Tear-resistant stitchbonded fabric
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorDimitri P. Zafiroglu
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Abstract
An improved stitchbonded fabric, particularly suited for industrial fabric uses, has high tear strength and is made by multi-needle stitching a fibrous layer with a bulkable non-elastomeric yarn that forms spaced apart, interconnected rows of stitches which amount to 25 to 65% of the total weight of the fabric.
Claims9
An improved stitchbonded fabric having a fibrous layer that is multi-needle stitched with a bulkable non-elastomeric thread that forms spaced apart, interconnected rows of stitches, wherein the improvement comprises the fibrous layer comprising fibers or filaments of textile decitex, optionally containing woodpulp amounting to as much as 65% of the total weight of the fibrous layer, and the bulkable thread being a non-elastomeric yarn amounting to 25 to 65% of the total weight of the fabric.
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