US 12,291,801 B2
Air textured yarn (ATY) and manufacturing method thereof
Hung Yu Pai, Homei Changhwa (TW)
Assigned to SUNTEX FIBER CO., LTD., Homei Changhwa (TW)
Filed by SUNTEX FIBER CO., LTD., Homei Changhwa (TW)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/363,680.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/068,621, filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0324547 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. D02G 3/34 (2006.01); D01D 5/253 (2006.01)
CPC D02G 3/34 (2013.01) [D01D 5/253 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air textured yarn (ATY), comprising:
a first filament having a first cross section;
a second filament disposed adjacent to the first filament and having a second cross section; and
a loop formed by the first filament or the second filament,
wherein a height of the loop is less than 480 μm, the first cross section has a substantially circular shape and has a degree of modification (M ratio) less than or substantially equal to 1.3, the second cross section different from the first cross section has a polygonal shape including 3 to 6 lobes, and a difference between a length of the first filament and a length of the second filament is s equal to 0%.