Bast fibre yarn, multi-fibre yarn and processes for making the same

• US 8,261,525 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2008
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jiangsu Redbud Textile Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Jiangsu Redbud Textile Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liu, Guozhong, Zhang, Zhenhua
• Primary Examiner(s): Hurley, Shaun R
• Application Number:
  US12/733,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20100139237A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,488 Days
• Field of Search: 572/52, 572/56, 162/94, 162/98
• US Class Current: 57/252
• CPC Class Codes: D01H 13/302 Moistening, e.g. for wet spinning
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 3/042 all components being made from natural material
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2201/01 Natural vegetable fibres

Abstract

The present invention introduces a process of spinning bast fibers through health preserving. Various examples include health preserving bast fibers; opening and cleaning, and carding the health preserved bast fibers, and drawing the carded health preserved bast fibers into bast fiber strips; health preserving said bast fiber strips; and spinning the health preserved fiber strips into yarn. Examples of the present invention also introduce a kind of yarn made by such processes. Examples of the present invention further introduce a process of blended spinning bast fiber with other fibers through health preserving, and the yarn made by such processes. Examples of the present invention realize low end breakage rates, and high efficiency, so as to achieve high quality products.

Claims

1. A process for spinning bast fibres comprising:

opening, cleaning, and carding health preserved bast fibres wherein the bast fibres comprise one or more of jute fibres, kenaf fibres, hemp fibres;

drawing the carded health preserved bast fibres into bast fibre strips;

subjecting the bast fibre strips to an environment wherein the temperature is 30 degrees Centigrade to 80 degrees Centigrade and the relative humidity is 80% to 100% for 2 to 14 hours; and

spinning the bast fibre strips into bast fibre yarn.

2. The process for spinning bast fibres according to claim 1, wherein the weight percentage of jute fibres in the bast fibres falls within a range from 20% to 100%.

3. A method for making bast fibres yarn, comprising:

opening, cleaning, and carding health preserved bast fibres, and then, drawing the carded health preserved bast fibres into bast fibre strips;

treating said bast fibre strips to an environment wherein the temperature is 30 degrees Centigrade to 80 degrees Centigrade and the relative humidity is 80% to 100% for 2 to 14 hours; and

spinning the health preserved bast fibre strips into bast fibre yarn.

4. The bast fibres yarn according to claim 3, wherein said bast fibres are either jute fibres, kenaf fibres, or hemp fibres, or at least two of them.

5. The bast fibres yarn according to claim 4, wherein the weight percentage of jute fibres in bast fibres falls within a range from 20% to 100%.

6. A process for blended spinning bast fibres and other fibres comprising the steps of:

blending health preserved bast fibres with other fibres, then opening, cleaning, and carding the blended fibres, after that drawing the carded blended fibres into multi-fibre strips;

treating said multi-fibre strips to an environment wherein the temperature is 30 degrees Centigrade to 80 degrees Centigrade and the relative humidity is 80% to 100% for 2 to 14 hours; and

spinning the health preserved multi-fibre strips into multi-fibre yarn.

7. The process for blended spinning bast fibres and other fibres according to claim 6, wherein said bast fibres are either jute fibres, kenaf fibres, or hemp fibres, or at least two of them.

8. The process for blended spinning bast fibres and other fibres according to claim 7, wherein the weight percentage of jute fibres in said bast fibres falls within a range from 20% to 100%.

9. The process for blended spinning bast fibres and other fibres according to claim 6, wherein the weight percentage of bast fibres in said blended fibres falls within a range from 20% to 99%.

10. A multi-fibre yarn wherein said multi-fibre yarn is produced through the following steps comprising:

blending health preserved bast fibres with other fibres, then opening, cleaning, and carding the blended fibres, after that drawing the carded blended fibres into multi-fibre strips;

treating said multi-fibre strips to an environment wherein the temperature is 30 degrees Centigrade to 80 degrees Centigrade and the relative humidity is 80% to 100% for 2 to 14 hours; and

spinning the health preserved multi-fibres strips into multi-fibre yarn.

11. The multi-fibre yarn according to claim 10, wherein said bast fibres are either jute fibres, kenaf fibres, or hemp fibres, or at least two of them.

12. The multi-fibre yarn according to claim 11, wherein the weight percentage of jute fibres in said bast fibres falls within a range from 20% to 100%.