U.S. patent application number 10/606973 was filed with the patent office on 2004-12-30 for adhesive coated sewing thread.
Invention is credited to Moore, Steven Clay.
Application Number | 20040265585 10/606973 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 33540169 |
Filed Date | 2004-12-30 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040265585 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Moore, Steven Clay |
December 30, 2004 |
Adhesive coated sewing thread
Abstract
Loose threads on garments and other textiles diminish the
quality and reduce the lifetime of the garment or textile. This
invention is coating a sewing thread with a thermally activated
adhesive that is activated when heated and set when cooled. The
adhesive can be permanently set when cooled, or it can be
reactivated every time it is heated above the threshold temperature
for the adhesive and reset when cooled. Using this thread to sew
garments and textiles, heating them to activate the adhesive and
then letting them cool and set would strengthen the garment or
textile, increasing the quality and lifetime of the article.
Inventors: |
Moore, Steven Clay; (Austin,
TX) |
Correspondence
Address: |
STEVEN CLAY MOORE
8211 LONG CANYON DRIVE
UNIT B
AUSTIN
TX
78732
US
|
Family ID: |
33540169 |
Appl. No.: |
10/606973 |
Filed: |
June 27, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
428/373 |
Current CPC
Class: |
D02G 3/404 20130101;
Y10T 428/2929 20150115; D02G 3/46 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
428/373 |
International
Class: |
D02G 003/00 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A sewing thread consisting of a thread coated in a thermally
activated adhesive, where the adhesive is active when heated and
set when cooled.
2. A sewing thread as described in claim 1 where the thermally
activated adhesive is a partially cured B-stage thermal set plastic
which upon final heating remains permanently set.
3. A sewing thread as described in claim 1 where the thermally
activated adhesive is a thermal set plastic.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001]
1 REFERENCES CITED 6,503,623 January, 2003 Oue, et al. 6,251,210
June, 2001 Bullock, et al. 6,127,028 October, 2000 Sandor, et al.
5,869,182 February, 1999 Ebert,et al. 5,436,075 July, 1995 Sawko
5,128,054 July, 1992 Chakravarti
[0002] Not Applicable
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
[0003] Not Applicable
REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM
LISTING COMPACT DISK APPENDIX
[0004] Not Applicable
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The invention relates to coating sewing thread with a
thermally activated adhesive.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0006] Loose threads on garments and other textiles diminish the
quality and reduce the lifetime of a garment or textile. In the
last ten years, advances in treating thread and yarn have solved
the problem of textile disintegrating by treating the textile as a
whole with adhesive, coating thread with polymers that increase the
volume of the thread and when heated decrease the thread to its
original volume, tightening the stitching.
[0007] U.S. Pat. No. 5,869,182 by Ebert, describes coating sewing
thread with different polymers, with the intention of increasing
the volume of the thread. When heated, the polymer evaporates and
the threads shrink, tightening the stitching. While Ebert mentions
and includes polymers having adhesive properties, the patent is
coating the thread with the intention of increasing the thread
volume rather than coating the thread with a thermal set
adhesive.
[0008] U.S. Pat. No. 6,251,210 by Bullock, describes treating
textiles with adhesive, along with other compounds. Though the
patent covers treating textiles with adhesive materials, it is
oriented towards treating the woven textile rather than the
individual threads before the textile is sewn.
[0009] Other patents relating to the art of treating thread and
yarn include increasing strength and elasticity, altering the
thermodynamic properties to allow for a larger temperature range,
and increasing resistance to cutting. None of these patents, as
well as others retrieved in text and title searches, are the same
as the present invention.
BREIF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] This invention is to coat thread with an adhesive material
before sewing, either wrapping it around a spool or applying it
between the spool and sewing needle. When the textile is sewn
adjacent threads on a textile stick together as the adhesive
material is activated. To avoid threads adhering together when
spooled, the adhesive material must be thermally activated, such as
epoxy or another thermal set plastic.
BREIF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] Not Applicable
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0012] The present invention is coating a sewing thread with a
thermally activated adhesive that is inactive until heated and set
when cooled. The adhesive can be permanently set when cooled, or it
can be reactivated every time it is heated above the threshold
temperature for the adhesive and reset when cooled.
[0013] Preferably, the adhesive should be a partially cured thermal
set plastic, such as epoxy, so the adhesive used cured by cross
linkage does not reactivate when the garment or textile is heated
in a domestic dyer or when dry cleaned commercially. If the
adhesive can be reactivated thermally, the activating temperature
should be higher than temperatures the garment or fabric will
encounter during cleaning or normal use, while at the same time
being low enough to not damage the thread when the adhesive is
initially activated.
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