Spunlaced fabric comprising a nonwoven Batt hydraulically entangled with a warp-like array of composite elastic yarns
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorDimitri P. Zafiroglu
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Abstract
One or more nonwoven fibrous layers and an array of elastic combination yarns, preferably comprising spandex combined with conventional hard textile yarn, are formed into an elastically stretchable fabric by hydraulic entanglement.
Claims5
An improved spunlaced fabric that comprises a nonwoven fibrous layer hydraulically entangled with an array of elastic yarn, wherein the improvement comprises for greater resistance to damage from repetitive stretching, the elastic yarn array is formed with a combination yarn comprising a first component of elastic filaments, the first component amounting to no more than 60% of the total weight of the combination yarn, and a second component of non-elastomeric staple fibers or filaments of textile decitex, the yarns of said elastic yarn array being substantially free of over-and-under intercrossing relationships.
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