Article of thermal protective clothing

摘要

This invention relates to an article of thermal protective clothing having fabric woven with a warp-faced or weft-faced twill weave that incorporates a first yarn forming the majority of the outer article surface that includes hydrophilic fiber and a first flame resistant fiber, with at least 25 weight percent of that first yarn being hydrophilic fiber; and a second yarn forming the majority of the inner article surface that includes at least 80 weight percent of a second flame resistant fiber that is hydrophobic. Alternatively, the first yarn forming the majority of the outer article surface can include a hydrophilic first flame resistant fiber.

主权项

1. An article of thermal protective clothing comprising woven fabric having a warp yarn dissimilar to a fill yarn, the fabric forming an inner and outer surface of the article; the fabric further having a warp-faced or weft-faced twill weave, wherein either:
a) a majority of the outer surface of the article is a first yarn that is the warp yarn in the fabric and a majority of the inner surface of the article is a second yarn that is the fill yarn in the fabric, or b) a majority of the outer surface of the article is a first yarn that is a fill yarn in the fabric and a majority of the inner surface of the article is a second yarn that is the warp yarn in the fabric; and wherein the first yarn forming the majority of the outer surface of the article comprises hydrophilic fiber and a first flame resistant fiber, with at least 25 weight percent of the yarn being hydrophilic fiber; and wherein the second yarn forming the majority of the inner surface of the article comprises at least 80 weight percent of a second flame resistant fiber that is hydrophobic, wherein the wetting time on the inner surface is less than 6 seconds and the wetting time for the outer surface is at least 6 seconds or greater.