Fabrics for protective garments having strands of reflective materials
AssigneeI.W.S. Nominee Company Limited
InventorsParvez Mehta, Anthony M. Warnes
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Abstract
Protective fabrics having a reflective surface are made of textile yarns, for example of wool, intermeshed with strands of reflective material, for example a metallized plastics film, a major proportion of the textile yarns being present in one face of the fabric and a major proportion of the reflective strands in the other. The fabric may be woven, for example on a double beam loom, or knitted, as on a double jersey machine. ,he preferred reflective strand is a laminate of aluminium between two polyester films, split into widths between 0.3 and 0.8 mm.
Claims9
A protective, reflective dual ply fabric having radiant heat reflective properties for use in construction of protective garments for persons working in close proximity to fire and other heat sources composed of textile yarns intermeshed with strands of heat reflective and protective materials, in which a major proportion of one face of the dual ply fabric is composed of the textile yarns and a major proportion of the other face of the dual ply fabric is composed of the heat reflective and protective strands.
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