Novel stitch bonded fabrics
OwnerDavid H. Warsopinventor
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Abstract
Novel stitch bonded fleece fabrics are made on two bar machines with the front bar knitting pillar stitch and the back bar, with incomplete e.g. half set threading, traversing adjacent wales of the front bar, the tension of the back bar threads in relation to that of the front bar threads being such as to pull adjacent wales of the pillar stitches together. The back bar threads are alternately knitted and laid in, which results in large and small loops causing the fleece fibers to bunch into weftway fiber bundles. The combination of wales pulled together and the weft effect can simulate the appearance of a leno weave fabric.
Claims12
A stitch bonded fleece fabric comprising fibres bonded by front and back bar structures of warp threads wherein the front bar structure comprises pillar stitch chains and said back bar structure comprises part set threading and extends over at least two adjacent wales of the front bar structure, the tension of the back bar thread being such, in relation to that of the front bar thread, as to pull said at least two adjacent wales of said pillar stitches together.
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