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POLYESTER FIBERFILL [2 records]

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Record 1 1997-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Synthetic Fabrics
  • Sewing Notions
DEF

Manufactured fibers that have been specially engineered for use as filling material for pillows, mattress pads, comforters, sleeping bags, quilted outerwear, etc. Polyester fibers are widely used.

CONT

Make a small sub box act like a larger one with polyester fibrefill ... It’s no secret that you can use fibre-fill ... Take two boxes of the same size and type, insert the same woofer into each one, and stuff one with some fibre-fill ... There are three types of stuffing that are commonly used ... : fibreglass insulation, long-fibre wool, and polyester fibrefill. Fibrefill is the best choice because it doesn’t come loose and fly around and irritate your skin or lungs like fibreglass, it works as well as either of the others ... .

CONT

Extreme cold weather parka. Current issue to personnel subjected to cold and extremely cold climates. Exterior is constructed from nylon with interlining of 100% Dupont fiberfill polyester.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
DEF

Fibres discontinues souples et compressibles, présentées en amas formant une espèce d'ouate synthétique, mises au point pour être utilisées comme garnissage d'oreillers, de matelas, de couvre-pieds, de sacs de couchage et de vêtements que l'on veut rendre plus chauds (manteaux d'hiver, parkas, etc.).

Key term(s)
  • fibre de rembourrage
  • fibre d'ouatinage

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Synthetic Fabrics
CONT

Polyester fiberfill is used in filled items such as quilted jackets, comforters, pillows, furniture cushions and sleeping bags.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
OBS

Fibres de polyester spécialement apprêtées pour être utilisées comme matériel isolant et comme bourre de rembourrage.

Spanish

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