DE1147723B - Voluminous shoe cleaning cloth - Google Patents

Description

Voluminous shoe cleaning cloth In America, thin perforated ones have recently appeared Flat structures on the market that are used for one-time polishing of shoe leather should. Cellulose fibers are produced using lye to produce these fabrics loosened on the surface and in this state together to form a thin sheet covered with a thin coating of a colorless wax.

As mentioned above, these cleaning cloths are only for one-time use Intended use. A further disadvantage is that it is what is applied to the leather Shoe polishing agent or that which passes over onto the leather from the shoe cleaning cloth during cleaning Smear the wax, which also stains your fingers.

According to a proposal of the German utility model 1819 961 and the Austrian patent specification 166 074, a gloss-forming substance or a colored powder can also be applied in or on soft cellulose cloths. When using such impregnated cellulose as a shoe cleaning cloth, however, the same disadvantages result as with the perforated sheet-like structures mentioned at the beginning, i.e. above all smearing of the wax or the colored powder on the leather surface and the linting of fibers from the cellulose layers, which impairs cleaning even more will.

The aim of the present invention is to overcome this problem. It has now been found that a multi-use polishing cloth can be produced by impregnating a fiber fleece, preferably made of polyamide fibers, with a binder (preferably polyacrylates) in such a way that 25 to 65 1 / o of the binder, based on the dry fiber fleece, be included.

The impregnation of nonwovens with binders is known per se. It can e.g. B. be worked according to the method described in German Auslegeschrift 1076 075 or Swiss Patent 337 630. The fibers of the fleece, which are initially loose, are glued to one another at their points of contact, creating a stable, textile-like flat structure. The latter can already be used as a shoe cleaning cloth. Its cleaning or polishing effect can only be compared with that of a normal cloth cloth. If you want to polish the leather surface, you have to coat the cloth with wax every time before use. This eliminates the linting common with cellulose layers, but not the annoying smearing of the wax, including dirtying the fingers.

However, if such a fleece is impregnated again after the binder has hardened with an aqueous emulsion or dispersion of a wax + paraffin, to which silicone etc. can be added, a voluminous, soft material is obtained after drying, which can be used repeatedly. because in it - in contrast to a woven cloth or a loose fiber fleece - relatively large amounts of wax can be stored. Nevertheless, there is no smearing, so that a better gloss is achieved. There is also no need to get your fingers dirty because the wax is evenly distributed over the entire cross-section of the cloth.

Example A fiber fleece with a square meter weight of 80 g, consisting of 70 "/ o PolYan-oud, 20% polyester, lo # I / 0 viscose wool, is mixed with a solution of C 250 Teflen polyacrylate (40%), 3 parts methylolmelamine precondensate, 0% , 5 parts of zinc chloride, 5 parts of allyl aryl sulfonate, 250 parts of distilled water impregnated such -is g risen to the grammage on the 130th Subsequently, the thus-impregnated nonwoven fabric is heated to about 120 'C and following after curing and drying with Emulsion re-impregnated: 15 parts mutan wax, 5 parts paraffin, 0.5 part emulsifier, 80 parts water.The final weight of the shoe cleaning cloth is 170 g / m2.

Claims (1)

PATENT CLAIM: Voluminous shoe polishing cloth, consisting of cardable fibers, which are firmly connected at their points of contact by a binding agent, preferably polyacrylate, and which contain a colorless wax evenly distributed over the entire cross-section of the cloth. Considered publications: Deutsche Auslegeschfift No. 1076 075; German utility model No. 1819 961; Austrian Patent No. 166 074; Swiss Patent No. 337 630.