This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 96101653, filed Jan. 16, 2007, which is herein incorporated by reference.
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a surface-finished yarn. More particularly, the present invention relates to a surface-finished yarn having multiple inorganic materials.
2. Description of Related Art
Fabrics have been widely applied in our everyday lives. In addition to clothing, fabrics can also be used as a foundation for supporting wound dressing, dishcloth and different types of wipers. As the advance of the technology, the functions of the fabrics are not limited to thermal protection, and manufacturers are trying to produce yarn with additional functions so as to increase the value of the fabrics thereof. Therefore, it is desired to provide a novel multi-functional yarn and/or fabric.
A surface-finished yarn having multiple inorganic materials and a fabric thereof are provided in the present invention.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a surface-finished yarn having multiple inorganic materials is provided. The surface-finished yarn comprises a yarn, a first material and a second material. The surface of the yarn comprises a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions wherein the plurality of first regions and the plurality of second regions are alternately arranged on the yarn along an axial direction thereof. The first material is disposed onto the plurality of first regions while the second material different from the first material is disposed onto the plurality of second regions.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a fabric having multiple inorganic materials is provided. The fabric comprises a surface-finished yarn of the previous embodiment and a common yarn. The common yarn and the surface-finished yarn are cowoven to form the fabric with multiple inorganic materials.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, a surface-finished yarn having multiple inorganic materials is provided. The surface of the surface-finished yarn is deposited with a first material and a second material. The surface-finished yarn is obtained by deknitting a single-woven fabric wherein a first material and a second material are deposited onto the upper surface and the lower surface, respectively.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, a fabric having multiple inorganic materials is provided. The fabric comprises a surface-finished yarn of the previous embodiment and a common yarn. The common yarn and surface-finished yarn are cowoven to form the fabric with multiple inorganic materials.
According to the present invention, the surface-finished yarn having multiple inorganic materials and the fabric thereof exhibit not only the characteristics of the original yarn and the fabric but also the functions imposed by the inorganic materials deposited thereon, thus provide additional functions to the surface-finished yarn and the fabric thereof.
The invention can be more fully understood by reading the following detailed description of the embodiment, with reference made to the accompanying drawings as follows:
Reference will now be made in detail to the present embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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The weight ratio of the first material 112a, 212a to the second material 114a, 214a is 2:8˜5:5. The weight percentage of the overall weight of the first material 112a, 212a and the second material 114a, 214a in the yarn 110, 210 is 0.001˜20 wt %. Forming proper amounts of the first material 112a and the second material 114a by surface finishing allows the yarn 110 of the surface-finished yarn 100 to not only preserve its original properties but also exhibit the additional properties provided by the first material 112a and the second material 114a.
The above-mentioned first material 112a and second material 114a can be metal, metallic oxide, ceramic, or tourmaline. Table 1 exemplifies various inorganic materials of the above-mentioned categories and functions thereof.
The surface-finished yarn 200 in
The above-mentioned deposition method can be, for example, physical vapor deposition, wherein a first material source and a second material source can be arranged on the upper and the lower surface of the fabric 310 respectively such that the first material 212a and the second material 214a can be deposited onto the upper and the lower surfaces of the fabric 310 by a sputtering method respectively. More specifically, the first material 212a and the second material 214a can be deposited onto the upper and the lower surfaces of the fabric 310 respectively at the same time.
The above-mentioned surface-finished yarn 100, 200 can be woven alone or cowoven with a common yarn without inorganic material, thereby forming fabrics having multiple inorganic materials. The fabric of this embodiment can exhibit additional functions provided by the inorganic materials.
According to the above-mentioned embodiments, the Ag target and the Ti target are used as the first material source and the second material source respectively for manufacturing the Ag/Ti surface-finished yarn. The sputtering conditions for metallic Ag and Ti are shown in Table 2.
In Table 2, “supttering power” is the power required to ionize the gas (plasmarization), “transfer speed” is the speed that the fabric passes through the sputtering target for sputtering, “background pressure” is the pressure of the vacuumed sputtering chamber (vacuum degree) before the sputtering process, and “process pressure” is the pressure of the sputtering chamber during the sputtering process.
After the above-mentioned Ag/Ti surface-finished yarn has been obtained, the Ag/Ti surface-finished yarn can be woven alone or cowoven with a common yarn thereby forming a fabric for further performance test. The surface-finished yarn and the common yarn are made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) so that a PET cloth can be formed. The weight ratio of Ag to Ti of the PET cloth is 2:1, and the weight percentage of Ag and Ti in the PET cloth is 6%.
Table 3 shows the test results of the human test of the Ag/Ti PET cloth. Table 4 shows the anti-bacteria test results of the Ag/Ti PET cloth. The anti-bacteria test has been performed according to the test methods specified by American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) and Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC).
Escherichia
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
Trichophyton
mentagrophytes
Pneumobacillus
Candidaalbicans
Staphylococcus aureus
Tests results shown in Table 3 and Table 4 indicate that the Ag/Ti PET cloth of the embodiment of the present invention is able to increase the hand blood volume and velocity, thus improve the blood circulation. In addition, Ag in the PET cloth possesses the anti-bacteria ability and can be used to kill bacteria covered by the PET cloth.
Table 5 shows the sputtering conditions of a metallic oxide, for example, TiO2 and a ceramic, according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is also possible to form a metallic oxide or a ceramic on the surface-finished yarn by controlling the sputtering condition. For example, a surface-finished yarn having two metallic oxides such as TiO2/ZnO can be formed so as to provide functions of anti-bacteria, hazardous substances decomposition and ion generation at the same time. A surface-finished yarn having two ceramics such as SiO2/Al2O3 can also be formed so as to provide functions of far infra-red radiation generation, thermal insulation, and UV protection.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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96101653 | Jan 2007 | TW | national |