Method of weaving, processing and finishing a pile fabric
OwnerKannappan Govindaswamyinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of weaving, processing and finishing a pile fabric whose pile height (H) after processing and finishing is substantially increased, thus obtaining increased pile height (H) which may be multiple of the original pile height (H) of the woven fabric. Specifically, the pile fabric is manufactured with multiple loop heights combining the original woven pile heights and/or different multiples of the original pile heights. Further, a process results in a fabric having a combination of pile heights, and designs by weaving repeats in the conventional way without soluble yarns (Y) in conjunction with repeats woven with multiple soluble yarns (Y).
Claims8
A pile fabric comprising:
- A plurality of ground warps yarns;
- A plurality of pile warps yarns;
- and
- A plurality of weft yarns,
- wherein one or more of the weft yarns is a soluble yarn,
- wherein the ground yarns are interwoven at high tension with the weft yarn to form the substrate of the fabric,
- wherein the pile yarns are interwoven with the weft yarn at lower tension to form the pile loops,
- wherein the pile loop projects from the surface of the fabric on both the sides,
- wherein the piles are formed using a multiple pick terry process,
- wherein multiple pile loops (Z) combine to form a single pile whose length is double (or) Z times that of the original woven fabric, and
- wherein the soluble weft yarns are dissolved using a solvent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.