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  • 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

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  28-02-1991

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    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
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    1. Additional label for NHS contracts

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    Requirements for flame retardant covers suitable for use in the public sector.

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    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.

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    Committee TCI/66
    Development Note 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)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    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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