Systems, methods and articles having a heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material layer or coating are disclosed. In one example, the heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material completely covers the interior of a housing having a plurality of battery cells removably disposed therein. Other examples include a heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material layer having anti-static, anti-radio frequency (RF), anti-electromagnetic interference (EMI), anti-tarnish, and/or anti-corrosion materials and properties that effectively protect battery-operated devices and/or the batteries that power them from damage or diminished operation.

A pair of 3-digit/3-pocket gambling machine gloves to enhance the use of the index finger and middle finger in a shared pocket as a combined force when pressing gambling machine buttons while protecting the thumb and all fingers from residue acquired by players when pressing buttons, touching handles, coins, game cards, snacking, and engaging in multiple machine usage having a first pocket to receive the thumb and second pocket to receive the index finger and middle finger, and a third pocket to receive the ring finger and little finger with a diagonal hemline whereby the thumb side shaped edging serves as an aid in dressing the hand with various materials used of light weight stretchable anti-static fabrics and a combination of other lightweight materials providing size variations and colors. A 2-digital/2-pocket alternative is also provided.

A yarn comprising a plurality of bicomponent filaments having a first region comprising a first polymer composition and a second region comprising a second polymer composition, each of the first and second regions being distinct in the bicomponent filaments; each bicomponent filament comprising 5 to 60 weight percent of the first polymer composition and 95 to 40 weight percent of the second polymer composition; wherein the first polymer composition comprises aramid polymer containing 0.5 to 20 weight percent discrete homogeneously dispersed carbon particles and the second polymer composition comprises modacrylic polymer being free of discrete carbon particles; the yarn having a total content of 0.1 to 5 weight percent discrete carbon particles.

An arc resistant acrylic fiber includes an acrylic polymer. The arc resistant acrylic fiber also includes an infrared absorber in an amount of 1 wt % to 30 wt % with respect to a total weight of the acrylic polymer.

The invention addresses the problem of providing a cloth that is excellent not only in flame retardancy and antistatic properties but also in appearance quality and preferably also has protection performance against electric arcs, a method for producing the same, and a textile product. A means for resolution is a cloth including a meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber and an electrically conductive fiber, wherein both the meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber and the electrically conductive fiber are colored.

Method for making a garment from sections having a first ply including fabric of threads, filaments or yarns that are each coated with a surface layer of silver or aluminum to form metal-coated threads, filaments or yarns, and at least one protective layer over each metal-coated thread, filament or yarn, a second ply adjacent the first ply and made of different material than the first ply, and a third ply adjacent the second ply such that the first ply is between the second and third plies and which third ply includes cloth fabric. The sections are connected together at seams formed by an edge of adjacent pairs thereof with the second ply of each section overlapping at the seams. The surface layer of silver or aluminum of the metal-coated threads, filaments or yarns is formed relative to properties of the metal-coated threads, filaments or yarns.

Method for making a garment from sections having a first ply including fabric of threads, filaments or yarns that are each coated with a surface layer of silver or aluminum to form metal-coated threads, filaments or yarns, and at least one protective layer over each metal-coated thread, filament or yarn, a second ply adjacent the first ply and made of different material than the first ply, and a third ply adjacent the second ply such that the first ply is between the second and third plies and which third ply includes cloth fabric. The sections are connected together at seams formed by an edge of adjacent pairs thereof with the second ply of each section overlapping at the seams. The surface layer of silver or aluminum of the metal-coated threads, filaments or yarns is formed relative to properties of the metal-coated threads, filaments or yarns.

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 the main body portion is formed into a bag shape to cover a palm and a dorsal side of a wearer's hand, the five finger-receiving portions extend from the main body portion to cover each of a first finger to a fifth finger of the wearer, and the cuff portion extends in a direction opposite to the five finger-receiving portions, 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, the main body portion has unevenness on a front face thereof, in which the electrically conductive part is a concave portion and the electrically non-conductive part is a convex portion, the electrically conductive part consists of an electrically conductive composite yarn including: the electrically conductive yarn; and a core yarn covered with the electrically conductive yarn, the electrically conductive yarn is disposed across the front face and a back face of the main body portion, and an elongation rate of the core yarn is no greater than 3%.

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 the main body portion is formed into a bag shape to cover a palm and a dorsal side of a wearer's hand, the five finger-receiving portions extend from the main body portion to cover each of a first finger to a fifth finger of the wearer, and the cuff portion extends in a direction opposite to the five finger-receiving portions, 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, the main body portion has unevenness on a front face thereof, in which the electrically conductive part is a concave portion and the electrically non-conductive part is a convex portion, the electrically conductive part consists of an electrically conductive composite yarn including: the electrically conductive yarn; and a core yarn covered with the electrically conductive yarn, the electrically conductive yarn is disposed across the front face and a back face of the main body portion, and an elongation rate of the core yarn is no greater than 3%.

Systems, methods and articles having a heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material layer or coating are disclosed. In one example, the heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material completely covers the interior of a housing having a plurality of battery cells removably disposed therein. Other examples include a heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material layer having anti-static, anti-radio frequency (RF), anti-electromagnetic interference (EMI), anti-tarnish, and/or anti-corrosion materials and properties that effectively protect battery-operated devices and/or the batteries that power them from damage or diminished operation.