Process for the production of pleated fabrics, and new pleated fabrics from a spiral tube
US5027988A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06J1/00
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for the production of a pleated textile fabric, which comprises first forming a spiral tube from a plane fabric by joining together the two selvedges of said fabric; then in known manner pleating this spiral tube and fixing the pleats thus formed; and finally undoing the join connecting the two selvedges of the fabric. The invention relates also to a weft and warp woven pleated fabric wherein the pleats are disposed on the bias and the weft threads are inclined.
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