Patent ID: 8286668

Claim:
A three-dimensional distance woven fabric fabricated by a process comprising the steps of: providing and transferring a plurality of warps through a warp let-off mechanism including at least two warp beams; driving and dividing the warps into two warp layers by a plurality of heald frames so as to form a shed between the two warp layers, wherein a plurality of vertically arranged heald wires are supported by each of the heald frames, each of the heald wires having a heald eye for the warps passing through; transferring wefts to pass through the shed along a transferring direction by a picking mechanism; pushing the wefts by a beating-up mechanism such that the wefts and the warps are interwoven to form two outer fabrics, wherein the heald frames are located between the warp let-off mechanism and the beating-up mechanism; passing through the shed along a direction substantially parallel to the transferring direction and raising parts of the warps functioning as a plurality of inter-yarns by a yarn raising mechanism, wherein the yarn raising mechanism is separate from the heald frames; and adjusting and controlling latitude density of the three-dimensional distance woven fabric a take-up mechanism, wherein a gap distance between the outer fabrics is greater than 20 centimeters.