Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A41—WEARING APPAREL
  • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
  • A41G3/00—Wigs
  • A41G3/0083—Filaments for making wigs
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M15/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
  • D06M15/19—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with synthetic macromolecular compounds
  • D06M15/21—Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
  • D06M15/244—Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds of halogenated hydrocarbons
  • D06M15/256—Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds of halogenated hydrocarbons containing fluorine
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M15/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
  • D06M15/19—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with synthetic macromolecular compounds
  • D06M15/37—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
  • D06M15/507—Polyesters
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M15/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
  • D06M15/19—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with synthetic macromolecular compounds
  • D06M15/37—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
  • D06M15/564—Polyureas, polyurethanes or other polymers having ureide or urethane links; Precondensation products forming them
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06M—TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
  • D06M15/00—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment
  • D06M15/19—Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, or fibrous goods made from such materials, with macromolecular compounds; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment with synthetic macromolecular compounds
  • D06M15/37—Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
  • D06M15/59—Polyamides; Polyimides

Definitions

• the present invention concerns artificial hair, in particular hair that can be applied to manufacture wigs, to produce hair extensions, to be used as doll's hair or the like.
• artificial hair consists of a single filament made of synthetic material.
• the filament are usually- dispersed pigments that determine the color of the filament and as a consequence of the artificial hair.
• the filament of known artificial hair is a monofilament that is obtained by means of extrusion of a synthetic material such as for example polyester, nylon or fashion acrylic (Nomex®) .
• the thickness of known artificial hair varies between 0.025 mm and 0.09 mm, depending on for what application the artificial hair has been made.
• Artificial hair for dolls may have a diameter of 0.025 mm or more, whereas artificial hair for human use should have a diameter of at least 0.06 mm in order to have sufficient mechanical strength.
• artificial hair with a diameter of 0.05 mm or less appears to be insufficiently strong and entails a risk of breaking off while the hair is being combed.
• Another disadvantage of the known artificial hair is that, in particular when the monofilament is made of polyamide or a co-polyamide, the pigments will migrate from the monofilament under particular conditions or when using specific conditioners, as a result of which the artificial hair will lose its color or as a result of which color differences may occur in the artificial hair.
• Another disadvantage of known artificial hair is that it has what is called a false light reflection for an incidence of light at a certain angle.
• dark artificial hair may have an orange glow due to such a false reflection, which is highly undesirable.
• the aforesaid false reflection is particularly observed with artificial hair whose monofilament is made on the basis of polyester or nylon.
• the present invention aims to remedy one or several of the above-mentioned and other disadvantages.
• the invention concerns artificial hair which mainly comprises two or several filaments that are mutually twined or plaited and/or that are provided with a common coating.
• An advantage of the present invention is that the fibers can be made relatively thin. For, by twining or plaiting the filaments of the artificial hair, an artificial hair is obtained that is stronger in the coaxial direction than known artificial hair with a comparable diameter.
• artificial hair according to the invention can be made with a diameter that is equal to or smaller than 0.05 millimeter and with a strength that is comparable to or greater than the strength of natural human hair of the head.
• the fibers are preferably mutually twined or plaited, and there is a common coating round these fibers.
• ⁇ n advantage of this preferred embodiment is that the structure of the artificial hair strongly resembles that of natural hair which, as is known, is built of several spirally twined keratin fibers surrounded by plates. Tests have proven that the behavior of artificial hair according to the invention strongly resembles that of natural hair of the head.
• Pigments are preferably provided in the coating that co- determine the color of the artificial hair.
• Tests have proven that providing pigments in the coating of the artificial hair, and consequently close to the outer surface of the artificial hair, cause little or no false reflection, as a result of which the artificial hair will always look naturally.
• Another advantage of providing pigments in the coating is that the pigments can be dispersed in the coating in a stable manner, whereby the risk of migration or flow of the pigments is strongly limited.
• figure 1 shows an artificial hair according to the invention in perspective; figure 2 represents a variant of figure 1; figure 3 represents another variant of figure 1.
• Figure 1 represents an artificial hair 1 according to the invention that is composed of at least two and in this case three filaments 2 that are mutually twined.
• the filaments 2 are preferably made of monopolymer or a copolymer of one or several of the following synthetic materials: polyester (PE), nylon (PA), polyethylene terefthalate (PET), fashion acryl (Nomex®) , polybutyl terefthalate (PBT), polyethylene, polyoxymethylene (POM), polytetra fluorethylene (PTFE), aromatic polyamide (aramid, for example Kevlar®) , whereby pigments may be either or not dispersed in the synthetic filaments 2.
• polyester PET
• PET polyethylene terefthalate
• Nomex® fashion acryl
• PBT polybutyl terefthalate
• POM polyoxymethylene
• PTFE polytetra fluorethylene
• aromatic polyamide aromatic polyamide
• the filaments 2 contain a nylon (PA)
• PA nylon
• this is preferably a PA of one of the following types: PA6, PA6.6, PAIl, PA12, PA6/12, PA 6.10, PA 4.6, PA 6/6.6, PA6.12, PA 66 or PE.
• an artificial hair 1 is obtained that is stronger in a coaxial direction than an artificial hair that would have the same filaments 2 in a non-twined or non-twisted shape, as a result of which the thickness of the artificial hair 1 according to the invention can be restricted to less than 0.06 mm and preferably to less than 0.05 mm, without the artificial hair being less strong in a coaxial direction than natural human hair of the head.
• twined must be understood broadly in the case of the present invention and thus may also be interpreted as twisted, turned, spirally wound and the like.
• the filaments 2 can also be mutually plaited.
• filaments 2 can preferably be provided in an artificial hair 1 according to the invention, which filaments 2 can be commonly twined or plaited or in which two or more filaments are mutually twined or plaited so as to form a fiber and whereby several such fibers are subsequently mutually twined or plaited.
• the filaments 2 may have a circular cross section as well as a cross section in the shape of an oval, a double round shape or the like.
• Figure 2 represents a variant in which two or more filaments 2 are encapsulated in a common coating 3 over at least a part of their length.
• the coating 3 may be either or not provided pigments which determine the color of the artificial hair 1.
• the coating 3 is preferably made on the basis of one of the following components: a chemical polyurethane compound, a viscose polyurethane compound, an acrylic compound, a vinyl compound, a Teflon compound, a viscose nylon compound, a viscose polyester compound.
• a common coating 3 is meant that the coating 3 is provided round the filaments as if the different filaments 2 together form a single bundle that is coated.
• pigments are provided in the coating 3 to color the artificial hair 1, it is clear that these pigments are situated at or in the immediate vicinity of the surface of the artificial hair 1, as a result of which false reflection effects are avoided.
• figure 3 represents another variant of an artificial hair according to the invention, whereby different filaments 2 that are mutually twined or turned are provided with the above-described common coating 3.
• filaments 2 can be commonly twined or plaited or in between which two or more filaments are mutually twined or plaited so as to form a fiber and whereby several of such fibers are subsequently mutually twined or plaited.
• the filaments 2 may have a round cross section as well as a cross section in the shape of an oval, a double round shape or the like.

Landscapes

• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Textile Engineering (AREA)
• Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
• Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
• Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)
• Yarns And Mechanical Finishing Of Yarns Or Ropes (AREA)
• Prostheses (AREA)
• Treatments For Attaching Organic Compounds To Fibrous Goods (AREA)
• Artificial Filaments (AREA)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Publications (1)

Family

ID=38521293

Family Applications (1)

Country Status (5)

Families Citing this family (9)

Citations (5)

Family Cites Families (9)

• 2007
  • 2007-03-22 BE BE2007/0142A patent/BE1017523A3/nl not_active IP Right Cessation
• 2008
  • 2008-03-20 JP JP2009554096A patent/JP2010522278A/ja active Pending
  • 2008-03-20 WO PCT/IB2008/000666 patent/WO2008114135A1/en active Application Filing
  • 2008-03-20 EP EP08719346A patent/EP2131690A1/de not_active Withdrawn
  • 2008-03-20 CN CN200880009263A patent/CN101677641A/zh active Pending

Patent Citations (5)

Non-Patent Citations (2)

Also Published As

Similar Documents

Legal Events