Compound threads, fabrics provided therefrom and process to obtain them

A process for producing a fabric, useful in the manufacture of garments and cloths, wherein the fabric comprises mutually parallel warp threads and mutually parallel weft threads, the warp threads being perpendicular to the weft threads, said warp threads and said weft threads being made of first fibers, the process comprising the step of:

• obtaining compound threads by placing a plurality of carrier threads in parallel, such that there is a space between said carrier threads, said carrier threads being made of first fibers;
• applying a mass of fibers and an adhesive agent to said carrier threads, said mass of fibers covering said carrier threads and bonding said carrier threads together, thereby forming a band wherein said carrier threads are adhered;
• wherein at least a first portion of said mass of fibers is made of a fiber material, said first portion comprising second fibers, said second fibers having a shorter average length than the first fibers, said second fibers being bonded to adjacent ones and to said carrier threads whereby said mass of fibers and said adhesive agent form a single means for bonding said carrier threads, such that said mass of fibers, said carrier threads and said adhesive agent form a band;
• and
• cutting the band in a direction parallel to said carrier threads, thereby separating the carrier threads from each other, thus obtaining a plurality of compound threads, each comprising a carried thread and an adhered portion of said mass of fibers;
• inserting first threads between second threads, such that the second threads extend perpendicularly to the first threads, the first threads being the warp threads and the second threads being the weft threads or the first threads being the weft threads and the second threads being the warp threads;
• wherein at least the first threads are selected from said compound threads.