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US 10,638,817 B2Granted
Hook-and-loop fastener provided with hollow woven part
AssigneeKuraray Fastening Co., Ltd.
InventorTakayoshi Kaiko
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Abstract
A hook-and-loop fastener including a base cloth composed of warps, a weft, and engaging element yarns and engaging elements formed of the engaging element yarns and provided on a surface of the base cloth. The hook-and-loop fastener includes a hollow woven part satisfying at least four specific requirements.
Claims5
A hook-and-loop fastener, comprising a base cloth comprising warps, a weft, and engaging element yarns and engaging elements formed of the engaging element yarns and provided on a surface of the base cloth, wherein
- the hook-and-loop fastener comprises a hollow woven part satisfying the following requirements:
- 1) the base cloth has the hollow woven part formed of a double-layered fabric that consists of a front woven part and a back woven part;
- 2) the weft constituting the front woven part continues to the weft constituting the back woven part to form the hollow woven part, or alternatively, the weft or the warps constituting a single-layer woven part, in a region where the hollow woven part is not formed, are divided into yarns constituting the front woven part and yarns constituting the back woven part to form the hollow woven part;
- 3) the engaging elements are provided on an external surface of the front woven part of the hollow woven part;
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- 4) the weft comprises thermal bonding fibers and the engaging element yarns are fixed to the base cloth by the thermal bonding fibers.
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