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High density, water-repellent textile fabric

US4548848A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 1984
Grant dateOct 22, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/3976
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A high density textile fabric having an excellent water-repellent property comprises a woven fabric having at least one water-repellent surface layer formed by a number of warps and wefts each consisting of a number of extremely fine, water-repellent fibers having a denier of 1.2 or less, the surface layer having a sum of cover factors (CF) in the warp and weft directions thereof, of from 1,400 to 3,400 determined in accordance with the equation: ##EQU1## wherein n represents the number of the warps or wefts per inch of the fabric and de represents a denier of the warps or wefts.

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