BS 5815-3:1991
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Sheets, sheeting, pillowslips, towels, napkins, counterpanes and continental quilt secondary covers suitable for use in the public sector Specification for counterpanes and continental quilt secondary covers including flammability performance
Hardcopy , PDF
English
02-28-1991
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Foreword
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Designation
4. Fabric
5. Counterpanes
6. Continental quilt covers
7. Flammability
8. Marking, labelling and packaging
Appendices
A. Information to be supplied by the purchaser
B. Supplementary information for NHS contracts
Tables
1. Constructional requirements for fabrics
2. Performance requirements for fabrics
3. Colour fastness requirements for fabrics
4. Dimensions of counterpanes and continental quilt
covers
5. Durability of flame-retardant treatment: number of
washing, rinsing and centrifuging cycles
Figure
1. Additional label for NHS contracts
Requirements for flame retardant covers suitable for use in the public sector.
| Committee |
TCI/66
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes DEFSTAN 83-57/1(1976) (10/2003) Supersedes 86/36519 DC and BS 5815(1979) (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2012. (10/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
12
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This Part of BS 5815 specifies requirements, including flammability performance, for the materials, manufacture, make-up and testing of counterpanes and continental quilt secondary covers intended for the public sector.
The dimensions of these articles are also specified.
Information to be supplied by the purchaser is given in Appendix A.
NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
| BS 3838:1980 | Specification for blazer fabrics |
| BS 3870-2:1983 | Stitches and seams Classification and terminology of seam types |
| BS 5651:1989 | Method for cleansing and wetting procedures for use in the assessment of the effect of cleansing and wetting on the flammability of textile fabrics and fabric assemblies |
| BS 5058:1973 | Method for the assessment of drape of fabrics |
| BS 5523:1977 | Glossary of terms for textiles - weaves - definitions of general terms and basic weaves |
| BS 2471:1978 | Methods of test for textiles. Woven fabrics Determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area |
| BS 5690:1991 | Method for determination of abrasion resistance of fabrics |
| BS 4303:1968 | Method for the determination of the resistance to tearing of woven fabrics by the wing-rip technique |
| BS 3870-1:1982 | Stitches and seams Classification and terminology of stitch types |
| BS 4961-1:1980 | Methods for determination of dimensional stability of textiles to dry cleaning in tetrachloroethylene Machine method |
| BS 4407:1988 | Methods for quantitative analysis of fibre mixtures |
| BS 5438:1989 | Methods of test for flammability of textile fabrics when subjected to a small igniting flame applied to the face or bottom edge of vertically oriented specimens |
| BS 4768:1972 | Method for the determination of the bursting strength and bursting distension of fabrics |
| BS 1006:1990 | Methods of test for colour fastness of textiles and leather |
| BS 5811:1986 | Method for determination of the resistance to pilling and change of appearance of fabrics |
| BS 2576:1986 | Method for determination of breaking strength and elongation (strip method) of woven fabrics |
| BS 1930:1990 | Methods for determination of width of woven or knitted fabrics when relaxed at zero tension |
| BS 4032:1978 | Method of test for the determination of certain water- or alkali-soluble additives in cellulosic or synthetic fibres, yarns and fabrics or yarns and fabrics made from blends of such fibres |
| BS 1903:1981 | Glossary of terms used by the clothing industry |
| BS 7175:1989 | Methods of test for the ignitability of bedcovers and pillows by smouldering and flaming ignition sources |
| BS 1931:1968 | Method for the determination of length of woven or knitted fabrics when relaxed at zero tension |
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