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EP 0151977 B1 19880127 - PILE FABRICS WITH PILE-FREE ZONES

Title (en)

PILE FABRICS WITH PILE-FREE ZONES

Publication

EP 0151977 B1 19880127 (DE)

Application

EP 85100680 A 19850124

Priority

DE 3403184 A 19840131

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4548850A] A pile fabric with a woven substrate and a pile which is tied into the substrate at points is provided in the region of the pile-free positions with additional threads of decorative yarn which give the material an appearance which is unknown and untypical for pile fabrics.

IPC 1-7

D03D 27/00

IPC 8 full level

D03D 27/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D03D 27/00 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10T 428/23929 (2015.04 - EP US); Y10T 428/23979 (2015.04 - EP US); Y10T 428/24992 (2015.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0151977 A2 19850821; EP 0151977 A3 19851002; EP 0151977 B1 19880127; AT E32241 T1 19880215; DE 3403184 A1 19850801; DE 3561518 D1 19880303; US 4548850 A 19851022

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85100680 A 19850124; AT 85100680 T 19850124; DE 3403184 A 19840131; DE 3561518 T 19850124; US 69492585 A 19850125