Cloth, and method for manufacturing a cloth

Abstract

A cloth comprising a woven wire cloth covering an extended cloth area wherein said wire cloth has a uniform, low-reflective surface in that it consists of oxidized filaments, and a method for manufacturing a cloth.

1 . A cloth, comprising a woven wire cloth covering an extended cloth area, said wire cloth including oxidized filaments to provide a uniform, low-reflective surface.  
   
   
       2 . The cloth of  claim 1 , wherein the filaments are made of high-quality steel.  
   
   
       3 . The cloth of  claim 1 , wherein at least some of the filaments have a diameter of smaller than 100 μm.  
   
   
       4 . The cloth of  claim 1 , wherein the wire cloth has a number of meshes per one inch of length of greater than or equal to 40 at least in one direction.  
   
   
       5 . The cloth of  claim 4 , wherein the number of meshes per one inch of length is greater than 100.  
   
   
       6 . The cloth of  claim 1 , wherein at least some of the filaments have a diameter of larger than 500 μm.  
   
   
       7 . The cloth of  claim 1 , wherein the wire cloth has a number of meshes per one inch of length of smaller than 5 at least in one direction.  
   
   
       8 . The cloth of  claim 1 , wherein the filaments have a dark surface.  
   
   
       9 . The cloth of  claim 1 , wherein the wire cloth is configured for clamping at a clamping force of at least 20 N per cm of cloth edge.  
   
   
       10 . The cloth of  claim 1 , wherein at least some of the filaments are synthetic.  
   
   
       11 . The cloth of  claim 10 , wherein the synthetic filaments are evenly distributed in the wire cloth.  
   
   
       12 . The cloth of  claim 10 , wherein the synthetic filaments are unevenly distributed in the wire cloth.  
   
   
       13 . The cloth of  claim 1 , for use as a screen printing cloth.  
   
   
       14 . The cloth of  claim 13 , for printing circuits.  
   
   
       15 . The cloth of  claim 1 , for use as a protecting cloth.  
   
   
       16 . The cloth of  claim 1 , for use as a wire cloth for architecture.  
   
   
       17 . A method for manufacturing a cloth with a woven wire cloth covering an extended cloth area, comprising the following sequence of steps: 
 oxidizing a desired number of wires of a plurality of wires and    weaving the plurality of wires to produce a wire cloth.    
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the oxidizing step includes the step of subjecting the wires to an annealing process by passing the wires through a furnace in the presence of a volume flow of a gas mixture.  
   
   
       19 . The method  claim 18  wherein the gas mixture includes inert gas and gaseous water.  
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein at least part of the volume flow is passed through a water reservoir.  
   
   
       21 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising the step of measuring a humidity of the gas mixture.  
   
   
       22 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising the step of controlling at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of temperature, volume flow, and ambient pressure of the gas mixture.  
   
   
       23 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising the step of controlling a temperature of the water reservoir.  
   
   
       24 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the oxidizing step includes the step of controlling a conveying speed of the wires.