| US 7,615,178 B2 | ||
| Fabric reinforcement and cementitious boards faced with same | ||
| John Frederick Porter, St. Catharines (Canada); and Geraint Roberts, Youngstown, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Saint Gobain Technical Fabrics America, Inc., Northborough, Mass. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/232,334. | ||
| Application 11/232334 is a division of application No. 10/615671, filed on Jul. 09, 2003, granted, now 7,354,876, filed on Apr. 08, 2008. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0013950 A1, Jan. 19, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B05D 1/00 (2006.01); B28B 23/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 264—257 [264/333; 264/136; 442/256; 442/180] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A method of making a coated fabric comprising:
(a) providing a plurality of warp yarns under tension in a machine direction having a first twist (turns/inch);
(b) assembling a plurality of weft yarns with said warp yarns, said weft yarns having a second twist; said second twist being
greater than said first twist; and
(c) applying a resinous coating to an assembly of said plurality of warp yarns and plurality of weft yarns, whereby the weight
distribution ratio WPUcd of the resinous coating on the weft yarns over the weight distribution ratio WPUmd of the resinous
coating on the warp yarns is less than about 2.0:1.
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