A disclosed fixing device includes a pressing member; an endless tubular fixing member disposed opposite to the pressing member; a heating source configured to heat the fixing member; a nip forming member disposed opposite to the pressing member via the fixing member to form a nip portion; and a supply unit configured to supply lubricant to a portion of an inner surface of the fixing member, the portion facing the nip forming member, wherein the nip forming member includes a contact portion that contacts the inner surface of the fixing member, the contact portion includes a guide portion for guiding lubricant, and the guide portion is formed by extending obliquely from opposite ends in a width direction toward a center of the fixing member as the contact portion moves from upstream to downstream in a rotational direction of the fixing member.

A disclosed fixing device includes a pressing member; an endless tubular fixing member disposed opposite to the pressing member; a heating source configured to heat the fixing member; a nip forming member disposed opposite to the pressing member via the fixing member to form a nip portion; and a supply unit configured to supply lubricant to a portion of an inner surface of the fixing member, the portion facing the nip forming member, wherein the nip forming member includes a contact portion that contacts the inner surface of the fixing member, the contact portion includes a guide portion for guiding lubricant, and the guide portion is formed by extending obliquely from opposite ends in a width direction toward a center of the fixing member as the contact portion moves from upstream to downstream in a rotational direction of the fixing member.

A method of forming a color-changing fiber that can be incorporated into fabrics and other woven materials. The color changing fibers include an annular wall and a conductive wire axially extending through the annular wall, a core strand surrounded by the annular wall and extending axially through a central portion of the fiber, and an encapsulated electro-optic medium disposed on a surface of the core strand.

The present invention discloses a fabric woven by imitating warp knitting, which includes first warps, second warps, first wefts, and second wefts; the first warps and the first wefts are interlaced to form the face of the fabric, and the second warps and the second wefts are interlaced to form the back of the fabric; and 7 to 15 weft interlacing points are arranged between each two adjacent groups of warp interlacing points on the second warps. The fabric woven by imitating warp knitting in the present invention has not only the appearance style of woven fabrics but also the characteristics of good air permeability and good hand feel of warp-knitted fabrics.

A terry woven fabric includes hygro yarns structures. The hygro yarns are formed with soluble fibers, which are later removed, to define yarn structures with hollow cores.

A terry woven fabric includes hygro yarns structures. The hygro yarns are formed with soluble fibers, which are later removed, to define yarn structures with hollow cores.

A bone implant for enclosing bone material is provided. The bone implant comprises a woven or knit mesh having an inner surface and an outer surface opposing the inner surface and configured to receive a bone material when the inner surface of the mesh is in an open configuration. A plurality of projections are disposed on or in at least a portion of the inner surface of the mesh, the outer surface of the mesh or both the inner and outer surfaces of the mesh, the plurality of projections extending from at least the portion of the inner surface, the outer surface or both the inner and outer surfaces of the mesh and are configured to engage a section of the inner or outer surfaces of the mesh or both in a closed configuration so as to enclose the bone material.

A woven warp-knit-like fabric, includes a first warp yarn, a second warp yarn, a third warp yarn, and a weft yarn; the first warp yarn is interwoven with the weft yarn to form a surface layer of a fabric, the second warp yarn is interwoven with the weft yarn to form a middle layer of the fabric, and the third yarn is interwoven with the weft yarn to form an inner layer of the fabric; at least three weft weave points are provided between two adjacent groups of warp weave points on the third warp yarn; the first warp yarn is a non-elastic yarn, the third warp yarn is an elastic yarn or a non-elastic yarn, and elastic properties of the second warp yarn are greater than those of the first warp yarn and the third warp yarn.

The present disclosure provides a method for processing an all-polyester fiber cotton-like fabric with sunlight resistance. The method includes: 1) weaving a PTT/PET bicomponent composite stretch yarn into a fabric; 2) dyeing processing the fabric; and 3) finalizing and finishing, wherein the finalizing and finishing comprises: a) preparing a finishing liquor obtained by mixing a crosslinking agent and an emulsion of benzophenone-containing polyorganosiloxane; b) padding the fabric; and c) drying and finalizing at a high temperature.

The disclosure provides a fabric suitable for an inner light cloth of advertisements. The fabric includes a yarn woven into the fabric with a whiteness of at least greater than 90%, in which the yarn is composed of fibers made from a white masterbatch. A manufacturing method of a fabric suitable for an inner light cloth of advertisements is also provided.