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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Inventors:
Steven L. Bedingfield, LaGrange, GA (US);
Christopher G. Durham, Manchester, GA (US);
Assignee:
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 13/00 (2006.01); D03D 1/04 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G02B 6/50 (2006.01); H02G 9/06 (2006.01); D03D 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 13/00 (2013.01); D03D 1/04 (2013.01); D03D 13/004 (2013.01); D03D 15/12 (2013.01); G02B 6/4459 (2013.01); G02B 6/50 (2013.01); H02G 9/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An innerduct for a cable containing one or more strip-shaped lengths of woven textile fabric configured to create a flexible, longitudinal compartment for enveloping a cable. The woven fabric comprises a plurality warp yarns and a plurality of picks of weft yarns and contains an alternating pattern containing first weave zones and partial float weave zones. The warp yarns in the first weave zone pass successively over and under each adjacent weft yarn and at least a portion of the warp yarns in the partial float zone float over some adjacent weft yarns.