Mechanically surface finished textile material
AssigneeMilliken Research Corporation
InventorWolfgang K. F. Otto
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Abstract
A process is provided for mechanically surface-finishing a textile fabric which comprises ccontinuously feeding said fabric from a source of supply, such that said fabric lies in a single plane, subjecting successive adjacent sections of the fabric to intermittent mechanical impact with an abrasive means across the width of said fabric thereby avoiding substantial sustained contact between the fabric and the abrasive means, the mechanical impact being at a force and frequency sufficient to cause a substantially uniform modification of the surface characteristics of the fabric. Textile fabrics with modified surface which may be made by the above process are also provided. Apparatus for mechanically surface-finishing a textile fabric according to the aforedescribed process is further provided.
Claims5
An interlaced textile material having a body portion containing a plurality of fibers, of which at least about 20 percent by weight are synthetic fibers, in which said fibers have a curvature and are arranged so as to have convex side portions and concave side portions, the convex side portions which are exposed being substantially scarred and containing a multiplicity of generally short, rather thick, lamella shaped protrusions of an average length of less than about 0.05 mm. extending therefrom;
- said protrusions being of substantially the same chemical composition and molecular weight as the synthetic fibers from which they are formed;
- and said scarring resulting at least in part from deficiencies formed in the body of said fibers wherefrom said protrusions are formed.
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