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TRIANGULAR CHANNEL CONSTRUCTION [1 record]

Record 1 2010-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
  • Sewing Techniques and Stitching
CONT

A few manufacturers produce a bag with a triangular channel construction that gives the loft of a slant-tube (construction) with somewhat less weight.

OBS

Used in sleeping bag construction.

OBS

Overlapping tubes is to be avoided as it can be easily confused with "over-lapping quilting" which is a type of sleeping bag stitching.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
  • Techniques d'exécution et points de couture
OBS

Méthode de construction des sacs de couchage.

OBS

La troisième (c'est aussi la meilleure) technique de cloisonnement consiste à former des tubes en forme de V dont les cloisons, vues de profil, semblent zigzaguer entre les deux parois, créant des compartiments triangulaires où la couture au sommet de chaque triangle est renforcée d'une bonne couche de duvet se trouvant à sa base.

Spanish

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