Pile woven fabric and manufacturing method

Abstract

A pile woven fabric that has both of lightness and thinness almost equivalent to a typical clothing fabric and water absorbency property, heat-retaining property, breathability, good touch feeling, etc. of towel cloth. The pile woven fabric has pile height lower than a typical comparison example towel cloth. The pile woven fabric has a pile formed of a cotton yarn that has a yarn count finer than that of the comparison example. The pile woven fabric has pile density higher than that of the comparison example. In the pile woven fabric, the cotton yarn is twisted together with a water-soluble yarn such that the water-soluble yarn is twisted in a direction opposite to a twisting direction of the cotton yarn, and, after weaving processing, the water-soluble yarn is removed to induce reverse twisting of the cotton yarn.

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         8 . A pile woven fabric comprising:
 a loop shaped pile formed of a cotton yarn having a yarn count of 50-100, both inclusive, and having a pile height equal to or less than 3 mm.   
     
     
         9 . The pile woven fabric according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the cotton yarn has a yarn count of 60-90, both inclusive.   
     
     
         10 . The pile woven fabric according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein a pile density of the pile in a width direction is 40-60, both inclusive, yarns per inch, and a pile density of the pile in a weaving direction is 18-22, both inclusive, yarns per inch.   
     
     
         11 . The pile woven fabric according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the cotton yarn forming the pile is twisted together with a water-soluble yarn such that the water-soluble yarn is twisted in a direction opposite to a twisting direction of the cotton yarn.   
     
     
         12 . The pile woven fabric according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the pile is formed by removing the water-soluble yarn that was twisted together with the cotton yarn in a direction opposite to the twisting direction of the cotton yarn.   
     
     
         13 . The pile woven fabric according to  claim 11 ,
 wherein the water-soluble yarn is twisted together with the cotton yarn in a direction opposite to the twisting direction of the cotton yarn by a twist-number ratio of a range of 30-170%, both inclusive, of the twisting of the cotton yarn.   
     
     
         14 . The pile woven fabric according to  claim 12 ,
 wherein the water-soluble yarn is twisted together with the cotton yarn in a direction opposite to the twisting direction of the cotton yarn by a twist-number ratio of a range of 30-170%, both inclusive, of the twisting of the cotton yarn.   
     
     
         15 . A method for manufacturing a pile woven fabric comprising:
 forming a twisted union yarn by twisting a cotton yarn having a yarn count of 50-100, both inclusive, together with a water-soluble yarn such that the water-soluble yarn is twisted in a direction opposite to a twisting direction of the cotton yarn;   forming a woven fabric having a loop shaped pile of a pile height equal to or less than 3 mm by using the twisted union yarn; and   removing the water-soluble yarn from the woven fabric.