WO2017099898A1 - Ultra-high-quality towel and yarn used to weave it - Google Patents
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- D03D13/008—Woven fabrics characterised by the special disposition of the warp or weft threads, e.g. with curved weft threads, with discontinuous warp threads, with diagonal warp or weft characterised by weave density or surface weight
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- D03D15/47—Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used characterised by the structure of the yarns or threads multicomponent, e.g. blended yarns or threads
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- the invention relates to textiles, and more
- the invention specifically relates to towels and to yarns from which they are woven.
- the invention relates to ultra-high-quality towels that have unique sensory characteristics and that are manufactured from renewable resources, and to the yarns from which such towels are woven.
- Towels are conventionally manufactured using cotton fiber, even though cotton fiber has properties that are disadvantageous when used to make toweling. Cotton fiber absorbs moisture but does not release it to the
- Wool fiber is an animal fiber with insulating properties . It absorbs moisture and releases it to the atmosphere, and thereby reaches equilibrium with the atmosphere insofar as temperature and moisture are concerned. These characteristics would make wool fiber suitable for use in toweling because in use it would feel warm and not cold and clammy. However, wool fiber has a disadvantageous property that to date has entirely precluded its use for toweling. This is that wool fiber is itchy, and an itchy towel would be commercially unsuccessful .
- the invention proceeds from an extensive testing program in which various blends of fibers and various weaves were tested for suitability for manufacturing toweling.
- This testing program produced a new and surprising result, namely that an ultra-high-quality towel can be manufactured from a multi-ply yarn that includes 45% - 55% wool fiber.
- a multi-ply yarn includes 45% - 55% wool fiber.
- the yarn includes 45% - 55% wool fiber and a cellulosic rayon fiber.
- the yarn is a four-ply yarn spun from 50% washable merino- type wool fiber and 50% rayon fiber from bamboo. This yarn produces a towel that during use has unique sensory characteristics : it has a lustrous appearance, it is luxuriously smooth and non-itchy, it is warm and non- clammy, and it is highly absorbent . Furthermore, a towel produced using this yarn has highly favorable wear characteristics; it does not pill and it becomes
- a towel comprises a yarn that includes wool fiber.
- the towel is manufactured using the above-described multi-ply yarn.
- the towel is woven from a four-ply yarn that is used for the warp threads and for the weft threads, the yarn including 50% washable merino-type wool fiber and 50% rayon fiber from bamboo, and the warp threads and weft threads being woven into a weft-facing weave that has 36 - 38 ends per inch and 22 - 28 picks per inch.
- Fig. 1A is a representation of a Weave Information File for producing a historical "M' s and 0' s" weave for towel in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention ;
- Fig. IB is an image showing the "M' s and 0' s" weave produced by the Weave Information File of Fig. 1A when weaving a towel in accordance with the preferred
- Fig. 2A is a representation of a Weave Information File for producing a "Tree" weave for a towel in
- Fig. 2B is an image showing the "Tree" weave produced by the Weave Information File of Fig. 2A when weaving a towel in accordance with the preferred
- the wool fiber is washable and of the merino type (i.e. the wool may or may not be from the Merino sheep, but has a "staple" or fiber length of 2.6 inches to 3.9 inches and a diameter of between 19 and 24 microns), and the rayon fiber is derived from bamboo. Wool fiber and rayon fiber from bamboo are renewable resources. This is valued by environmentally conscious consumers .
- the yarn spun from 50% washable merino-type wool fiber and 50% rayon fiber from bamboo is a multi-ply yarn and is advantageously four-ply.
- a four-ply yarn is smooth, drapes well, durable when washed in warm or cold water, and does not pill.
- the preferred embodiment of a towel in accordance with the invention is woven exclusively from the above- described four-ply yarn, i.e. yarn in accordance with the above-described preferred embodiment is used for the warp threads and the weft threads .
- the weave is unbalanced and weft-facing, i.e. the floats (the threads that do not intersect and that lie on the surface of the woven fabric) are formed from the weft threads. (This is merely for convenience; it would alternatively be possible to weave the fabric using an unbalanced warp- facing weave.)
- the weave has a density of 36 38 ends per inch and 22 - 28 picks per inch.
- a towel in accordance with the preferred embodiment improves with its initial use (i.e. becomes smoother, warmer, and more absorbent after its initial few washings) .
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