Abstract:
Warp stretch woven fabrics including plain, twill and satin constructions are disclosed. The fabrics include weft yarns and warp yarns. About 15 weight percent to about 55 weight percent of the warp yarns are polyester bicomponent continuous filaments comprising poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) having an after-heat-set crimp contraction value from about 20% to about 80%.
Abstract:
Included herein is an articles and methods including a core spun yarn. The core spun yarn includes a sheath of hard fibers and two sets of elastic fibers wherein the sets of elastic fibers have different properties. The properties may differ in one or more ways such as having a different denier, composition or draft. One or both of the sets of elastic fibers can be precovered.
Abstract:
The invention provides a polyester bicomponent core spun yarn comprising a sheath of at least one hard fiber and having an English cotton count of from about 5 to about 60 and a core of bicomponent polyester filament. The invention further includes a fabric substantially free of grin-through of the bicomponent polyester filament.
Abstract:
Composite yarns, comprising one or more elastomeric fibers and hard yarns, are formed by adhering the elastomeric fibers and hard yarns together using a size material. The size-covered composite yarn can be used in weaving and knitting to make stretch fabrics with desired garment characteristics. The size material may be removed by subsequent wet fabric processing.
Abstract:
Included is a polyurethane elastic fiber that includes a blended glycol. A polyether glycol, such as PTMEG is partially replaced with PPG. The ratio of total isocyanate (NCO) end groups from the prepolymer to total primary amine (NH 2 ) end groups from the diamine chain extender is about 0.99 to about 1.01; and the combined amount of non-reactive end groups from the PPG and dialkylurea end groups in the polyurethaneurea is less than about 50 meq/kg.
Abstract:
In some embodiments are an article including a woven fabric having warp yarns and weft yarns. Either warp yam or weft yarn or both warp and weft yarns have two separate systems of yarns. The systems of yarns include a hard yarn forming the main body of fabric and a composite covered elastic yarn with an elastic fiber core; wherein the fabric has an outer face side, a back side, and the fabric includes at least one of: (a) a weaving pattern where the composite yarn and at least one adjacent hard yarn pass over the same pick when the composite yarn is on the outer surface; (b) the ratio of hard yarn denier to composite yarn denier is at least 1 : 1; and (c) the composite yarn floats over no more than 5 picks on the outer face side.