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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1981
Robert C Pickens, Jr, Gurnee, IL (US);
Reese R Thomas, Libertyville, IL (US);
Ronald Somerville, Gurnee, IL (US);
Ozite Corporation, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
A novel cut pile fabric (10) and a method of making same is disclosed. The cut pile fabric (10) includes a needled non-woven batt (14) of staple fibers (12) that is processed on a texturizing needle loom (17) from one surface (20) (called a back surface) thereof to form texturized loops (18) on the other surface (22) (called a face surface) of said batt (14). The non-textured back surface (20) of the batt (14) has a backing (24) applied thereto which may be of latex, or the like, with the texturized loops (18) being tigered by a tigering roll (28) to cut, break or fracture a high percentage of the loops. The tigered pile is polished by a polishing roll (34) to remove the crimps in the fibers and to orient the fibers in a direction transverse to the batt (14) prior to being sheared in a shear (36). A dense, plush cut pile fabric is produced.