US20060160450A1

US20060160450A1 - Structure of carbon cloth

Info

Publication number: US20060160450A1
Application number: US11/037,348
Authority: US
Inventors: Sheng-Teng Chou
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-01-19
Filing date: 2005-01-19
Publication date: 2006-07-20

Abstract

An improved structure of carbon cloth, wherein plain weave is used. Since carbon fiber thread is a kind of rigid materials and has no retractility, color plastic thread or metallic yarn of high retractility can be added in either the warp contexture or the weft contexture when weaving carbon. The ratio of carbon fiber thread to plastic thread or metallic yarn is 1800 D:50˜100 D. Carbon cloth made by using this method is more solid, wear resistant and not easy to loose, and can be provided with multiple colors and functions of reflecting, improving the shortcoming of the common structure that cloth can only have colors after being printed two times.

Description

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention provides an improved structure of carbon cloth.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

When weaving carbon cloth, color plastic thread or metallic yarn is directly added in warp or weft. Since carbon fiber thread is jet black, the color of plastic thread or metallic yarn will be shown more obviously. Thus the carbon cloth has bright colors and improved functions such as reflecting, etc.
Carbon cloth is widely applied in various industries. For example, it is often used as the coating of products such as battledore, bicycle frame, horn shell, shoe material, etc, so as to beautify the appearance and improve the value. As shown in FIG. 1, plain weave is utilized to interweave warp 100 and weft 200. Each warp 100 goes above or under the wefts 200 in turn, and two adjacent warps 100 are staggered one another. If a warp 100 goes under a weft 200, then the next warp 100 goes above the weft 200. Since carbon fiber thread is jet black, the cloth is back too. In order to beautify the product, manufacturers often use the method of printing or spray paint to enrich the color of the cloth surface. However, although the method can add multiple colors to the cloth surface, it also has the following shortcomings: increased cost arising from reprocessing; the paint pasted on the cloth surface is prone to fall down due to friction or impact, thus making the cloth surface unaesthetic.
Therefore, considering the above shortcomings of the common structure, the inventor has researched this subject with great concentration based on manufacturing experiences of many years, and kept on working hard to be innovative, so as to improve the structure of carbon cloth. Finally, he worked out the present invention after making experiments and tests many times, and herein the inventor applies for the new type patent.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of carbon cloth. When weaving carbon cloth, color plastic thread or metallic yarn or glitter yarn of high retractility is directly added in either the carbon fiber warp or the carbon fiber weft under the principle of not ffecting the original structure. Thus the structure of the finished carbon cloth is strengthened, and the cloth surface has bright colors and functions of reflecting, etc, so improving the shortcoming of the old common structure that carbon cloth only can has multiple colors after being printed two times.
In the following paragraphs, characteristics of the improved structure of the present invention are explained in detail cooperated with drawings for reference of appraisal.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic sketch of the common structure, and
FIG. 2 is a plane sketch of the structure of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Firstly, please refer to FIG. 2. As shown in the figure, the present invention provides an improved structure of carbon cloth. That is, when weaving carbon cloth, color plastic thread 30 or metallic yarn 40, or glitter yarn of high retractility is skillfully added in the carbon fiber warp contexture 10 and carbon fiber weft contexture 20, thus making the cloth have a structure of rigidity and elasticity, and have bright colors as well as functions of reflecting, etc. Where, the foresaid plastic thread 30, or metallic yarn 40 or glitter yarn may be arranged nearby the outer side of the rigid carbon fiber warp or weft. Thus the surface of the carbon cloth is mainly made of jet black carbon fiber thread assisted with color plastic thread 30, metallic yarn 40 or glitter yarn of high retractility, better showing the bright colors of the plastic thread 30, metallic yarn 40 or glitter yarn. Since the section diameter of plastic thread is smaller than that of carbon fiber thread, the cloth is composed of about 1800 D carbon fiber thread and 50˜100 D plastic thread. Because plastic thread is of high retractility and carbon fiber thread is of low retractility, 1:1 two-thread weaving can be employed to make a kind of cloth of both rigidity and elasticity. Additionally, the ratio of the twist per inch (TPI) of carbon fiber thread to that of plastic thread 30, metallic yarn 40 or glitter yarn can be increased or reduced depending on the purposes of the carbon cloth.
Secondly, when weaving carbon cloth, plastic thread 30 or metallic yarn 40 can be added only in either the carbon fiber warp contexture 10 or the carbon fiber weft contexture 20. The cloth will also have the foresaid functions. Or when weaving carbon cloth, glitter plastic thread can be added in either the carbon fiber warp contexture 10 or the carbon fiber weft contexture 20, thus providing the cloth with the function of giving off fluorescent light at night.
Additionally, plastic thread 30 (matched with plastic thread 30 of multiple colors) can be added in either the warp contexture 10 of the carbon cloth or the weft contexture 20, so as to weave pictures and decorations on the cloth. By doing so, the carbon cloth will not only has the original functions, but also have a reinforced structure and a better visual effect without any dissonance.
However, the methods described above are only practicable examples of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent changes made by using the present specification shall be included in the patent of the present invention.
Form the above description, it can be understood that the present invention is really innovative and can improve the functions of the product. Since the present invention meets requirements of practicality and advancement for new type patent, please do the favor to approve the present invention to be a legal patent.

Claims

1. An improved structure of carbon cloth, wherein a piece of carbon fiber thread is matched with a piece of plastic thread to make warp contexture or weft contexture, so as to work out a plain weave, the section diameter of plastic thread is smaller than that of carbon fiber thread, the cloth is composed of about 1800 D carbon fiber thread and 50˜100 D plastic thread, the plastic thread is of high retractility and carbon fiber thread is of low retractility, 1:1 two-thread weaving can be employed to make a kind of color cloth of both rigidity and elasticity.

2. The improved structure of carbon cloth as claimed in claim 1, wherein glitter plastic thread can be added in either the carbon fiber warp contexture or the carbon fiber weft contexture when weaving carbon cloth, so as to provide the cloth with the function of giving off fluorescent light at night.

3. The improved structure of carbon cloth as claimed in claim 1, wherein plastic thread, metallic yarn or glitter thread can be added only in either the warp contexture or the weft contexture of the carbon cloth.