Artificial turf structure and apparatus and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeKolon Glotech, Inc.
InventorsJung Hun KIM, Young Hoon KWON, Jong Pil KIM
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Abstract
An artificial turf structure, an apparatus, a method for manufacturing the same are provided. In accordance of the present invention, the apparatus for manufacturing the artificial turf structure includes a backing fabric providing unit for providing a first backing fabric and a second backing fabric forming a first structure, a weaving unit for weaving a second structure in which a part of pile yarns are exposed under the first structure by tufting the pile yarns to upper parts of the first structure, and a heat-fusing unit for compressing the second structure using tension and heat-fusing the pile yarns exposed under the second structure using heat.
Claims6
1-14. (canceled)
An artificial turf structure, comprising:
- a structure including a first backing fabric and a second backing fabric;
- and
- pile yarns tufted to an upper part of the structure and partly exposed under the structure, wherein the pile yarns are compressed into the structure and a part of the exposed pile yarns are heat-fused to the structure.
19-37. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.