JP2009240449A - Filler and textile product - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filler formed by uniformly mixing wood chips such as cypress and Japanese cedar with feather and to provide bedding, pillows, cushions, down jackets and sleeping bags using the filler. <P>SOLUTION: This filler is formed from spiral chips 1 formed by cutting woods manufactured using a plant of Cupressaceae into a thickness of 50-500 μm or/and spiral chips 1 formed by cutting woods manufactured using a plant of Taxodiaceae into a thickness of 50-500 μm and the feather. Either textile product selected from a group consisting of bedding, pillows, cushions, down jackets and sleeping bags formed by using the filler, is provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to bedding such as futons and pillows, interior fiber products such as cushions, clothes such as down jackets, and a filler encapsulated in the fiber products.

  Wood chips are sometimes used as bedding such as futons and pillows, and as fillers such as cushions. This is because cypress wood and cedar wood such as cypress and hiba have fragrance, deodorant properties, fungicidal properties, insect repellent properties and the like. Patent documents relating to bedding filled with such wood and wood chips include JP-A-2-213310, JP-A-8-242975, and JP-A-2002-120206. The invention described in JP-A-2-213310 and JP-A-2002-120206 is formed by cutting wood such as cypress into a thin piece and filling a curled chip into a pillow or the like. . In the invention described in JP-A-8-242975, a small nodule of a cypress plant is adhered to the surface of a plate-shaped solid cotton and sealed in bedding.

  Moreover, it is common practice to use feathers as a filler for clothes such as bedding, cushions, and down jackets. This is because feathers are lightweight and have excellent heat retention.

Furthermore, an invention for preventing the smell of feathers by enclosing both feathers and wood chips is proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-37898.
JP-A-2-213310 JP-A-8-242975 JP 2002-120206 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-37898

  Fillers using wood chips such as cypress have a drawback that the touch and cushioning properties are not necessarily good. Feathers suffer from odors due to aging and a hotbed of microorganisms. Therefore, it is conceivable to mix wood chips and feathers to make a filler, but even if they are simply mixed, they do not mix well due to the difference in weight, and wood chips tend to gather at the bottom and feathers at the top.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a filler in which wood chips such as cypress and cedar and feathers are uniformly mixed, and a futon, a pillow, a cushion, a down jacket, and a sleeping bag using the filler.

  As a result of diligent research to solve the above problems, the present inventors have found that if a spiral chip and a feather formed by cutting wood with a thickness of 50 to 500 micrometers are intertwined with each other, both are moderately intertwined. Obtained. This entanglement makes it possible to mix the two uniformly. Accordingly, in claim 1, spiral wood produced by cutting a wood produced using a cypress plant with a thickness of 50 to 500 micrometers and / or wood produced using a cedar plant is 50 We propose a filler consisting of spiral chips formed by cutting to a thickness of ˜500 micrometers and feathers. A second aspect of the present invention proposes a textile product selected from the group consisting of a futon, a pillow, a cushion, a down jacket, and a sleeping bag using the filler according to the first aspect.

  Since the present invention uses wood chips produced using plants of the cypress family and cedar family, the effects of these woods, that is, the relaxing effect of fragrances, insects and fungi that prevent the generation of mites, molds and bacteria・ Has antibacterial effect. In addition, it has a deodorizing effect, especially an amine-based / ammonia-based odor. Furthermore, it has a deodorizing effect on Nonenal which is the cause of aging odor.

  Moreover, since it uses feathers, it is lightweight and has excellent heat retention.

  Furthermore, since both wood chips and feathers are used, it is possible to suppress the drawbacks of feathers, that is, the generation of odors and the hotbed of microorganisms by the deodorizing antibacterial effect of the wood chips. .

  Further, since the spiral wood chip cut with a very thin thickness of 50 to 500 micrometers is used, the feather and the wood chip are intertwined, and are not uniformly mixed and unevenly distributed. Therefore, the drawbacks of wood chips, that is, the difficulty of touch and poor cushioning can be solved.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be outlined with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external view showing an example of the shape of a wood chip 1 constituting the filler according to the present invention. This wood chip 1 is made from cypress wood such as cypress and hiba, and cedar wood. More specifically, among cypress and cedar wood, aromatic, insect-proofing, fungicidal, Among the antibacterial effect and deodorant effect, those having any or all of the effects are used as raw materials. Although the shape exhibits a spiral shape, this is a shape that naturally occurs by cutting the thickness to 50 to 500 micrometers, more preferably 50 to 150 micrometers. Moreover, if it is such a thinness, it is intertwined well with feathers. The length of the wood chip 1 is preferably about 1 to 5 cm in a state where the spiral shape is stretched. The width of the wood chip 1 is preferably about 1 to 10 mm.

  For the feathers constituting the filler according to the present invention, it is sufficient to use feathers usually used for bedding, down jackets and the like. The feather referred to in the present invention is a broad concept including both down and feather, and it is preferable to use a mixture of both at a suitable ratio for each item constituting Claim 2. For example, the ratio of down is 85 to 93% for a futon (7 to 15% for a feather), 100% for a pillow (0% for a down), and 50% for a cushion. Of course, this is merely an example, and the ratio can be arbitrarily changed.

  The futon, the pillow, the cushion, the down jacket, and the sleeping bag according to claim 2 use the filler made of the above-described wood chip 1 and feathers as stuffing, and the manufacturing method thereof may be the same as a normal method.

The external view which shows the example of a shape of a wood chip | tip.

Explanation of symbols

  1. Wood chips

Claims (2)

Spiral wood chip 1 formed by cutting wood produced using a cypress plant with a thickness of 50 to 500 micrometers and / or wood produced using a cedar plant 50 to 500 micrometers A filler comprising a spiral wood chip 1 formed by cutting with a thickness of 1 mm and feathers. Any one textile product selected from the group which consists of a futon, a pillow, a cushion, a down jacket, and a sleeping bag using the filler of Claim 1.

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