CN211407677U - Vertical foam mold cup - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a found continuous mold cup, be in including supporting layer and laminating the first immediately of supporting layer thickness direction both sides is cotton layer and the second immediately, the first one side laminating of keeping away from the supporting layer of cotton layer immediately has first precoat, the second is immediately cotton layer one side laminating of keeping away from the supporting layer has the second precoat, the supporting layer includes at least one deck sponge layer. The sponge is added between two layers of vertical sponge, the support of the whole mold cup is enhanced through the support of the sponge, the washing problem of the pure vertical sponge mold cup is avoided, and the yellowing problem caused by the sponge outside to influence the appearance of the mold cup is avoided; the sponge is arranged in the middle, the using amount is small, the overall weight of the mold cup is light compared with the condition that the sponge is arranged on the outer side, the mold cup hardly has smell, the overall thickness of the mold cup is thinner, the cost can be reduced, various defects of the sandwich-vertical foam mold cup can be overcome, and the fabric selection and the mold cup preparation are more diversified.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a clothing production technical field, concretely relates to found continuous mold cup.
Background
The pure sponge mold cup is heavier and smells more and more, and cannot meet the requirements of people. The vertical cotton is formed by arranging fibers in an N shape in a yielding manner at a certain temperature, and when the pure vertical cotton material is washed by water, the N-shaped arrangement is damaged due to the temperature and external force, so that bonding points between the fibers are broken to cause the cup surface to collapse downwards, the cup inside to wrinkle, and the whole shape is in a loose state.
The existing vertical cotton mold cup is widely applied in the market, and the existing vertical cotton can be molded into the mold cup only by matching with sandwich cloth, because of the characteristics of the vertical cotton, such as poor support, water washing resistance, wrinkling, falling, loosening and the like after water washing, the problem of water washing of the vertical cotton needs to be relieved or covered by the thickness and strong support of the sandwich cloth in combination with the sandwich cloth.
However, such mold cups have associated with them other problems, such as: 1. the cup mouth of the mold cup is thick, the sandwich cloth can generate wiredrawing when being cut, and the wiredrawing can generate stabbing pain or uncomfortable feeling to the skin of a human body, so the sealing position of the mold cup needs to be subjected to anti-prick treatment; 2. the cost of the mold cup adopting the sandwich is very high (the price of the sandwich cloth is 35-80 yuan/m, but the price of the common Jiajibu is about 10 yuan/m); 3. the selection of the fabric of the vertical cotton mold cup is limited, and the design of the bra, such as printing, process and the like, is limited.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of this, in order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the present invention aims to provide an improved vertical cotton mold cup.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
a vertical cotton mold cup comprises a supporting layer, a first vertical cotton layer and a second vertical cotton layer, wherein the first vertical cotton layer and the second vertical cotton layer are attached to two sides of the supporting layer in the thickness direction, a first fabric layer is attached to one side, away from the supporting layer, of the first vertical cotton layer, a second fabric layer is attached to one side, away from the supporting layer, of the second vertical cotton layer, and the supporting layer comprises at least one sponge layer.
The utility model discloses an add the sponge between two-layer founding the silk floss, strengthen the support nature of whole mould cup through the support nature of sponge, avoided the washing problem of pure silk floss mould cup immediately. The sponge is clamped between the vertical sponges instead of the vertical sponges, so that the problem that the appearance of the mold cup is affected due to yellowing of the sponge on the outer side is solved; secondly, the sponge is in the middle, the use amount is small, the overall weight of the mold cup is light relative to the condition that the sponge is outside, the smell is almost eliminated, and the overall thickness of the mold cup can be controlled to be thinner.
Preferably, the supporting layer comprises a first sponge layer and a second sponge layer, and the first sponge layer and the second sponge layer are attached to each other.
More preferably, a vertical sponge core is arranged between the first sponge layer and the second sponge layer.
Preferably, the gram weight of the standing cotton layer at the thickness of 10mm is 160-170g/m2(ii) a The sponge layer has a density of 55-65kg/m3The indentation hardness is 50-60N; the fabric is made of denim, terylene or spandex woven fabric.
Preferably, the thickness of each sponge layer is 0.5-1.5mm, and the thickness of the first standing cotton layer and the second standing cotton layer is 1-4mm respectively.
More preferably, the thickness of each sponge layer is 1mm, and the thickness of the first standing cotton layer and the second standing cotton layer is 2mm or 3mm respectively.
Preferably, hot melt adhesive is arranged between the fabric and the vertical cotton layer and between the vertical cotton layer and the sponge layer, and the gluing amount of the hot melt adhesive is 10-20g/m2。
Owing to adopted above technical scheme, compare in prior art, the utility model discloses an useful part lies in: the sponge is added between two layers of vertical sponge, the support of the whole mold cup is enhanced through the support of the sponge, the washing problem of the pure vertical sponge mold cup is avoided, and the yellowing problem caused by the sponge outside to influence the appearance of the mold cup is avoided; the sponge is arranged in the middle, the using amount of the sponge is small, the overall weight of the mold cup is light compared with the condition that the sponge is arranged on the outer side, the mold cup is almost free of odor, the overall thickness of the mold cup can be controlled to be thinner, the cost can be reduced, various defects of the sandwich-vertical sponge mold cup can be overcome, and the fabric selection and the mold cup preparation are more diversified.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a thin vertical foam cup according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a thin vertical cotton cup according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention before molding;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a thin vertical cotton cup in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a lower cup of a second medium thick vertical model cup according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention before being molded;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a lower cup of a second medium thick vertical model cup according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention during molding;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a second preferred embodiment of the present invention when molding a vertical cotton cup;
wherein: a supporting layer-1, a first sponge layer-11, a second sponge layer-12, a first vertical cotton layer-21, a second vertical cotton layer-22, a first fabric layer-31, a second fabric layer-32, a vertical cotton skived cotton core-4, a male die-5 and a female die-6.
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In order to make the technical solution of the present invention better understood, the technical solution of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts shall belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Example 1 thin vertical sponge mold cup
Referring to fig. 1-3, the thin vertical cotton mold cup in the embodiment includes a supporting layer 1, and a first vertical cotton layer 21 and a second vertical cotton layer 22 attached to two sides of the supporting layer 1 in the thickness direction, wherein a first fabric layer 31 is attached to one side of the first vertical cotton layer 21 away from the supporting layer 1, a second fabric layer 32 is attached to one side of the second vertical cotton layer 22 away from the supporting layer 1, and the supporting layer 1 is formed by a sponge layer. Namely, the thin cotton standing mold cup sequentially comprises a first fabric layer 31, a first cotton standing layer 21, a sponge layer, a second cotton standing layer 22 and a second fabric layer 32 from top to bottom, and the layers are mutually attached.
The gram weight of the vertical cotton layer at the thickness of 10mm is 180g/m2In this embodiment, the thickness of the standing cotton layer is 3 mm. The sponge layer has a density of 60kg/m3The indentation hardness was 55N. The fabric is made of elastic woven cloth, terylene or spandex woven cloth and the like.
The thickness of the sponge layer in this embodiment is 1mm, and the thickness of each of the first and second raised cotton layers 21 and 22 is 3 mm. I.e. the thickness of the whole mould cup is about 8 mm.
The first fabric layer 31 and the first vertical cotton layer 21, the first vertical cotton layer 21 and the sponge layer, and the second fabric layer 32 and the second vertical cotton layer 22 are all laminated by hot melt adhesive, and the gluing amount of the hot melt adhesive is 15g/m2. The sponge layer and the second fabric layer 32 are attached by quick-drying glue.
This embodiment is through adding the sponge between two-layer founds the silk floss, strengthens the support nature of whole mould cup through the support nature of sponge, has avoided the washing problem of pure founding silk floss mould cup. The sponge is clamped between the vertical sponges instead of the vertical sponges, so that the problem that the appearance of the mold cup is affected due to yellowing of the sponge on the outer side is solved; secondly, the sponge is in the middle, the use amount is small, the overall weight of the mold cup is light relative to the condition that the sponge is outside, the smell is almost eliminated, and the overall thickness of the mold cup can be controlled to be thinner.
As shown in fig. 2 to 3, the present embodiment further provides a method for preparing the thin vertical cotton mold cup, which specifically includes the following steps:
1) design of
And designing the style of the mold cup.
2) Open the mould
And arranging a mould according to the design style, shape and thickness of the mould cup, wherein the mould comprises a male mould 5 positioned above and a female mould 6 positioned below.
3) Stock preparation
Preparing vertical cotton, fabric and sponge according to the designed model cup style.
4) Bonding
And respectively attaching the fabric and/or the sponge to two sides of the vertical cotton in the thickness direction, and cutting to form a first fabric layer 31, a first vertical cotton layer 21 and a sponge layer which are attached together, and a second fabric layer 32 and a second vertical cotton layer 22 which are attached together.
Compounding the layers by using a compounding machine and hot melt adhesive, wherein the compounding parameter is the gluing amount of the hot melt adhesive of 10-20g/m2The compounding speed is 15-25m/min, and the gluing amount of the hot melt adhesive is preferably 15g/m2The compounding speed was 20 m/min. The hot melt adhesive is EVA hot melt adhesive or polyurethane hot melt adhesive,
5) die pressing
The first fabric layer 31, the first standing-cotton layer 21 and the sponge layer which are adhered together, and the second fabric layer 32 and the second standing-cotton layer 22 which are adhered together are stacked and then placed into a mold, the first fabric layer 31 is close to the male mold 5, and the second fabric layer 32 is close to the female mold 6, and then mold pressing is carried out. During the molding, quick-drying glue is sprayed between the sponge layer and the second vertical cotton layer 22.
Molding parameters ofTemperature of the concave-convex die: 185 ℃ and 188 ℃, time: 120s, pressure: 8kg/cm2。
6) Pruning
And cooling and trimming after mould pressing to obtain the thin vertical cotton mould cup. The cooling is carried out by adopting a cold die for pressing, and the parameters are the die temperature: room temperature, time: 80s, pressure: 8kg/cm2。
In other embodiments, a thin vertical cotton mold cup can also be prepared by directly compounding the vertical cotton layer and the fabric layer on two sides of the sponge layer by using a compounding machine and then performing processes such as die pressing and trimming. In other embodiments, the second raised tissue layer 22 and the second facing material layer 32 may be pre-formed into the lower cup and then molded with the first facing material layer 31, the first raised tissue layer 21, and the sponge layer attached together.
The vertical cotton mold cup prepared in the embodiment is water-washing-resistant and wrinkling-resistant, soft in hand feeling, and capable of preventing the cup surface from yellowing in the cup, is not bound by a lamination sandwich, and improves the appearance, water washing, hand feeling and other qualities of the mold cup product. The vertical cotton mold cup in the embodiment solves the problems of wrinkling, loosening and collapsing of the vertical cotton cup after washing; the problem that the vertical cotton cup can not be attached with the lower-price and thinner moldable cloth such as the fine long cloth is solved; the sandwich is not attached, the anti-prick wrapping strips are not needed at the periphery of the mold cup, and the bowl mouth at the periphery of the mold cup is thinner; the problem that the vertical cotton cup has hard hand feeling is solved; the cost of the vertical cotton cup is reduced; the problem of yellow influence outward appearance in the sponge cup face cup is solved, the sponge cup is more penetrating, lighter simultaneously compared.
Example 2 Thick vertical sponge mold cup
Referring to fig. 4-6, the vertical cotton mold cup in this embodiment includes a supporting layer 1, and a first vertical cotton layer 21 and a second vertical cotton layer 22 attached to two sides of the supporting layer 1 in the thickness direction, wherein a first fabric layer 31 is attached to one side of the first vertical cotton layer 21 away from the supporting layer 1, a second fabric layer 32 is attached to one side of the second vertical cotton layer 22 away from the supporting layer 1, and the supporting layer 1 is composed of two sponge layers. The thick cotton standing mold cup sequentially comprises a first fabric layer 31, a first cotton standing layer 21, a first sponge layer 11, a second sponge layer 12, a second cotton standing layer 22 and a second fabric layer 32 from top to bottom, and the layers are mutually attached.
Wherein the gram weight of the vertical cotton layer under the thickness of 10mm is 180g/m2In this embodiment, the thickness of the standing cotton layer is 2 mm. The sponge layer has a density of 60kg/m3The indentation hardness was 55N. The fabric is made of elastic woven cloth, terylene or spandex woven cloth and the like.
In this embodiment, the thickness of the first sponge layer 11 and the second sponge layer 12 is 1mm, the thickness of the first standing cotton layer 21 and the thickness of the second standing cotton layer 22 are both 2mm, and in order to further increase the thickness of the mold cup, a standing cotton cutting core 4 is further arranged between the first sponge layer 11 and the second sponge layer 12.
The first fabric layer 31 and the first vertical cotton layer 21, the first vertical cotton layer 21 and the first sponge layer 11, the second fabric layer 32 and the second vertical cotton layer 22, and the second vertical cotton layer 22 and the second sponge layer 12 are all laminated by hot melt adhesive, and the gluing amount of the hot melt adhesive is 15g/m2. The first sponge layer 11 and the second sponge layer 12 are attached by quick-drying glue.
This embodiment is through adding the sponge between two-layer founds the silk floss, strengthens the support nature of whole mould cup through the support nature of sponge, has avoided the washing problem of pure founding silk floss mould cup. The sponge is clamped between the vertical sponges instead of the vertical sponges, so that the problem that the appearance of the mold cup is affected due to yellowing of the sponge on the outer side is solved; secondly, the sponge is in the middle, the use amount is small, the overall weight of the mold cup is light relative to the condition that the sponge is outside, the smell is almost eliminated, and the overall thickness of the mold cup can be controlled to be thinner.
In the prior art, the sponge is arranged in the cup surface cup, the vertical cotton core is arranged in the middle, and the yellowing of the sponge easily causes the yellowing of underwear. The mold cups with the sponge outside and the sponge inside and the mold cup with the sponge inside in the embodiment are washed by a washing machine with water temperature of 30 ℃ and washing time of 30 min/time, the rotating speed of the washing machine of 800 r/min and washing time of 20 times. Finally, the shrinkage of the die cup without the thin sponge is 3-5mm, and the shrinkage of the die cup with the thin sponge in the embodiment is within 3 mm. The cup surface without the thin sponge mold cup has wrinkles, the cup surface with the thin sponge mold cup has few, short and shallow wrinkles, and the appearance after washing is relatively better.
As shown in fig. 4 to 6, the preparation method of the thick vertical cotton mold cup provided in this embodiment includes the following steps:
1) design of
And designing the style of the mold cup.
2) Open the mould
And arranging a mould according to the design style, shape and thickness of the mould cup, wherein the mould comprises a male mould 5 positioned above and a female mould 6 positioned below.
3) Stock preparation
Preparing vertical cotton, fabric and sponge according to the designed model cup style.
4) Bonding
Respectively attaching the fabric and the sponge to two sides of the vertical cotton in the thickness direction, and cutting to form a first fabric layer 31, a first vertical cotton layer 21, a first sponge layer 11, a second fabric layer 32, a second vertical cotton layer 22 and a second sponge layer 12 which are attached together.
Compounding the layers by using a compounding machine and hot melt adhesive, wherein the compounding parameter is the gluing amount of the hot melt adhesive of 10-20g/m2The compounding speed is 15-25m/min, and the gluing amount of the hot melt adhesive is preferably 15g/m2The compounding speed was 20 m/min. The hot melt adhesive is EVA hot melt adhesive or polyurethane hot melt adhesive,
5) presetting
And (3) putting the second fabric layer 32, the second vertical cotton layer 22 and the second sponge layer 12 which are attached together into a mould, wherein the second sponge layer 12 is close to the convex mould 5, and the second fabric layer 32 is close to the concave mould 6, and then carrying out hot pressing and pre-shaping to obtain the lower-layer cup.
The parameters during prepressing are the temperature of the concave-convex die: 180 ℃ and 182 ℃, time: 120s, pressure: 8kg/cm2。
6) Die pressing
The first fabric layer 31, the first standing cotton layer 21, the first sponge layer 11 and the lower cup layer which are adhered together are laminated and then are subjected to mould pressing. During the molding, the first facing material layer 31 is close to the male mold 5, and the second facing material layer 32 is close to the female mold 6. When in mould pressing, quick-drying glue is sprayed between the first sponge layer 11 and the second sponge layer 12.
The molding parameters are the temperature of the concave-convex mold: 185 ℃ and 188 ℃, time: 160s, pressure: 8kg/cm2。
7) Pruning
And cooling and trimming after mould pressing to obtain the thin vertical cotton mould cup. The cooling is carried out by adopting a cold die for pressing, and the parameters are the die temperature: room temperature, time: 80s, pressure: 8kg/cm2。
The vertical cotton mold cup prepared in the embodiment is water-washing-resistant and wrinkling-resistant, soft in hand feeling, and capable of preventing the cup surface from yellowing in the cup, is not bound by a lamination sandwich, and improves the appearance, water washing, hand feeling and other qualities of the mold cup product. The vertical cotton mold cup in the embodiment solves the problems of wrinkling, loosening and collapsing of the vertical cotton cup after washing; the problem that the vertical cotton cup can not be attached with the lower-price and thinner moldable cloth such as the fine long cloth is solved; the sandwich is not attached, the anti-prick wrapping strips are not needed at the periphery of the mold cup, and the bowl mouth at the periphery of the mold cup is thinner; the problem that the vertical cotton cup has hard hand feeling is solved; the cost of the vertical cotton cup is reduced; the problem of yellow influence outward appearance in the sponge cup face cup is solved, the sponge cup is more penetrating, lighter simultaneously compared.
The "cotton" that appears in the above embodiment can be general with "cotton" among the prior art, can not be right the technical scheme of the utility model cause restriction and misinterpretation. The technical solutions specifically described in the above embodiments are conventional technical means in the art or selection such as compounding between the fabric and the vertical cotton.
The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical concept and features of the present invention, and the purpose of the embodiments is to enable people skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and to implement the present invention, which cannot limit the protection scope of the present invention. All equivalent changes and modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A vertical cotton mold cup is characterized by comprising a supporting layer, a first vertical cotton layer and a second vertical cotton layer, wherein the first vertical cotton layer and the second vertical cotton layer are attached to two sides of the supporting layer in the thickness direction, a first fabric layer is attached to one side, away from the supporting layer, of the first vertical cotton layer, a second fabric layer is attached to one side, away from the supporting layer, of the second vertical cotton layer, and the supporting layer comprises at least one sponge layer.
2. The vertical sponge mold cup according to claim 1, wherein the supporting layer comprises a first sponge layer and a second sponge layer, and the first sponge layer and the second sponge layer are attached to each other.
3. The vertical sponge mold cup according to claim 2, wherein a vertical sponge core is further arranged between the first sponge layer and the second sponge layer.
4. A vertical cotton mold cup according to claim 1, wherein the gram weight of the vertical cotton layer is 160-170g/m at a thickness of 10mm2。
5. The vertical sponge mold cup according to claim 1, wherein the sponge layer has a density of 55-65kg/m3The indentation hardness is 50-60N.
6. The vertical cotton mold cup according to claim 1, wherein the fabric is denim, polyester or spandex woven fabric.
7. The vertical cotton mold cup according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of each sponge layer is 0.5-1.5mm, and the thickness of each of the first vertical cotton layer and the second vertical cotton layer is 1-4 mm.
8. The vertical cotton mold cup according to claim 7, wherein the thickness of each sponge layer is 1mm, and the thickness of the first vertical cotton layer and the second vertical cotton layer is 2mm or 3mm, respectively.
9. The vertical cotton mold cup according to claim 1, wherein a hot melt adhesive is arranged between the fabric and the vertical cotton layer, and between the vertical cotton layer and the sponge layer, and the gluing amount of the hot melt adhesive is 10-20g/m2。
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