Composite yarn, intermediate fabric product and method of producing a metallic fabric
AssigneeWorld Fibers, Inc.
InventorGregory V. Andrews
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Abstract
A composite yarn formed of a core yarn and a cover yarn, wherein one of the core yarn and the cover yarn is a fluid-soluble strand and the other of the core yarn and cover yarn is a non-fluid-soluble strand. The composite yarn can be knitted into an intermediate fabric product. The soluble element is dissolved to leave a use fabric suitable for other processing, such as coating with materials such as latex, the non-fluid-soluble strand may be either a single strand or multi-filaments of steel wire.
Claims15
An intermediate fabric product intended for subsequent processing into a metallic fabric suitable for fabrication, comprising a composite yarn comprising:
- (a) a metallic wire for providing cut resistance;
- (b) a fluid-soluble strand for dissolving after formation of the intermediate fabric product;
- (c) an elastomeric strand for retaining a predetermined shape of the intermediate fabric product after said fluid-soluble strand is dissolved;
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- (d) wherein said composite yarn comprises a core and a cover wrapped around said core, said core comprising said fluid-soluble strand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.