Linen especially bed linen and method for manufacturing bed linen

Abstract

Linen is usually woven or machine-knitted and consists of cotton or similarly absorbent fibres. It can be re-used but this is very expensive and therefore costly. According to the invention, the linen is to be made of a cotton nonwoven, of a nonwoven free from binders and hydrodynamically needled for compaction. The strength and also a low tendency to pilling is sufficient for single usage. On account of the inexpensive method of manufacture, such linen can advantageously be sorted out and discarded, and without contaminating the environment.

1 . Linen, especially bed linen made of cotton fibres and possibly additional components of other natural and/or synthetic fibres, characterised in that it comprises a nonwoven containing no binders, which is hydrodynamically needled for compaction.  
     
     
         2 . The bed linen according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the nonwoven for the linen contains recycled cotton.  
     
     
         3 . The bed linen according to  claim 1  or  claim 2 , characterised in that the nonwoven for the linen contains viscose.  
     
     
         4 . The bed linen according to  claims 1  to  3 , characterised that the nonwoven for the linen contains lyocell.  
     
     
         5 . The bed linen according to  claims 1  to  4 , characterised that the nonwoven for the linen contains a small amount of bicomponent fibres.  
     
     
         6 . A method for manufacturing linen, especially bed linen made of cotton fibres and possibly additional components of other natural and/or synthetic fibres, characterised in that a nonwoven is manufactured using a carding machine or similar nonwoven forming units as well as using the air-lay method without binders and is then compacted by means of hydrodynamic needling merely for compaction.  
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6 , characterised in that the compacted nonwoven is then made up and finally whipped at the edges.