Metal element based textile product with improved widthwise stability
AssigneeNV Bekaert SA
InventorsAngela Durie, Bruno Jaspaert, Dirk Tytgat
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Abstract
A textile product and a method of making the same is described wherein the textile product includes a layer of metal elements, an array of stitches, and wherein the metal elements are encased between the legs of the stitch and the underlap of the stitch. Preferably, the overlaps and/or underlaps span between at least two stitch lines. This provides an improved metal element based textile product for preparing reinforced articles. The metal element based textile product of the present invention allows improved processing and improved performance as compared to conventional metal element based textile products.
Claims13
A textile product comprising
- a layer of elongate metal elements;
- an array of stitches in stitch lines, the stitches having loops with legs and underlaps and overlaps;
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- wherein elongate metal elements are disposed and held between the legs of the stitch and the underlaps of the stitch and wherein the overlaps span between at least two stitch lines.
A method of making a textile product from a layer of elongate metal elements, comprising
- forming an array of stitches in stitch lines and having legs and underlaps and overlaps,
- wherein the elongate metal elements are held between the legs of the stitch and the underlaps of the stitch and the overlaps spanning at least two stitch lines and wherein the overlap is laid into two needles and two stitches in adjacent stitch lines are formed at the same time.
A method of making a textile product from a layer of elongate metal elements, comprising the steps of
- placing an overlap of a first stitch of a first metal element in at least a first needle and a second needle, and
- forming an array of stitches in stitch lines and having legs and underlaps and overlaps, and
- wherein the elongate metal elements are held between the legs of the stitch and the underlaps of the stitch and
- wherein a part of the overlap joining the two stitches together forms an angle of 90° or about 90° to a stitching line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.