wound on the weft yarn package (e.g., multi-pick yarn package 100, binary pick-yarn package 400) in a substantially parallel form to one another and substantially adjacent to one another is at least two. The number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus 404 across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is between two and eight. Additionally, the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound on the multi-pick yarn package 100 at a type A shore hardness of between 45 to 85 to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) during the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
In another embodiment, a method of a woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) includes forming 190 to 1200 threads per inch fine textile fabric (e.g., textile 420). The method forms the woven textile (e.g., textile 420) having from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns 426 and from 100 to 965 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401). The picks are woven into the textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) using single multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401). Additionally, the multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) is wound on a single-pick yarn package 700 to enable inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) during a single pick insertion event 416 of a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405.
Further, the number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus 404 across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is at least one. The pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is an air jet pick insertion apparatus and/or a rapier pick insertion apparatus, according to one embodiment.
In another embodiment, a method of weaving a fabric (e.g., textile 420) includes drawing multiple polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) from a weft source 403 to a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
Additionally, the method also includes conveying by the pick insertion apparatus 404 the multiple polyester weft yarns across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in a single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 and beating the multiple polyester weft yarns into a fell of the fabric (e.g., textile 420) with a reed apparatus 414 of the loom apparatus 405 such that the set of warp yarns 426 and/or the multiple polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) become interlaced into a woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420), according to one embodiment.
The method forms the woven textile (e.g., textile 420) having from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns 426 and from 100 to 965 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401). In addition, the warp yarns 426 are made of a cotton material. The picks are woven into the textile fabric in groups of two multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) running in a parallel form to one another, according to one embodiment.
The weft yarns within each group run parallel to each other in a plane which substantially includes the warp yarns 426. Further, the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound in a substantially parallel form to one another, according to one embodiment.
Additionally, the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound substantially adjacent to one another on a multi-pick yarn package 100 to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns during a single pick insertion event 416 of a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405. Furthermore, the number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns wound on the weft yarn package (e.g., binary pick yarn package 400) in a substantially parallel form to one another and substantially adjacent to one another is at least two, according to one embodiment.
In addition, the number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus 404 across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is between two and eight. The multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound on the multi-pick yarn package 100 at an angle of between 15 and/or 20 degrees to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns during the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
In yet another embodiment, a method of woven textile fabric includes forming of 1200 threads per inch fine textile fabric (e.g. textile 420). The woven textile fabric is made from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns and from 100 to 965 picks per inch single multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., single yarn 701). The picks are woven into the textile fabric using single multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., single yarn 701). The multi-filament polyester weft yarn is wound on a single-pick yarn package 700 to enable inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., single yarn 701) during a single pick insertion event 416 of a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
The number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., single yarn 701) conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus 404 across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is at least one, according to one embodiment.
In another embodiment, the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is an air jet pick insertion apparatus. The multi-filament polyester weft yarn is wound on the single-pick yarn package 700 at an angle of between 15 and 20 degrees to enable inserting of the single multi-filament polyester weft yarn 701 during the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
In one embodiment, a woven textile fabric includes from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns and from 100 to 1016 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns. The picks are woven into the textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) in groups of at least two multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) running in a parallel form to one another. The multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound in a substantially parallel form to one another, according to one embodiment.
In addition, the multi-filament polyester weft yarns are wound substantially adjacent to one another on a multi-pick yarn package 100 to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) during a single pick insertion event 416 of a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
Further, the number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) wound on the weft yarn package (e.g., multi-pick yarn package 100, binary pick-yarn package 400) using the single pick insertion and in a substantially parallel form to one another and substantially adjacent to one another is at least two. The number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus 404 across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is between one and eight, according to one embodiment.
The pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is an air jet pick insertion apparatus and/or a rapier pick insertion apparatus. The multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound on the multi-pick yarn package 100 at an angle of between 5 and 25 degrees to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401, single yarn 701) during the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
In addition, the woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) may be made of multi-filament polyester yarns having a denier of 20 to 65. The woven textile fabric may have multi-filament polyester yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) having a denier of 15 to 35. The warp yarns 426 may be made of a cotton material. The woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) may also have multi-filament polyester yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) having a denier of 20 to 25, according to one embodiment.
Additionally, the multi-filament polyester yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401, single yarn 701) may contain 10 to 30 filaments each. The woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) may have a total thread count from 190 to 1200. The woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) may have a minimum tensile strength in a warp direction of 17 kilograms to 65 kilograms and a minimum tensile strength in a weft direction of 11.5 kilograms to 100 kilograms. The woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) may have a warp-to-fill ratio that is between 1:2 to 1:4, according to one embodiment.
The weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) within each group run may parallel to each other in a plane which substantially includes the warp yarns 426. Each of the groups may be made up of at least four multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401), according to one embodiment.
In another embodiment, a woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) includes from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns 426 and from 100 to 1016 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401). The warp yarns 426 are made of a cotton material and the picks are woven into the textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) in groups of at least two multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) running in a parallel form to one another. The weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) within each group run parallel to each other in a plane which substantially includes the warp yarns 426. In addition, the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound in a substantially parallel form to one another and substantially adjacent to one another on a multi-pick yarn package 100 to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) during a single pick insertion event 416 of a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405.
Further, the number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) wound on the weft yarn package (e.g., multi-pick yarn package 100, binary pick-yarn package 400) in a substantially parallel form to one another and substantially adjacent to one another is at least two. The number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus 404 across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is between one and eight. Additionally, the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound on the multi-pick yarn package 100 at a type A shore hardness of between 45 to 85 to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) during the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
In another embodiment, a method of a woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) includes forming 190 to 1200 threads per inch fine textile fabric (e.g., textile 420). The method forms the woven textile (e.g., textile 420) having from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns 426 and from 100 to 1016 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401). The picks are woven into the textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) using single multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401). Additionally, the multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) is wound on a single-pick yarn package 700 to enable inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) during a single pick insertion event 416 of a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405.
Further, the number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus 404 across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is at least one. The pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is an air jet pick insertion apparatus and/or a rapier pick insertion apparatus, according to one embodiment.
In another embodiment, a method of weaving a fabric (e.g., textile 420) includes drawing multiple polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) from a weft source 403 to a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
Additionally, the method also includes conveying by the pick insertion apparatus 404 the multiple polyester weft yarns across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in a single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 and beating the multiple polyester weft yarns into a fell of the fabric (e.g., textile 420) with a reed apparatus 414 of the loom apparatus 405 such that the set of warp yarns 426 and/or the multiple polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) become interlaced into a woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420), according to one embodiment.
The method forms the woven textile (e.g., textile 420) having from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns 426 and from 100 to 1016 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401). In addition, the warp yarns 426 are made of a cotton material. The picks are woven into the textile fabric in groups of two multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) running in a parallel form to one another, according to one embodiment.
The weft yarns within each group run parallel to each other in a plane which substantially includes the warp yarns 426. Further, the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound in a substantially parallel form to one another, according to one embodiment.
Additionally, the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound substantially adjacent to one another on a multi-pick yarn package 100 to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns during a single pick insertion event 416 of a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405. Furthermore, the number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns wound on the weft yarn package (e.g., binary pick yarn package 400) in a substantially parallel form to one another and substantially adjacent to one another is at least two, according to one embodiment.
In addition, the number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus 404 across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is between one and eight. The multi-filament polyester weft yarns (e.g., adjacent parallel yarns 101, parallel binary yarns 401) are wound on the multi-pick yarn package 100 at an angle of between 15 and/or 20 degrees to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns during the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
In yet another embodiment, a method of woven textile fabric includes forming of 1200 threads per inch fine textile fabric (e.g. textile 420). The woven textile fabric is made from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns and from 100 to 1016 picks per inch single multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., single yarn 701). The picks are woven into the textile fabric using single multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., single yarn 701). The multi-filament polyester weft yarn is wound on a single-pick yarn package 700 to enable inserting of the multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., single yarn 701) during a single pick insertion event 416 of a pick insertion apparatus 404 of a loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
The number of the multi-filament polyester weft yarn (e.g., single yarn 701) conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus 404 across a warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 through a set of warp yarns 426 in the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is at least one, according to one embodiment.
In another embodiment, the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405 is an air jet pick insertion apparatus. The multi-filament polyester weft yarn is wound on the single-pick yarn package 700 at an angle of between 15 and 20 degrees to enable inserting of the single multi-filament polyester weft yarn 701 during the single pick insertion event 416 of the pick insertion apparatus 404 of the loom apparatus 405, according to one embodiment.
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In one preferred embodiment, and as described in conjunction with the description of
The primary input roller 106 may draw the partially oriented polyester yarn 103 from the supply package 102. The secondary input roller 107, which may operate at a higher speed than the primary input roller 106, may then draw the partially oriented polyester yarn 103 from the primary input roller 106, forming the oriented polyester yarn 104. In a preferred embodiment, the secondary input roller 107 rotates at 1.7 times the speed of the primary input roller 106, according to one embodiment.
The oriented polyester yarn 104 may then be drawn through the primary heater 108. The primary heaters may be heated to a temperature between 50° C. and 200° C. In one preferred embodiment, the primary heater may be set to 190° C. After leaving the heater, the oriented polyester yarn 104 may then be exposed to the cooling plate 110 that may be set at a temperature between 0° C. and room temperature (e.g., about 20-25° C.). The cooling plate may also be set at temperatures between 25° C. and 40° C., and in one preferred embodiment 38° C.
The intermediate roller 114 may draw the oriented polyester yarn 104 from the cooling plate 110 to the friction twisting unit 112. The friction twisting unit 112 (e.g., an FTU) may twist/detwist the filaments within the oriented polyester yarn 104 such that it gains a texture (e.g., such that the resulting textile the oriented polyester yarn 104 may be woven into gains in “body” or heft) and may also provide a low stability interlacing in the weaving process, according to one embodiment.
The friction twisting unit 112 may also help to intermingle the polyester filaments that may comprise the oriented polyester yarn 104. The twist imparted by the friction twisting unit 112 may be translated through the oriented polyester yarn 104 back to the primary heater 108, which, in conjunction with the cooling plate 110, may “fix” the molecular structure of the twisted filaments of the oriented polyester yarn 104, imbuing it with a “memory” of torsion, according to one embodiment.
The intermediate roller 114 may convey the oriented polyester yarn 104 to the intermingling jet 115 that may apply a uniform air pressure to the oriented polyester yarn 104 to provide counter-twist to the friction twisting unit 112. The oriented polyester yarn 104 may then be heated by the secondary heater 116. The secondary heater 116 may be set to between 50° C. and 200° C. In one preferred embodiment, the intermingling jet 115 may be set to a pressure of 2 bars and the secondary heater 116 may be set to a temperature of 170° C., according to one embodiment.
The output roller 118 may convey the oriented polyester yarn 104 to the oil applicator 120. The oil applicator 120 may apply conning oil. The conning oil applied by the oil applicator 120 may act as a lubricant, reducing a friction between two or more yarns (e.g., several of the oriented polyester yarns 104) and between one or more yarns and a loom apparatus (e.g., metallic components the oriented polyester yarn 104 may contact). The conning oil may also minimize a static charge formation of synthetic yarns. The conning oil may be comprised of a mineral oil (e.g., a petroleum hydrocarbon), a moisture, an emulsifier (e.g., a non ionic surfactant, a fatty alcohol an ethoxylatlate, and/or a fatty acid), and/or a surfactant, according to one embodiment.
In addition, as will be shown and described in conjunction with the description of
After conning oil may be applied by the oil applicator 120, the oriented polyester yarn 104 may be the texturized yarn 122 ready to be wound on a yarn supply package spindle (e.g., to become the multi-pick yarn package 100), according to one embodiment.
The wiper guide 124 may collect and convene multiple of the texturized yarns 122 such that the texturized yarns 122 become the adjacent parallel yarns 101. The adjacent parallel yarns 101 may then enter the traverse guide 126, which may wind the adjacent parallel yarns 101 onto a spool to form the multi-pick yarn package 100. The traverse guide 126 may wind the multi-pick yarn package 100 at a crossing wind angle of between 5-25° (e.g., the crossing wind angle 300 of
In one preferred embodiment, the number of texturized yarns 122 that may be convened by the wiper guide 124 to be wound onto the multi-pick yarn package 100 may be two (e.g., the binary pick yarn package 400 of
One skilled in the art will know that denier may be a unit of measure for a linear mass density of a fiber, such measure defined as the mass in grams per 9000 meters of the fiber. The wiper guide 124 may substantially unite the texturized yarn 122 into the adjacent parallel yarns 101 such that, if considered a unitary yarn, the adjacent parallel yarns 101 may have 28 filaments and a denier of about 45, according to one embodiment. In contrast, if two of the partially oriented polyester yarns 103 with 14 filaments and a denier of 22.5 are twisted around one another, the twisted yarns, if considered a unitary yarn, may have a denier higher than 45 due to increased linear mass density of twisted fibers within a given distance. Yarns twisted in this fashion may also not qualify as independent yarns for calculating thread count according to industry standards of regulatory bodies, according to one embodiment.
In operation 204, the multiple oriented polyester yarns may be cooled by cooling plates. In operation 206, the multiple oriented polyester yarns may be twisted, individually, by friction twisting units. In operation 208, the oriented polyester yarns may be collected by intermediate rollers. In operation 210, the filaments of the oriented polyester yarns may be intermingled, individually, by a uniform pressure of air by intermingling jets to provide lower stability interlacing and help bind the filaments within each individual partially oriented polyester yarn 104, according to one embodiment.
In operation 212, the multiple of the oriented polyester yarns may be heated by secondary heaters, and in operation 214, the oriented polyester yarns may have conning oil applied to each yarn by oil applicators. In operation 216, the oriented polyester yarns (which may now be the texturized yarns 122), may be wound onto a single spindle at 45-85 type A shore hardness through the use of a wiper guide and traverse guide to form the multi-pick yarn package 100, according to one embodiment. One skilled in the art will know that type A shore hardness may be measured using the ASTM D2240 type A durometer scale.
In the embodiment of
Particularly,
The loom apparatus 405 (e.g., a rapier loom, a bullet loom, an air jet loom) may accept a weft source 403 supplying the adjacent parallel yarns 101. In the embodiment of
The parallel binary yarns 401 may be fed into the air jet loom apparatus and the elements thereof in accordance with ordinary practice to one skilled in the art.
For example, the parallel binary yarns 401 from the binary pick yarn package 400 may be fed into an accumulator 402 of the air jet pick insertion apparatus. The accumulator 402 may be designed to collect and hold in reserve between each of the single pick insertion events 416 a length of the parallel binary yarns 401 needed to cross the warp shed 412 with a minimal unwinding resistance. Next, the parallel binary yarns 401 may pass into the pick insertion apparatus 404 (in the embodiment of
The primary nozzle 406 may be comprised of one or more individual nozzles. In the embodiment of
Air entering the fixed main nozzle 407 and/or the moveable main nozzle 409 may drive back the nozzle injector 408 and propel the parallel binary yarns 401 across the warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405. The airflow of the primary nozzle may be adjusted to between 12 Nm3/hour to 14 Nm3/hour. The airflow of the fixed main nozzle 407 may be adjusted to between 12 Nm3/hour to 14 Nm3/hour and a drive time of the relay valves (not shown in the embodiment of
The parallel binary yarns 401 may enter the warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405. With the air jet pick insertion apparatus of
The parallel binary yarns 401 drawn from the multi-pick yarn package may cross the warp shed 412 in the single pick insertion event 416. The single pick insertion event 416 is the operation and/or process of the pick insertion apparatus 404 that is known in the art to be ordinarily associated with the projection of yarns (or yarns comprised of multiple yarns twisted together) across the warp shed 412, according to one embodiment.
For example, the yarn threaded through the yarn guide 410 of the primary nozzle 406 may be a single yarn that yarn may be projected across the warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 in a single burst (or rapid timed succession of bursts) of pressurized air from a single of the primary nozzles 406. In another example, the single pick insertion event 416 may be one cycle of a rapier arm (e.g., a rapier pick insertion apparatus) through the warp shed 412, according to one embodiment.
Upon crossing the warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405, the reed apparatus 414 may “beat up” (e.g., perform a beat up motion) the parallel binary yarns 401, forcing them into the fabric fell 422 (also known as “the fell of the cloth”) of the textile 420 that the loom apparatus 405 may be producing. The beat up motion of the reed apparatus 414 may form the warp/weft interlacing 424 of the warp yarns 426 and the parallel binary yarns 401 (e.g., the weft yarns), producing an incremental length of the textile 420, according to one embodiment.
In
In an alternate embodiment not shown in
In a further example embodiment as shown in
In yet another embodiment not shown in
It will be recognized to one skilled in the art that the loom apparatus 405 may have tandem, multiple, or redundancies of the pick insertion apparatuses 404 which may insert yarns in an equal number of the single pick insertion events 416. For example, an air jet loom apparatus may have multiple of the primary nozzles 406 (e.g., four, eight). A number of the primary nozzles 406 may each insert the adjacent parallel yarns 101 in a corresponding number of the single pick insertion event(s) 416 before the reed apparatus 414 beats the adjacent parallel yarns 101 into the fabric fell 422, according to one embodiment.
For example, an air jet loom utilizing six of the primary nozzles 406, with each of the primary nozzles 406 supplied by one of the binary pick yarn packages 400, may project six of the parallel binary yarns 401 across the warp shed 412 in six of the single pick insertion events 416 that are distinct. In such an example, twelve of the texturized yarns 122 would be beat into the fabric fell 422 during the beat up motion of the reed apparatus 414. In one embodiment, the highest thread counts (e.g., 800, 1200) may be yielded by using multiple of the pick insertion apparatuses 404 (e.g., four, each projecting two of the adjacent parallel yarns 101 across the warp shed 412 before the reed apparatus 414 carries out the beat-up motion), according to one embodiment.
The warp yarns 426 of a textile produced (e.g., the textile 420) using the multi-pick yarn package 100 may be comprised of natural or synthetic fibers, and the weft yarns may be polyester weft yarns (e.g., the adjacent parallel yarns 101 comprised of multiple of the texturized yarns 122). In one preferred embodiment, the warp yarns may be made of cotton, according to one embodiment.
The textile produced from the multi-pick yarn package 100 may have between 90 and 235 warp yarn ends per inch, between 100 and 965 picks per inch, and may have a warp-to-fill ratio between 1:2 and 1:4 (in other words, 1 warp yarn per every 4 weft yarns). The textile produced using the multi-pick yarn package 100 may have a thread count of between 190 to 1200, a minimum tensile strength of 17.0 kg to 65.0 kg (about 37.5 lbs to 143.5 lbs) in the warp direction 608, and a minimum tensile strength of 11.5 kg to 100.0 kg (about 25.4 lbs to 220.7 lbs) in the weft direction 606. In one or more embodiments the textile manufactured using the multi-pick yarn package 100 may have a composition of 45-49% texturized polyester yarn (e.g., the texturized yarn 122) and 51-65% cotton yarn, according to one embodiment.
The partially oriented polyester yarn 103 (that becomes the texturized yarn 122 after undergoing operations 200 through 216 of
The resulting fabric produced may be of exceptionally high quality compared to prior-art cotton-synthetic hybrid weaves due to its high thread count. To further increase quality and comfort of the textile, the fabric may be finished by brushing the surface to increase softness (a process known as “peaching” or “peach finishing”). In addition, various other finishing methods may be used in association with the textile produced from the multi-pick yarn package 100 to increase the resulting textile's quality, according to one embodiment.
In the embodiment of
In one more embodiment of
After conning oil may be applied by the oil applicator 120, the oriented polyester yarn 104 may be the texturized yarn 122 ready to be wound on a yarn supply package spindle (e.g., to become the single-pick yarn package 700). The wiper guide 124 may collect and convene multiple of the texturized yarns 122 such that the texturized yarns 122 become the single yarn 701. The single yarn 701 may then enter the traverse guide 126, which may wind the single yarn 701 onto a spool to form the single-pick yarn package 700. The traverse guide 126 may wind the single-pick yarn package 700 at a crossing wind angle of between 5-25° (e.g., the crossing wind angle 300 of
In one preferred embodiment, the partially oriented polyester yarn 103 may have a denier of 22.5 with 14 polyester filaments. In another preferred embodiment, the partially oriented polyester yarn 103 may have a denier of between 15 and 25. One skilled in the art will know that denier may be a unit of measure for a linear mass density of a fiber, such measure defined as the mass in grams per 9000 meters of the fiber, according to one embodiment.
The wiper guide 124 may substantially unite the texturized yarn 122 into the single yarn 701 such that, if considered a unitary yarn, the single yarn 701 may have 28 filaments and a denier of about 45. In contrast, if two of the partially oriented polyester yarns 103 with 14 filaments and a denier of 22.5 are twisted around one another, the twisted yarns, if considered a unitary yarn, may have a denier higher than 45 due to increased linear mass density of twisted fibers within a given distance, according to one embodiment.
In the embodiment of
The loom apparatus 405 (e.g., a rapier loom, a bullet loom, an air jet loom) may accept a weft source 403 supplying the single yarn 701. In the embodiment of
The single yarn 701 may be fed into the air jet loom apparatus and the elements thereof in accordance with ordinary practice to one skilled in the art.
For example, the single yarn 701 from the single pick yarn package 700 may be fed into an accumulator 402 of the air jet pick insertion apparatus. The accumulator 402 may be designed to collect and hold in reserve between each of the single pick insertion events 416 a length of the parallel binary yarns 401 needed to cross the warp shed 412 with a minimal unwinding resistance. Next, the single yarn 701 may pass into the pick insertion apparatus 404 (in the embodiment of
The primary nozzle 406 may be comprised of one or more individual nozzles. In the embodiment of
Air entering the fixed main nozzle 408 and/or the moveable main nozzle 409 may drive back the nozzle injector 408 and propel the parallel binary yarns 401 across the warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405. The airflow of the primary nozzle may be adjusted to between 12 Nm3/hour to 14 Nm3/hour. The airflow of the fixed main nozzle 408 may be adjusted to between 12 Nm3/hour to 14 Nm3/hour and a drive time of the relay valves (not shown in the embodiment of
The single yarn 701 may enter the warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405. With the air jet pick insertion apparatus of
The single yarn 701 drawn from the single-pick yarn package may cross the warp shed 412 in the single pick insertion event 416. The single pick insertion event 416 is the operation and/or process of the pick insertion apparatus 404 that is known in the art to be ordinarily associated with the projection of yarns (or yarns comprised of multiple yarns twisted together) across the warp shed 412. For example, the yarn threaded through the yarn guide 410 of the primary nozzle 406 may be a single yarn (e.g., single yarn 701) that yarn may be projected across the warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405 in a single burst (or rapid timed succession of bursts) of pressurized air from a single of the primary nozzles 406. In another example, the single pick insertion event 416 may be one cycle of a rapier arm (e.g., a rapier pick insertion apparatus) through the warp shed 412, according to one embodiment.
Upon crossing the warp shed 412 of the loom apparatus 405, the reed apparatus 414 may “beat up” (e.g., perform a beat up motion) the parallel binary yarns 401, forcing them into the fabric fell 422 (also known as “the fell of the cloth”) of the textile 420 that the loom apparatus 405 may be producing. The beat up motion of the reed apparatus 414 may form the warp/weft interlacing 424 of the warp yarns 426 and the single yarn 701 (e.g., the weft yarn), producing an incremental length of the textile 420, according to one embodiment.
In one embodiment, a woven textile fabric includes from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns and from 100 to 965 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns. The warp yarns may be made of a cotton material, and may have a total thread count is from 190 to 1000. The woven textile fabric may be made of multi-filament polyester yarns having a denier of 20 to 65. The woven textile fabric may have multi-filament polyester yarns having a denier of 15 to 35. The woven textile fabric may also have multi-filament polyester yarns have a denier of 20 to 25.
Additionally, the multi-filament polyester yarns may contain 10 to 30 filaments each. The woven textile fabric may have a minimum tensile strength in a warp direction of 17 kilograms to 65 kilograms and a minimum tensile strength in a weft direction of 11.5 kilograms to 100 kilograms. The woven textile fabric may have a warp-to-fill ratio that is between 1:2 to 1:4, according to one embodiment.
In another embodiment, a method of weaving a fabric includes drawing multiple polyester weft yarns from a weft source to a pick insertion apparatus of a loom apparatus. The method also includes conveying by the pick insertion apparatus the multiple polyester weft yarns across a warp shed of the loom apparatus through a set of warp yarns in a single pick insertion event of the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus and beating the multiple polyester weft yarns into a fell of the fabric with a reed apparatus of the loom apparatus such that the set of warp yarns and/or the multiple polyester weft yarns become interlaced into a woven textile fabric. The method forms the woven textile having from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns and from 100 to 965 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns, according to one embodiment.
The denier of the polyester weft yarns may be between 15 and 50. The weft source may be a weft yarn package in which the multiple polyester weft yarns are wound using a single pick insertion and in a substantially parallel form to one another and substantially adjacent to one another to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multiple polyester weft yarns during the single pick insertion event of the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus, according to one embodiment.
Further, the number of the multiple polyester weft yarns wound substantially parallel to one another and substantially adjacent to one another on the weft yarn package may be at least two. The number of the multiple polyester weft yarns conveyed by the pick insertion apparatus across the warp shed of the loom apparatus through the set of warp yarns in the single pick insertion event of the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus may be between two and eight, according to one embodiment.
Additionally, the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus may be an air jet pick insertion apparatus. The multiple polyester weft yarns may be wound on the yarn package at an angle of between 5 and/or 25 degrees to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multiple polyester weft yarns during the single pick insertion event of the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus. Additionally, the multiple polyester weft yarns may be wound on the yarn package at a type A shore hardness of between 45 to 85 to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multiple polyester weft yarns during the single pick insertion event of the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus, according to one embodiment.
Further, the multiple polyester weft yarns may be treated with a conning oil comprising a petroleum hydrocarbon, an emulsifier and/or a surfactant to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multiple polyester weft yarns during the single pick insertion event of the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus. The pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus may be a rapier insertion apparatus and/or a bullet insertion apparatus, according to one embodiment.
An airflow of a primary nozzle and/or a fixed nozzle of the air jet pick insertion apparatus pick insertion apparatus may be adjusted to between 12 Nm3/hr to 14 Nm3/hr to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multiple polyester weft yarns during the single pick insertion event of the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus, according to one embodiment.
The airflow of each relay nozzle in the air jet pick insertion apparatus pick insertion apparatus may be adjusted to between 100 and/or 140 millibars to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multiple polyester weft yarns during the single pick insertion event of the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus. A drive time of a drive time of a relay valve of the air jet pick insertion apparatus pick insertion apparatus may be adjusted to between 90 degrees and/or 135 degrees to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multiple polyester weft yarns during the single pick insertion event of the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus, and the multiple polyester weft yarns may have a denier of 22.5 with 14 filaments, according to one embodiment.
The multiple polyester weft yarns may be treated with a primary heater heated to approximately 180 degrees Celsius to enable the simultaneous inserting of the multiple polyester weft yarns during the single pick insertion event of the pick insertion apparatus of the loom apparatus, and the multiple polyester weft yarn may be treated with a cooling plate at a temperature of between 0 and 25 degrees Celsius subsequent to the treating with the primary heater, according to one embodiment.
In yet another embodiment, a bedding material having the combination of the “feel” and absorption characteristics of cotton and the durability characteristics of polyester with multi-filament polyester weft yarns having a denier of between 15 and 50 and cotton warp yarns woven in a loom apparatus that simultaneously inserts multiple of the multi-filament polyester weft yarns during a single pick insertion event of the loom apparatus in a parallel fashion such that each of the multiple polyester weft yarns maintain a physical adjacency between each other during the single pick insertion event, increasing the thread count of a woven fabric of the bedding material based on the usage of multi-filament polyester weft yarns with a denier between 15 and 50, according to one embodiment.
The bedding is a woven textile fabric that includes from 90 to 235 ends per inch warp yarns and from 100 to 965 picks per inch multi-filament polyester weft yarns. The total thread count of the bedding material may be from 190 to 1200 and each multi-filament polyester yarn count of the bedding material may have from 10 to 30 filaments each, according to one embodiment.
Taking into account the content of the priority applications, exemplary embodiments may provide for a total thread count of the woven textile fabric (e.g., textile 420) in the range of 190 to 1500. Additionally, in one or more embodiments, the produced incremental length of the woven textile fabric may have 90 to 235 ends per inch of the warp yarns discussed above and 100 to 1410 picks per inch of the weft yarns discussed above. Further, the formed adjacent substantially parallel yarns discussed above (forming weft yarns) may have 5 to 30 filaments each.
While the set of warp yarns discussed above may preferentially be made of a cotton material, exemplary embodiments may aid in the realization of all desired characteristics even when the set of warp yarns are made of cellulosic fiber material (e.g., viscose, bamboo). Additionally, while the weft yarns (formed adjacent substantially parallel yarns) discussed above may preferentially be made of polyester (natural and/or synthetic) filament fibers, exemplary embodiments may aid in the realization of all desired characteristics even when the weft yarns are made of synthetic filament fibers (e.g., synthetic polyester, acrylic, nylon). All reasonable variations are within the scope of the exemplary embodiments discussed herein.
An example embodiment will now be described. The ACME Textile Corp. may be engaged in production of consumer textiles. For some time, the ACME Textile Corp. may have been facing dipping stock prices caused by significantly lowered sales of its product resulting in fall in profits. The reasons identified for low sales may be attributed to lowered demand due to lack of desirable qualities in its product, e.g., comfort for fabrics that come in contact with human skin, durability, and short useful lifespan of its textile.
To counter the downward trend, the ACME Textile Corp. may have decided to invest in using the textile manufacturing technology described herein (e.g., use of various embodiments of the
Further, the use of various embodiments of the
Although the present embodiments have been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the various embodiments. In addition, the process flows depicted in the figures do not require the particular order shown, or sequential order, to achieve desirable results. In addition, other operations may be provided, or operations may be eliminated, from the described flows, and other components may be added to, or removed from, the described systems. Accordingly, other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.
This patent application is a Continuation-in-Part application and hereby incorporates the entirety of the disclosures of, and claims priority to, each of the following cases: 1. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/652,230 titled ‘PROLIFERATED THREAD COUNT OF A WOVEN TEXTILE BY SIMULTANEOUS INSERTION WITHIN A SINGLE PICK INSERTION EVENT OF A LOOM APPARATUS MULTIPLE ADJACENT PARALLEL YARNS DRAWN FROM A MULTI-PICK YARN PACKAGE,’ filed on Jul. 17, 2017, which further depends on:(i) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/059,299, titled ‘PROLIFERATED THREAD COUNT OF A WOVEN TEXTILE BY SIMULTANEOUS INSERTION WITHIN A SINGLE PICK INSERTION EVENT OF A LOOM APPARATUS MULTIPLE ADJACENT PARALLEL YARNS DRAWN FROM A MULTI-PICK YARN PACKAGE’ filed on Mar. 2, 2016, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,708,737 on Jul. 18, 2017, which further depends on: a. U.S. Continuation patent application Ser. No. 14/801,859, titled ‘PROLIFERATED THREAD COUNT OF A WOVEN TEXTILE BY SIMULTANEOUS INSERTION WITHIN A SINGLE PICK INSERTION EVENT OF A LOOM APPARATUS MULTIPLE ADJACENT PARALLEL YARNS DRAWN FROM A MULTI-PICK YARN PACKAGE’ filed on Jul. 17, 2015, which further depends onb. U.S. utility patent application Ser. No. 14/185,942 filed on Feb. 21, 2014, and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,131,790, titled ‘PROLIFERATED THREAD COUNT OF A WOVEN TEXTILE BY SIMULTANEOUS INSERTION WITHIN A SINGLE PICK INSERTION EVENT OF A LOOM APPARATUS MULTIPLE ADJACENT PARALLEL YARNS DRAWN FROM A MULTI-PICK YARN PACKAGE,’ and granted on Sep. 15, 2015, and which further depends onc. U.S. Provisional patent application No. 61/866,047, titled ‘IMPROVED PROCESS FOR MAKING TEXTURIZED YARN AND FABRIC FROM POLYESTER AND COMPOSITION THEREOF’ filed on Aug. 15, 2013.2. U.S. Continuation-in-Part patent application Ser. No. 15/447,145, titled ‘PROLIFERATED THREAD COUNT OF A WOVEN TEXTILE BY SIMULTANEOUS INSERTION WITHIN A SINGLE PICK INSERTION EVENT OF A LOOM APPARATUS MULTIPLE ADJACENT PARALLEL YARNS DRAWN FROM A MULTI-PICK YARN PACKAGE’ filed on Mar. 2, 2017, which further depends on a. U.S. Continuation patent application Ser. No. 15/096,291, filed on Apr. 12, 2016 and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,481,950 on Nov. 1, 2016, titled ‘PROLIFERATED THREAD COUNT OF A WOVEN TEXTILE BY SIMULTANEOUS INSERTION WITHIN A SINGLE PICK INSERTION EVENT OF A LOOM APPARATUS MULTIPLE ADJACENT PARALLEL YARNS DRAWN FROM A MULTI-PICK YARN PACKAGE’, which further depends onb. U.S. Continuation patent application Ser. No. 14/801,859, titled ‘PROLIFERATED THREAD COUNT OF A WOVEN TEXTILE BY SIMULTANEOUS INSERTION WITHIN A SINGLE PICK INSERTION EVENT OF A LOOM APPARATUS MULTIPLE ADJACENT PARALLEL YARNS DRAWN FROM A MULTI-PICK YARN PACKAGE’ filed on Jul. 17, 2015, which further depends onc. U.S. utility patent application Ser. No. 14/185,942 filed on Feb. 21, 2014, and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,131,790, titled ‘PROLIFERATED THREAD COUNT OF A WOVEN TEXTILE BY SIMULTANEOUS INSERTION WITHIN A SINGLE PICK INSERTION EVENT OF A LOOM APPARATUS MULTIPLE ADJACENT PARALLEL YARNS DRAWN FROM A MULTI-PICK YARN PACKAGE’ granted on Sep. 15, 2015, and which further depends ond. U.S. Provisional patent application No. 61/866,047, titled ‘IMPROVED PROCESS FOR MAKING TEXTURIZED YARN AND FABRIC FROM POLYESTER AND COMPOSITION THEREOF’ filed on Aug. 15, 2013.
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