EP0107283B1 - Matériau support pour tapisserie d'ameublement, comportant des fils croisés d'élastomère thermoplastique orienté - Google Patents

Matériau support pour tapisserie d'ameublement, comportant des fils croisés d'élastomère thermoplastique orienté Download PDF

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EP0107283B1
EP0107283B1 EP19830304652 EP83304652A EP0107283B1 EP 0107283 B1 EP0107283 B1 EP 0107283B1 EP 19830304652 EP19830304652 EP 19830304652 EP 83304652 A EP83304652 A EP 83304652A EP 0107283 B1 EP0107283 B1 EP 0107283B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/02—Seat parts
    • A47C7/28—Seat parts with tensioned springs, e.g. of flat type
    • A47C7/32—Seat parts with tensioned springs, e.g. of flat type with tensioned cords, e.g. of elastic type, in a flat plane
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C23/00—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases
    • A47C23/12—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases using tensioned springs, e.g. flat type
    • A47C23/18—Spring mattresses with rigid frame or forming part of the bedstead, e.g. box springs; Divan bases; Slatted bed bases using tensioned springs, e.g. flat type of resilient webbing
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H3/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length
    • D04H3/08—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length characterised by the method of strengthening or consolidating
    • D04H3/14—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length characterised by the method of strengthening or consolidating with bonds between thermoplastic yarns or filaments produced by welding

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  • This invention relates to certain synthetic oriented net materials suitable for use in furniture, for example, in seats, beds, sofas and chairs.
  • the upholstery support material of the present invention will be particularly useful in automobile seats (both bottoms and backs) and in seats used in other forms of ground transportation (e.g. buses, trains, etc.) and in aircraft, where a combination of comfort, strength, and especially light weight is important.
  • the upholstery support material of the present invention is suitable for use as a flexible support member in seat bottoms and backs where traditionally, such support members have taken the form of springs, webs, straps or molded units (e.g. thick foam pads), and materials of construction for such seating support members have been steel, burlap, canvas, plastic and elastomeric strapping and synthetic textile materials.
  • the upholstery support material is suitable for use in beds in lieu of box of wire springs, especially in fold-away and portable beds where compact size and light weight are especially important.
  • Such upholstery support materials must satisfy certain physical requirements including high strength, low creep (shape and size retention), high durability, ability to flex under load, and increasingly in today's marketplace, low weight. Increasing demand for improvements in one or more of these criteria lay the groundwork for the present invention.
  • U.S. Patent 2,919,467, granted January 5, 1960 to Mercer discloses a method and apparatus for making plastic netting having the general physical configuration of one embodiment of the netting used in the upholstery support material of the present invention.
  • Mercer lists a wide variety of materials as being within his definition of "plastic” and included within his list is polyesters. Mercer does not disclose the use of the copolyetherester elastomers used in the present invention.
  • Mercer lists a wide variety of uses for his plastic netting, and included within his list is "armouring upholstery" and "furnishing fabrics”. However, Mercer does not disclose that his netting can be used in furniture support material.
  • British Patent No. 1,458,341 published December 15, 1976 to Brown et al, discloses an orientation and heat-setting process for treating copolyetherester elastomers, which process is conveniently and beneficially used to treat the elastomers disclosed by Witsiepe in U.S. Patents 3,763,109 and 3,766,146.
  • the Brown process can be used to treat filaments of Witsiepe's copolyetherester elastomers (which can be subsequently woven into a net-like structure) and to treat net made by the teachings of Mercer from the Witsiepe copolyetherester elastomers.
  • This invention relates to synthetic oriented net upholstery support material made from certain orientable thermoplastic elastomers.
  • the net structure used in the upholstery support material of the present invention can be extruded as a unitary net structure as described in detail in U.S. Patent No. 2,919,467, the subject matter of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
  • the net structure used in the upholstery support material of the present invention can be prepared by extrusion of a plurality of monofilaments, placing the monofilaments into a net-like configuration, e.g. by weaving and then bonding the monofilaments to each other where ever they intersect. Standard weaving techniques, e.g. as shown in Fiber to Fabric, M. D. Potter, pages 59-73 (1945), can be used to prepare the woven embodiments of the present invention.
  • the orientable thermoplastic elastomer used in the upholstery support material of the present invention can be a copolyetherester elastomer, a polyurethane elastomer, or a polyesteramide elastomer. It can be solid, where the material of construction is the same throughout, or a sheath/core monofilament, where the melting point of the sheath component is substantially lower than the melting point of the core component. In any case, the M 20 strength (i.e.
  • the tensile strength at 20% elongation, measured according to ASTM D-412) of the oriented thermoplastic elastomer monofilament should be 34.5-310.3 MPa (5,000-45,000 p.s.i.), preferably 103.4-172.4 MPa (15,000-25,000 p.s.i.).
  • the preferred material of construction of the upholstery support material of the present invention is a copolyetherester elastomer, such as disclosed by Witsiepe (U.S. Patent Nos. 3,651,014; 3,763,109; and 3,766,146) and McCormack (U.S. Patent No. 4,136,715), which material has been oriented for improved physical properties, such as by the technique disclosed by Brown et al (British Patent 1,458,341).
  • copolyetherester polymer which can be used in the instant invention consists essentially of a multiplicity of recurring intralinear long-chain and short-chain ester units connected head-to-tail through ester linkages, said long-chain ester units being represented by the following structure: and said short-chain ester units being represented by the following structure: wherein:
  • long-chain ester units as applied to units in a polymer chain refers to the reaction product of a long-chain glycol with a dicarboxylic acid. Such "long-chain ester units,” which are a repeating unit in the copolyetheresters of this invention, correspond to formula (a) above.
  • the long-chain glycols are polymeric glycols having terminal (or as nearly terminal as possible) hydroxy groups and a molecular weight from about 400-6000.
  • the long-chain glycols used to prepare the copolyetheresters of this invention are poly(alkylene oxide) glycols having a carbon-to-oxygen ratio of about 2.0-4.3.
  • Representative long-chain glycols are poly(ethylene oxide) glycol, poly(1,2- and 1,3-propylene oxide) glycol, poly(tetramethylene oxide) glycol, random or block copolymers of ethylene oxide and 1,2-propylene oxide, and random or block copolymers of tetrahydrofuran with minor amounts of a second monomer such as 3-methyltetrahydrofuran (used in proportions such that the carbon-to-oxygen mole ratio in the glycol does not exceed about 4.3).
  • a second monomer such as 3-methyltetrahydrofuran
  • Poly(tetramethylene oxide) glycol is preferred; however, it should be noted that some or all of the long chain ester units derived from PTMEG (or any of the other listed long-chain glycols) and terephthalic acid can be replaced by similar long-chain units derived from a dimer acid (made from an unsaturated fatty acid) and butane diol. A C 36 dimer acid is commercially available.
  • short-chain ester units as applied to units in a polymer chain refers to low molecular weight compounds or polymer chain units having molecular weights less than about 550. They are made by reacting a low molecular weight diol (below about 250) with a dicarboxylic acid to form ester units represented by formula (b) above.
  • diols which react to form short-chain ester units
  • diols with 2-15 carbon atoms such as ethylene, propylene, tetramethylene, pentamethylene, 2,2-dimethyltrimethylene, hexamethylene, and decamethylene glycols, dihydroxy cyclohexane, cyclohexane dimethanol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, 1,5-dihydroxy naphthalene, etc.
  • Dicarboxylic acids which are reacted with the foregoing long-chain glycols and low molecular weight diols to produce the copolyesters used in this invention are aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or aromatic dicarboxylic acids of a low molecular weight, i.e., having a molecular weight of less than about 300.
  • the term "dicarboxylic acids" as used herein, includes equivalents of dicarboxylic acids having two functional carboxyl groups which perform substantially like dicarboxylic acids in reaction with glycols and diols in forming copolyester polymers. These equivalents include esters and ester-forming derivatives, such as acid halides and anhydrides.
  • the molecular weight requirement pertains to the acid and not to its equivalent ester or ester-forming derivative.
  • an ester of a dicarboxylic acid having a molecular weight greater than 300 or an acid equivalent of a dicarboxylic acid having a molecular weight greater than 300 are included provided the acid has a molecular weight below about 300.
  • the dicarboxylic acids can contain any substituent groups or combinations which do not substantially interfere with the copolyester polymer formation and use of the polymer of this invention.
  • Aliphatic dicarboxylic acids refers to carboxylic acids having two carboxyl groups each attached to a saturated carbon atom. If the carbon atom to which the carboxyl group is attached is saturated and is in a ring, the acid is cycloaliphatic. Aliphatic or cycloaliphatic acids having conjugated unsaturation often cannot be used because of homopolymerization. However, some unsaturated acids, such as maleic acid, can be used.
  • Aromatic dicarboxylic acids are dicarboxylic acids having two carboxyl groups attached to a carbon atom in an isolated or fused benzene ring. It is not necessary that both functional carboxyl groups be attached to the same aromatic ring and where more than one ring is present, they can be joined by aliphatic or aromatic divalent radicals or divalent radicals such as -0- or ⁇ SO 2 ⁇ .
  • aliphatic and cycloaliphatic acids which can be used for this invention are sebacic acid, 1,3-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid, 1,4-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid, adipic acid, glutaric acid, succinic acid, carbonic acid, oxalic acid, azelaic acid, diethylmalonic acid, allylmalonic acid, 4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, 2-ethylsuberic acid, 2,2,3,3-tetramethylsuccinic acid, cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid, decahydro-1,5-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, 4,4'-bicyclohexyl dicarboxylic acid, deca- hydro-2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, 4,4'-methylene bis-(cyclohexane carboxylic acid), 3,4-furan dicarboxylic acid, and 1,1
  • aromatic dicarboxylic acids which can be used include terephthalic, phthalic and isophthalic acids, bi-benzoic acid, substituted dicarboxy compounds with two benzene nuclei such as bis(p-carboxyphenyl) methane, p-oxy(p-carboxyphenyl) benzoic acid, ethylene-bis(p-oxybenzoic acid), 1,5-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, 2,7-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, phenanthrene dicarboxylic acid, anthracene dicarboxylic acid, 4,4'-sulfonyl dibenzoic acid, and C 1 -C 12 alkyl and ring substitution derivatives thereof, such as halo, alkoxy, and aryl derivatives. Hydroxyl acids such as p-( ⁇ 3-hydroxyethoxy) benzoic acid can also be used providing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid
  • Aromatic dicarboxylic acids are an especially preferred class for preparing the copolyetherester polymers used in this invention.
  • aromatic acids those with 8-16 carbon atoms are preferred, particularly the phenylene dicarboxylic acids, i.e., phthalic, terephthalic and isophthalic acids and their dimethyl derivatives.
  • At least about 70% of the short segments are identical and that the identical segments form a homopolymer in the fiber-forming molecular weight range (molecular weight 5000) having a melting point of at least 150°C and preferably greater than 200°C.
  • Polymers meeting these requirements exhibit a useful level of properties such as tensile strength and tear strength. Polymer melting points are conveniently determined by differential scanning calorimetry.
  • orientable thermoplastic elastomers useful in the upholstery support material of the present invention include polyesterurethane elastomers, such as disclosed by Schollenberger (U.S. Patent No. 2,871,218) and polyetherester amide elastomers, such as disclosed by Foy (U.S. Patent 4,331,786) and Burzin (U.S. Patent 4,207,410).
  • Thermoplastic polyesterurethane elastomers which can be used in the instant invention are prepared by reacting a polyester with a diphenyl diisocyanate in the presence of a free glycol.
  • the ratio of free glycol to diphenyl diisocyanate is very critical and the recipe employed must be balanced so that there is essentially no free unreacted diisocyanate or glycol remaining after the reaction to form the elastomer of this invention.
  • the amount of glycol employed will depend upon the molecular weight of the polyester as discussed below.
  • the preferred polyester is an essentially linear hydroxyl terminated polyester having a molecular weight between 600 and 1200 and an acid number less than 10, preferably the polyester has a molecular weight of from about 700 to 1100 and an acid number less than 5. More preferably the polyester has a molecular weight of 800 to 1050 and an acid number less than about 3 in order to obtain a product of optimum physical properties.
  • the polyester is prepared by an esterification reaction of an aliphatic dibasic acid or an anhydride thereof with a glycol. Molar ratios of more than 1 mol of glycol to acid are preferred so as to obtain linear chains containing a preponderance of terminal hydroxyl groups.
  • the basic polyesters include polyesters prepared from the esterification of such dicarboxylic acids as adipic, succinic, pimelic, suberic, azelaic, sebacic or their anhydrides.
  • Preferred acids are those dicarboxylic acids of the formula HOOC-R-COOH, where R is an alkylene radical containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms. More preferred are those represented by the formula HOOC(CH2).COOH, where x is a number from 2 to 8. Adipic acid is preferred.
  • glycols utilized in the preparation of the polyester by reaction with the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid are preferably straight chain glycols containing between 4 and 10 carbon atoms such as butanediol-1,4, hexamethylene-diol-1,6, and octamethylenediol-1,8.
  • the glycol is preferably of the formula HO(CH 2 ) X OH, wherein x is 4 to 8 and the preferred glycol is butanediol-1,4.
  • a free glycol must also be present in the polyester prior to reaction with the diphenyl diisocyanate.
  • the units formed by reaction of the free glycol with the diisocyanate will constitute the short-chain urethane units.
  • the units formed by reaction of polyester with diisocyanate constitute the long-chain urethane units.
  • Advantage may be taken of residual free glycol in the polyester if the amount is determined by careful analysis.
  • the ratio of free glycol and diphenyl diisocyanate must be balanced so that the end reaction product is substantially free of excess isocyanate or hydroxyl groups.
  • the glycol preferred for this purpose is butanediol-1,4.
  • Other glycols which may be employed include the glycols listed above.
  • diphenyl diisocyanate such as diphenyl methane diisocyanate, p,p'-diphenyl-diisocyanate, dichlorodiphenyl methane diisocyanate, dimethyl diphenyl methane diisocyanate, dibenzyl diisocyanate, diphenyl ether diisocyanate are preferred. Most preferred are the diphenyl methane diisocyanates and best results are obtained from diphenyl methane-p,p'-diisocyanate.
  • Thermoplastic polyetherester amide elastomers which can be used in the instant invention are represented by the following formula wherein A is a linear saturated aliphatic polyamide sequence formed from a lactam or amino acid having a hydrocarbon chain containing 4 to 14 carbon atoms or from an aliphatic C S -C 12 dicarboxylic acid and a C e ⁇ Cg diamine, in the presence of a chain-limiting aliphatic carboxylic diacid having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; and B is a polyoxyalkylene sequence formed from linear or branched aliphatic polyoxyalkylene glycols, mixtures thereof or copolyethers derived therefrom, said polyoxyalkylene glycols having a molecular weight of between 200-6,000.
  • the polyamide sequence A consists of a plurality of short-chain amide units.
  • the polyoxyalkylene sequence B represents a long-chain unit.
  • the polyetherester amide block copolymer is prepared by reacting a dicarboxylic polyamide, the COOH groups of which are located at the chain ends, with a polyoxyalkylene glycol hydroxylated at the chain ends, in the presence of a catalyst constituted by a tetraalkylorthotitanate having the general formula Ti(OR) 4 , wherein R is a linear branched aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 24 carbon atoms.
  • dicarboxylic polyamide and the polyoxyalkylene glycol are used, since it is preferred that an equimolar ratio should exist between the carboxylic groups and the hydroxyl groups, so that the polycondensation reaction takes place under optimum conditions for achieving a substantially complete reaction and obtaining the desired product.
  • the polyamides having dicarboxylic chain ends are preferably linear aliphatic polyamides which are obtained by conventional methods currently used for preparing such polyamides, such methods comprising, e.g. the polycondensation of a lactam or the polycondensation of an amino-acid or of a diacid and a diamine, these polycondensation reactions being carried out in the presence of an excess amount of an organic diacid the carboxylic groups of which are preferably located at the ends of the hydrocarbon chain; these carboxylic diacids are fixed during the polycondensation reaction so as to form constituents of the macromolecular polyamide chain, and they are attached more particularly to the ends of this chain, which allows an a-co-dicarboxylic polyamide to be obtained.
  • this diacid acts as a chain limitator.
  • an excess amount of a-w-dicarboxylic diacid is used with respect to the amount necessary for obtaining the dicarboxylic polyamide, and by conveniently selecting the magnitude of this excess amount the length of the macromolecular chain and consequently the average molecular weight of the polyamides may be controlled.
  • the polyamide can be obtained starting from lactams or amino-acids, the hydrocarbon chain of which comprises from 4 to 14 carbon atoms, such as caprolactam, oenantholactam, dodecalactam, undecanolactam, dodecanolactam, 11-amino-undecanoic acid, or 12-aminododecanoic acid.
  • the polyamide may also be a product of the condensation of a dicarboxylic acid and diamine, the dicarboxylic acid containing 4 to 14 preferably from about 6 to about 12 carbon atoms in its alkylene chain and a diamine containing 4 to 14 preferably from about 6 to about 9 carbon atoms in its alkylene chain.
  • examples of such polyamides include nylon 6 ⁇ 6, 6-9, 6-10, 6-12 and 9 ⁇ 6, which are products of the condensation of hexamethylene diamine with adipic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, 1,12-dodecanedioic acid, and of nonamethylene diamine with adipic acid.
  • the diacids which are used as chain limiters of the polyamide synthesis and which provide for the carboxyl chain ends of the resulting dicarboxylic polyamide preferably are aliphatic carboxylic diacids having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, such as succinic acid, adipic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, undecanedioic acid and dodecanedioic acid.
  • the polyoxyalkylene glycols having hydroxyl chain ends are linear or branched polyoxyalkylene glycols having an average molecular weight of no more than 6000 and containing 2 to about 4 carbon atoms per oxyalkylene unit such as polyoxyethylene glycol, polyoxypropylene glycol, polyoxytetramethylene glycol or mixtures thereof, or a copolyether derived from a mixture of alkylene glycols containing 2 to about 4 carbon atoms or cyclic derivatives thereof, such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or tetrahydrofurane. Polyoxytetramethylene glycol is preferred.
  • the average molecular weight of the polyamide sequence in the block copolymer may vary from about 300 to about 15,000, preferably from about 1000 to about 10,000.
  • the average molecular weight of the polyoxyalkylene glycols forming the polyoxyalkylene sequence suitable is in the range of from about 200 to about 6,000, preferably about 400 to about 3000.
  • thermoplastic polyetherester amides which can be used in the instant invention consist of mixtures of one or more polyamide forming compounds, polytetramethyleneether glycol (PTMEG) and at least one organic dicarboxylic acid, the latter two components being present in equivalent amounts.
  • PTMEG polytetramethyleneether glycol
  • the polyamide-forming components are omega-aminocarboxylic acids and/or lactams of at least 10 carbon atoms, especially lauryllactam and/or omega-aminododecanoic acid or omega-aminoundecanoic acid.
  • the diol is PTMEG having an average molecular weight of between about 400 and 3,000.
  • Suitable dicarboxylic acids are aliphatic dicarboxylic acids of the general formula HOOC-(CH 2 ) x -COOH, wherein x can have a value of between 4 and 11.
  • Examples of the general formula are adipic acid, pimelic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid and decanedicarboxylic acid.
  • cycloaliphatic and/or aromatic dicarboxylic acids of at least eight carbon atoms e.g. hexahydroterephthalic acid, terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, phthalic acid, or naphthalene-dicarboxylic acids.
  • catalysts are utilized, if desired, in the usual quantities, such as, for example, phosphoric acid, zinc acetate, calcium acetate, triethylamine, or tetraalkyl titanates.
  • phosphoric acid is used as the catalyst in amounts of between 0.05 and 0.5% by weight.
  • the polyetherester amides can also contain additives which are introduced prior to, during, or after the polycondensation.
  • additives are conventional pigments, flattening agents, auxiliary processing agents, fillers, as well as customary thermal and UV stabilizers.
  • the short-chain ester, urethane and amide units described above will constitute about 50-95% by weight, preferably 60-85% by weight, of the polymer and ergo, the long chain ester of ether units constitute about 5-50% by weight, preferably 15 ⁇ 40% by weight of the polymer. Accordingly, the shore D hardness of the polymer should be 45-85, preferably 55-75 to obtain polymers suited for the production of oriented monofilaments whose M 20 is in the range of from about 34.5 to about 310.3 MPa (5,000-45,000 p.s.i.), preferably in the range of from about 103.4 to about 172.4 MPa (15,000-25,000 p.s.i.).
  • the short-chain ester, urethane or amide units be at least 50 weight percent of the core elastomer, with a minimum of 60 weight percent short-chain ester, urethane or amide units being more preferred and a range of 65 to 85 weight percent short-chain ester, urethane or amide units being most preferred for the core.
  • the sheath thermoplastic elastomer should have a melting point of at least 20 degrees C lower than the core elastomer, and accordingly, it will contain either a lower proportion of short-chain ester, urethane or amide units or a mixture of chemically dissimilar short-chain ester, urethane or amide units. In any event, the sheath elastomer will contain at least 20 weight percent short-chain ester, urethane or amide units, preferably at least 30 weight percent short-chain units.
  • thermoplastic elastomer can be formed into a net configuration in a process and apparatus as described by Mercer.
  • a net is formed by extruding the elastomer through a pair of die sets which are relatively displaced transversely to the direction of extrusion into positions in which the die orifices of one set are in registration with those of the other set during which extrusion of the intersection-forming streams occurs through the composite registered die orifices, and into positions of non-registration of the die orifices of the sets during which extrusion of the mesh strand-forming streams occurs, which are divided with a shearing action out of the said intersection-forming streams.
  • extrusion of relatively low hardness elastomer may produce some processing difficulties, such as sticking to the surface of the former.
  • This problem can be alleviated by preblending a small quantity (e.g. 5 weight percent) of polypropylene to increase the lubricity of the elastomer.
  • the sets of dies are arranged in an annulus and the relative displacement is rotary. Netting extruded from this type of die-set will be in a diamond-mesh tubular configuration which is then slit on a bias at a 45° angle to the axis of the tube.
  • Transverse-direction orientation is then accomplished by advancing the machine-direction stretched netting into a tenter frame stretching apparatus and stretching the netting in the transverse direction to a final stretch ratio of about 3x to 4x.
  • monofilaments of thermoplastic elastomer either solid or sheath/core as described in McCormack et al can be formed into a net pattern, either by merely laying such filaments across one another or by interweaving the filaments with one another, and subsequently bonding the filaments to one another at the intersections. Bonding of the filaments at the intersections can be by use of conventional adhesives of textile binders. Commercial suspensions of resin in water can be coated onto the filaments, dried to remove water, and cured at 110° to 150°C for 30 to 150°C for 30 to 200 seconds. The curing crosslinks the resin in the binder and adheres the filaments to each other at their intersections.
  • bonding of the filaments at the intersections is effected by heating the filaments to their melting point, applying sufficient pressure for the respective filaments to flow together, and cooling.
  • the monofilament be oriented to a final stretch ratio of 3X to 4X before it is placed in a net configuration.
  • the monofilament be of the sheath/core variety where the core is the higher melting component.
  • the upholstery support material of the present invention is heated in air at 140° to 180°C in a tenter oven for 20 to 60 seconds. This causes the sheath of the coextruded monofilament fill to soften and adhere to the monofilament warp. Upon cooling, the fabric is stable and can be cut, sewn and adhesively sealed or stapled to form a suspension.
  • the desirable properties characteristic of the upholstery support material of the present invention can be achieved with some variety in the spacing of the elastomer filaments.
  • the elastomer filaments should be spaced such that the number of picks per meter is in the range of where (a) is the cross-sectional area of the filament in mm 2 .
  • variable density warp and/or fill can be achieved by varying the picks per inch or by varying the diameter of the monofilaments.
  • the net upholstery support material of the present invention has a unique combination of properties not found in commercially available upholstery support materials and not found in experimental upholstery support materials having the same or similar geometric configuration as the net upholstery support material of the present invention but made from materials other than oriented thermoplastic elastomer.
  • the net upholstery support material of the present invention has a combination of high tear resistance and low creep (both dead load static creep and dynamic creep).
  • the support factor and the K-factors, as hereinafter described, of the net upholstery support material of the present invention are quite low, thus permitting very light weight upholstery support members.
  • Tear resistance is a measure of the energy required to tear a predetermined length of the netting (or other furniture support material), normalized per unit weight or areal density (weight per unit area). The quantification of this property is achieved by preparing a rectangular sample of the upholstery support material 30.6 cm by 10.2 cm. This sample is then slit halfway down the center of the 30.6 cm length. The two sides are mounted in an Instron tensile tester to pull a standard trouser tear similar to ASTM D-470, section 4.6. The sample is pulled to destruction at a rate of 5.1 cm/min. The resultant curve of force v.
  • deflection is integrated to obtain a value for the total energy required to complete the 15.3 cm tear and the energy is divided by the areal density (weight per unit area) of the material to normalize the result. A minimum value of 0.40 joules/meter-gram/meter 2 is considered satisfactory.
  • Creep both dead load static creep and dynamic creep, are measures of the ability of the upholstery support material to retain its original shape and resilience after being subjected to loading. This property of the upholstery support material is generally considered along with the unit weight of the support material. For economy of use and, in particular, for weight reduction considerations in automotive and aircraft applications, it is the objective to keep both creep and unit weight at minimum levels. Generally, creep properties vary directly with the magnitude of the applied forces and inversely with the unit weights of upholstery support material. Thus one frequently must choose between very low creep and very low unit weight, or select a material somewhere in the middle, which has neither very low creep nor very low unit weight. The materials of the present invention do offer both low creep and low unit weight. This is best understood by referring to the relationship between creep on the one hand, and force and unit weight, on the other. This relationship can be represented by the following equation:
  • Creep CxForce/Unit weight where "C” is a constant for any particular material.
  • Dead load static creep is a measure of the ability of the upholstery support material to retain its original shape and resiliance after being subjected to a static load for an extended period.
  • the quantification of this property is achieved by preparing a seat bottom having a 0.33 meter by 0.38 meter opening, said seat bottom having been made of 2.5 cm thick grade AB exterior plywood.
  • the support material to be tested was stretched approximately 8% (except for samples G and H which were stretched about 17%) in both directions and stapled in place on all four sides.
  • a 334 Newton weight is placed on a 20.3 cm diameter wooden disc which is in turn placed on the upholstery support material and left for 112 days.
  • the deflection of the seat bottom is measured at the beginning and the end of the 112 days, and the percent change in deflection is calculated according to the following formula: where Do is the deflection at the beginning of the 112 days, and 0 112 is the deflection at the end of the 112 days. A maximum value of 14.0% is considered preferred. When extremely light weight materials are desired, some sacrifice in dead load static creep can frequently be tolerated and values as high as 20.0% are considered satisfactory.
  • Dynamic creep is a measure of the ability of the upholstery support material to retain its original shape and resiliance after being subjected to repeated flexing under load. The quantification of this property is achieved by preparing a seat bottom with a 0.33 meter by 0.38 meter opening, said seat bottom being made out of 2.5 cm thick grade AB exterior plywood. The support material to be tested was stretched approximately 8% (except for sample G and H which were stretched about 17%) in both directions and stapled in placed on all four sides. Next a burlap fabric was loosely stapled over the support material, followed by a 2.5 cm thick layer of open cell 0.047 g/cm 3 density polyurethane foam, which is in turn covered by a 0.045 g/cm 2 upholstery fabric.
  • the dynamic creep (i.e. % change in deflection) is calculated according to the following formula: where Do is the deflection of the uncovered (i.e. no burlap, polyurethane form or upholstery fabric) seat bottom due to a 334 Newton weight using a 20.3 cm diameter wooden disc before the test was started, and 0 25 , 000 is the deflection of the uncovered seat bottom due to a 334 Newton weight using a 20.3 cm diameter wooden disc after 25,000 cycles. A maximum value of 8.0 is considered preferred. As with static creep, where extremely light weight materials are desired, some sacrifice in dynamic creep can frequently be tolerated and values as high as 22.0% are considered satisfactory.
  • Flexibility is a measure of the ability of the upholstery support material to provide a moderate amount of flex under a moderate load. Too much flex and the seat will be considered to be soft or saggy. Too little flex and the seat will be considered too stiff, hard and uncomfortable.
  • the quantification of this property is achieved by preparing a seat bottom having a 0.33 meter by 0.38 meter opening, said seat bottom being made of 2.5 cm thick grade AB exterior plywood. The support material to be tested was stretched approximately 8% (except for samples G and H which were stretched about 17%) in both directions and stapled in place on all four sides.
  • a 334 Newton weight is placed on a 20.3 cm diameter wooden disc which is, in turn, placed on the upholstery support material, the weight and the disc being approximately centrally located on the upholstery support material.
  • the deflection of the upholstery support material is measured in centimeters. A value of 1.25-7.50 cm is considered satisfactory.
  • Support factor is a measure of the amount (or mass) of upholstery support material necessary to provide a predetermined amount of support. This can be considered a measure of the efficiency of the upholstery support material. The more efficient the upholstery support material, the lighter the upholstery support material needed to do a particular job. The quantification of this property is achieved by preparing a seat bottom with a 0.33 meter by 0.38 meter opening, said seat bottom being made out of 2.5 cm thick grade AB exterior plywood.
  • the support material to be tested was stretched approximately 8% (except for samples G and H which were stretched about 17%) in both directions and stapled on all four sides, the seat bottom with the seat support material is covered as described above in the dynamic creep test and, the force which will give a deflection of 3.8 cm (using the 20.3 cm diameter wooden disc as above) is measured.
  • the weight of the upholstery support material necessary to cover the seat bottom is measured and the support factor is calculated according to the following formula:
  • Netting was made from medium hardness copolyetherester substantially as described in Example 1, above, except as follows:
  • Copolyetherester elastomer monofilaments were prepared substantially as described in U.S. Patents No. 3,992,499 and 4,161,500.
  • the copolyetherester elastomer in the sheath is as described in Example 1 in U.S. Patent No. 3,651,014.
  • This copolyester contained 37.6% butylene terephthalate units, 10.9% butylene isophthalate units and 51.5% long chain units derived from PTMEG-1000 and terephthalic and isophthalic acids.
  • the copolyetherester elastomer in the core is as described in Example 1 above.
  • the extrusion conditions were as follows:
  • the solidified unoriented filament diameter was 0.10 cm.
  • This filament was then fed into an 180 cm quench tank with 23°C water, and was then fed to a 14-roll draw stretcher.
  • the stretching operation consisted of feeding the unoriented filament through a 7-roll section of slow rolls followed by a tank with 70°C water, and finally feeding the filament through a 7-roll section of fast rolls.
  • the use of the 7 rolls in each section was needed to ensure no slippage of the filament during orientation.
  • the draw ratio of speeds between the fast and slow rolls sections was 4.3x which resulted in a product orientation ratio of 3.2x.
  • the resultant cross-section diameter of the monofilament was 0.05 cm.
  • the weaving of this bi-component filament into a fabric was done in a loom with a warp and fill strand count of 4 strands per centimeter.
  • This woven fabric was accomplished by passing it through a tenter-frame oven at a temperature of 170°C, with a residence time of 30 seconds. During the bonding step it was important to hold the sides of the woven fabric tight so that the bonded fabric would have acceptable creep properties. This netting will be identified hereinafter as Sample C.
  • Sample E was a "Vexar" plastic netting, available from Amoco Fabrics, Co., Atlanta, Georgia having the following specifications:
  • Sample F was a "Vexar" plastic netting available from Amoco Fabrics, Co., of Atlanta, Georgia having the following specifications:
  • Sample G was a woven natural rubber netting type 1480 ORTHA-WEB manufactured by Mateba Webbing of Canada, Dunnsville, Ontario, Canada.
  • the construction of this product consisted of double wrapped natural rubber strands in the warp direction and textured yarn in the fill direction. Dimensions of the warp and fill components were estimated to be:
  • Sample H was J. P. Stevens "Flexor" Type K-1692-S available from United Elastic Division, J. P. Stevens and Company, Inc., Woolwine, Virginia.
  • This product was a knit fabric made on a Raschel machine with a stable stitch and had the following properties:
  • Sample I was a J. P. Stevens "Flexor" Type K-1949-S which was similar to Sample H above, but had the following physical properties:
  • the monofilaments were coextruded and oriented to 4x.
  • the sheath/core ratio in each of the monofilaments was 20/80 and the caliper of each of the monofilaments was 20 mils (0.51 mm).
  • the samples were plain woven and heat sealed in a tenterframe with a residence time of 30 seconds and an air temperature of 166°C.
  • the samples contained 17,13 and 16 picks/inch (670, 512 and 630 picks/meter) of the monofilament fill, respectively for each of samples J, K and Land 15, 16 and 16 strands/inch (590, 630 and 630 strands/meter) of the polyester yarn warp in each of Samples J, K and L, respectively.
  • the oriented thermoplastic elastomer net upholstery support material of the present invention is useful in the manufacture of seat backs and bottoms intended for use in automobiles, aircraft and also in conventional household and industrial furniture.
  • the unique combination of the properties possessed by the upholstery support material of the present invention, i.e., high tear resistance, good flexibility, low creep and low support factor render these materials particularly well suited for use in applications where high performance and low weight are especially desirable, such as in automotive and aircraft seating.

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1. Un matériau de support de tapisserie à configuration de filet comprenant des fils croisés d'élastomère thermoplastique orienté liés entre eux aux points où ils se croisent, ledit matériau de tapisserie ayant une valeur de résistance au déchirement d'au moins 0,40 joule/mètre-gramme/mètre carré, une valeur de facteur K de fluage statique sous charge morte de moins de 6000 pour cent de variation de fléchissement-grammes/mètre carré, une valeur de fléchissement de 1,25 à 7,50 cm et une valeur de facteur K de fluage dynamique de moins de 5000 pour cent de variation de fléchissement-grammes/mètre carré.
2. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de la revendication 1, dans lequel les fils sont liés entre eux par leur propre substance.
3. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de la revendication 1 ou 2 dans lequel tous les fils croisés sont formés du même élastomère thermoplastique.
4. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de la revendication 1, 2 ou 3 dans lequel les fils sont d'une configuration du type gaine/coeur dans laquelle la gaine est un élastomère thermoplastique dont le point de fusion est sensiblement inférieur au point de fusion de l'élastomère thermoplastique du coeur.
5. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4 qui a été obtenu par extrusion d'élastomère thermoplastique à travers une paire d'ensembles de filières qui sont déplacés relativement transversalement à la direction d'extrusion pour venir en des positions où les orifices de filière de l'un des ensembles sont successivement en coïncidence et en non-coïncidence avec ceux de l'autre ensemble.
6. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5 qui a été obtenu par extrusion de monofilaments d'élastomère thermoplastique, orientation des monofilaments, arrangement des monofilaments en une configuration croisée, et solidarisation des filaments entre eux aux points où ils se croisent.
7. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6 dans lequel l'élastomère thermoplastique est un copolyétherester et contient au moins 50 pour cent en poids de motifs ester à chaîne courte.
8. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de la revendication 7 dans lequel l'élastomère de copolyéther contient environ 81,6 pour cent en poids de motifs ester à chaîne courte téréphtalate de butylène et environ 18,4 pour cent en poids de motifs ester à chaîne longue dérivés de PTMEG et d'acide téréphtalique.
9. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de la revendication 7, dans lequel l'élastomère de copolyétherester contient environ 60 pour cent en poids de motifs ester à chaîne courte téréphtalate de butylène et environ 40 pour cent en poids de motifs ester à chaîne longue dérivés de PTMEG et d'acide téréphtalique.
10. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de la revendication 7, dans lequel l'élastomère de copolyétherester est un monofilament du type gaine/coeur dans lequel l'élastomère de copolyétherester de coeur contient au moins 50 pour cent en poids de motifs ester à chaîne courte et l'élastomère de copolyétherester de gaine présente un point de fusion inférieur d'au moins 20°C au point de fusion de l'élastomère de copolyétherester de coeur.
11. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10 dans lequel le rapport d'orientation du produit est d'au moins 3,0×.
12. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11 dans lequel la valeur de facteur K de fluage statique sous charge morte est de moins de 3000 pour cent de variation de fléchissement-grammes/mètre carré et le facteur K de fluage dynamique est de moins de 2500 pour cent de variation de fléchissement-grammes/mètre carré.
13. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 12 dans lequel le fluage statique sous charge morte est de moins de 20,0 pour cent de variation de fléchissement et le fluage dynamique est de moins de 22,0 pour cent de variation de fléchissement.
14. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de la revendication 11 dans lequel le fluage statique sous charge morte est de moins de 14,0 pour cent de variation de fléchissement et le fluage dynamique est de moins de 8,0 pour cent de variation de fléchissement.
15. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 14 dans lequel l'élastomère thermoplastique présente une résistance mécanique M20 de 34 à 310 MPa.
16. Le matériau de support de tapisserie selon la revendication 15 dans lequel l'élastomère thermoplastique présente une résistance mécanique M20 de 103 à 172 MPa.
17. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 16 dans lequel l'élastomère thermoplastique est choisi dans le groupe formé par les copolyétheresters, les polyuréthanes et les polyesteramides.
18. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 17 dans lequel les fils d'élastomère sont espacés en sorte que le nombre de duites par mètre soit de 16/(a) à 160/(a), (a) étant l'aire de section droite de fil en mm2.
19. Le matériau de support de tapisserie de l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 18 dans lequel:
(a) l'élastomère est un copolyétherester ayant une résistance mécanique M20 de 103 à 172 MPa,
(b) le fil d'élastomère est un monofilament du type gaine/coeur dans lequel la gaine contient au moins 25 pour cent en poids de motifs ester à chaîne courte, le coeur contient au moins 50 pour cent en poids de motifs ester à chaîne courte et l'élastomère de gaine présente un point de fusion inférieur d'au moins 20°C au point de fusion de l'élastomère de coeur, et
(c) les fils d'élastomère sont solidarisés aux points où ils se croisent par fusion partielle de l'élastomère de gaine.
20. Un fond de siège réalisé à partir du matériau de support de tapisserie selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 19.
21. Un dossier de siège réalisé à partir du matériau de support de tapisserie selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 19.
22. Un système de support de couchage réalisé à partir du matériau de support de tapisserie selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 19.
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