EP1082032B1 - Haftverschlussteil und verfahren zum herstellen desselben sowie vorrichtung zur anwendung des verfahrens - Google Patents

Haftverschlussteil und verfahren zum herstellen desselben sowie vorrichtung zur anwendung des verfahrens Download PDF

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EP1082032B1
EP1082032B1 EP98930722A EP98930722A EP1082032B1 EP 1082032 B1 EP1082032 B1 EP 1082032B1 EP 98930722 A EP98930722 A EP 98930722A EP 98930722 A EP98930722 A EP 98930722A EP 1082032 B1 EP1082032 B1 EP 1082032B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B18/00—Fasteners of the touch-and-close type; Making such fasteners
    • A44B18/0069—Details
    • A44B18/0076—Adaptations for being fixed to a moulded article during moulding
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/27—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc. including readily dissociable fastener having numerous, protruding, unitary filaments randomly interlocking with, and simultaneously moving towards, mating structure [e.g., hook-loop type fastener]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/27—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc. including readily dissociable fastener having numerous, protruding, unitary filaments randomly interlocking with, and simultaneously moving towards, mating structure [e.g., hook-loop type fastener]
    • Y10T24/2783—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc. including readily dissociable fastener having numerous, protruding, unitary filaments randomly interlocking with, and simultaneously moving towards, mating structure [e.g., hook-loop type fastener] having filaments constructed from coated, laminated, or composite material
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/24—Structurally defined web or sheet [e.g., overall dimension, etc.]
    • Y10T428/24008—Structurally defined web or sheet [e.g., overall dimension, etc.] including fastener for attaching to external surface
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/24—Structurally defined web or sheet [e.g., overall dimension, etc.]
    • Y10T428/24008—Structurally defined web or sheet [e.g., overall dimension, etc.] including fastener for attaching to external surface
    • Y10T428/24017—Hook or barb
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/24—Structurally defined web or sheet [e.g., overall dimension, etc.]
    • Y10T428/24174—Structurally defined web or sheet [e.g., overall dimension, etc.] including sheet or component perpendicular to plane of web or sheet

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  • the invention relates to an adhesive fastener part, in particular for foaming for upholstery parts of vehicle seats in their manufacture, with adhesive elements on the one hand for connection with corresponding adhesive elements another part of the fastener to form a fastener and with a bonding agent in the manner of an adhesive medium on the other Side of the fastener part to establish a connection with the respective foam material.
  • the invention also relates to a method for producing a relevant adhesive fastener part and a device to apply the procedure.
  • General-purpose fastener parts are known from EP 0 612 485, wherein the adhesive fastener part is inserted in such a foam form is that the Lanyard in the form of loop elements on the back of the Adhesive fastener part with the respective foam material for producing a come into contact with it.
  • the opposite The front of the fastener part has the adhesive elements in the form of connecting hooks, Sticky heads, mushrooms or the like. on that against the intrusion of Foam material are protected, for example by this, as in the European scripture described, from an uncrosslinked thermoplastic are completely surrounded.
  • Adhesive elements free and can later with adhesive elements of another adhesive fastener part, for example in the form of a loop band, forming a usual adhesive fastener.
  • upholstery materials can be made Define foamed upholstery parts of a motor vehicle seat or passenger seat or rotating components, for example in the form of grinding wheels, with Tool holders on conventional grinding machines and devices connect.
  • the foam material mentioned can depend on each object to be molded must be extremely fluid and viscosities have, which are in the range of water or below. It has now shown that when using loop and loop material as Lanyard or the like when using adhesive fleece. the in itself open loops are not completely penetrated by the foam material but rather form a kind of barrier for this that Prevents the penetration of the foam material.
  • the curing or baking process for the foam material depends on the Transition points between the loop material and the foam to blowholes, thus to gaseous hollow inclusions, which form a firm connection counteract between the adhesive fastener part and the foam material. Because of the reduced strength of the connection between Adhesive fastener parts and foam material are particularly common during long-term use to release the connection and the adhesive fastener part tears out of the foam material, making it unusable overall of the entire component, for example in the form of a Vehicle seat or a grinding wheel holder.
  • EP-A-0809 952 discloses a generic fastener part, which is made of a biodegradable plastic material.
  • the individual adhesive elements are adjacent to each other in the known solution opposite double hook elements formed on their a reinforcing rib each on the side facing the tape-like fastener part exhibit.
  • On the other side of the fastener is a medium arranged in the form of a water-soluble, resinous material that is a kind of separate after water penetration
  • Adhesive layer forms on the adhesive material without the biodegradability of the entire adhesive closure in question is provided.
  • the application of an independent adhesive layer as Adhesive medium on the side of the fastener part facing away from the adhesive elements is also the subject of EP-A-0754 416.
  • the object of the invention is to further improve an adhesive closure part in such a way that a secure and high-strength connection between the adhesive closure part and the foam material used in each case can be achieved. Furthermore, the invention is based on the object of providing a method for producing a corresponding adhesive closure part and an apparatus for using this method. Such a task is solved by an adhesive fastener part with the features of claim 1, a method with the features of claim 3 and a device with the features of claim 5.
  • the adhesive medium is fluorine, it comes between the thus treated fastener part and the respective foam material to a high-strength connection that is difficult to solve, so that there is a long-term connection between the fastener part and the later foam body results. Due to the adhesive medium that penetrates into the adhesive fastener part and is introduced into it in this way, a surface-selective chemical reaction is generated on the adhesive fastener part, which leads to the good connection values with the foam material. Compared to the known solutions, the adhesive medium is not applied separately to the adhesive fastener material as a type of adhesive layer, but rather an integral part of the adhesive fastener.
  • fluorine is used as the gaseous adhesive medium to be introduced, preferably with adhesive fastener parts made of polyolefin material
  • the of the polyolefin surface are determined by fluorine atoms replaced. This substitution reaction takes place at room temperature. It is not Start or initial reaction required. Now partially on the surface fluorinated hydrocarbons behave completely differently than the previous one Basic material of the fastener part. Because of its high electronegativity the fluorine atom tries to fill its outer electron shells. To become electrons from neighboring carbon and hydrogen atoms deducted.
  • An advantage of the fluorine treatment is a reliable adhesion to all polyolefins with an otherwise low surface tension, whereby there is an even penetration with the fluorine material, so that even complicated geometries and surfaces including undercuts, cavities, inner surfaces or the like. receive a fluorine treatment that promotes liability.
  • a sufficient number of polar components must be ensured, with polar components of 40 mN / m 2 and more being achievable with polyolefin materials.
  • the fluorine is in a nitrogen atmosphere applied, the fluorine input continuously or discontinuously, that is with running or upright fastener part, be carried out well can.
  • the storage of fluorine nitrogen mixtures in high pressure cylinders has been around since state of the art for many years and what the toxicology of the matter As far as gas mixtures are concerned, this is in safety data sheets and DIN standards relevant and safely regulated, so that even in large-scale application health risks are not to be feared.
  • the adhesive fastener parts to be treated in one Vacuum chamber exposed to the fluorine nitrogen gas atmosphere Due to the Vacuum chamber is avoided with certainty that the fluorine nitrogen gas mixture unintentionally can emerge from the device.
  • the device in question can carry out a batch process, in which the adhesive fastener parts to be treated for a predetermined Time to remain stationary in the device or continuously, at which Continuous entry and exit of a continuous belt or a surface of an adhesive fastener part.
  • the adhesive fastener part presented below is used in particular for foaming upholstery parts of vehicle seats (not shown) during their manufacture.
  • the band-like or sheet-like fastener part has on one side adhesive elements 10 for connecting to corresponding adhesive elements of another fastener part (not shown) to form a customary fastener.
  • the touch-and-close fastener part shown in the figure is produced using a conventional method, as is shown, for example, by DE 196 46 318 A1.
  • a connecting means is provided for establishing a connection with the respective foam material, for example in the form of a polyurethane foam, which is introduced into the rear of the fastener part.
  • the adhesive fastener part itself is formed from a polyolefin plastic material
  • polyolefins generally being the general term for polymers of the general structure represent in which R 1 is mostly hydrogen and R 2 is a straight-chain or branched saturated aliphatic or a cycloaliphatic group for hydrogen.
  • polymers with aromatic groups for example the phenyl radical (R 2 C 6 H 5 ), see polystyrene) are also classed as polyolefins.
  • Polyolefins with great technical importance in the field of fasteners are, for example, polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polybutenes, the occasionally misleading also called polybutylenes or polybutenes, as well as polyisobutenes and poly (4-methyl-1-pentene) s, polymers of the higher ⁇ -olefins, e.g. However, poly (1-hexene), poly (1-octene) or poly (1-octadecene) have So far, only very limited technical application has been found in this field.
  • the polyolefins also include copolymers of different olefins, e.g. that of ethylene with propylene.
  • the adhesive medium is preferably fluorine and is introduced into the adhesive closure part via subsequent fluorination.
  • the fluorine mentioned is used as F 2 and therefore as a gas, preferably in a nitrogen atmosphere.
  • the entry of the Fluorine gas to 3% made at room temperature and a negative pressure of approx. 650 mbar.
  • the process in question is carried out continuously, which will be explained in more detail.
  • a temperature of 40 ° to 50 ° C. is preferably selected and the fluorine input increased to 10% in the nitrogen atmosphere.
  • the device according to the invention has a vacuum chamber 12, in which the adhesive fastener parts are exposed to a fluorine-nitrogen gas atmosphere (F 2 / N 2 ).
  • a guide roller 14 is rotatably mounted within the vacuum chamber 12 with a direction of rotation according to the part shown.
  • the vacuum chamber 12 closes in a connection point 16, to which a discharge pump (vacuum pump), not shown, is connected.
  • the desired vacuum for example 650 mbar, can be set via the relevant connection point 16 within the vacuum chamber 12.
  • room temperature should prevail in the vacuum chamber 12.
  • the vacuum chamber 12 has an inlet 18 and an outlet 20 for the untreated or fluorine-treated fastener part.
  • first deflecting roller 22 just behind the input 18 and a second deflecting roller 24 shortly before the exit 20.
  • the two deflecting rollers 22, 24 in question permit a directional deflection of the fastener part such that the individual adhesive elements 10 can engage in recesses (not shown) on the surface of the guide roller 14 in order to be at least partially removed from the fluorine nitrogen gas atmosphere in this way.
  • An entry of the fluorine gas into the adhesive fastener part thus takes place predominantly along its rear side, which is loop-free and which is later to establish the connection with the foam material of the part to be foamed.
  • the entrance 18 and the exit 20 are arranged at a uniform level in the horizontal direction.
  • the material transport speed for the tape-like adhesive fastener part is preferably 20 m / min and in the continuous process operation in question, 3% fluorine (F 2 ) is dissolved in the nitrogen atmosphere.
  • the temperature inside the vacuum chamber 12 is preferably increased to 40 ° to 50 ° C. and the gaseous fluorine input is increased to 10%. Because of the negative pressure set in the negative pressure chamber 12, the fluorine nitrogen gas mixture cannot escape.
  • Adhesive elements 10 are covered, for example in the form of a separable Foil or the like In this case, the foam entry is then on the adhesive elements 10 effectively avoided by the cover and a connection with the foam material is done only on the back of each closure part treated in this way.

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  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Adhesives Or Adhesive Processes (AREA)
  • Slide Fasteners, Snap Fasteners, And Hook Fasteners (AREA)
  • Adornments (AREA)
  • Adhesive Tapes (AREA)
  • Closing Of Containers (AREA)
  • Seal Device For Vehicle (AREA)
  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Special Articles (AREA)
  • Application Of Or Painting With Fluid Materials (AREA)
EP98930722A 1998-05-22 1998-05-22 Haftverschlussteil und verfahren zum herstellen desselben sowie vorrichtung zur anwendung des verfahrens Expired - Lifetime EP1082032B1 (de)

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