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US 6,786,242 B2Granted
Method for making a textile
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorsDouglas John Salway, Jan L. Williams, Daniel P. Gillig
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Abstract
A textile with first grouping of yarns separated from a second grouping of yarns, and displacement yarns disposed between the first grouping of yarns and the second grouping of yarns such that the displacement yarns progress in a sinusoidal manner to alternately contact the adjacent displacement yarn.
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A method of making a woven textile, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a first set of yarns having a plurality of first yarn subsets and second yarn subsets, said first yarn subsets each including a plurality of individual first subset yarns, said second yarn subsets each including a plurality of second subset yarns;
- (b) weaving into said first set of yarns:
- (i) a second set of yarns generally perpendicular to said first set of yarns, said second set of yarns having a plurality of first yarn groupings and a plurality of second yarn groupings disposed apart, said first yarn groupings each including a plurality of individual first grouping yarns being in contact as a group and the second yarn groupings each including a plurality of individual second yarn groupings being in contact as a group;
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- (ii) a plurality of displacement yarns, said displacement yarns running generally perpendicular to said first set of yarns, said displacement yarns being disposed between one of said first yarn groupings and the adjacent one of said second yarn groupings, said displacement yarns further moving sinusoidally between said first yarn groupings and said second yarn groupings such that the displacement yarns alternatively contact said adjacent displacement yarn;
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- (c) wherein said yarns of said first yarn grouping are interwoven with said yarns of the first yarn subset, and
- (d) wherein said yarns of said second yarn grouping are interwoven with said yarns of said second yarn subset.
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A method of making a woven textile, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a first set of yarns having a plurality of first yarn subsets and second yarn subsets, said first yarn subsets each including a plurality of individual first subset yarns, said second yarn subsets each including a plurality of second subset yarns, wherein said first subset yarns and said second subset yarns comprise monofilament core/sheath type elastomeric yarns;
- (b) weaving into said first set of yarns:
- (i) a second set of yarns generally perpendicular to said first set of yarns, said second set of yarns having a plurality of first yarn groupings and a plurality of second yarn groupings disposed apart, said first yarn groupings each including a plurality of individual first grouping yarns being in contact as a group and the second yarn groupings each including a plurality of individual second yarn groupings being in contact as a group;
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- (ii) a plurality of displacement yarns, said displacement yarns running generally perpendicular to said first set of yarns, said displacement yarns being disposed between one of said first yarn groupings and the adjacent one of said second yarn groupings, said displacement yarns further moving sinusoidally between said first yarn groupings and said second yarn groupings such that the displacement yarns alternatively contact said adjacent displacement yarn;
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- (c) wherein said yarns of said first yarn grouping are interwoven with said yarns of the first yarn subset, and
- (d) wherein said yarns of said second yarn grouping are interwoven with said yarns of said second yarn subset;
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- (e) heating said textile, thereby melting said core/sheath elastomeric yarns to form bonds within said woven textile.
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