Metalized yarn and method for making same

Abstract

A metalized yarn includes at least one man-made fiber material and at least one metal powder. The man-made fiber material is transformed into a slurry to which the metal powder is then introduced. The slurry is subsequently forced and elongated so as to form the metalized yarn. The metal powder is distributed throughout and embedded within the man-made fiber material but not present on the surface of the metalized yarn so that the metalized yarn has appearance and color indistinguishable from regular yarns and is classified under HTSUS 5605.00.9000.

1 . A metalized yarn classified under HTSUS 5605.00.9000 comprising:
 at least one man-made fiber material and at least one metal powder; wherein   the metal powder is introduced by being encased in a master batch;   the man-made fiber material is transformed into a slurry to which the metal powder encased in the master batch is then introduced;   the slurry is subsequently forced and elongated so as to form the metalized yarn without metal fibers;   the metal powder is distributed throughout and embedded within the man-made fiber material but not present on the surface of the metalized yarn so that the metalized yarn has appearance and color indistinguishable from regular yarns.   
     
     
         2 . The metalized yarn of  claim 1 , wherein the metal powder comprises the powder of at least one material selected from the group consisting of: lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, francium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, molybdenum, cadmium, scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, mercury, rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, copernicium, aluminium, gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, bismuth, polonium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium, ununtrium, flerovium, ununpentium, livermorium, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and astatine. 
     
     
         3 . The metalized yarn of  claim 2 , wherein the metal powder further comprises at least one metal alloy powder, the metal alloy powder comprising the powder of an alloy of at least two materials selected from the group consisting of: lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, francium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, molybdenum, cadmium, scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, mercury, rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, copernicium, aluminium, gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, bismuth, polonium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium, ununtrium, flerovium, ununpentium, livermorium, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and astatine. 
     
     
         4 . The metalized yarn of  claim 1 , wherein the man-made fiber material comprises a thermoplastic material selected from the group consisting of: Polyester, regular Polyethylene Terephalate, Cationic Dyeable Polyethylene Terephalate, High Tenacity Polyethylene, Fire Retardant Polyethylene Terephalate and Polyurethane, Polytrimethylene Terephthalate, Polybutylene Terephthalate, Nylon, Acrylic and Modacrylic. 
     
     
         5 . The metalized yarn of  claim 1 , wherein the man-made fiber material comprises an artificial regenerated cellulosic material selected from the group consisting of: Rayon, High Wet Modulus Rayon, Modal and Lyocell. 
     
     
         6 . The metalized yarn of  claim 1 , wherein the metalized yarn is chopped into staple fibers about 25 mm-50 mm in length and blended with other textile staple fibers, the other textile staple fibers comprising a fiber selected from the group consisting of: thermoplastic staple fibers, artificial regenerated cellulosic staple fibers, cotton fibers, wool fibers, and vegetable staple fibers, so as to be spun into a spun yarn classified under HTSUS 5605.00.9000 with visual appearance and color indistinguishable from a similar regular spun yarn. 
     
     
         7 . A textile product made of metalized yarns classified under HTSUS 5605.00.9000 and being the chief weight comprising:
 at least one man-made fiber material and at least one metal powder; wherein:   the metal powder is introduced by being encased in a master batch;   the man-made fiber material is transformed into a slurry to which the metal powder encased in the master batch is then introduced;   the slurry is subsequently forced and elongated so as to form the metalized yarn without metal fibers;   the metal powder is distributed throughout and embedded within the man-made fiber material but not present on the surface of the metalized yarn so that the textile product has appearance and color indistinguishable from similar textile product, and is classified under a favourable import duty classification under HTSUS.   
     
     
         8 . The textile product of  claim 7 , wherein the metal powder comprises the powder of at least one material selected from the group consisting of: lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, francium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, molybdenum, cadmium, scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, mercury, rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, copernicium, aluminium, gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, bismuth, polonium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium, ununtrium, flerovium, ununpentium, livermorium, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and astatine. 
     
     
         9 . The textile product of  claim 8 , wherein the metal powder further comprises at least one metal alloy powder, the metal alloy powder comprising the powder of an alloy of at least two materials selected from the group consisting of: lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, francium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, molybdenum, cadmium, scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, mercury, rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, copernicium, aluminium, gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, bismuth, polonium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium, ununtrium, flerovium, ununpentium, livermorium, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and astatine. 
     
     
         10 . The textile product of  claim 7 , wherein the man-made fiber material comprises a thermoplastic material selected from the group consisting of: Polyester, regular Polyethylene Terephalate, Cationic Dyeable Polyethylene Terephalate, High Tenacity Polyethylene, Fire Retardant Polyethylene Terephalate and Polyurethane, Polytrimethylene Terephthalate, Polybutylene Terephthalate, Nylon, Acrylic and Modacrylic. 
     
     
         11 . The textile product of  claim 7 , wherein the man-made fiber material comprises an artificial regenerated cellulosic material selected from the group consisting of: Rayon, High Wet Modulus Rayon, Modal and Lyocell. 
     
     
         12 . The textile product of  claim 7 , wherein the metalized yarn is chopped into staple fibers about 25 mm-50 mm in length and blended with other textile staple fibers, the other textile staple fibers comprising a fiber selected from the group consisting of: thermoplastic staple fibers, artificial regenerated cellulosic staple fibers, cotton fibers, wool fibers, and vegetable staple fibers, so as to be spun into a spun yarn classified under HTSUS 5605.00.9000 so that the textile product has appearance and color indistinguishable from similar textile product and and is classified under a favourable import duty classification under HTSUS. 
     
     
         13 . A method for making a metalized yarn classified under HTSUS 5605.00.9000 comprising:
 transforming a man-made fiber material into a slurry;   introducing a metal powder encased in a master batch into the slurry; and   forcing and elongating the slurry into a yarn without metal fibers; wherein:   the metal powder is distributed throughout and embedded within the man-made fiber material but not present on the surface of the metalized yarn so that the metalized yarn has appearance and color indistinguishable from regular yarns.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the metal powder comprises the powder of at least one material selected from the group consisting of: lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, francium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, molybdenum, cadmium, scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, mercury, rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, copernicium, aluminium, gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, bismuth, polonium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium, ununtrium, flerovium, ununpentium, livermorium, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and astatine. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the metal powder further comprises at least one metal alloy powder, the metal alloy powder comprising the powder of an alloy of at least two materials selected from the group consisting of: lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, francium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, zinc, molybdenum, cadmium, scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, mercury, rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium, copernicium, aluminium, gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, bismuth, polonium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium, ununtrium, flerovium, ununpentium, livermorium, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and astatine. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the man-made fiber material comprises a thermoplastic material selected from the group consisting of: Polyester, regular Polyethylene Terephalate, Cationic Dyeable Polyethylene Terephalate, High Tenacity Polyethylene, Fire Retardant Polyethylene Terephalate and Polyurethane, Polytrimethylene Terephthalate, Polybutylene Terephthalate, Nylon, Acrylic and Modacrylic. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the man-made fiber material comprises an artificial regenerated cellulosic material selected from the group consisting of: Rayon, High Wet Modulus Rayon, Modal and Lyocell. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the metalized yarn is chopped into staple fibers about 25 mm-50 mm in length and blended with other textile staple fibers, the other textile staple fibers comprising a fiber selected from the group consisting of: thermoplastic staple fibers, artificial regenerated cellulosic staple fibers, cotton fibers, wool fibers, and vegetable staple fibers, so as to be spun into a spun yarn classified under HTSUS 5605.00.9000 with visual appearance and color indistinguishable from a similar regular spun yarn.