A device for manufacturing a pleated curtain includes elongate pleating means for forming a first fold in the curtain by folding the curtain around a long side of the pleating means along a fold line, clamping means for clamping a pleat portion of the curtain on either side of the first fold along a clamping line parallel to the fold line such that the pleat portion forms a loop, and control means for controlling the pleating means and the clamping means. The control means move the pleating means and/or clamping means such that the pleating means are arranged from a position inside the loop to a position adjacent the loop, while the clamping means clamp the pleat portion, such that a remaining portion of the curtain is folded round an outer end of the clamping means and a second fold is formed adjacently of and parallel to the first fold.

Fibers and fabrics with improved anti-microbial activity in after laundering, and a method of producing the same, are described. One embodiment includes a method for generating a synthetic fiber, the method comprising creating a mixture, the mixture comprising a polymer, an anti-microbial agent, and a dispersion liquid, and extruding the mixture to form a synthetic fiber.

Fabrics which allow for light transmission and provide thermal insulation are described. A fabric is formed from at least one yarn to form a continuous web of fabric. The continuous web is configured to allow between 20% and 65% of incident light to be transmitted through the fabric, and to reduce heat transfer through the fabric such that the fabric has an R value of at least 0.75 K.Math.m.sup.2/W. The continuous web of fabric may be a woven fabric where the at least one yarn is woven to form the woven fabric.

Disclosed is a blackout curtain that does not transmit light to the interior environment, which can be used in any environment where it is desired to prevent light from entering such as home, office, hotel, photo studios, motion picture theaters. In particular, disclosed is a curtain structure that provides 100% blackout by minimizing the light transmittance rate, which protects the privacy of private life and protects against the disturbing effect of light and UV rays.

Disclosed a new vertical curtain fabric woven as a whole, containing tulle and sunshade in a monolithic structure, developed to reduce the effect of sunlight, to protect from the harmful effects of UV rays and to ensure the privacy of private life in indoors such as home, hotel, workplace etc., In particular, disclosed is a stable vertical curtain fabric that maintains its form, in which bending and wrinkling is prevented by applying thermosetting yarn and heat treatment, and to a method for obtaining it.

The present application discloses a manufacturing method for a light-colored full-shading curtain cloth, and a light-colored full-shading curtain cloth, and relates to the technical field of curtain cloths. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps: manufacturing a greige cloth; the manufacturing of a curtain cloth outer layer, a curtain cloth inner layer, and a shading layer; the cleaning of the cloth material; the drying and rolling of cloth material; the transfer and secondary drying of the cloth material; the bonding between a plurality of layers of the cloth material; rolling; and painting a coating layer on the outer side of the curtain cloth outer layer. In the manufacturing process of the light-colored full-shading curtain cloth, the drying mode of the curtain cloth is optimized; through the secondary drying treatment, the inner layer and outer layer of the curtain cloth are subjected to secondary drying.