Patent · US Expired

Terry-type cloth product and method of making same

US4726400A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 25, 1986
Grant dateFeb 23, 1988
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD03D27/08
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A terry-type cloth product and method of making same are provided wherein such product comprises ground fill and ground warp interlaced to define ground of the product, with the ground having a top surface and a bottom surface and pile warp extending from the ground and with the pile warp comprising a plurality of sets of pile yarns with each set of pile yarns having a plurality of pile yarns wherein the pile yarns of each set extend in a plurality of adjacent loops above the top surface and then pass through the ground and extend in a plurality of adjacent loops beneath the bottom surface and wherein the pile yarns of each set again pass through the ground and repeat in adjacent loops above the top surface and beneath the bottom surface across a dimension of the product, with each immediately adjacent pair of sets of yarns being staggered so as to provide a checkered pattern defined by sets of pile yarns and ground on each of the top and bottom surfaces.

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