EP0224729A1 - Voile - Google Patents

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EP0224729A1
EP0224729A1 EP86115211A EP86115211A EP0224729A1 EP 0224729 A1 EP0224729 A1 EP 0224729A1 EP 86115211 A EP86115211 A EP 86115211A EP 86115211 A EP86115211 A EP 86115211A EP 0224729 A1 EP0224729 A1 EP 0224729A1
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sailcloth
yarns
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sail
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Terry L. Cronburg
John C. Sparkman, Jr.
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Bainbridge Aquabatten Inc
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D3/00—Woven fabrics characterised by their shape
    • D03D3/06—Fabrics of varying width
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H9/00—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
    • B63H9/04—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power using sails or like wind-catching surfaces
    • B63H9/06—Types of sail; Constructional features of sails; Arrangements thereof on vessels
    • B63H9/067—Sails characterised by their construction or manufacturing process
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H9/00—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
    • B63H9/04—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power using sails or like wind-catching surfaces
    • B63H9/06—Types of sail; Constructional features of sails; Arrangements thereof on vessels
    • B63H9/067—Sails characterised by their construction or manufacturing process
    • B63H9/0678—Laminated sails

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  • a very significant consideration in sail making is to so fabricate the sail that it will absorb maximum stress with minimum distortion. This is generally done by cutting the fabric into panels so that the yarns in the fabric run parallel to the stress lines in the sail. Near the corners of the sail, the stress lines generally run radially outward from the corners. It is, accordingly, the purpose of this invention to so construct a sail fabric that it has yarns which run radially outward and so approximate the stress pattern at the corner of the sail.
  • the invention resides in a sail fabric in which are incorporated warp yarns which radiate from a central apex outward.
  • the sailcloth may be comprised of warp yarns adhesively bonded to one side of a dimensionally stable sheet of plastic or between two sheets of dimensionally stable sheets of plastic or between a sheet of dimensionally stable plastic and a woven fabric or combined with weft yarns and bonded thereto at their crossings.
  • FIG. 4 there is shown a sail of generally triangular configuration, the three corners 12, 14 and 16 of which are comprised of truncated triangular panels 18 structured according to this invention with radiating warp yarns 20.
  • At the head 16 of the sail there are three panels 22.
  • the panels 18 are sewn together side-by-side along their adjacent edges.
  • the body 28 of the sail is comprised of panels 30 of conventionally woven fabric wherein the warp yarns 32 are parallel.
  • the radiating warp yarns 20 in the panels comprising the corners of the sail carry the tensile load from the body of the sail to the corners thereof, thereby reducing and controlling the stretch and distortion of the sail and the sail camber.
  • the warp yarns 20 in the aforesaid truncated triangular panels are arranged in arrays in which the yarns radiate, that is, diverge with resoect to each other in a direction toward the base of the panel.
  • the triangular panels at the head and foot of the sail are structured by laying the warp yarns 20 in radiating arrays relative to each other as shown in FIG. 1 and securing them to a substrate P.
  • the substrate P may be comprised of a sheet of plastic.
  • the warn yarns 20 are adhesively secured to the sheet of plastic.
  • the radiating arrays of waro yarns 20 may be interposed between two sheets of plastic as shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates incorporating the radiating warp yarns 22 in a conventionally woven fabric F comprised of warp yarns 20 and weft or filling yarns 34.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a fabric wherein the radiating warp yarns 20 are combined with weft yarns 36 and adhesively secured at their crossings.
  • the warp yarns comprising the arrays of radiating lengths of yarn are disposed in radiating relation to each other and bonded to a substrate or incorporated in a woven fabric by employing a warp yarn guider 38, FIG. 6, with variable spacing.
  • the composite structure is then cut and trimmed to appropriate length and configuration, FIG. 5, according to location in the sail structure.
  • the yarns may be natural or synthetic and the sheet .
  • material is desirably a dimensionally stable plastic, for example, dacron.

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EP86115211A 1985-11-27 1986-11-03 Voile Withdrawn EP0224729A1 (fr)

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Cited By (17)

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EP0249427A1 (fr) * 1986-06-11 1987-12-16 Sobstad Sailmakers, Inc. Voiles/composites garnies de fils
DE3928312A1 (de) * 1988-10-17 1990-04-19 James C Linville Segel und verfahren zu seiner herstellung
EP0375111A1 (fr) * 1988-12-22 1990-06-27 Gaastra International Licensing N.V. Voiles
US5097783A (en) * 1988-10-17 1992-03-24 Dimension Polyant Sailcloth, Inc. Reinforced sailcloth
US5097784A (en) * 1990-08-21 1992-03-24 North Sails Group, Inc. Sail of one piece three dimensional laminated fabric having uninterrupted load bearing yarns
DE19614138C1 (de) * 1996-04-10 1998-01-02 Dimension Polyant Gmbh Segeltuch
WO1998003396A1 (fr) 1996-07-18 1998-01-29 Gautier Gerard Procede de fabrication de voiles ou de toiles avec elements d'assemblage preformes
WO1999025612A1 (fr) * 1997-11-13 1999-05-27 Marco Savelli Procede permettant de produire une voile convexe ou une structure de tension
WO2000023320A2 (fr) 1998-10-16 2000-04-27 Tensile Composite Research Produits composites, procedes et systeme associes
US6112689A (en) * 1999-06-25 2000-09-05 Clear Image Concepts Llc Sail body and method for making
WO2001017848A1 (fr) 1999-09-10 2001-03-15 Clear Image Concepts Llc Corps de voile multisection et procede de fabrication
US6732670B2 (en) 2000-06-13 2004-05-11 William Richards Rayner Sailing craft
US6843194B1 (en) 2003-10-07 2005-01-18 Jean-Pierre Baudet Sail with reinforcement stitching and method for making
US7479200B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2009-01-20 Createx S.A. Method of producing reinforced, formed fabrics
WO2012076852A1 (fr) * 2010-12-09 2012-06-14 International Laser Class Association Voile radiale à tube de guindant renforcé
US8506739B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2013-08-13 Createx S.A. Method of producing sails using reinforced, formed fabrics
US8739721B2 (en) 2010-12-09 2014-06-03 International Laser Class Association Radial sail with reinforced luff tube

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FR325386A (fr) * 1902-10-13 1903-04-28 Lieutier Paul Fourreau sans couture et mode de confection
US1786838A (en) * 1928-07-24 1930-12-30 Fisher Charles Parachute
EP0191216A1 (fr) * 1984-12-14 1986-08-20 Sobstad Sailmakers, Inc. Méthode pour la distribution des tensions dans une voile, voile comprenant cette structure et sa construction

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR325386A (fr) * 1902-10-13 1903-04-28 Lieutier Paul Fourreau sans couture et mode de confection
US1786838A (en) * 1928-07-24 1930-12-30 Fisher Charles Parachute
EP0191216A1 (fr) * 1984-12-14 1986-08-20 Sobstad Sailmakers, Inc. Méthode pour la distribution des tensions dans une voile, voile comprenant cette structure et sa construction

Cited By (28)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0249427A1 (fr) * 1986-06-11 1987-12-16 Sobstad Sailmakers, Inc. Voiles/composites garnies de fils
DE3928312A1 (de) * 1988-10-17 1990-04-19 James C Linville Segel und verfahren zu seiner herstellung
US5097783A (en) * 1988-10-17 1992-03-24 Dimension Polyant Sailcloth, Inc. Reinforced sailcloth
DE3928312C2 (de) * 1988-10-17 2002-08-14 Dimension Polyant Sailcloth In Segel und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung
EP0375111A1 (fr) * 1988-12-22 1990-06-27 Gaastra International Licensing N.V. Voiles
US5097784A (en) * 1990-08-21 1992-03-24 North Sails Group, Inc. Sail of one piece three dimensional laminated fabric having uninterrupted load bearing yarns
DE19614138C1 (de) * 1996-04-10 1998-01-02 Dimension Polyant Gmbh Segeltuch
WO1998003396A1 (fr) 1996-07-18 1998-01-29 Gautier Gerard Procede de fabrication de voiles ou de toiles avec elements d'assemblage preformes
US6230641B1 (en) 1997-11-13 2001-05-15 Marco Savelli Process for producing a convex sail or a tensile structure
WO1999025612A1 (fr) * 1997-11-13 1999-05-27 Marco Savelli Procede permettant de produire une voile convexe ou une structure de tension
WO2000023320A2 (fr) 1998-10-16 2000-04-27 Tensile Composite Research Produits composites, procedes et systeme associes
US6761795B2 (en) 1998-10-16 2004-07-13 Tensile Composite Research Composite products, methods and apparatus
US6265047B1 (en) 1998-10-16 2001-07-24 Tensile Composite Research Composite products, methods and apparatus
US6112689A (en) * 1999-06-25 2000-09-05 Clear Image Concepts Llc Sail body and method for making
WO2001000487A1 (fr) 1999-06-25 2001-01-04 Clear Image Concepts Llc Corps de voile et procede de fabrication
US6302044B1 (en) 1999-09-10 2001-10-16 Clear Image Concepts Llc Multisection sail body and method for making
AU758796B2 (en) * 1999-09-10 2003-03-27 Clear Image Concepts Llc Multisection sail body and method for making
WO2001017848A1 (fr) 1999-09-10 2001-03-15 Clear Image Concepts Llc Corps de voile multisection et procede de fabrication
US6732670B2 (en) 2000-06-13 2004-05-11 William Richards Rayner Sailing craft
US7479200B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2009-01-20 Createx S.A. Method of producing reinforced, formed fabrics
US8181587B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2012-05-22 Createx S.A. Method of producing reinforced, formed fabrics
US8506739B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2013-08-13 Createx S.A. Method of producing sails using reinforced, formed fabrics
US8709186B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2014-04-29 Createx S.A. Method of producing reinforced, formed fabrics
US6843194B1 (en) 2003-10-07 2005-01-18 Jean-Pierre Baudet Sail with reinforcement stitching and method for making
WO2012076852A1 (fr) * 2010-12-09 2012-06-14 International Laser Class Association Voile radiale à tube de guindant renforcé
GB2499751A (en) * 2010-12-09 2013-08-28 Internat Laser Class Ass Radial sail with reinforced luff tube
US8739721B2 (en) 2010-12-09 2014-06-03 International Laser Class Association Radial sail with reinforced luff tube
GB2499751B (en) * 2010-12-09 2016-05-25 Int Laser Class Ass Radial sail with reinforced luff tube

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