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US 2002/0176958 A1Published application
Wiping cloth
OwnerThomas D. Nord, James M. Massengale +5inventors
InventorsThomas D. Nord, James M. Massengale, Ross T. Murphy, Samuel E. Dunson, William H. Pace, Joseph T. Peavy, Muldrow B. Rigby
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Abstract
A wiping cloth having a fabric with free end pile on opposing surfaces of the fabric, and a hydrophilic treating.
Claims4
A wiping cloth having a fabric comprising:
- a substrate fabric having a first side and a second side,
- a plurality of first pile yarns extending from the first side of said substrate fabric, and
- a plurality of second free end pile yarns extending from the second side of the substrate fabric.
A method of forming a wiping cloth including the steps of:
- a) knitting two base fabrics connected by pile yarns;
- b) cutting the pile yarns to separate the two substrate fabrics;
- c) subjecting the pile surface of at least one of said substrate fabrics to a plurality of jet streams thereby forcing a portion of the pile to pass through substrate fabric and emerge on the opposing side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.