Method of making a woven fabric having a desired spacing between tension members
US9115466B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/3382
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An exemplary method of making a woven fabric includes weaving a plurality of load supporting tension members and a plurality of cross fibers together into a woven fabric. A spacing between adjacent ones of the tension members has a first dimension. At least some of the cross fibers are shrunk to thereby decrease the spacing between the adjacent ones of the tension members to a second, smaller dimension. In another example, two woven fabrics are positioned next to each other. The two fabrics include a spacing between adjacent tension members having a first dimension. At least one tension member of one woven fabric is aligned with and between two of the tension members of the other fabric to thereby decrease the spacing to a second, smaller dimension.
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