Chenille yarn for high speed weaving applications and improved product wear performance
AssigneeChatham, Inc.
InventorJ. Derrill Rice
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a new chenille yarn and a method of making the same. The chenille yarn may be used on conventional weaving equipment, including air jet and water jet weaving machines, to produce simulated pile fabrics having superior abrasion resistance and improved hand. The present invention is also directed to a method of making fabrics containing the chenille yarn, and various uses for the fabrics, especially as residential upholstery fabrics, decorative throws, contract fabrics, automotive fabrics, and bedding fabrics for use in the home.
Claims19
A method of making a chenille yarn comprising the steps of:
- feeding at least one binder core yarn and at least one other core yarn into a chenille machine;
- forming a chenille yarn having an effect yarn extending radially from a core of the chenille yarn;
- unidirectionally feeding the chenille yarn into and through a heating chamber under tension in a direction parallel to a length of the heating chamber;
- and
- heating the chenille yarn while under tension above a temperature at which the binder yarn melts.
A high performance chenille yarn comprising at least one core yarn and at least one pile yarn, wherein the chenille yam has an orientation memory which causes the chenille yarn to exhibit a substantially straight orientation when unwound from a cone wherein the chenille yarn is made by a method comprising:
- unidirectionally feeding the chenille yarn into and through a heating chamber under tension in a direction parallel to a length of the heating chamber;
- and
- heating the chenille yarn while under tension above a temperature at which at least a portion of the core yarn melts.
A woven fabric comprising a high performance chenille yarn, wherein the chenille yarn has an orientation memory which causes the chenille yarn to exhibit a substantially straight orientation when unwound from a cone, wherein the chenille yarn is made by a method comprising:
- unidirectionally feeding the chenille yarn into and through a heating chamber under tension in a direction parallel to a length of the heating chamber;
- and
- heating the chenille yarn while under tension above a temperature at which at least a portion of the core yarn melts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.