Tubular sliver knit fabric for paint roller covers
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
D04B-011/08
D04B-011/00
출원번호
US-0740119
(2007-04-25)
등록번호
US-7503191
(2009-03-17)
발명자
/ 주소
Knight,John C.
Sinykin,Daniel L.
출원인 / 주소
Seamless Technologies, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
인용정보
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5인용 특허 :
32
초록▼
A tubular sliver knit fabric is disclosed that is manufactured with the pile extending from the outer side thereof and in an extended length, small diameter configuration, the tubular sliver knit pile fabric subsequently being separable into shorter tubular segments that may be secured to paint roll
A tubular sliver knit fabric is disclosed that is manufactured with the pile extending from the outer side thereof and in an extended length, small diameter configuration, the tubular sliver knit pile fabric subsequently being separable into shorter tubular segments that may be secured to paint roller cover cores to produce seamless paint rollers. The sliver knit paint roller cover fabric of the present invention is manufactured in a tubular segment with the sliver fibers being located on the outside of the tubular sliver knit paint roller cover fabric. The tubular sliver knit paint roller cover fabric of the present invention is also manufactured in a size that makes it appropriate for installation onto paint roller cover cores.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A sliver knit pile fabric suitable for use on paint roller covers, said sliver knit pile fabric comprising: an uninverted knitted base fabric having a tubular configuration defining an outside and an inside, said base fabric having a predetermined number of wales located adja
What is claimed is: 1. A sliver knit pile fabric suitable for use on paint roller covers, said sliver knit pile fabric comprising: an uninverted knitted base fabric having a tubular configuration defining an outside and an inside, said base fabric having a predetermined number of wales located adjacent each other and arranged around the circumference of said base fabric, said base fabric having successive courses each of which is knit after a preceding course, said base fabric comprising a plurality of loops, wherein each loop in any particular wale is knitted through a loop in the preceding course in said particular wale from the outside to the inside of said tubular configuration of said base fabric; and a plurality of tufts of fibers, each of said tufts of fibers having opposite ends with a loop portion located therebetween, said loop portion of each of said plurality of tufts being knitted together with a loop of said base fabric into said base fabric, said opposite ends of said plurality of tufts of fibers extending outwardly from said base fabric and forming the pile of said sliver knit fabric. 2. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein said base fabric is knitted from a yarn made of a synthetic fiber. 3. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 2, wherein said yarn is made of polyester, acrylic, polypropylene, aramid, spandex, or a blend of any of the aforementioned. 4. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein said yarn has a denier of between seventy-five and four hundred fifty. 5. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein said tufts of fibers are made of natural or synthetic fibers, or a blend of natural and synthetic fibers. 6. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 5, wherein said tufts of fibers are made of wool, polyester, acrylic, nylon, modacrylic, rayon, polypropylene, aramid, or a blend of any of the aforementioned. 7. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein said tufts of fibers are between approximately three-eighths of an inch and approximately four inches in length. 8. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein the number of wales in said tubular configuration base fabric is between approximately forty and approximately one hundred. 9. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 8, wherein the number of wales in said tubular configuration base fabric is approximately fifty-six. 10. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric has an inner diameter of approximately five inches or less. 11. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 10, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric has an inner diameter that is approximately the same size as the outer diameter of a paint roller cover core. 12. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 11, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric has an inner diameter of approximately one and one-half inches. 13. A sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric is manufactured in an extended length that is substantially longer than the length of a paint roller. 14. A paint roller cover made in part from a sliver knit pile fabric as defined in claim 1, said paint roller cover comprising: a hollow cylindrical paint roller cover core; and a segment of said tubular configuration base fabric secured to the outside surface of said paint roller cover core. 15. A paint roller cover as defined in claim 14, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric is secured to the outside surface of said paint roller cover core using an adhesive. 16. A paint roller cover as defined in claim 14, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric is secured to the outside surface of said paint roller cover core using an epoxy. 17. A paint roller cover as defined in claim 14, wherein said paint roller cover core is made of a thermoplastic material, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric is secured to the outside surface of said paint roller cover core by heating the outer surface of said paint roller cover core and placing said segment of said tubular configuration base fabric on the outside surface of said paint roller cover core, whereby said segment of said tubular configuration base fabric is heat fused to the outside surface of said paint roller cover core. 18. A paint roller cover as defined in claim 14, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric is combed and sheared to the desired length after said segment of said tubular configuration base fabric is secured to the outside surface of said paint roller cover core. 19. A paint roller cover as defined in claim 18, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric is also beveled and vacuumed after said segment of said tubular configuration base fabric is secured to the outside surface of said paint roller cover core. 20. A sliver knit pile fabric suitable for use on paint roller covers, said sliver knit pile fabric comprising: an univerted knitted base fabric having a tubular configuration defining an outside and an inside, said base fabric having wales located adjacent each other and arranged around the circumference of said base fabric, said base fabric also having successive courses each of which is knit after a preceding course, said base fabric comprising a plurality of loops, wherein each loop in any particular wale is knitted through a loop in the preceding course in said particular wale; and a plurality of tufts of fibers, each of said tufts of fibers being knitted together with a loop of said base fabric into said base fabric with the ends of said of tufts of fibers extending outwardly from said base fabric and forming the pile of said sliver knit fabric. 21. A sliver knit pile fabric suitable for use on paint roller covers, said sliver knit pile fabric comprising: a knitted base fabric having a tubular configuration defining an outside and an inside, said base fabric having between forty and one hundred wales located adjacent each other and arranged around the circumference of said base fabric, said base fabric having successive courses each of which is knit after a preceding course, said base fabric comprising a plurality of loops, wherein each loop in any particular wale is knitted through a loop in the preceding course in said particular wale from the outside to the inside of said tubular configuration of said base fabric; wherein said tubular configuration base fabric has an inner diameter that is approximately the same size as the outer diameter of a paint roller cover core; and a plurality of tufts of fibers, each of said tufts of fibers having opposite ends with a loop portion located therebetween, said loop portion of each of said plurality of tufts being knitted together with a loop of said base fabric into said base fabric, said opposite ends of said plurality of tufts of fibers extending outwardly from said base fabric and forming the pile of said sliver knit fabric, wherein said tufts of fibers are between approximately three-eighths of an inch and approximately four inches in length. 22. A method of making a sliver knit pile fabric comprising: knitting a base fabric in a tubular configuration defining an outside and an inside, said base fabric having a predetermined number of wales located adjacent each other and arranged around the circumference of said base fabric, said base fabric having successive courses each of which is knit after a preceding course, said base fabric comprising a plurality of loops, wherein each loop in any particular wale is knitted through a loop in the preceding course in said particular wale from the outside to the inside of said tubular configuration of said base fabric; providing a plurality of tufts of fibers, each of said tufts of fibers having opposite ends with a loop portion located therebetween; and knitting said loop portion of each of said plurality of tufts together with a loop of said base fabric into said base fabric, said opposite ends of said plurality of tufts of fibers extending outwardly from said base fabric and forming the pile of said sliver knit fabric. 23. A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said base fabric is knitted from a yarn made of a synthetic fiber. 24. A method as defined in claim 23, wherein said yarn is made of polyester, acrylic, polypropylene, aramid, spandex, or a blend of any of the aforementioned. 25. A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said yarn has a denier of between seventy-five and four hundred fifty. 26. A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said tufts of fibers are made of natural or synthetic fibers, or a blend of natural and synthetic fibers. 27. A method as defined in claim 26, wherein said tufts of fibers are made of wool, polyester, acrylic, nylon, modacrylic, rayon, polypropylene, aramid, or a blend of any of the aforementioned. 28. A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said tufts of fibers are between approximately three-eighths of an inch and approximately four inches in length. 29. A method as defined in claim 22, wherein the number of wales in said tubular configuration base fabric is between approximately forty and approximately one hundred. 30. A method as defined in claim 29, wherein the number of wales in said tubular configuration base fabric is approximately fifty-six. 31. A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric has an inner diameter of approximately five inches or less. 32. A method as defined in claim 31, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric has an inner diameter that is approximately the same size as the outer diameter of a paint roller cover core. 33. A method as defined in claim 32, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric has an inner diameter of approximately one and one-half inches. 34. A method as defined in claim 22, wherein said tubular configuration base fabric is manufactured in an extended length that is substantially longer than the length of a paint roller. 35. A silver knit pile fabric suitable for use on paint roller covers that is manufactured according to the method as defined in claim 22. 36. A silver knit pile fabric suitable for use on paint roller covers, said silver knit pile fabric comprising: a knitted base fabric having a tubular configuration defining an outside and an inside, said base fabric having a predetermined number of wales located adjacent each other and arranged around the circumference of said base fabric, said base fabric having successive courses each of which is knit after a preceding course, said base fabric comprising a plurality of loops, wherein each loop in any particular wale is knitted through a loop in the preceding course in said particular wale from the outside to the inside of said tubular configuration of said base fabric; and a plurality of tufts of fibers, each of said tufts of fibers having opposite ends with a loop portion located therebetween, said loop portion of each of said plurality of tufts being knitted together with a loop of said base fabric into said base fabric, said opposite ends of said plurality of tufts of fibers extending outwardly from said base fabric and forming the pile of said silver knit fabric; wherein said kintted base fabric is of an extended length that is sufficiently long to effectively preclude its inversion.
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