Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Coated or structually defined flake – particle – cell – strand,... – Staple length fiber
Patent
1999-10-12
2000-10-24
Edwards, Newton
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand,...
Staple length fiber
428393, D01F 600
Patent
active
061364320
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to sewing threads and to articles sewn therewith, in particular articles which comprise a major proportion of cellulosic fibre, as well as to the dyeing of such articles.
BACKGROUND ART
Sewing threads are described for example by E Oxtoby in Spun Yarn Technology, Butterworth & Co. (1987), at pages 214-215. Sewing threads may be of continuous filament yarn or of staple fibre. For cellulosic articles, threads which comprise cotton (often mercerised cotton) are commonly used. It is often desirable that the sewing thread and the article to be sewn should be of the same or similar materials for compatibility of properties. Thus, if a sewn article is to be subsequently dyed, it is desirable that the article and the sewing thread should exhibit similar dyeing characteristics.
The tensile strength of cotton sewing threads is often not as high as could be desired. This is true even of mercerised cotton threads, which are of higher strength than unmercerised cotton threads. Accordingly, it is known to make sewing threads from a blend of cotton and a synthetic fibre such as polyester or polyamide which is stronger than cotton. Such threads generally comprise more than 30 percent by weight of the synthetic fibre, because it is known that the strength of such sewing thread which comprises less than about 30 percent by weight of the synthetic fibre may be unsatisfactorily low, even to the extent of being lower than that of a thread consisting solely of cotton. The inclusion of synthetic fibre also serves usefully to increase the abrasion resistance of the thread. Good abrasion resistance is a desirable feature in a sewing thread, because the sewn thread is often exposed at the surface of a sewn article, thus rendering it especially liable to abrasion. However, such blended sewing threads in general exhibit different dyeing characteristics from those of the bulk of a sewn article, for example a textile article such as a woven or knitted garment which comprises a major proportion of cellulosic fibre.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a sewing thread which consists of from 70 to 95 percent by weight of lyocell fibre and from 5 to 30 percent by weight of at least one synthetic fibre.
LyoceIl is the generic name for a cellulosic fibre manufactured by dissolution of cellulose in an organic solvent without formation of a chemical derivative of cellulose, followed by extrusion through a spinnerette into a coagulating bath, washing and drying. The organic solvent may comprise a mixture of organic chemicals and water. The organic solvent may be an aqueous tertiary amine N-oxide, particularly aqueous N-methylmorpholine N-oxide.
The sewing thread of the invention is preferably a spun yarn of staple fibres. The synthetic fibre is preferably polyester, for example poly(ethylene terephthalate), or polyamide, for example nylon[6:6] or nylon[6]. Mixtures of different synthetic fibres can be used. The sewing thread of the invention may be made by spinning, doubling and suchlike known processes and may be of any convenient known construction. The sewing thread of the invention may be treated with sizes or lubricants of known type and in known manner.
A preferred sewing thread according to the invention consists of from 75 to 90 percent by weight of lyocell fibre and from 10 to 25 percent by weight of the at least one synthetic fibre.
It has been found that the tensile strengths of lyocell yarns and of polyester yarns are similar and that the tensile strengths of lyocell/polyester blended yarns are intermediate between those of the yarns of the individual fibres. Such blended yarns therefore differ from cotton/polyester blended yarns, whose tensile strengths may be lower than that of a 100% cotton yarn.
The inclusion of synthetic fibre in the sewing thread of the invention confers improved abrasion resistance on the thread. For example, the abrasion resistance of an 80/20 lyocell/polyester thread may be twice that of a 100% lyocell th
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Burrow Thomas Richard
Coulon Emmanuel Stephane
Morley Robert John
Woodings Calvin Roger
Acordis Fibres (Holdings ) Limited
Edwards Newton
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