String for racket

• US 5,145,172 A
• Filed: 05/05/1989
• Issued: 09/08/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: GOSEN CO., LTD.
• Original Assignee: GOSEN CO., LTD.
• Inventors: Takashima, Yutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiu, Raleigh W.
• Application Number:
  US07/347,646
• Time in Patent Office: 1,222 Days
• Field of Search: 273/73 R
• US Class Current: 428/377
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 51/02 Strings; String substitutes; Products applied on strings, e.g. for protection against humidity or wear
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 51/026 Strings having non-circular cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 3/36 Cored or coated yarns or threads D02G3/34, D02G3/40 take precedence; elastic yarns or threads D02G3/32
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 3/38 Threads in which fibres, filaments, or yarns are wound with other yarns or filaments, e.g. wrap yarns, i.e. strands of filaments or staple fibres are wrapped by a helically wound binder yarn; D02G3/32 takes precedence; covering endless core threads with fibres by using open-end spinning techniques D01H4/00
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 3/444 Yarns or threads for use in sports applications strings for tennis rackets A63B51/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2936 Wound or wrapped core or coating [i.e., spiral or helical]

Abstract

The invention deals with a string for use in rackets used for tennis and badminton and so on. These are wound around the periphery of a monofilament center core in a mixed condition, wrapping monofilaments of a large diameter and a small diameter and the wrapping monofilaments are covered with a coating resin such that a part in a periphery side of the large diameter wrapping monofilament is uncovered. Moreover, the elongation of the wrapping monofilaments of large diameter and small diameter is greater by 5-40% than the elongation of monofilament center core. This string is superior in ball control and has a higher knot strength.

Claims

1. In a string for rackets comprising a winding of mixed wrapping monofilaments, of a large diameter and a small diameter, around the periphery of a monofilament center core, the improvement which comprises said large diameter monofilament being substantially transparent, the exposed surface of said small diameter wrapping monofilament and a portion of the exposed surface of said large diameter wrapping filament being covered with a coating resin whereby a part of the large diameter wrapping filament is exposed, and wherein said wrapping filaments have an elongation to break which is greater than the elongation to break of said monofilament center core.

2. A string for rackets as claimed in claim 1 wherein both the wrapping monofilaments of large diameter and small diameter are spirally wound around the periphery of the monofilament center core.

3. A string for rackets as claimed in claim 1 wherein the monofilament center core, the large diameter wrapping monofilaments, and the small diameter wrapping monofilaments are composed of Nylon 6, Nylon 66, or copolymers thereof.

4. A string for rackets as claimed in claim 1 wherein said coating resin is substantially opaque.