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US2870055A
US2870055A US546350A US54635055A US2870055A US 2870055 A US2870055 A US 2870055A US 546350 A US546350 A US 546350A US 54635055 A US54635055 A US 54635055A US 2870055 A US2870055 A US 2870055A
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    • 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
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • B29C70/04—Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts comprising reinforcements only, e.g. self-reinforcing plastics
    • B29C70/06—Fibrous reinforcements only
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    • B29C70/16—Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements, e.g. hollow fibres using fibres of substantial or continuous length
    • B29C70/20—Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements, e.g. hollow fibres using fibres of substantial or continuous length oriented in a single direction, e.g. roofing or other parallel fibres
    • 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
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  • This invention concerns non-woven ribbon. More particularly, it concerns non-woven ribbon made from cellulose acetate threads.
  • Non-wov'en'ribbon has been prepared in the past by various methods such as by laminating cellulose acetate threads to a flexible sheet.
  • Adhesive tapes of non-woven fibers have been made by mixing thermoplastic fibers such as cellulose acetatewith non-binder fibers such as cotton and then uniting the mixtures through the action of heat to bond'the mixture together.
  • Similar mixtures have also been united by treating with a solvent which softened the cellulose acetate fibers and caused the adherence of the fibers to each other.
  • Other non-woven fabrics have been made by extruding the filaments together longitudinally while still sticky from containing a certain amount of an organic solvent which caused the filaments to be adhesive and, consequently, to stick together.
  • Cellulose acetate fibers provide a rich smooth ribbon when used to make a non-woven ribbon by laminating to flexible sheeting, and this texture is particularly attractive, since the surface of the ribbon has not been marred by heat or solvent action which might possibly occur using some other method.
  • solvent or other methods to unite the fibers into a ribbon has not been feasible due to the ready solubility of cellulose acetate-in such solvents and the consequent alteration of the fiber structure.
  • One object of this invention is to provide a nonwoven ribbon of cellulose acetate threads.
  • Another objcct is to provide a process of coating cellulose acetate threads with a coating which will bind the threads together into a non-woven ribbon.
  • a further object is to provide an inexpensive non-woven ribbon suitable for gift wrapping.
  • this invention provides a non-woven ribbon which is obtained by applying a plasticized cellulose acetate butyrate coating from a solution to the back of a strip of cellulose acetate threads.
  • Our preferred coating consists of the following:
  • the coating is applied by knife and is dried under tension onheated, curved plates to prevent curling.
  • the ribbon after drying, may be United States Patent "lice 2,870,055 Patented Jan. 20, 1959 calendered to increase flexibility and to produce a very smooth surface on the coated side.
  • the figure illustrates a suitable method of applying the coating mixture of our invention to the cellulose acetate threads.
  • the threads leavethe supply roll to pass through an end-and-end lease to minimize crossing of the threads.
  • the coating is applied using a knife coater and the coated material passes over curved heaters through suitable rollers to the take-up roll.
  • the components inour coating composition may be substituted to a slight extent.
  • other alkyd resins maybe used such as a nonoxidizing alkyd containing 43% phthalic anhydride and 34% of an oil such as coconut oil.
  • the alkyd resin functions as a plasticizer, the plasticizing action may be obtained with other common plasticizers such as dioctyl phthalate, dibutyl sebacate, other alkyds and the like.
  • the plasticizing component may vary from 0-60% depending on the type of plasticizer used and the-degree of flexibility desired.
  • our preferred embodiment contains 60% cellulose acetate butyrate and 40% of the alkyd given in our preferred embodiment (on a non-volatile basis).
  • the temperature is not critical and would vary somewhat with the type of equipment used and on the speed of the operation, but high temperature is desirable to speed drying. However, the temperature must not be increased to the point where it will cause the coating to bubble on rapid evaporation of the solvents.
  • Example 1 A one-inch wide beam of red Chromspun cellulose ace.- tate with ends to the inch was run through an endand-end lease to minimize crossing of the threads on the apparatus shown in Fig. 1. Tension was maintained on the ribbon so that the threads did not cross over. A cellulose acetate butyrate coating containing the following proportions was coated on the fibers using a knife coater on the forepart of a curved plate (-200 F.) approximately four, feet long. The curved ribbon then passed at approximately 8 feet per minute over another curved heated plate (three feet long) at ZOO-270 F. and onto a take-up roll. The following is the formula for the coating composition:
  • Similar ribbons maybe prepared from such filaments as viscose, cotton, polyesters, and the like.
  • the particular advantage of our invention lies in its applicability to cellulose acetate filaments. With other fibers there is considerably less problem of solubility in organic solvents.
  • the solvent composition for such a coating must be carefully compounded in order to avoid having the fibers distorted or altered by v 3 solvent action. Consequently,'by using our coating composition, the fabric-like appearance 'of'the' ribb'om'is preserved.
  • Cellulose acetate filaments foruse inour inventionam preferably composed "of cellulose acetate jhav in file'- gree of hydrolysis corresponding to'an ent p rc'e'nt acetyl of 39-40% "acetyl.
  • Theseffilarrte'nts 111a L a small" proportion of'a higheraee'tyl suchas pr 1.
  • the cellulose acetate butyrate which we prefer is"'a'n ester having about '37% butyryl "content”and about 13% acetyl content, p 7 V W
  • the pla sticizeru s ed in thelcoatingcomposition must first be, compatible with"the cellulose acetate'butyr'ate and further must'be capable of promoting adhesion'between the coating and the filaments and impartingfie'xibility to the coating.
  • A'jprocessfor forming a weftless ribbon comprising bonding together the yarns of a warp consisting of 'parall'el y'arns of cellulose acejtate' to form aQself-supporting web.
  • ' rneans 'of'a coating comprising 15-20% celluloseacet'ate'butyrate, 46'-64% toluene and 10-20% ethanol by weight and drying at elevated temperatures "under tension on'heated drying plates.
  • a process for forming a weftless ribbon comprising bonding together the yarn of a warp consisting of parallel yarns of cellulose acetate to form a self-supporting web, by means' of a coating comprising 15-20 percent cellulose acetate buty rate, 46-64 percent toluene and 10-20 percent ethanol by weight and drying at elevat'ed" temperatures under tension.
  • 'A'Yprocess for forming a weftless ribbon comprising bonding togetherthe yarnsof a warp consisting of parallel yarns of celluloseacetate to forma self-supporting web, by meansof a coating comprising 15-20 percent cellulose acetate butyrate, 46-64 percent toluene and 10-20 percentethanol by weight and drying at elevated temperatures on heated drying plates.

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Jan. 20, 1959 c. H. CONEY EIAL 0,
PROCESS FOR FORMING WEFTLESS RIBBON Filed Nov. 14. 1955 KNIFE BLADE END END SUPPLY ROLL @ DRIVE 1 :01.1.
TAKE-UP ROLL Charles-H Coney mlliamL.Rumgag INVEN TORS FMJ ' ATTO 2,870,055 Y PROCESS FOR FORMlNG WEFILESS RIBBON Charles H. Coney and William L. Rumgay, Kingsport,
Tenn., assignors to Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey This invention concerns non-woven ribbon. More particularly, it concerns non-woven ribbon made from cellulose acetate threads.
Non-wov'en'ribbon has been prepared in the past by various methods such as by laminating cellulose acetate threads to a flexible sheet. However, this can be an expensive process since a flexible sheeting material must be provided to which the non-woven threads are made to adhere. Adhesive tapes of non-woven fibers have been made by mixing thermoplastic fibers such as cellulose acetatewith non-binder fibers such as cotton and then uniting the mixtures through the action of heat to bond'the mixture together. Similar mixtures have also been united by treating with a solvent which softened the cellulose acetate fibers and caused the adherence of the fibers to each other. Other non-woven fabrics have been made by extruding the filaments together longitudinally while still sticky from containing a certain amount of an organic solvent which caused the filaments to be adhesive and, consequently, to stick together.
Cellulose acetate fibers provide a rich smooth ribbon when used to make a non-woven ribbon by laminating to flexible sheeting, and this texture is particularly attractive, since the surface of the ribbon has not been marred by heat or solvent action which might possibly occur using some other method. However, the use of solvent or other methods to unite the fibers into a ribbon has not been feasible due to the ready solubility of cellulose acetate-in such solvents and the consequent alteration of the fiber structure. a
We have discovered a method of providing a nonwoven ribbon without the expensive step of laminating to a flexible sheeting.
One object of this invention is to provide a nonwoven ribbon of cellulose acetate threads. Another objcct is to provide a process of coating cellulose acetate threads with a coating which will bind the threads together into a non-woven ribbon. A further object is to provide an inexpensive non-woven ribbon suitable for gift wrapping.
Specifically this invention provides a non-woven ribbon which is obtained by applying a plasticized cellulose acetate butyrate coating from a solution to the back of a strip of cellulose acetate threads. Our preferred coating consists of the following:
Percent by weight In our preferred embodiment the coating is applied by knife and is dried under tension onheated, curved plates to prevent curling. The ribbon, after drying, may be United States Patent "lice 2,870,055 Patented Jan. 20, 1959 calendered to increase flexibility and to produce a very smooth surface on the coated side.
The figure illustrates a suitable method of applying the coating mixture of our invention to the cellulose acetate threads.
The threads leavethe supply roll to pass through an end-and-end lease to minimize crossing of the threads. As the threads begin to cross the first heater, the coating is applied using a knife coater and the coated material passes over curved heaters through suitable rollers to the take-up roll.
We have found that the components inour coating composition may be substituted to a slight extent. For instance, other alkyd resins maybe used such as a nonoxidizing alkyd containing 43% phthalic anhydride and 34% of an oil such as coconut oil. In addition since the alkyd resin functions as a plasticizer, the plasticizing action may be obtained with other common plasticizers such as dioctyl phthalate, dibutyl sebacate, other alkyds and the like. The plasticizing component may vary from 0-60% depending on the type of plasticizer used and the-degree of flexibility desired. However, our preferred embodiment contains 60% cellulose acetate butyrate and 40% of the alkyd given in our preferred embodiment (on a non-volatile basis).
For optimum coating application, it was found that a total non-volatile of 28-30% was preferred. However, this may vary from 20-35% total non-volatile.
The temperature is not critical and would vary somewhat with the type of equipment used and on the speed of the operation, but high temperature is desirable to speed drying. However, the temperature must not be increased to the point where it will cause the coating to bubble on rapid evaporation of the solvents.
The following example illustrates but is not meant to limit our inventionr Example 1 A one-inch wide beam of red Chromspun cellulose ace.- tate with ends to the inch was run through an endand-end lease to minimize crossing of the threads on the apparatus shown in Fig. 1. Tension was maintained on the ribbon so that the threads did not cross over. A cellulose acetate butyrate coating containing the following proportions was coated on the fibers using a knife coater on the forepart of a curved plate (-200 F.) approximately four, feet long. The curved ribbon then passed at approximately 8 feet per minute over another curved heated plate (three feet long) at ZOO-270 F. and onto a take-up roll. The following is the formula for the coating composition:
Percent by weight A ribbon prepared according to Example I was passed through calendering rolls following complete drying of the coated ribbon. The calendered ribbon was improved in texture and flexibility over the coated ribbon which had not been calendered.
Similar ribbons maybe prepared from such filaments as viscose, cotton, polyesters, and the like. However, the particular advantage of our invention lies in its applicability to cellulose acetate filaments. With other fibers there is considerably less problem of solubility in organic solvents. Moreover, the solvent composition for such a coating must be carefully compounded in order to avoid having the fibers distorted or altered by v 3 solvent action. Consequently,'by using our coating composition, the fabric-like appearance 'of'the' ribb'om'is preserved.
Cellulose acetate filaments foruse inour inventionam preferably composed "of cellulose acetate jhav in file'- gree of hydrolysis corresponding to'an ent p rc'e'nt acetyl of 39-40% "acetyl. Theseffilarrte'nts 111a L a small" proportion of'a higheraee'tyl suchas pr 1. The cellulose acetate butyrate which we prefer"is"'a'n ester having about '37% butyryl "content"and about 13% acetyl content, p 7 V W The pla sticizeru s ed in thelcoatingcomposition must first be, compatible with"the cellulose acetate'butyr'ate and further must'be capable of promoting adhesion'between the coating and the filaments and impartingfie'xibility to the coating. j Thefphthalic anhydrideco c'oanut oil resin describedabove is highly satisfactory for our invention; however, we' prefelr to use as: aplastic 'fz'er "alkyd resins prepared" from ph'thalic' anhydride and oil acids of castor oil reacted 'with 'glycerine,' such asitliat manufactured and sold by the GeneralEle'ctric" Company as 'Gly'ptal 2556.
We claim: 1
1; A'jprocessfor forming a weftless ribbon comprising bonding together the yarns of a warp consisting of 'parall'el y'arns of cellulose acejtate' to form aQself-supporting web. by' rneans 'of'a coating comprising 15-20% celluloseacet'ate'butyrate, 46'-64% toluene and 10-20% ethanol by weight and drying at elevated temperatures "under tension on'heated drying plates.
2. A process for forming a weftless ribbon comprising bonding together the yarn of a warp consisting of parallel yarns of cellulose acetate to form a self-supporting web, by means' of a coating comprising 15-20 percent cellulose acetate buty rate, 46-64 percent toluene and 10-20 percent ethanol by weight and drying at elevat'ed" temperatures under tension.
3. 'A'Yprocess for forming a weftless ribbon comprising bonding togetherthe yarnsof a warp consisting of parallel yarns of celluloseacetate to forma self-supporting web, by meansof a coating comprising 15-20 percent cellulose acetate butyrate, 46-64 percent toluene and 10-20 percentethanol by weight and drying at elevated temperatures on heated drying plates.
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  1. 2. A PROCESS FOR FORMING A WEFTLESS RIBBON COMPRISING BONDING TOGETHER THE YARN OF A WARP CONSISTING OF PARALLEL YARNS OF CELLULOSE ACETATE TO FORM A SELF-SUPPORTING WEB, BY MEANS OF A COATING COMPRISING 15-20 PERCENT CELLULOSE ACETATE BUTYRATE, 46-64 PERCENT TOLUENE AND 10-20 PERCENT ETHANOL BY WEIGHT AND DRYING AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES UNDER TENSION.
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US2547047A (en) * 1947-05-22 1951-04-03 Anaconda Wire & Cable Co Method of producing insulated magnet wire
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US2631957A (en) * 1946-03-07 1953-03-17 American Viscose Corp Thread-reinforced films and methods of making them
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US2631957A (en) * 1946-03-07 1953-03-17 American Viscose Corp Thread-reinforced films and methods of making them
US2547047A (en) * 1947-05-22 1951-04-03 Anaconda Wire & Cable Co Method of producing insulated magnet wire
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