| 摘要 |
<p>Fabric simulating woven fabric comprising conventional warp threads disposed in the longitudinal direction and a "filling" comprising monofilaments laid transversely of the warp threads but not woven over-and-under therewith. By extruding the monofilaments onto the warp threads as these latter advance past an extruding nozzle the warp threads and "filling" threads are caused to cohere or coalesce at their points of intersection to provide a fabric having enhanced tensile strength and flexibility in both directions. Moreover, the fabric may be produced at substantially lower cost than fabrics woven by conventional methods, e.g. on a needle loom or shuttle loom or by braiding, all of which are regarded as uneconomically slow. In one aspect the junctions of the "filling" threads and the warp threads at the selvages are so united as to yield a smooth edge. In still another aspect the invention is ideally suited to fabrics which are to have stretch characteristics either in the longitudinal or transverse direction, or both.</p> |
