Fabrics having double layers of terry or pile

• US 8,578,972 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2012
• Issued: 11/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hongwei Duan
• Original Assignee: Hongwei Duan
• Inventors: Duan, Hongwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Muromoto, Jr., Bobby
• Application Number:
  US13/425,827
• Publication Number:
  US 20120255643A1
• Time in Patent Office: 601 Days
• Field of Search: 139/21, 139/37, 139/116.5, 139/383.R, 139/391, 139/394, 139/396, 139/403, 139/405, 139/420.R, 139/426.R, 139/420.A
• US Class Current: 139/396
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 15/33 Ultrafine fibres, e.g. microfibres or nanofibres
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 27/08 Terry fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 21/04 characterised by thread material
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2201/10 Bamboo

Abstract

A fabric having a ground fabric, and a double layer terry or a double layer pile on either or both surfaces of the ground fabric, or a double layer terry on one surface and a double layer pile on the other surface. The double layer terry has an outer terry and an inner terry lower than the outer terry; the double layer pile has an outer pile and an inner pile lower than the outer pile. The outer terry or outer pile is a natural fiber, and the lower terry or lower pile is a microfiber. Methods of manufacturing the fabric are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A fabric, comprising:

a ground fabric having a first and a second surface; and

a double layer terry having an outer terry and an inner terry lower than the outer terry, or a double layer pile having an outer pile and an inner pile lower than the outer pile, on the first surface of the ground fabric, wherein the outer terry or outer pile is made of a natural fiber or a blended yarn, and the lower terry or lower pile is made of a microfiber.

2. The fabric of claim 1, wherein the fabric comprises a double layer terry on the first surface of the ground fabric,

the fabric further comprising another double layer terry having an outer terry and an inner terry lower than the outer terry on the second surface of the ground fabric.

3. The fabric of claim 1, wherein the fabric comprises a double layer terry on the first surface of the ground fabric,

the fabric further comprising a double layer pile having an outer pile and an inner pile lower than the outer pile on the second surface of the ground fabric.

4. The fabric of claim 1, wherein the fabric comprises a double layer pile on the first surface of the ground fabric,

the fabric further comprising another double layer pile having an outer pile and an inner pile lower than the outer pile on the second surface of the ground fabric.

5. The fabrics of to claim 1, wherein the natural fiber includes cotton, wool, silk, linen, soybean fiber or bamboo fiber, the blend yarn contains chemical fiber of less than 40 percent, and the microfiber is a single component fiber or multi-component fiber with a single-fiber density below 0.55 dtex.

6. The fabrics of to claim 1, wherein the ground fabric is made of a synthetic filament and/or a natural fiber and/or a blend yarn.

7. The fabrics of to claim 1, wherein the fabric is a woven fabric or knitted fabric.

8. The fabrics of to claim 1, wherein the fabric is a woven fabric, and wherein an arrangement ratio of a terry warp and a ground warp in the woven fabric is 1:

1 or 2;

1 or 1;

2 or 2;

2, an arrangement ratio of the natural fiber and microfiber in the fabric is 1;

1 or 1;

2 or 2;

1.

9. The fabric of claim 8, wherein a fabric organization is 2/1 or 3/1 or 2/2 fancy warp-backed weave.

10. A method of manufacturing a fabric, the fabric comprising a ground fabric having a first and a second surface and a double layer terry having an outer terry and an inner terry lower than the outer terry, or a double layer pile having an outer pile and an inner pile lower than the outer pile, on the first surface of the ground fabric, the method comprising:

alternately knitting a microfiber terry and a natural fiber terry or a blend yarn terry with a ground stitch, wherein the microfiber terry form the inner terry and the natural fiber terry or a blend yarn terry form the outer terry of the fabric.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the natural fiber includes cotton, wool, silk, linen, soybean fiber or bamboo fiber, the microfiber is single component fiber or multi-component fiber having a single-fiber density below 0.55 dtex, and the ground stitch material is synthetic filament or/and natural fiber or/and blend fiber.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

performing a single-side or double-side pile cutting treatment on the terry fabrics to form single-side pile fabric, one-side terry and one-side pile fabrics, or double-side pile fabric.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising, after the pile cutting treatment:

post-processing including unwinding, splitting process, washing, dyeing and setting.

14. A method of manufacturing a fabric, the fabric comprising a ground fabric having a first and a second surface and a double layer terry having an outer terry and an inner terry lower than the outer terry, or a double layer pile having an outer pile and an inner pile lower than the outer pile, on the first surface of the ground fabric, the method comprising:

weaving a terry warp of a natural fiber and a terry warp of a single component fiber or multi-component fiber with a weft and a ground warp made of a natural fiber or synthetic filament or blend yarn.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein an arrangement ratio of the terry warp and the ground warp is 1:

1 or 2;

1 or 1;

2 or 2;

2, and an arrangement ratio of the natural fiber and microfiber in the terry warp is 1;

1 or 1;

2 or 2;

1.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein a fabric organization is 2/1 or 3/1 or 2/2 fancy warp-backed weaves.