FIRE RESISTANT TEXTILE MATERIAL

Abstract

A fire resistant textile material comprising a fire resistant textile material comprising a woven face fabric composed of fibres selected from: meta-aramid, para-aramid, polyamideimide and mixtures thereof; wherein the number of warp face threads, per unit width (cm) is greater than the number of weft threads, per unit length (cm).

Claims

1. A fire resistant textile material comprises a woven face fabric composed of fibres selected from: meta-aramid, para-aramid, polyamideimide and mixtures thereof; wherein the fabric comprises face warp threads and back warp threads, wherein the number of face warp threads per unit width is greater than the number of weft threads per unit length.

2. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the face warp threads are selected from meta-aramid fibres including more than 50% meta-aramid fibres.

3. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 1 wherein the warp face threads comprise a blend of meta-aramid fibres with up to 10% w/w polyamide fibres or 10% w/w of a blend of polyamide with up to 5% w/w antistatic fibres.

4. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 3 wherein the face warp threads comprise a proportion of meta-aramid fibres equal or greater than 90%, for example greater than 93%, for example greater than 95%.

5. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 4 wherein the back warp fibres are selected from para-aramid fibre blends including more than 50% para-aramid fibres.

6. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 5 wherein the face warp threads comprise: stretch broken para-aramid fibres or a blend of stretch broken para-aramid and polybenzymidazole (PBI), polyetherketone, high-tenacity viscose or carbon fibres.

7. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 6 in the back warp fibres comprising para-aramid or PBI have a count finer than 60/2 Nm.

8. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the face of the fabric contains abrasion resistant fibres.

9. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 1, wherein low shrinkage fibres are located behind the face fabric.

10. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 1, having a gaberdine face effect.

11. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 10 wherein the excess of face warp yarns to weft yarns is in the range of 1.25:1 to 2:1.

12. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fabric is a 21 twill or 21 twill with rip stop.

13. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fabric is selected from: 22 twill, 31 twill, 31 satin weave, end warp satin weave, 31 Broken Crow, Devon and Venetian and Doeskin; all of the aforementioned fabrics being either with or without rip stop.

14. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ratio of face warp yarns to back warp yarns is in the range from 1:1 to 20:1.

15. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 14, wherein the ratio of face warp yarns to back warp yarns is in the range of 1:1 to 16:1.

16. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 15, wherein the ratio of face warp yarns to back warp yarns is in the range of 1:1 to 15:1.

17. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ratio of face ends to back ends is 5:1.

18. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 17, wherein the ratio is selected from 1F (face) to 1B (back), 2F to 1B, 4F to 1B, 7F to 1B, 8F to 1B, 1 F. to 1B, 11F to 1B, 13F to 1B, 14F to 1B, 16F to 1B, 17F to 1B, 19F to 1B, or 20F to 1B.

19. A fire resistant textile material as claimed in claim 1, wherein each back end is interlaced with a weft pick.

20. A firefighter's garment comprising a textile material in accordance with claim 1.

Description

[0047] The invention is further described by means of an example, but not in any limitative sense, with reference to the accompanying drawings of which:

[0048] FIG. 1 illustrates a first fabric in accordance with this invention;

[0049] FIG. 2 illustrates the second fabric in accordance with this invention;

[0050] FIG. 3 illustrates the third fabric in accordance with this invention; and

[0051] FIG. 4 illustrates a fourth fabric in accordance with this invention.

[0052] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a fabric in accordance with this invention in which face warp threads A interlace with weft threads C to form a 21 twill gaberdine effect face

[0053] to the cloth. Back warp threads B interlace with weft threads C but hang on the back of the cloth, unseen on the face adding bulk and weight to the fabric.

[0054] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a fabric in accordance with this invention in which face warp threads A interlace with weft threads C and D to form a 21 rip stop twill gaberdine effect face to the cloth. Back warp threads B interlace with weft threads C and D but hang on the back of the cloth, unseen on the face adding bulk and weight to the fabric.

[0055] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a fabric in accordance with this invention in which a face warp threads A interlace with weft threads C and E to form a 21 twill gaberdine effect face to the cloth. Back warp threads B interlace with weft threads C and E but hang on the back of the cloth, unseen on the face adding bulk and weight to the fabric.

[0056] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a fabric in accordance with this invention in which a face warp threads A interlace with weft threads C, D and F to form a 21 rip stop twill gaberdine effect face to the cloth. Back warp threads B interlace with weft threads C, D and F but hang on the back of the cloth, unseen on the face adding bulk and weight to the fabric.