Fiber highly cool to touch

Abstract

It is the object of the invention to provide a fiber excellent in cool contact feeling which is excellent in hand and skin touch and capable of preventing unpleasant feeling in the wet state and a woven fabric, clothing, and underwear excellent in cool contact feeling and obtainable by using the fiber excellent in cool contact feeling. The invention is a fiber excellent in cool contact feeling, which contains a thermoplastic elastomer and an inorganic filler.

1 . A fiber excellent in cool contact feeling,
 which contains a thermoplastic elastomer and an inorganic filler.   
   
   
       2 . The fiber excellent in cool contact feeling according to  claim 1 ,
 which has a core-sheath structure and comprises a core part containing a dyeable resin and a sheath part containing a thermoplastic elastomer resin and an inorganic filler, a thickness of the sheath part being 20 μm or thinner.   
   
   
       3 . The fiber excellent in cool contact feeling according to  claim 1  or  2 ,
 wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is a polyamide elastomer and/or a polyester elastomer.   
   
   
       4 . The fiber excellent in cool contact feeling according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is a polyether block amide copolymer.   
   
   
       5 . The fiber excellent in cool contact feeling according to  claim 4 ,
 which contains 2 to 30% by weight of the inorganic filler.   
   
   
       6 . A woven fabric excellent in cool contact feeling,
 which is obtainable by using the fiber excellent in cool contact feeling according to  claim 1 .   
   
   
       7 . Clothing excellent in cool contact feeling,
 which is obtainable by using the woven fabric excellent in cool contact feeling according to  claim 6 .   
   
   
       8 . The clothing excellent in cool contact feeling according to  claim 7 ,
 which is clothing excellent in cool contact feeling comprising a woven fabric having a reversible structure and excellent in refreshing feeling,   30 to 70% by number of total loops comprising the fiber excellent in cool contact feeling, the loops comprising the fiber excellent in cool contact feeling being arranged in a skin contact side.   
   
   
       9 . The clothing excellent in cool contact feeling according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the fiber excellent in cool contact feeling contains 50% by weight or more of a thermoplastic elastomer.   
   
   
       10 . The clothing excellent in cool contact feeling according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the loops other than the loops comprising the fiber excellent in cool contact feeling comprises a hydrophobic fiber.   
   
   
       11 . Underwear excellent in cool contact feeling,
 which is obtainable by using the woven fabric excellent in cool contact feeling according to  claim 6 .