Aromatic polyamide fiber-polyester fiber-blended spun yarn fabric
AssigneeTeijin Limited
InventorsMakoto Tanaka, Genji Nakayama, Noboru Takimoto, Koichi Hosoyama
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Abstract
A fiber fabric useful for flame-resistant garment is composed of yarns comprising a blend of 65 to 95% by weight of an aromatic polyamide fiber-containing fiber component with 5 to 40% by weight of a polyester fiber component; the aromatic polyamide fiber-containing fiber component comprising 50 to 100% by weight of aromatic polyamide fibers and 0 to 50% by weight of cellulose fibers and the fiber fabric having a limiting oxygen index of 26 or more.
Claims8
An aromatic polyamide fiber-polyester fiber-blended spun yarn fabric, comprising a fabric made of spun yarns consisting essentially of a uniform blend of:
- (A) 60 to 95% by weight of a first fiber component consisting of aromatic polyamide;
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- (B) 5 to 40% by weight of a second fiber component consisting of polyester fibers, the fabric having a limiting oxygen index of at least 26.
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