An aspect of the present invention is a glove including: a glove main body knitted with a yarn made of fiber, the glove main body including: a main body portion; five finger-receiving portions each having a bottomed cylindrical shape; and a cylindrical cuff portion, wherein in at least a part of a palm part, the main body portion has a repeating structure of: a strip-shaped electrically conductive part containing an electrically conductive yarn; and a strip-shaped electrically non-conductive part not containing the electrically conductive yarn, a ratio of the number of courses of the electrically conductive part to the number of courses of the electrically non-conductive part, the electrically conductive part and the electrically non-conductive part being adjacent to each other, is no less than 1:2 and no greater than 1:6, the electrically conductive part is constituted by plating knitting of the electrically conductive yarn and an electrically non-conductive plating yarn, a fineness ratio of the electrically conductive yarn to the plating yarn is no less than 1:0.5 and no greater than 1:2, and a fineness ratio of an electrically non-conductive yarn, which constitutes the electrically non-conductive part, to the electrically conductive yarn contained in the electrically conductive part is no less than 1:0.4 and no greater than 1:1.

A thermal and cut resistant glove includes a main body portion that encloses the palm and back of a user's hand, finger portions and a thumb portion. The glove is knitted as a single layer of material formed from a yarn that is a composite yarn having a core constructed of one or more core filaments and a sheath constructed of two or more filaments. The glove exhibits a temperature differential of no more than about 1.3 degrees C. when the front or rear side of the glove is positioned between a refrigerated cold source and a thermocouple after a period of 15 minutes, exhibits a cut resistance of at least about 3500 grams when measured in accordance with ASTM Standard F2992-15, Standard Test Method for Measuring Cut Resistance of Materials Used in Protective Clothing with Tomodynamometer (TDM-100), exhibits an abrasion resistance of at least 2500 cycles when measured tested in accordance with ASTM Standard D3884-07, Standard Guide for Abrasion Resistance of Textile Fabrics, exhibits a time increase of no more than about 25 percent to perform a stated task when measured in accordance with ASTM Standard F2010-10, Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Glove Effects on Wearer Hand Dexterity.

The invention relates to a textile item of clothing (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) equipped for ballistic protection. Said textile item of clothing (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) has a knitted structure (1) or a darned structure made of at least two yarns (2, 3), the knitted structure (1) or darned structure having ballistic parts and fire-resistant parts.

The invention provides a core yarn of a tough yarn for knitting and weaving a glove and the other knitted and woven fabric which are suitable for a worker using a cutting tool to wear, are excellent in a flexibility and an economic efficiency, prevent a folded end of a hard fiber from being exposed to apply a sense of discomfort to a wearer, and have a cutting resistance, and a tough yarn which uses the core yarn. A core yarn of a tough yarn is formed by compounding a hard fiber and a molten fiber, and fusion bonding the molten fiber to the hard fiber. Further, the tough yarn is formed by winding a winding yarn to the core yarn. A lower layer fiber may be further included between the hard fiber and the molten fiber.

A fabric-based item such as a fabric glove may include force sensing circuitry. The force sensing circuitry may include force sensor elements formed from electrodes on a compressible substrate such as an elastomeric polymer substrate. The fabric may include intertwined strands of material including conductive strands. Signals from the force sensing circuitry may be conveyed to control circuitry in the item using the conductive strands. Wireless circuitry in the fabric-based item may be used to convey force sensor information to external equipment. The compressible substrate may have opposing upper and lower surfaces. Electrodes for the force sensor elements may be formed on the upper and lower surfaces. Stiffeners may overlap the electrodes to help decouple adjacent force sensor elements from each other. Integrated circuits can be attached to respective force sensing elements using adhesive.

Single layer and multi-layer anti-microbial wound care fabrics, gloves, sleeves, anklets, socks, finger cots, masks, and similar wound care articles are disclosed.

An article of clothing may include a first layer made of a polyester fabric. The polyester fabric may have the following properties a thread count of at least 130 threads per square inch, a weft knit weave pattern, and a bird's eye mesh texture. The polyester fabric may include a dye sublimation printed image with a resolution that is at least 200 dots per inch. The dye sublimation printed image may be oriented to stretch laterally with a lateral stretch of the polyester. The article of clothing may also include a second layer attached to the first layer. The second layer may include a lining fabric configured to stretch laterally with the first layer.

A fabric-based item such as a fabric glove may include force sensing circuitry. The force sensing circuitry may include force sensor elements formed from electrodes on a compressible substrate such as an elastomeric polymer substrate. The fabric may include intertwined strands of material including conductive strands. Signals from the force sensing circuitry may be conveyed to control circuitry in the item using the conductive strands. Wireless circuitry in the fabric-based item may be used to convey force sensor information to external equipment. The compressible substrate may have opposing upper and lower surfaces. Electrodes for the force sensor elements may be formed on the upper and lower surfaces. Stiffeners may overlap the electrodes to help decouple adjacent force sensor elements from each other. Integrated circuits can be attached to respective force sensing elements using adhesive.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing wear and cut resistant UHMWPE fibers. In the method, a resin material is added into a ball grinder, and the temperature is controlled, and then a mother liquor is added slowly into the ball grinder and mixed uniformly, and the mixed solution is vacuumed in a sealed container for several hours and extruded by a twin screw extruder, a metering pump, and a spin beam, and finally processed with drafting and hot drawing and winding formation. The fiber so manufactured has the features of soft touch and comfortable wearing.

The invention addresses the problem of providing a cloth and a protective product that have lightweight properties, wearing comfort, and further protection performance against electric arcs. A means for resolution is a cloth including a spun yarn containing a meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber, wherein the cloth has a lightness index L-value of 25 or less.