Sharp color effect yarn
AssigneeUniversal Fibers, Inc.
InventorsLarry Allen Kestner, Kenneth Justin Mallette, Stuart P. Fairgrieve
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Abstract
Processes are provided for the manufacture of color effect face yarns for use in tufted goods. These color effect yarns may exhibit unique color effects and contain a lower overall denier, thereby allowing the production of tufted goods with a greater than normal tuft density per unit area. Consequently, this can result in finer color effects and/or sharper definition of color effects in the tufted goods and expands the design possibilities for such products.
Claims20
A process for manufacturing a face yarn for tufted products, said process comprising:
- (a) drawing a plurality of initial singles yarns to thereby form a plurality of drawn singles yarns, wherein said initial singles yarns comprise continuous filament yarns that are undrawn, wherein said initial singles yarns comprise two or more singles yarns exhibiting different colors, wherein each of said drawn singles yarns has a denier of 100 to 320;
- (b) stuffer box crimping said drawn singles yarns to thereby form a plurality of drawn and crimped singles yarns;
- (c) converging said drawn and crimped singles yarns to thereby form a yarn bundle comprising bundled single yarns;
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- (d) entangling said yarn bundle to entangle said bundled singles yarns and thereby form said face yarn.
A process for manufacturing a face yarn for tufted products, said process comprising:
- (a) drawing a plurality of initial singles yarns to thereby form a plurality of drawn singles yarns, wherein said initial singles yarns comprise continuous filament yarns that are undrawn, wherein said initial singles yarns comprise two or more singles yarns exhibiting different colors, wherein each of said drawn singles yarns has a denier of 100 to 320;
- (b) stuffer box crimping said drawn singles yarns to thereby form a plurality of drawn and crimped singles yarns;
- (c) entangling said drawn and crimped singles yarns to thereby form a plurality of entangled singles yarns;
- (d) converging said entangled singles yarns to thereby form a yarn bundle comprising bundled single yarns;
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- (e) entangling said yarn bundle to entangle said bundled singles yarns and thereby form said face yarn.
A process for manufacturing a face yarn for tufted products, said process comprising:
- (a) drawing a plurality of initial singles yarns to thereby form a plurality of drawn singles yarns, wherein said initial singles yarns comprise continuous filament yarns that are undrawn, wherein said initial singles yarns comprise two or more singles yarns exhibiting different colors, wherein each of said drawn singles yarns has a denier of 200 to 320;
- (b) crimping said drawn singles yarns to thereby form a plurality of drawn and crimped singles yarns;
- (c) converging said drawn and crimped singles yarns to thereby form a yarn bundle comprising bundled single yarns;
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- (d) entangling said yarn bundle to entangle said bundled singles yarns and thereby form said face yarn, wherein said face yarn comprises in the range of 2 to 8 singles yarns.
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