US3117055A - Non-woven fabrica - Google Patents

Non-woven fabrica Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3117055A
US3117055A US85964059A US3117055A US 3117055 A US3117055 A US 3117055A US 85964059 A US85964059 A US 85964059A US 3117055 A US3117055 A US 3117055A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
fabric
woven
fibers
binder
fabrics
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Parrish Esperanza
Katz Manfred
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
EIDP Inc
Original Assignee
EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority to US859640D priority Critical patent/UST859640I4/en
Application filed by EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co filed Critical EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co
Priority to US85964059 priority patent/US3117055A/en
Priority to ES0263194A priority patent/ES263194A1/es
Priority to GB4299260A priority patent/GB914714A/en
Priority to AT935660A priority patent/AT294747B/de
Priority to DE19601435113 priority patent/DE1435113A1/de
Priority to DK496760A priority patent/DK117763B/da
Priority to NL259016A priority patent/NL122418C/xx
Priority to CH1401460A priority patent/CH446259A/de
Priority to FR874609A priority patent/FR1306205A/fr
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3117055A publication Critical patent/US3117055A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • 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
    • B29C70/00—Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts
    • 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
    • B29C70/28—Shaping operations therefor
    • B29C70/30—Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or core; Shaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core
    • B29C70/305—Spray-up of reinforcing fibres with or without matrix to form a non-coherent mat in or on a mould
    • 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
    • D04H3/16—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 filaments produced in association with filament formation, e.g. immediately following extrusion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2105/00—Condition, form or state of moulded material or of the material to be shaped
    • B29K2105/06—Condition, form or state of moulded material or of the material to be shaped containing reinforcements, fillers or inserts
    • B29K2105/08—Condition, form or state of moulded material or of the material to be shaped containing reinforcements, fillers or inserts of continuous length, e.g. cords, rovings, mats, fabrics, strands or yarns
    • B29K2105/0854—Condition, form or state of moulded material or of the material to be shaped containing reinforcements, fillers or inserts of continuous length, e.g. cords, rovings, mats, fabrics, strands or yarns in the form of a non-woven mat
    • 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
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S264/00—Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
    • Y10S264/76—Processes of uniting two or more parts
    • 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
    • Y10T428/29—Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
    • Y10T428/2904—Staple length fiber
    • Y10T428/2905—Plural and with bonded intersections only
    • 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
    • Y10T428/29—Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
    • Y10T428/2913—Rod, strand, filament or fiber
    • Y10T428/2933—Coated or with bond, impregnation or core
    • 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
    • Y10T442/00—Fabric [woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.]
    • Y10T442/20—Coated or impregnated woven, knit, or nonwoven fabric which is not [a] associated with another preformed layer or fiber layer or, [b] with respect to woven and knit, characterized, respectively, by a particular or differential weave or knit, wherein the coating or impregnation is neither a foamed material nor a free metal or alloy layer
    • Y10T442/2361—Coating or impregnation improves stiffness of the fabric other than specified as a size
    • 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
    • Y10T442/00—Fabric [woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.]
    • Y10T442/20—Coated or impregnated woven, knit, or nonwoven fabric which is not [a] associated with another preformed layer or fiber layer or, [b] with respect to woven and knit, characterized, respectively, by a particular or differential weave or knit, wherein the coating or impregnation is neither a foamed material nor a free metal or alloy layer
    • Y10T442/2861—Coated or impregnated synthetic organic fiber fabric
    • Y10T442/2893—Coated or impregnated polyamide fiber fabric

Definitions

  • Woven fabrics usually include knitted fabrics and may be defined as fabrics formed by the interlacing in a predetermined regular geometrical pattern of one or more long lengths of yarns or filaments.
  • Non-woven fabrics are usually formed by a random or controlled deposition of filamentary strands to form a sheet or batt followed by binding these strands in some way to provide strength and dimensional stability.
  • the advantage of low processing cost is one of the very desirable features of non-woven fabrics. All of the various processing steps which are required in the preparation of woven and knitted fabrics add considerably to the cost of the final product.
  • the wool fibers must be formed into a yarn, the yarn must be twisted or plied, and the resulting final yarn product must then be Woven into a fabric. It would be extremely desirable to provide a process which would involve simple welllmown papermaking procedures but would produce a textile fabric having the properties of a woven fabric.
  • a non woven fabric of synthetic organic fibers said fibers containing at least 30 crimps per inch, and being bonded at spaced points uniformly and randomly distributed throughout the fabric so that the average straight length of fiber between two points of bonding of that fiber is 3,117,055 Patented Jan. 7, 1964 ice Percent binderx i/Mz' of binder 40 where the percent binder is based on the total weight of the fabric, including the binder.
  • the modulus (Mi) of the binder is between about 0.002 and about 25 grams per denier.
  • the individual filamentary components of fabrics of this invention possess a high degree of lateral freedom and flexibility in three dimensions between intersection points and points of bonding, thereby providing these fabrics with a high degree of drape and softness, high tensile strength, low bulk and a soft handle in the same range as woven fabrics.
  • the fabrics of this invention are characterized by a fabric density of 0.28 to 0.7 g./cc., a drape stiffness of not over 1.0 inch, a ratio of tensile strength to drape stiffness of at least 12.0 p.s.i., and a sonic velocity-elongation differential of at least 1.3. They are, therefore, readily distinguished from papers on the one hand and conventional thick and bulky non-woven felts on the other.
  • the non-woven fabrics of this invention are equivalent in handle, thickness, drapability, strength and other aesthetic and physical properties to a wide spectrum of woven fabrics.
  • FIGURE 1 shows schematically one type of apparatus useful for producing the products of this invention.
  • FIGURE 2 shows a portion of a non-woven filamentary structure of this invention bonded at points of fiber crossing.
  • FIGURE 3 illustrates the structure of a larger portion of a fabric of this invention greatly enlarged.
  • FIGURE 4 is a graph comparing physical characteristics of a fabric of this invention with those of a conventional woven fabric and a paper of the same filamentary material.
  • FIGURE 2 is a simple illustration greatly magnified of the structure of a fabric of this invention containing crimped andl/or looped filaments 15 bonded at spaced points 16 by an adherent such as. a fibrid.
  • FIGURE 3 is an enlarged portion of a fabric of this invention comprising a multitude of the portions illustrated in FIGURE 2 and illustrating the uniformity of distribution of fibers, random disposition of fibers and uniformity of spaced points of bonding throughout the fabric.
  • FIGURE 4 compares the change in sonic velocity with elongation of non-woven fabrics of this invention, conventional woven fabrics, and paper products made from the same materials. It can be seen from FIGURE 4 that the physical properties of non-woven fabrics of this invention are almost identical with those of woven fabrics but are quite different from paper products.
  • the non-woven fabrics of the present invention combine the non-woven structure with its characteristic high dimensional stability and a high degree of drapability, flexibility and handle together with high strength and low bulk.
  • Drapability is measured by determining the length of fabric which is necessary to cause the fabric to bend from the horizontal plane when under no constraint to such an extent as to contact a declining angle of 415 of slope from the point of departure of contact.
  • a strip of fabric one inch wide is placed upon a block of WOOCl or other horizontal surface. Abutting the horizontal surface of this material is a 4l.5 inclined plane, which at its top adjoins the horizontal surface.
  • the test specimen is placed with its narrow edge at the juncture of the horizontal and the inclined surfaces. It is then moved forward over the inclined surface until the free end touches the 41.5 slope of the testing block.
  • the drape stiffness, designated C is measured in inches of free length of specimen extending beyond the horizontal surface edge.
  • An equivalent test, the cantilever test of ASTM D1388- 55T gives values in the range of 50 to 2,000 mg.-cm., in measuring the stiffness of fabrics.
  • Bulk of a fabric is determined by cutting a square portion of the fabric of uniform thickness, measuring its dimensions, including its thickness, and then calculating its volume.
  • the fabric sample is measured for thickness in accordance with standard test described in A.S.T.M. specification D7653 by means of a conventional fabric thickness caliper device such as an Ames gage (manufactured by B. C. A-mes Company, Waltham, Mass).
  • Ames gage manufactured by B. C. A-mes Company, Waltham, Mass.
  • the thickness may be determined more accurately through microscopic examination of the edge of the fabric.
  • the fabric sample is then Weighed and the bulk expressed in terms of volume per unit weight.
  • Tensile strength is determined on a one-inch strip of fabric in conventional manner employing an Instron tensile tester. For purposes of this invention, tensile strength is determined at room temperature under ambient conditions of 65% relative humidity. The ratio of tensile strength of a fabric to its drape-stiffness is useful for comparing the fabrics of this invention with conventional woven fabrics, felts, and papers. The ratio is calculated by multiplying the tensile strength (lbs./in./ oz./yd. by the basis weight (oz/yd?) and dividing by the drape stiffness (in).
  • Sonic velocity-elongation differential is a measurement of the effect of fabric elongation (and tension) on the velocity of sound transmission in the plane of the fabric. Measurement of sound velocity in fabrics is well known (see article by W. H. Charch, W. W. Mosely in 29 Textile Research Journal, page 525 (1959)) and involves wellestablished principles and techniques.
  • the velocity of propagation of sound waves in a fabric is dependent on fabric tension and is indicative of certain fabric properties.
  • Woven fabrics, and also the non-woven fabrics of this invention provide media through which sound travels at a velocity which is strongly dependent on the elongation (and the tension) in the fabric, indicating that both have very similar structural characteristics and properties despite their vastly different coarse structure (e.g., woven vs. non-woven).
  • Other materials such as felts, papers, and leathers, transmit sound at a nearly constant velocity, that is, substantially independent of the degree of elongation of the structure.
  • Sonic velocity in a fabric can be measured using a piezoelectric crystal signal source (or other source) to provide Vibrations of the desired frequency. Frequencies in the range of 1,000 to 40,000 c.p.s. are conveniently employed.
  • a search transducer (a piezoelectric crystal is again suitable) is used, placed at a fixed distance from TABLE I Velocity at Different Elongations, kIIL/see.
  • the paper material while having a high critical sonic velocity value, shows no substantial change as it is tensioned.
  • the woven fabric and the non-woven fabrics of the present invention show a sonic velocity value which increases by at least 30% when the fabric is elongated 6%.
  • a preferred and highly desirable embodiment of the present invention is a fabric containing continuous filaments of a very highly crimped and convoluted configuration, conveniently prepared by melt-spinning of synthetic filarnents with a cocurrent air stream which simultaneously orients and forwards them while they are also subject to the effect of a high static electrical potential charge between the jet and a collecting device upon which the filaments impinge. Under the influence of the electrical charge, the filaments separate and lay down in a completely random configuration upon the collecting device (a plate or other receiver) and spontaneously crimp and convolute, so that the resulting filament web is made up of fibers having at least 30 c.p.i., and as much as c.p.i. or more.
  • Crilmps are measured by direct observation using a microscope with a scaled eyepiece, or by projection.
  • the filaments are disposed randomly in the fabric and besides being crimped, are doubled, looped and bent to such a high degree that, on the average, any filament in the web has a free fiber length of at least 1.25 times the shortest distance between points of bonding of that filament with other filaments.
  • a filament crimp is one in which the amplitude of the departure from a straight line is less than 3 times the radius of curvature of the crimp, the latter being always less than 0.5 inch.
  • Filament loops have either an amplitude of departure from a straight line of at least 0.6 inch associated with a radius of curvature of at least 0.2 inch; or a radius of curvature of more than 0.5 inch.
  • free fiber length is meant the length of any fiber portion, between points of bonding of that fiber, measured while that fiber portion is extended sufficiently to remove any crimp or loops therein.
  • Such webs which may be suitably bonded by co-spun thermoplastic filaments or by fibrids sprayed or flocked onto the web during formation, are strong, soft, drapable, and flexible.
  • binder fibers or fibrids must have a melting point lower than the fibers to be bound when the bonds are to be produced by heating.
  • the resulting binder is in the form of a continuous or semi-continuous series of areas, bonding being effected at cross-over points and points of fiber intersection.
  • the binder material may be in a continuous or semi-continuous reticulated web interlacing and interlocking with the web of continuous or staple fibers.
  • Such continuous or semi-continuous distribution of binder is preferred for the practice of the present invention, because it gives a fabric having an unusually smooth surface and uniform thickness.
  • a non-woven fabric of this invention is prepared using from 3%-50% by weight of a fibrid binder and at least 50% by Weight of a spontaneously elongatable synthetic polymer fiber.
  • these two components comprise in sum at least 85% by weight of the total non-woven structure.
  • the remainder may be any synthetic organic polymer fiber. $uch fabrics have excellent drapability.
  • an elastomeric binder is utilized to prepare a non-woven fabric having a unique and surprising combination of low bulk, high flexibility and high strength, rendering them equivalent to woven apparel and decorator fabrics in physical characteristics.
  • One structure contains at least by weight of an elastome-ric fibrid binder (by which is meant a fibrid binder of a synthetic elastomeric polymeric composition having a modulus of between about 0.002 and about 0.9 gram per denier), together with at least by weight of a spontaneously elon-gatable fiber, the remainder being any synthetic organic fiber.
  • the elastomeric fibrid will have a modulus of between 0.002 and 0.1, but the most desirable products contain an elastomeric fibrid with a modulus between 0.005 and 0.05.
  • fibrid is employed herein to designate a non-rigid, wholly synthetic polymeric particle capable of forming paper-like structures.
  • a particle must possess an ability to form a Wa terleaf having a couched wet tenacity of at least about 0.002 gram per denier when a multitude of the said particles are deposited from a liquid suspension upon a screen, which waterleaf, when dried at a temperature below about 50 C., has a dry tenacity at least equal to its couched wet tenacity, and a capability, when a multitude of the said particles are deposited concomitantly with staple fibers from a liquid suspension upon a screen, to bond a substantial weight of the said fibers by physical entwinement of the said particles with the said fibers to give a composite waterleaf with a wet tenacity of at least about 0.002 gram per denier.
  • acapability to bonda substantial weight of (staple) fibers is meant that at least 50% by weight of staple based on total staple and fibrids can be bonded from a concomitantly deposited mixture of staple and fibrids.
  • fibrid particles have a Canadian freeness number between 90 and 790 and a high absorptive capacity for water, retaining at least 2.0 grams of water per gram of particle under a compression load of about 39 grams per square centimeter.
  • Any normally solid wholly synthetic polymeric material may be employed in the production of fibrids.
  • nonma-lly solid is meant that the material is nonfluid under normal room conditions.
  • the fibrid characteristics recited above are a result of the combination of the morphology and non-rigid properties of the particle.
  • the morphology is such that the particle is non-granular and has at least one dimension of very minor magnitude relative to its largest dimension, i.e., the fibrid particle is fiber-lilac or filn1-like.
  • the individual fibrid particles are not identical in shape and may include both fiber-like and film-like structures.
  • the nonrigid characteristic of the fibrid which renders it extremely supple in liquid suspension and which permits the physical entwinement described above, is presumably due to the presence of the minor dimension. Expressing this dimension in terms of denier, as determined in accordance with the fiber coarseness test described in Tappi 41, 17SA7A, No. 6 (June) 1958, fibrids have a denier no greater than about 15.
  • Fibrid particles are usually frazzled, have a high specific surface area, and as indicated, a high absorptive capacity for water.
  • Preferred fibrids are those the waterleaves of which when dried for a period of twelve hours at a temperature below the stick temperature of the polymer from which they are made (i.e., the minimum temperature at which a sample of the polymer leaves a wet molten trail as it is stroked with a moderate pressure across the smooth surface of a heated block) have a tenacity of at least about 0.005 gram per denier.
  • Fibrid particles and their preparation are described in more detail in Belgian Patent 564,206. Fibrids can be prepared from a number of polymeric compositions, and a wide range of such fibrids can be used in the present invention, leading to a spectrum of fabrics as indicated above.
  • polymeric resin binder has an initial modulus of more than 0.9 g./d., less than about 25% resinous binder based on the total weight of the fabric should be utilized to obtain fabrics having properties of woven fabrics of the same ⁇ weight and fiber content. if, for any reason, it is desired to employ more than 25% of a resin binder, an elastomeric binder should be employed in order to obtain good physical properties.
  • One of the components used in preparing a preferred non-woven fabric of the present invention is a self-clongatable fiber.
  • This may be defined as a fiber which, upon suitable thermal treatment, exhibits an internally generated increase in length of from 3% up to 25% of its original length.
  • the phenomenon of spontaneous elongation in wholly synthetic organic polymer fibers is known and described, for example, in Belgian Patent 566,145, granted September 27, .195 8. This patent deals with spontaneously elongatable polyester fibers. However, spontaneous elongation as a phenomenon has been observed in other synthetic organic polymer fibers as well.
  • a polyamide prepared by reacting p-xylylene diamine and azelaic acid has been observed to be spontaneously elongatable and is suitable for use in the fabrics of the persent invention.
  • Condensation polymers generally such as polyesters, polyamides, and polyurethanes can be employed in the present invention.
  • condensation polymer fibers acrylic, polyolefin, and other addition type polymers can be used to prepare products of this invention.
  • Polyester fibers are the preferred selfelongatable fibers for the staple non-woven structures of this invention, while both polyarnide and polyester fibers are preferred for continuous filament products.
  • two critical and significant components for one of the non-woven fabrics of this invention are self-elongatable fiber and a binder.
  • these materials include conventional staple filaments of such materials as polyamides, polyesters, polyurethanes, acrylic fibers, polyethylene, polypropylene, rayon staple, cellulose acetate, and the like.
  • crimped or uncrimped fibers of this type may be used so long as the other requirements of this invention are met. Uncrimped fibers give greater improvement in dimensional stability, while crimped fibers permit greater bulkiness.
  • Such fibers in the fabrics of the present invention can be advantageous in that the presence of these fibers can be employed for additional strength, more uniform fabric surface appearance, greater dimensional stability, additional dyeability, or other properties which are connected with or dependent upon the characteristics of the fiber material employed.
  • the choice of such fibrous material will depend upon the end result desired, and, if the amount of such fiber is kept below 15% of the total weight of the fabric, fabric characteristics which are unique in the fabrics of the present invention will not be impaired and may sometimes be improved.
  • non-fibrous material in addition to the fibrous components, moderate amounts of non-fibrous material can be employed in the fabrics of the present invention.
  • non-fibrous maerials can be added to an extent not greater than by weight of the total structure to obtain a wide variety of particular product advantages such as color, surface properties, and the like.
  • inorganic particulate matter such as pigments, clays, metal oxides, and similar structures. These may be added by incorporation into the fibrid structure before the non-woven fabric of this invention is formed therefrom.
  • particulate structures derived from synthetic organic polymer resins, synthetic elastomers, and the like.
  • non-woven materials from wholly synthetic sheet forming particles is described in some detail in Belgian Patent 564,206.
  • papermaking machinery such as the Fourdrinier machine and other comparable pieces of apparatus, as Well as carding machines, Rando-Webber machines, and other equivalent devices.
  • fibrids or resins are used to bond fibers together in a non-woven structure of high original strength.
  • a certain amount of fusion of the binder material takes place.
  • the precise degree of fusion will depend upon the temperature of pressing, the time of pressing, and the pressure involved.
  • fibrid binder particles are used, and under extreme conditions of high heat, long pressing time and high pressure, the fibrid particle identity is lost and the fibrid particles become fused more or less completely into the nonwoven structures. Under more moderate conditions of temperature and pressure, the fibrids are fused Without complete destruction of their particulate and specific nature.
  • the pressing operation which will be described in further detail in the examples below, is a desirable adjunct of the present invention and leads to superior products.
  • pressing is employed to form a fabric of high strength, it is also possible at the same time to impress on the fabric a pattern or embossed effect of some type for the purposes of improved appearance, modified surface behavior or other known modifications. Pressing may be continuous throughout the entire fabric surface or it may be intermittent or in a pattern, such as cross-lines, diamonds, circles, isolated dots, and so on.
  • the embossing procedure offers a valuable improvement in the woven-like characteristics which are desired.
  • the self-elongatable fibers elongate and assume a third-dimensional configuration on tne surface of the fabric, due to penetration of portions of the fibers into the interstices of the screen. Similar response to other preferred embossing techniques is also possible, and such third-dimensional configurations make an important contribution to the suppleness and drapability of the products obtained thereby.
  • the binders useful in this invention may be any synthetic organic polymeric material having a modulus between about 0.002 and about 25 grams per denier.
  • elastomeric binders in this class are the various butadiene-styrene copolymers containing from 30% to 70% combined butacliene, and also terpolymers of butadiene, styrene, and acrylonitrile.
  • elastomeric binders include copolymers and terpolymers containing a major proportion of poly(rnethyl acrylate) and lesser amounts of other acrylates and acrylic acid; a mixture of 98% polymethyl methacrylate plus 2% glyciclyl methacrylate in the amount of 10 parts, and about 86 parts of the acrylate ester copolymer mentioned above; a terpolymer containing methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, and acrylic acid; a copolymer of ethyl acrylate with 2% acrylic acid; a mixture of 49 parts polyhexylmethacrylate, 49 parts polyethyl acrylate, and 2 parts polyacrylic acid prepared by solution polymerization in benzene using benzoyl peroxide as initiator; poly(ethylene/propylene) containing 3% dicumyl peroxide.
  • Another useful elastomeric binder is obtained by reacting poly(tetramethylene ether) glycol of approximately 1000 molecular weight with tolylene 2,4- diisocyanate to give a glycol-terminated macrointermediate and this is treated to give an isocyanate-ended, low molecular weight polymer by combining the macrointermediate with methylene bis(4-phenylisocyanate). This low molecular weight polymer is then reacted further with h drazine to give a high molecular weight elastomer polymer in accordance with the disclosure of French Patent 1,172,566.
  • non-elastomeric binders useful in this invention are polyamides such as polyhexamethylene adipamide, polycaproamide, copolymers of polyhexamethylene adipamide and polycaproamide (preferably an 20 copolymer, respectively), poly-N-methoxy hexamethylene adiparnide and the like.
  • Representative polyesters useful as binders include polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene isophthalate, copolymers of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene isophthalate (preferably an 80/20 copolymer, respectively), poly(hexahydro-p-xylylene terephthalate), etc.
  • Particularly useful urethane binders are the urethanes formed by reacting piperazine and ethylene bis-chloroformate, the polyurethanes of hexamethylene diamine and ethylene bis-chloroformate, etc.
  • EXAMPLE 1 Using an apparatus assembly essentially as shown in FIGURE 1 and comprising a spinneret adapted to spin two dilferent polymers simultaneously, polyhexamethylene adipamide (40 relative viscosity) and an 80/20 copolymer of polycaproamide and polyhexamethylene adipamide (41 relative viscosity) are spun into filaments at a temperature of about 290 C. The filaments are spun into a quiescent atmosphere, at ambient temperature (25 C.) and relative humidity (70% A copper aspirator jet is located 8 inches below the spinneret to forward the filaments to a receiver. The jet has the following dimensions:
  • the aspirator jet which is supported in the filament line by insulated means, is supplied with 40 p.s.i.g. air and connected to an 8000 volt source of electrostatic potential (rectifier generator Model No. H-40 available from New Jersey Engineering Company, Kenilworth, New Jersey).
  • the receiver is a 12 x 12 inch solid aluminum plate, manipulated manually and grounded. Filaments are collected into hand sheets by interposing the receiver into the filament line and rotating the same until a uniform sheet of the desired thickness and configuration is obtained.
  • Stability of the batt produced is enhanced by subsequently heating the sheet to a temperature in the vicinity of 200-220 C. Embossing with pattern during such heating can be employed to provide modifications of surface appearance, handle, drape, etc.
  • the jet delivering the binder filaments can be separated from the jet delivering the major fraction of the filaments.
  • a fabric prepared as described above (with 10% binder fibers) is found to have, after bonding, the following properties:
  • EXAMPLE 2 Spontaneously elongatable fibers of polyethylene terephthalate are prepared in accordance with the teaching of Belgian Patent 556,145 in the following manner. Polyethylene terephthalate is spun at 295 C. through a spinneret having 27 orifices, each 0.009 inch in diameter, and the resulting filaments are collected into a yarn which is wound up at a speed of 1200 yds/min. The yarn is found to have a denier as-spun of 135, a birefringence of 0.0094 and a crystallinity level which indicates it is substantially amorphous. The yarn is passed from the feed roll to a bath of water maintained at 20 C.
  • the yarn speed at the draw roll is 400 yds./rnin.
  • the draw ratio is 2.80.
  • the birefringence of the drawn yarn is 0.1902.
  • the drawn yarn is immersed in water at 70 C. for a period of 5 minutes. During this process the yarn shrinks 38.3% of its original length.
  • the yarn is dried and is then found to be spontaneously elongatable. The spontaneous elongation is tested by immersing a 10 measured length of the yarn in water at C. for 5 minutes. This treatment causes the yarn to increase in length by 9.3% of its original length.
  • the fibers have a modulus of about 20.
  • polyester fibers which exhibit spontaneous elongation amounting to as much as 29%.
  • This yarn is suitable for cutting into staple lengths for further processing as described below in accordance with the teaching of the present invention.
  • EXAMPLE 3 A dispersion in water of an elastomer terpolymer containing 92% ethyl acrylate, 6% methyl acrylate, and 2% acrylic acid (Rhoplex B-15), 46% solids, is converted to highly stable fibrids as follows.
  • the compounded mixture is converted to fibrids by shear precipitating techniques, that is, by adding the resin blend to a Waring Blender containing a 5% solution of sodium sulfate in hot water with 0.01% of an organic quaternary ammonium salt as wetting agent.
  • the Blender is operated at full speed during the addition.
  • the resulting fibrids are used in the form of the slurry as prepared.
  • a slurry of 3 parts of staple fibers (A inch long, 3 denier) prepared as in Example 2 and having a spontaneous elongation of 10% when treated wtih boiling water, and 2 parts of fibrids in 10,000 parts of Water is prepared and a waiterleaf is formed in. the manner already described.
  • the sheet is removed from the screen, dried, placed between a cotton cloth sheet and a 12-mesh wire screen, and dried at C. for 3 minutes.
  • the dried sheet is then placed between SO-rnesh screens and embossed and bonded at 205 C. for one minute at 200 psi.
  • the sheet is further cured by exposing to air at C. for 5 minutes.
  • the sheet is washed and tumble dried before testing.
  • the fabric contain 40% elastomeric binder which has a modulus of 0.01 g./den. before curing and 0.015 after curing. It has a tensile strength of 5.9 lbs./in./oz../yd. a basis weight of 3.5 oZ./yd. a drape stiffness of 0.75 inch, and a wet tensile strength of 4.5 lbs./in./oZ./yd. Under microscopic examination, it is seen that the individual fibers are highly crimped and convoluted, having 60-80 c.p.i., and a free-fiber length of about 1.6x between adjacent bonding sites. The fabric is found to have good strength retention when exposed rto dry-cleaning solvents. The embossing treatment produces a fabric resembling ()xford cloth in appearance, with excellent whiteness, good retention of whiteness, medium porosity and good handle.
  • EXAMPLE 4 An aqueous suspension of self-elongatable fibers prepared as in Example 2 and having a spontaineous elongation of 10% upon immersion in boiling water is prepared by combining 10,000 pants of water with 3 parts of inch long, 3 denier per filament of these selfel-ongatable polyester fibers thoroughly wetted with a 5% solution of Alkanol HC surface active agent (a polyethylene oxide ethe-r fatty alcohol). To this suspension of fibers is added a sutfieient portion of an elastomer fibrid slurry prepared from a 45/55 butadiene-styrene e lasitome- LO provide 2.0 parts of the compounded fibrids in suspension form.
  • Alkanol HC surface active agent a polyethylene oxide ethe-r fatty alcohol
  • the butadiene-styrene elastorner has a modulus of 0.008 gram per denier.
  • This fiber-binder suspension is then poured into a headbox of a sheet mold, and therefrom a waterleaf is deposited onto an 8" x 8" lOO-mesh screen under espirator vacuum.
  • the excess water is squeezed from the waterleaf by placing it while still on a IOU-mesh screen between absorbent cloths and rolling it with a steel rolling pin.
  • the waterleaf is then lus of 3 grams per denier.
  • the web, as formed, is then placed between two SO-mesh screens, and pressed at 175 C. for 1 /2 minutes at 5000 p.s.i.
  • the resulting sheet is so'fit, drapable, clothlike and withrenroved from the screen and placed between 50-mesh 5 out any papery quality. Due to the embossing effect of screens, which in turn are placed between sheets of pulp the screens, it is like a woven broadcloth in appearance. board and dried in a press at 150 C. and 95 lbs./ sq. in. The sheet is found by chemical analysis to contain 3.9% pressure for minutes. Following this pressing trcatof the binder component. The basis weight is 3.1 oz./yd. ment, the non-woven sheet is obtained in the form of a the sheet density is 0.01 lb./in. and the drape stiffness is fabric having a woven texture due to the imprint of the 1 1.0 inch.
  • the sheet is 18 mils thick and has a tensile 100-mesl1 screen and the 50-mesh screen which had bee strength of 6.26 lbs./in./oz./yd.
  • the free fiber length strength to drape stillness is approximately 19 lbs. is about 1.5x (an average of 1.5 times the straight line
  • a similar sheet, wtih a fibrid binder content of 3.6%, distance between bond points), crimp level is about 60 is pressed for 45 seconds at 50 p.s.i. to give a sheet with c.p.i., and fabric density is 0.4 g./cc.
  • the sheet is tested a drape stiffness of 0.6 inch.
  • Examples 8 and 9 were prepared by admixing 3 parts EXAMPLE 5 0t: staple fibers with 8000 parts of water with vigorous 30 stirring 1n the presence of a small amount of an alcohol Poly(hexanrethylene adi am'ide) having a relative visas wetting agent. To the fiber suspension thus formed is cosity of 41 is spun through a 59-hole spinneret, each added an aqueous slurry containing 2 parts of the fibrid hole being 0.007 inch in diameter. The spinnerct delivers indicated. This stock is poured into a head box of a 14 grams of polymer per minute.
  • the yarn is led 011- sheet mold and a waterleaf deposited on an 8 x 8 100- rectly a Pneumatic l PP Y 3 inches below mesh screen.
  • the screen with the deposited waterleaf is the spinneret f p g With P T s removed from the sheet mold and placed between abl forwards the yarn and 911 the Same timfi alllemletfis.
  • Example 10 The non-woven fabric of Example 10 was prepared in least c.p.i.). As the filaments are accelerated toward a manner i il t th t f E l 3 d 9 b t i the y are Sprayed Wfih fiulfidl'ied cflpolyamidfl the absence of elastomer.
  • the waterleaf was then wetted fibrids consisting of an 80/20 copolymer of polyhexa- 45 with a 46% aqueous dispersion f Rhoplex B 15 d methylene adipam-ide and polycaproamide which are the treated waterleaf was then cured at 130 C. and flocked onto the thrcadline.
  • This copolymcr has a modu- 50 lbs/sq. in. pressure for 10 minutes.
  • ethyl acrylate 6% methyl acrylato, and 2% acrylic acid, formed by c Fiber OSelf-el0ngatablo polyhrnitlc fibers (poly(pxylylenc azeleamidc)).
  • Elastomer added as a dispersion in water, sold as Rhoplex 13-15 by Robin and Haas 00., used as received.
  • a non-woven 66-nylon fiber fabric bonded with a synthetic polymer binder.
  • Fibers of polyethylene terephthalate are. melt spun from a 30-hole spinneret, having a hole diameter of 7 mils, at a rate of 10 g./min.
  • the spinning technique employed involves the principles shown in FIGURE 1.
  • the fresh- 1y spun filaments are passed over a chromic oxide bar to give an induced electrical charge on the filaments.
  • An air jet is employed to attenuate and forward the filaments, advance the filaments to a collector, and permit a random laydown of fibers. There is obtained an unbonded non-woven batt having a weight of 0.5 o-z./yd.
  • the batt of unbonded fibers is consolidated by placing it between wire screens and pressing at 100 p.s.i. at 50 C.
  • the web is then removed from the screens, wetted with water containing a synthetic wetting agent, and placed on a glass fabric which has been coated with polytetr-afiuoroethylene resin.
  • the web is exposed to steam at atmospheric pressure for ten seconds, which causes fiber shrinkage and fiber crimping leading to an area reduction of 75% of the web.
  • This preshrunk web is then bonded, employing an aqueous dispersion. of the terpolymer resin material of Example 3. Resin impregnation of this web gives a bonded sheet having a binder content of 40% by weight.
  • the bonded sheet is then heat-treated to effect elongation of the filaments and complete the resin-bonding and crosslinking operations simultaneously. This is done by placing the webbetween 50 mesh wire screens and heating it in a pressat 210 C. at 200 p.s.i. pressure for one minute. Following this treatment, the sheet is cured in an oven for five minutes at 175 C. and is then washed and dried.
  • the resulting non-woven fabric is a soft, drapable material having a pleasant feel and a texture similar to that of a woven fabric of the same material.
  • the polyester fibers hawe a crimp of 80 or more crimps per inch and the free fiber length is approximately 1.6.
  • the modulus of the binder is 0.015 gram/denier.
  • the polyester filaments have a modulus of approximately 20 grams/ denier, and the denier of these filaments is approximately 1.4.
  • the fabic has a base weight of 3.2 oz./yd., a tensile strength of 7.5 lbs./in./oZ./yd. and a tongue tear strength of 1.4 lbs./o-z./yd.
  • the sheet density is 0.37 gram/cm. and the drape stiffness is 0.69 inch.
  • the sheet has a ratio of tensile strength to drape stiffness of 20.9.
  • a similar fabric is prepared. by .co-spinning with the fibers a copolymer binder of 80% ethylene terephthalate and 20% ethylene isophthalate.
  • EXAMPLE 14 A non-woven web prepared as in Example 1 and comprising 95.3% polyhexamethylene adipamide fibers and 4.7% of an 80/20 copolymer of 6/66 nylon fiber, said web weighing 14 oz./ sq. yd. at a thickness of 35 mils, is impregnated with a solution of a polymer to bind the fibers at spaced points and impart strength and integrity to the structure.
  • the polymer is prepared by reacting a poly(tetramethylene ether) glycol of approximately 1000 molecular weight with tolylene-2,4-diisocyanate to give a glycol-terminated macrointermediate, and this is treated to give an isocyanate-ended low molecular weight polymer by combining the macrointermediate with methylene bis- (4-phenylisocyana'te). This low molecular weight polymer is then reacted further with hydrazine to give a high molecular weight elastomer polymer in accordance with the teaching of French Patent 1,172,566. This synthetic elastomer is dissolved in dimethylformamide to give a final solids content of 15%.
  • the nylon web is impregnated by soaking in this solution for 5 minutes to insure adequate pickup of the binder.
  • Excess binder is removed by passing the soaked structure through squeeze rolls followed immediately by immersing the web in a water bath to coamilate the polymer.
  • Dimethylformamide being completely miscible in water is leached out of the structure by continuous immersion in the coagulation tank which held a volume of water substantially larger than the quantity of dimethylforma-mide to be removed from the web.
  • Coagulation rather than solvent evaporation, is favored as a means of fixing the binder in the non-woven substrate because of a high degree of porosity obtained by the former procedure in contrast to the largely impermeable film produced by solvent evaporation.
  • the coagulated and leached substrate is dried at about C. in a slack condition.
  • the product is soft and drapable This product is then buffed with abrasive paper to produce a suede surface.
  • the resulting product is soft and drapable with a suede-like surface texture which renders it SUllLElbllC as an apparel fabric for childrens and womens skirts, mens jackets, etc.
  • T o produce a porous leather-like material suitable for shoe uppers, a coating is applied in accordance with the teachings of copending application Serial No. 723,669 filed March 25, 1958, by E. K. Holden, now abandoned.
  • the coated fabric is dried at about '100 C. and then dyed a dark brown and again dried.
  • a leather-like grain is imprinted on the surface of the dyed fabric by preheating the material at 70 C. for 10 minutes and then embossing with a grained flat plate at 70 C. at 700 p.s.i
  • EXAMPLE 15 Highly crimped filaments of nylon 66 yarn are prepared by passing conventional nylon yarn through a fiuid torque jet. Just prior to its entrance into the jet, the yarn is passed over a heated metal plate (about 250 C.). The heated filaments are twisted and crimped by the action of the jet, which also cools, sets, and untwists the filaments below the plate. The result is a continuous filament yarn with 40 to 60 crimps per inch.
  • a quantity of these filaments is cut by hand into approximately /s lengths (relaxed).
  • Two parts of the short lengths of fiber are dispersed in approximately 1000 parts of water with 10 parts of carboxymethyl cellulose and one part of a quaternary alkyl ammonium salt as wetting agent to assist in the dispersion.
  • To the dispersion is added an equal amount of fibrids formed from the syn thetic elastomer of Example 14.
  • a hand-sheet is prepared from this dispersion, and the waterleaf is found to be soft, stretchable, drapable, and similar to a soft flannel in handle.
  • the sheet is pressed at C. at 400 p.s.i. pressure for 10 seconds, it is pressed at C. at 400 p.s.i. pressure for 10 seconds, it is pressed at C. at 400 p.s.i. pressure for 10 seconds, it
  • the fibers are found to have 40 to 50 crimps per inch in both the unpressed and the pressed sheets.
  • the density of the unpressed sheet is about 0.30 g./cc., while that of the pressed sheet is 0.61 g./cc.
  • the non-woven fabrics of this. invention are characterized by a high degree of drapabili-ty and flexibility, and a desirable level of loftiness, and handle. Because of these and other properties, they are well suited to end uses which have heretofore employed woven fabrics of varying weights and weaves. Among such uses may be listed apparel; draperies; upholstery materials; household furnishings, such as table cloths, napkins, and bed linens; shaped articles, such as gloves, heat coverings. In the field of apparel fabrics, the fabrics of the present invention are specifically well suited to work and service clothing, sports wear, outer wear, bathing suits, shirts, and the like.
  • fabric utilities include foundations for leather-like laminates, backings for vinyl-coated upholstery, and other fabrics, automobile and airplane headliners, fiiter cloths and other industrial felts. These fabrics are also suitable with proper coatings or surface treatment for use as fuel pump diaphragms, hosing, flexible couplings, and air bel- 15 lows for use in instrumentation work and decorative covers for desk equipment, radios, ash trays, cigarette boxes, and the like.
  • the products of the present invention be heat-treated to a degree sufiicient to fuse at least a portion of the fibrid binders.
  • non-fused products are also of interest and have found applications in a number of the utilities indicated above.
  • the non-woven fabrics of the present invention are embossable and can be obtained with any of a wide variety of surface patterns which may be impressed upon the fabric during the pressing or fusing process.
  • Such embossed configurations not only supply decorative and attractive appearance, but can be used to control the physical properties of the fabric.
  • an embossing pattern consisting of a number of parallel fine lines in one direction only produces a fabric which has a greater flexibility in one direction than in the other direction. Embossing with a cross-hatched type of pattern of fine lines increases the stiffness of the fabric in both directions.
  • embossing techniques can be used to alter the handle and feel of the fabric and also to control the receptivity of the fabric to printing, dyeing, and other coloring post-treatments.
  • the bulk of the non-woven fabric can be controlled to any desired degree, and compression can be introduced to lead to a more compact structure, if this is desired.
  • Fabrics of the present invention can be buffed to expose surfaces which are densely populated with uniformly distributed fiber ends of equal length. Such buffed surfaces are very attractive and resemble to a surprising degree in hand suede leather and other similar products.
  • the products of the present invention have a number of advantages in comparison to previously known nonwoven fabrics.
  • the present materials show equal or higher strength, greater dimensional stability, and greater flexibility.
  • the non-woven fabrics of the present invention have a much softer handle, greater strength and flexibility, and a better dyeability and printability.
  • the fabrics of the present invention show an excellent degree of post-formability, high elongation and reversible deformation, excellent wash-wear characteristics, outstanding tensile and stitch strength, and, as has already been indicated, a degree of drapability and controllable handle which has not hitherto been achieved in non-Woven fabrics in the art.
  • EXAMPLE By repeating the procedure of Example 1 to produce a web of amorphous poly(ethylene terephthalate) filaments and then relaxing or shrinking the Web in a stepwise (controlled) manner, that is, by partially shrinking,
  • the fibers useful in this invention have a bending stiffness which is proportional to the product of the initial modulus (Mi) of the fiber and the 3/2 power of the fiber denier.
  • the product M1 X (1 is between 1 and 1000 and preferably between 5 and 250.
  • a nonwoven fabric comprising crimped synthetic organic fibers, said fibers having at least 30 crimps per inch of unextended length, the fabric containing between about 3% and about by weight of a synthetic organic polymer binder which is dispersed throughout the fabric, and bonds the fibers so that the average free fiber length between bond points is at least 1.25 times the average straight line distance between these bond points, the binder having an initial tensile modulus (Mi) of between about 0.002 and about 25 grams per denier and being present in an amount such that Percent bindorXi/ZVH (binder) 40 the fabric having a density between about 0.28 and about 0.7 g./cc., a drape stiffness of less than about 1.0 inch, a ratio of tensile strength to drape stiffness of at least 12.0 lbs. and a sonic velocity transmission at 6% elongation of the fabric, equal to at least 1.3 times its value at 0% elongation.
  • Mi initial tensile modulus
  • fibers are continuous filaments.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Composite Materials (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Nonwoven Fabrics (AREA)
  • Paper (AREA)
US85964059 1959-12-15 1959-12-15 Non-woven fabrica Expired - Lifetime US3117055A (en)

Priority Applications (10)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US859640D UST859640I4 (ja) 1959-12-15
US85964059 US3117055A (en) 1959-12-15 1959-12-15 Non-woven fabrica
ES0263194A ES263194A1 (es) 1959-12-15 1960-12-13 Un procedimiento para obtener una tela no tejida comprendiendo fibras organicas sinteticas y encrespadas
AT935660A AT294747B (de) 1959-12-15 1960-12-14 Vliesstoff
GB4299260A GB914714A (en) 1959-12-15 1960-12-14 Non-woven fabrics
DE19601435113 DE1435113A1 (de) 1959-12-15 1960-12-14 Faservliesstoff fuer Bekleidungszwecke
DK496760A DK117763B (da) 1959-12-15 1960-12-14 Fremgangsmåde til fremstilling af et stærkt, ikke-vævet tekstilstof.
NL259016A NL122418C (ja) 1959-12-15 1960-12-14
CH1401460A CH446259A (de) 1959-12-15 1960-12-15 Verfahren zur Herstellung eines drapierbaren Nonwovens
FR874609A FR1306205A (fr) 1959-12-15 1961-09-29 Articles fibreux non-tissés

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US85964059 US3117055A (en) 1959-12-15 1959-12-15 Non-woven fabrica
FR874609A FR1306205A (fr) 1959-12-15 1961-09-29 Articles fibreux non-tissés

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3117055A true US3117055A (en) 1964-01-07

Family

ID=42199172

Family Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US859640D Pending UST859640I4 (ja) 1959-12-15
US85964059 Expired - Lifetime US3117055A (en) 1959-12-15 1959-12-15 Non-woven fabrica

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US859640D Pending UST859640I4 (ja) 1959-12-15

Country Status (9)

Country Link
US (2) US3117055A (ja)
AT (1) AT294747B (ja)
CH (1) CH446259A (ja)
DE (1) DE1435113A1 (ja)
DK (1) DK117763B (ja)
ES (1) ES263194A1 (ja)
FR (1) FR1306205A (ja)
GB (1) GB914714A (ja)
NL (1) NL122418C (ja)

Cited By (47)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3272687A (en) * 1964-07-22 1966-09-13 Eastman Kodak Co Vapor permeable non-woven fibrous element
US3272898A (en) * 1965-06-11 1966-09-13 Du Pont Process for producing a nonwoven web
US3275732A (en) * 1963-07-05 1966-09-27 Fiber Industries Inc Process for preparing thick and thin novelty yarns
US3293718A (en) * 1963-07-01 1966-12-27 Du Pont Apparatus for forming non-woven web structures
US3314122A (en) * 1963-07-01 1967-04-18 Du Pont Apparatus for forming non-woven web structures
US3326740A (en) * 1963-04-29 1967-06-20 Stevens & Co Inc J P Multi-directional strectchable nonwoven fabric
US3368934A (en) * 1964-05-13 1968-02-13 Du Pont Nonwoven fabric of crimped continuous polyethylene terephthalate fibers
US3396071A (en) * 1963-03-25 1968-08-06 Ici Ltd Non-woven polypropylene fabrics
US3413179A (en) * 1966-12-28 1968-11-26 Dunlop Rubber Co Flexible sheet material and method for making same
US3439085A (en) * 1963-10-25 1969-04-15 Freudenberg Carl Kg Process for the production of non-woven elastic polyurethane fabric
US3438844A (en) * 1965-06-04 1969-04-15 Kendall & Co Spot-bonded nonwoven fabrics and their preparation
US3441468A (en) * 1964-12-24 1969-04-29 Glanzstoff Ag Process for the production of non-woven webs
US3459627A (en) * 1964-06-12 1969-08-05 Du Pont Nonwoven fabric with columnar bonds
US3459631A (en) * 1965-11-24 1969-08-05 Kem Wove Ind Inc Bendable,high loft,bonded,non-woven,textile fabric
US3503836A (en) * 1963-08-10 1970-03-31 Rasmussen O B Split fibrous sheet and method for making the same
DE2406321A1 (de) * 1974-02-09 1975-08-21 Lutravil Spinnvlies Spinnvlies aus endlosen faeden aus polyamid-6
US4047991A (en) * 1975-09-12 1977-09-13 Fiberlok, Inc. Polyester batt and method for producing such
US4050977A (en) * 1974-09-19 1977-09-27 Fiberlok, Inc. Composite batt and method for producing same
US4051294A (en) * 1975-09-12 1977-09-27 Fiberlok, Inc. Fiberous batt and method for producing such
US4053674A (en) * 1975-09-12 1977-10-11 Fiberlok, Inc. Glow-resistant batt and process for producing such
US4053673A (en) * 1975-09-12 1977-10-11 Fiberlok, Inc. Glow-resistant batt and process for producing such
US4092194A (en) * 1975-04-09 1978-05-30 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Process for making ceramic refractory oxide fiber-reinforced ceramic tube
US4146417A (en) * 1976-05-04 1979-03-27 Johnson & Johnson Method for producing bonded nonwoven fabrics using ionizing radiation
US4199388A (en) * 1978-05-15 1980-04-22 Geonautics, Inc. Method for making a multi-ply continuous filament ballistic helmet
US4256524A (en) * 1976-11-26 1981-03-17 Monsanto Company Process for solvent bonding blended nonwoven fabrics and fabric produced therefrom
US4296163A (en) * 1978-08-01 1981-10-20 Teijin Limited Fibrous composite having elasticity
US4324421A (en) * 1978-12-30 1982-04-13 Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Identity card with incorporated fibrids
DE1635583C2 (de) * 1964-08-17 1982-06-09 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., 19898 Wilmington, Del. Tufting-Grundmaterial
US4340558A (en) * 1976-05-05 1982-07-20 Colgate-Palmolive Company Scrim reinforced plastic film
US4376675A (en) * 1979-05-24 1983-03-15 Whatman Reeve Angel Limited Method of manufacturing an inorganic fiber filter tube and product
US4486485A (en) * 1983-08-24 1984-12-04 Burlington Industries, Inc. Nonwoven textile structures with reversible stretch
US5134016A (en) * 1990-10-31 1992-07-28 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Fiber reinforced porous sheets
US5194106A (en) * 1990-10-31 1993-03-16 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Method of making fiber reinforced porous sheets
US5470639A (en) * 1992-02-03 1995-11-28 Fiberweb North America, Inc. Elastic nonwoven webs and method of making same
US5997989A (en) * 1992-02-03 1999-12-07 Bba Nonwovens Simpsonville, Inc. Elastic nonwoven webs and method of making same
US6171433B1 (en) 1996-07-17 2001-01-09 Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. Method of making polymer powders and whiskers as well as particulate products of the method and atomizing apparatus
US20030098529A1 (en) * 2000-07-21 2003-05-29 Robert Drumm Nanoscale corundum powders, sintered compacts produced from these powders and method for producing the same
US20030121989A1 (en) * 2001-12-31 2003-07-03 Michael Rajendran S. Headliners, door panels and interior trim parts that are lofty, acoustical and structural
US20030233735A1 (en) * 2002-06-15 2003-12-25 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Use of a pulsating power supply for electrostatic charging of nonwovens
US6709623B2 (en) 2000-12-22 2004-03-23 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Process of and apparatus for making a nonwoven web
US20040077247A1 (en) * 2002-10-22 2004-04-22 Schmidt Richard J. Lofty spunbond nonwoven laminate
US20050087288A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-04-28 Haynes Bryan D. Method and apparatus for production of nonwoven webs
EP1755850A1 (en) * 2004-06-09 2007-02-28 Industrial Composites Engineering Pty Ltd Method for forming or curing polymer composites
US20080122134A1 (en) * 2002-12-24 2008-05-29 Michael Rajendran S Headliners, door panels and interior trim parts that are lofty, acoustical and structural
US7504060B2 (en) 2003-10-16 2009-03-17 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Method and apparatus for the production of nonwoven web materials
AU2005251829C1 (en) * 2004-06-09 2011-02-03 Industrial Composites Engineering Pty Ltd Method for forming or curing polymer composites
US20220194287A1 (en) * 2020-12-21 2022-06-23 Jesse Tyler Lockamy Mountable fabric ashtray

Families Citing this family (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3338992A (en) * 1959-12-15 1967-08-29 Du Pont Process for forming non-woven filamentary structures from fiber-forming synthetic organic polymers
US3502763A (en) * 1962-02-03 1970-03-24 Freudenberg Carl Kg Process of producing non-woven fabric fleece
GB1073181A (en) * 1963-02-05 1967-06-21 Ici Ltd Bonded-web nonwoven products
US20040043212A1 (en) 2000-08-05 2004-03-04 Peter Grynaeus Thermal control nonwoven material
DE102005030484B4 (de) 2005-06-28 2007-11-15 Carl Freudenberg Kg Elastischer Vliesstoff, Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung und dessen Verwendung
CN107780053B (zh) * 2017-04-19 2020-05-19 安徽工程大学 一种纳米纤维膜、制备方法及其应用
CN108589049B (zh) * 2018-05-09 2020-09-04 安徽工程大学 一种具有pH响应性的气凝胶电纺纤维膜及其制备方法
CN113881134B (zh) * 2020-07-01 2023-07-25 中国石油天然气股份有限公司 一种用于亲水无纺布的组合物及其应用
CN112941724B (zh) * 2021-01-29 2023-03-31 刘学谷 一种抗菌无纺布生产线及生产工艺

Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US705691A (en) * 1900-02-20 1902-07-29 William James Morton Method of dispersing fluids.
US2197896A (en) * 1937-02-15 1940-04-23 Du Pont Artificial wool
US2336745A (en) * 1941-12-20 1943-12-14 Fred W Manning Method and apparatus for making unwoven and composite fabrics
US2385873A (en) * 1942-04-18 1945-10-02 Carborundum Co Method of forming web material
US2416390A (en) * 1943-02-25 1947-02-25 Du Pont Free fall fiber
US2465996A (en) * 1946-10-04 1949-04-05 Bloch Godfrey Yarn and fabric
US2676128A (en) * 1951-06-18 1954-04-20 Du Pont Process of preparing nonwoven fabric and product
US2810426A (en) * 1953-12-24 1957-10-22 American Viscose Corp Reticulated webs and method and apparatus for their production

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US705691A (en) * 1900-02-20 1902-07-29 William James Morton Method of dispersing fluids.
US2197896A (en) * 1937-02-15 1940-04-23 Du Pont Artificial wool
US2336745A (en) * 1941-12-20 1943-12-14 Fred W Manning Method and apparatus for making unwoven and composite fabrics
US2385873A (en) * 1942-04-18 1945-10-02 Carborundum Co Method of forming web material
US2416390A (en) * 1943-02-25 1947-02-25 Du Pont Free fall fiber
US2465996A (en) * 1946-10-04 1949-04-05 Bloch Godfrey Yarn and fabric
US2676128A (en) * 1951-06-18 1954-04-20 Du Pont Process of preparing nonwoven fabric and product
US2810426A (en) * 1953-12-24 1957-10-22 American Viscose Corp Reticulated webs and method and apparatus for their production

Cited By (55)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3396071A (en) * 1963-03-25 1968-08-06 Ici Ltd Non-woven polypropylene fabrics
US3326740A (en) * 1963-04-29 1967-06-20 Stevens & Co Inc J P Multi-directional strectchable nonwoven fabric
US3293718A (en) * 1963-07-01 1966-12-27 Du Pont Apparatus for forming non-woven web structures
US3314122A (en) * 1963-07-01 1967-04-18 Du Pont Apparatus for forming non-woven web structures
US3275732A (en) * 1963-07-05 1966-09-27 Fiber Industries Inc Process for preparing thick and thin novelty yarns
US3503836A (en) * 1963-08-10 1970-03-31 Rasmussen O B Split fibrous sheet and method for making the same
US3439085A (en) * 1963-10-25 1969-04-15 Freudenberg Carl Kg Process for the production of non-woven elastic polyurethane fabric
US3368934A (en) * 1964-05-13 1968-02-13 Du Pont Nonwoven fabric of crimped continuous polyethylene terephthalate fibers
US3459627A (en) * 1964-06-12 1969-08-05 Du Pont Nonwoven fabric with columnar bonds
US3272687A (en) * 1964-07-22 1966-09-13 Eastman Kodak Co Vapor permeable non-woven fibrous element
DE1635583C2 (de) * 1964-08-17 1982-06-09 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., 19898 Wilmington, Del. Tufting-Grundmaterial
US3441468A (en) * 1964-12-24 1969-04-29 Glanzstoff Ag Process for the production of non-woven webs
US3438844A (en) * 1965-06-04 1969-04-15 Kendall & Co Spot-bonded nonwoven fabrics and their preparation
US3272898A (en) * 1965-06-11 1966-09-13 Du Pont Process for producing a nonwoven web
US3459631A (en) * 1965-11-24 1969-08-05 Kem Wove Ind Inc Bendable,high loft,bonded,non-woven,textile fabric
US3413179A (en) * 1966-12-28 1968-11-26 Dunlop Rubber Co Flexible sheet material and method for making same
US3991250A (en) * 1974-02-09 1976-11-09 Lutravil Spinnvlies Gmbh & Co. Spunbonded fabrics of nylon-6 filaments
DE2406321A1 (de) * 1974-02-09 1975-08-21 Lutravil Spinnvlies Spinnvlies aus endlosen faeden aus polyamid-6
US4050977A (en) * 1974-09-19 1977-09-27 Fiberlok, Inc. Composite batt and method for producing same
US4092194A (en) * 1975-04-09 1978-05-30 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Process for making ceramic refractory oxide fiber-reinforced ceramic tube
US4047991A (en) * 1975-09-12 1977-09-13 Fiberlok, Inc. Polyester batt and method for producing such
US4051294A (en) * 1975-09-12 1977-09-27 Fiberlok, Inc. Fiberous batt and method for producing such
US4053674A (en) * 1975-09-12 1977-10-11 Fiberlok, Inc. Glow-resistant batt and process for producing such
US4053673A (en) * 1975-09-12 1977-10-11 Fiberlok, Inc. Glow-resistant batt and process for producing such
US4146417A (en) * 1976-05-04 1979-03-27 Johnson & Johnson Method for producing bonded nonwoven fabrics using ionizing radiation
US4340558A (en) * 1976-05-05 1982-07-20 Colgate-Palmolive Company Scrim reinforced plastic film
US4256524A (en) * 1976-11-26 1981-03-17 Monsanto Company Process for solvent bonding blended nonwoven fabrics and fabric produced therefrom
US4199388A (en) * 1978-05-15 1980-04-22 Geonautics, Inc. Method for making a multi-ply continuous filament ballistic helmet
US4296163A (en) * 1978-08-01 1981-10-20 Teijin Limited Fibrous composite having elasticity
US4324421A (en) * 1978-12-30 1982-04-13 Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Identity card with incorporated fibrids
US4376675A (en) * 1979-05-24 1983-03-15 Whatman Reeve Angel Limited Method of manufacturing an inorganic fiber filter tube and product
US4486485A (en) * 1983-08-24 1984-12-04 Burlington Industries, Inc. Nonwoven textile structures with reversible stretch
US5134016A (en) * 1990-10-31 1992-07-28 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Fiber reinforced porous sheets
US5194106A (en) * 1990-10-31 1993-03-16 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Method of making fiber reinforced porous sheets
US5470639A (en) * 1992-02-03 1995-11-28 Fiberweb North America, Inc. Elastic nonwoven webs and method of making same
US5997989A (en) * 1992-02-03 1999-12-07 Bba Nonwovens Simpsonville, Inc. Elastic nonwoven webs and method of making same
US6171433B1 (en) 1996-07-17 2001-01-09 Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. Method of making polymer powders and whiskers as well as particulate products of the method and atomizing apparatus
US6533563B1 (en) 1996-07-17 2003-03-18 Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. Atomizing apparatus for making polymer and metal powders and whiskers
US20030098529A1 (en) * 2000-07-21 2003-05-29 Robert Drumm Nanoscale corundum powders, sintered compacts produced from these powders and method for producing the same
US6709623B2 (en) 2000-12-22 2004-03-23 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Process of and apparatus for making a nonwoven web
US7357888B2 (en) 2001-12-31 2008-04-15 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, Llc Method of producing headliners, door panels and interior trim parts
US20030121989A1 (en) * 2001-12-31 2003-07-03 Michael Rajendran S. Headliners, door panels and interior trim parts that are lofty, acoustical and structural
WO2003057454A1 (en) * 2001-12-31 2003-07-17 Owens Corning Method for producting lofty, acoustical and structural parts
US7488441B2 (en) 2002-06-15 2009-02-10 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Use of a pulsating power supply for electrostatic charging of nonwovens
US20030233735A1 (en) * 2002-06-15 2003-12-25 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Use of a pulsating power supply for electrostatic charging of nonwovens
US20040077247A1 (en) * 2002-10-22 2004-04-22 Schmidt Richard J. Lofty spunbond nonwoven laminate
US20080122134A1 (en) * 2002-12-24 2008-05-29 Michael Rajendran S Headliners, door panels and interior trim parts that are lofty, acoustical and structural
US7504060B2 (en) 2003-10-16 2009-03-17 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Method and apparatus for the production of nonwoven web materials
US20050087288A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-04-28 Haynes Bryan D. Method and apparatus for production of nonwoven webs
EP1755850A1 (en) * 2004-06-09 2007-02-28 Industrial Composites Engineering Pty Ltd Method for forming or curing polymer composites
US20070113953A1 (en) * 2004-06-09 2007-05-24 Haywood Alex M Method for forming or curing polymer composites
EP1755850A4 (en) * 2004-06-09 2008-08-20 Ind Composites Engineering Pty PROCESS FOR FORMING OR PROCESSING POLYMER COMPOSITES
AU2005251829C1 (en) * 2004-06-09 2011-02-03 Industrial Composites Engineering Pty Ltd Method for forming or curing polymer composites
US8088237B2 (en) 2004-06-09 2012-01-03 Industrial Composites Engineering Pty Ltd Method for forming or curing polymer composites
US20220194287A1 (en) * 2020-12-21 2022-06-23 Jesse Tyler Lockamy Mountable fabric ashtray

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
NL122418C (ja)
NL259016A (ja) 1964-04-27
UST859640I4 (ja) 1900-01-01
FR1306205A (fr) 1962-10-13
ES263194A1 (es) 1961-07-01
DE1435113A1 (de) 1969-10-09
GB914714A (en) 1963-01-02
AT294747B (de) 1971-12-10
DK117763B (da) 1970-06-01
CH446259A (de) 1967-06-15

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3117055A (en) Non-woven fabrica
US3511747A (en) Bonded textile materials
US5124194A (en) Hot-melt-adhesive, micro-fiber-generating conjugate fibers and a woven or non-woven fabric using the same
US3595731A (en) Bonded non-woven fibrous materials
US2910763A (en) Felt-like products
US3067482A (en) Sheet material and process of making same
US4966808A (en) Micro-fibers-generating conjugate fibers and woven or non-woven fabric thereof
EP0086103B2 (en) Process for producing a non-woven fabric of hot-melt-adhered composite fibers
JP3233661B2 (ja) 水力でもつれさせたポリオレフインウエツブ
US4368227A (en) Suede-like sheet materials of ultrafine fibers
US5355565A (en) Process for the production of a non-woven cloth constituted of continuous interconnected filaments and cloth thus obtained
US3551271A (en) Nonwoven fabrics containing heterofilaments
US3067483A (en) Sheet material and process of making same
GB2198756A (en) Carpet tufting backing made of spunbonded nonwoven
US4908263A (en) Nonwoven thermal insulating stretch fabric
US3228790A (en) Nonwoven fabric containing polyolefin fibers bonded together with a mixture of polyolefin and acrylic resins
US3752733A (en) Bonded nonwoven fibrous product
US3117056A (en) Conformable bulkable non-woven web
Purdy Developments in non-woven fabrics
US3317335A (en) Fibrous, non-woven sheet materials and the production thereof
US3259539A (en) Preparation of a conformable nonwoven web
US3499810A (en) Method of making a bonded nonwoven web of staple-length filaments
US3758429A (en) Ethylene vinyl chloride n methhylol acrylamide
US3647615A (en) Ethylene/vinyl chloride/n-methylol acrylamide
US3158525A (en) Resin coated unwoven fabric