Abstract:
A process to manufacture tufted backing materials comprises the steps of a) providing a roll bearing a backing material which backing material comprises a first side exhibiting a first colour and a second side exhibiting a second colour, wherein the first colour is different from the second colour, the first side is the front side and the second side is the rear side, b) unwinding the backing material from the roll in a first unwinding direction and guiding the backing material into a tufting device provided with tufting means, so that the first side exhibiting the first colour faces the means of the tufting device, c) tufting the backing material with the tufting means of the tufting device until a desired amount of a tufted backing material has been manufactured provided with tufts on the first side exhibiting the first colour, d) cutting the backing material at a position between the roll bearing the backing material and the tufting device, e) rotating the roll bearing the backing material by an angle of 180° so that the first side exhibiting the first colour is the rear side and the second side exhibiting the second colour is the front side, f) unwinding the backing material from the roll in a second unwinding direction which is opposite to the first unwinding direction and guiding the backing material into the tufting device provided with tufting means, so that the second side exhibiting the second colour faces the means of the tufting device, and g) tufting the backing material with the tufting means of the tufting device until a desired amount of a tufted backing material has been manufactured provided with tufts on the second side exhibiting the second colour.
Abstract:
A tufted nonwoven with improved stitch holding, a bonded nonwoven and methods for their manufacture are described. The tufted nonwoven with improved stitch holding comprises a face material which tufts a bonded nonwoven comprising a mixture of a plurality of bicomponent filaments 1 with a plurality of bicomponent filaments 2 wherein ialpha) at least bicomponent filaments 1 exhibit a core/sheath geometry wherein component 11 represents the core and component 12 represents the sheath or ibeta) at least bicomponent filaments 1 exhibit a side by side geometry wherein component 11 represents side 1 and component 12 represents side 2 or igamma) at least bicomponent filaments 1 exhibit an islands in the sea geometry wherein component 11 represents the islands and component 12 represents the sea ii) the component 11 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(11) and the component 22 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(22), iii) the component 12 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(12), the component 21 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(21) and Tm(12) is higher than Tm(21) and iv) the melting temperatures of both component 11 and 22 and the melting temperatures of components 12 and 21 obey to the relation both Tm(11) and Tm(22)>Tm(12)>Tm(21) an wherein the face material is bonded to bicomponent filaments 1 and 2 by a solidified melt of components 12 and 21.
Abstract:
A fabric for use as a lining for a window treatment comprising a metallised fabric layer 102 and a coating layer 104 abutting the metallised layer 102 comprising a blackout coating. The coating 104 may comprise a flock application. There may be a plurality of coating layers. The metallised fabric 102 may comprise metallised and standard yarns woven together. Included are also claims to a window treatment comprising a lining made of such a fabric which may be integrally attached to the main curtain fabric or may be removably attached such that the metallised layer 102 may face either towards or away from the curtain fabric. Also included are claims to a fabric panel for use with a window treatment or as a standalone curtain comprising the above lining and a method of making such a fabric lining comprising extruding metallised and standard yarns, weaving a fabric from both yarns and coating the substrate with a coating layer 104 which may comprise flock.
Abstract:
A process to manufacture tufted backing materials comprises the steps of a) providing a roll bearing a backing material which backing material comprises a first side exhibiting a first colour and a second side exhibiting a second colour, wherein the first colour is different from the second colour, the first side is the front side and the second side is the rear side, b) unwinding the backing material from the roll, c) tufting the backing material, d) cutting the backing material at a position between the roll bearing the backing material and the tufting device, e) rotating the roll bearing the backing material by an angle of 180°, f) unwinding the backing material from the roll in a second unwinding direction which is opposite to the first unwinding direction and guiding the backing material into the tufting device, and g) tufting the backing material. A backing material for tufted carpets or filters comprising a first woven or non-woven layer having a second colour different from the first one is also described.
Abstract:
A process to manufacture tufted backing materials comprises the steps of a) providing a roll bearing a backing material which backing material comprises a first side exhibiting a first colour and a second side exhibiting a second colour, wherein the first colour is different from the second colour, the first side is the front side and the second side is the rear side, b) unwinding the backing material from the roll in a first unwinding direction and guiding the backing material into a tufting device provided with tufting means, so that the first side exhibiting the first colour faces the means of the tufting device, c) tufting the backing material with the tufting means of the tufting device until a desired amount of a tufted backing material has been manufactured provided with tufts on the first side exhibiting the first colour, d) cutting the backing material at a position between the roll bearing the backing material and the tufting device, e) rotating the roll bearing the backing material by an angle of 180° so that the first side exhibiting the first colour is the rear side and the second side exhibiting the second colour is the front side, f) unwinding the backing material from the roll in a second unwinding direction which is opposite to the first unwinding direction and guiding the backing material into the tufting device provided with tufting means, so that the second side exhibiting the second colour faces the means of the tufting device, and g) tufting the backing material with the tufting means of the tufting device until a desired amount of a tufted backing material has been manufactured provided with tufts on the second side exhibiting the second colour.
Abstract:
A tufted nonwoven with improved stitch holding, a bonded nonwoven and methods for their manufacture are described. The tufted nonwoven with improved stitch holding comprises a face material which tufts a bonded nonwoven comprising a mixture of a plurality of bicomponent filaments 1 with a plurality of bicomponent filaments 2 wherein iα) at least bicomponent filaments 1 exhibit a core/sheath geometry wherein component 11 represents the core and component 12 represents the sheath or iβ) at least bicomponent filaments 1 exhibit a side by side geometry wherein component 11 represents side 1 and component 12 represents side 2 or iϜ) at least bicomponent filaments 1 exhibit an islands in the sea geometry wherein component 11 represents the islands and component 12 represents the sea ii) the component 11 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(11 ) and the component 22 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(22), iii) the component 12 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(12), the component 21 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(21) and Tm(12) is higher than Tm(21 ) and iv) the melting temperatures of both component 11 and 22 and the melting temperatures of components 12 and 21 obey to the relation both Tm(11 ) and Tm(22) > Tm(12) > Tm(21 ) and optionally wherein the face material is bonded to bicomponent filaments 2 by a solidified melt of component 21.
Abstract:
A carpet is constructed of a face yarn comprised principally of a bulked continuous filament carpet face yarn or a bulk staple carpet face yarn wherein the face yarn comprises principally a bundle of drawn and crimped bi-component filaments, and wherein each such filament consists essentially of an outer lengthwise sheath of a dyeable polymeric material surrounding a core of a different polymeric material, and wherein the two polymeric materials are not dyeable by the same method. A particularly advantageous filament structure comprises a nylon sheath surrounding a polyester core. The nylon sheath may be dyed or pigmented. For automotive and similar usage, a polyester sheath surrounding a core of, for example, polyethylene, may be preferred.