US3394043A - Tufted carpet and non-woven backing fabric therefor - Google Patents

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US3394043A
US3394043A US59530466A US3394043A US 3394043 A US3394043 A US 3394043A US 59530466 A US59530466 A US 59530466A US 3394043 A US3394043 A US 3394043A
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    • 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
    • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
    • D04H1/40—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
    • D04H1/44—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling
    • D04H1/46—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling by needling or like operations to cause entanglement of fibres
    • D04H1/48—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling by needling or like operations to cause entanglement of fibres in combination with at least one other method of consolidation
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D05—SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
    • D05C—EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
    • D05C17/00—Embroidered or tufted products; Base fabrics specially adapted for embroidered work; Inserts for producing surface irregularities in embroidered products
    • D05C17/02—Tufted products
    • 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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    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/23907—Pile or nap type surface or component
    • Y10T428/23979—Particular backing structure or composition
    • 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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    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/23907—Pile or nap type surface or component
    • Y10T428/23986—With coating, impregnation, or bond
    • 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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  • ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A tufted pile carpet in which a non-woven backing fabric supports the pile elements which are formed by yarns extending through the backing fabric at closely spaced intervals with portions thereof extending from one face of the non-woven backing fabric.
  • the nonwoven backing fabric being in the form of a needled sheet-like web of fibers which are intermixed vertically relative to the thickness of the web with the majority of the intermixed fibers being of a synthetic thermoplastic material, preferably a polypropylene or other polyolefin, which are bonded or fused together on at least one surface of the web with the fibers on the interior of the Web being unbonded and movable relative to each other.
  • Said web having incorporated therein threads which increase the resistance of the web to tensile stresses exerted thereon.
  • Said threads preferably being adjacent the surface of the web on which the fibers are bonded or fused and being engaged by the bonded or fused fibers.
  • the present invention relates to improvements in tufted pile fabrics such as carpet and to the method of producing the same. It relates, more particularly, to tufted carpet in which the pile elements are formed and supported on a novel backing fabric comprised principally of intermixed fibers and the method of producing the same. The present application also relates to improvements in the backing fabric for tufted carpet or the like and the method of producing such fabric.
  • An object of the present inevntion is to provide a tufted carpet having a backing fabric comprised principally of intermixed fibers which imparts superior qualities to the carpet in a number of respects including the cost, weight, strength, dimensional stability, handle, availability of materials and the like, particularly in comparison to conventional tufted carpet which uses a loosely woven burlap or similar material as the backing fabric.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a backing fabric for tufted carpet which can be produced at a relatively high rate of productivity from inexpensive materials which are readily available in most countries, including the United States. This eliminates problems of long delays and uncertainties of delivery which are frequently encountered in obtaining the commonly used loosely woven burlaps which are usually manufactured from jute in countries such as India.
  • a backing fabric in accordance with the present invention has a consistent uniformity in composition which practically eliminates irregularities or imperfections in the appearance of the pile face of the tufted carpet due to needle deflection which can occur when a tufting needle strikes a woven strand of jute or similar material.
  • the intermixed fibers of the subject backing fabric also provide for better closure on the pile forming yarns after tufting than do the strands of loosely woven materials such as burlap.
  • the subject backing fabric also has a greater ability to pick up the adhesive back coating which holds the pile forming yarns in place without objectionable penetration of the back coating onto the face of the fabric.
  • tufted carpet embodying the present invention is lighter in weight than tufted carpet having comparable tufts or pile which use burlap as the backing fabric, with the result that shipping costs are reduced and larger rolls of carpet can be handled.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view in vertical section in a warpwise direction diagrammatically illustrating a piece of tufted carpet embodying the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevational view in vertical section in a warpwise direction diagrammatically illustrating the backing fabric of the tufted carpet shown in FIG. 1 but on an enlarged scale and in the form of a needled bat prior to surface treatment thereof;
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view diagrammatically illustrating the backing fabric shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a side elevational view in vertical section in a warpwise direction diagrammatically illustrating the backing fabrics shown in FIG. 2 after surface treatment;
  • FIG. 5 is a side elevational view in vertical section in a warpwise direction diagrammatically illustrating the backing fabric shown in FIG. 4 with yarns forming pile elements tufted thereon;
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary view of the tufted carpet shown in FIG. 1, but on an enlarged scale;
  • FIG. 7 is a side elevational view in vertical section in a warpwise direction diagrammatically illustrating a modification of the backing fabric shown in FIGS. 2-6;
  • FIG. 8 is a side elevational view in vertical section in a warpwise direction diagrammatically illustrating a piece of tufted pile carpet with the modified form of back ing fabric shown in FIG 7;
  • FIG. 9 is a plan view diagrammatically illustrating the apparatus and procedure employed for producing the backing fabric shown in FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 10 is a side elevation of the apparatus and procedure illustrated in FIG. 9.
  • the backing fabric will be comprised principally of non-woven fibers: and hence, may be referred to as a non-woven fabric.
  • the thickness of the backing fabric will be of the same relative order as a woven burlap and may be readily substituted therefor.
  • a tufted pile fabric such as carpet made in accordance with the present invention employs a novel backing fabric comprised principally of fibers of a thermoplastic material such as polypropylene which have been subjected to needling and with the fibers on at least one surface of the backing fabric being bonded together as the element on which yarns forming the pile elements are tufted and supported.
  • the backing fabric Prior to tufting, is in the form of a sheet-like web in which the majority of the fibers are of synthetic thermoplastic material of high strength, particularly polypropylene and the fibers employed may be those termed Waste fibers in the trade.
  • the backing fabric may be formed by distributing the fibers at random by means of garnets in one or more superimposed layers on a carrier such as a low-count cotton cheesecloth.
  • the cheesecloth with the fibers deposited thereon is then moved to a needling machine where the web is subjected to a needling operation which causes the fibers to be intimately intertwined and interengaged with each other throughout the thickness of the web, particularly at the points of needling.
  • fibers on one or both exterior surfaces of the bat are bonded together to a flattened and hardened condition with the interior fibers remaining unoonded. This may be done by heating the surface fibers to their melting temperature so as to fuse the surface fibers without fusing the fibers on the interior of the web.
  • the bonding or fusing of the fibers on exterior surfaces of the web tends to increase the tensile strength of the web and the bonded or fused surface can pass beneath the needles of tufting machines during the tufting operation without excessive interference or objectionable drag.
  • the usual tufting machines are employed in forming the pile elements and the tufting needles which carry the tufting yarns penetrate the backing fabric from the rear face thereof so as to form loops of the yarns having a desired length or height which extend from the opposite or front face of the backing fabric.
  • the needles are then withdrawn from the backing fabric with the yarn loops being held in place while the backing fabric which has been tufted is advanced for the tufting of the next row of pile elements thereon.
  • a suitable adhesive back-coating compound such as a high solids synthetic latex adhesive compound of the type usually used as a back-coating for tufted pile carpet, is applied to the rear face or back of the carpet.
  • the back-coating penetrates the backing fabric to some extent and it secures the portions of the pile yarns extending along and through the backing fabric to the backing fabric.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a tufted pile fabric 11 of a type suitable for use as a floor covering or carpet which may hereinafter be called tufted carpet or tufted pile carpet.
  • tufted carpet a type suitable for use as a floor covering or carpet which may hereinafter be called tufted carpet or tufted pile carpet.
  • the present invention is not necessarily limited to tufted pile fabrics for use as floor coverings, although it has particular advantages for such use.
  • the tufted pile carpet 11 comprises a backing fabric 12 comprised principally of non-woven fibers which has several rows of tufted pile elements 13 in the form of loops of yarn supported thereon.
  • the yarns forming the pile elements are stitched to the non-woven backing by means of a tufting machine of a type customarily employed for such purpose and hence, the tufting operation need not be described in detail here.
  • an adhesive compound such as a synthetic latex based compound
  • the backing or supporting fabric 12 is comprised principally of fibers of thermoplastic material, preferably polypropylene or other polyolefins having similar characteristics including mixtures.
  • the fibers are distributed at random and are needled into the form of a cohesive hat or web.
  • the needling causes fibers from different levels of the bat to be intermixed in more intimate engagement with each other and imparts strength to the bat or web.
  • a closed barb needle of small diameter, such as a #32 fine felt triple barb needle, may be employed for this purpose.
  • the needled web of fibers includes a piece of low-count cheesecloth 15 of cotton or other suitable material extending therethrough.
  • the fibers are deposited on a moving web of the cheesecloth and the fibers carried by the cheesecloth are then subjected to a needling operation.
  • the cheesecloth is incorporated in the needled web at a point adjacent its lower surface.
  • FIG. 7 A modified form of the backing or support fabric without the cheesecloth is shown in FIG. 7 and the same reference numerals have been applied to corresponding elements. This form of backing fabric after tufting and back coating is also shown in FIG. 8.
  • a tufted fabric such as tufted carpet
  • double thicknesses of the pile-forming yarns extend through the backing fabric at closely spaced intervals both across and lengthwise of the fabric and the double portions of the pile forming yarns exert lateral forces on the fabric.
  • the cumulative effect of such forces particularly in a twelve to fifteen foot width of the tufted carpet, will cause the tufted fabric to grow or expand in both its widh and length when the backing fabric is formed from fibers having elastic properties, such as polypropylene.
  • the backing or support fabric may be made entirely from polypropylene fibers or from mixtures of polyproplyene fibers with fibers of other materials such as nylon, rayon, acrylic, polyester or mixtures thereof.
  • Polypropylene fibers have been found to have especially suitable characteristics particularly for use in conjunction with tufted carpet and are readily available in good supply and at low cost in most countries, including the United States.
  • a satisfactory backing or support fabric for tufted carpet may be made from polypropylene fibers of 5 to 15 denier which are commonly produced commercially. If desired, fibers of different denier may be mixed.
  • fibers of other materials may be included in the mixture and the following is an example of a suitable mixture of fibers which may be employed in a backing fabric for tufted carpet:
  • Percent Polypropylene fibers (4 /2 in. staple) 75%, 6 denier. 25%, 3 denier.
  • rayon fibers (3 in. staple) 10
  • the rayon fibers in this mixture serve primarily as dye sites in the backing fabric so that its color will approximate the color of the pile yarns after dyeing.
  • the content of rayon fibers may be increased to some extent, but it should not be increased to a point where substantial weakening of the backing fabric takes place.
  • the 3 denier fibers will fill any voids or spaces between the larger 6 denier fibers and changes in these proportions can be made as desired.
  • the polypropylene fibers are crimped and the crimp imparted by usual procedure employed in the United States; i.e., by overfeeding the filaments as they are fed into a heated stufling box, is satisfactory.
  • the bonding or fusing of the surface fibers also filattens upstanding fibers and provides a somewhat harder and smoother surface which will pass more readily beneath the needles of the tufting machine.
  • the polypropylene fibers on the surface of the web may be bonded together by heating these fibers to a temperature slightly above their melting point for a short period of time so as to fuse the surface fibers without aflecting the interior or remaining fibers of the web.
  • the tufting needles penetrate the backing fabric repeatedly at closely spaced intervals in the tufting operation and in effect, form punctures or openings therein through which double thicknesses of the pile yarns extend.
  • a conventional backing fabric such as burlap
  • needle punctures which occur in the tufting tend to weaken the fabric. This is particularly true with woven fabrics such as burlap where strands of the backing fabric may be severed by the needles if proper care is not exercised.
  • the tensile strength of a backing fabric embodying the subject invention is not appreciably reduced or diminshed by the tufting and an increase in the overall tensile strength of the tufted pile fabric may result due to the compacting of the unbounded or unfused fibers in the interior center of the backing fabric in areas adjacent the points Where the needles penetrate the fabric.
  • a very distinct advantage of the backing fabric described herein over woven backings such as burlap is that no skewing of filling strands can take place and distortion in alignment of pile elements resulting thereform is eliminated.
  • a suitable adhesive compound forming the back-coating 14 is applied to the rear face of the tufted backing fabric.
  • the back-coating penetrates the backing fabric to some extent and it anchors the pile elements in place.
  • a suitable back-coating compound for this purpose is a high solids synthetic latex base adhesive compound, such as is commonly used for tufted carpet.
  • the backing or support fabric remains porous and the unbonded 0r unfused fibers on the interior thereof permit a considerable amount of the back-coating compound to be absorbed without having the compound penetrate to the pile face of the backing fabric.
  • the hand of the tufted pile fabric can be varied by adjusting the amount of the adhesive compound applied thereto. Scrim or other suit- 6, able finish or covering materials may be applied, if desired, to the rear face of the tufted carpet in the usual manner.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 One way in which the backing or support fabric embodying the subject invention may be produced is illustrated schematically in FIGS. 9 and 10. Briefly, polypropylene fibers (or mixtures containing polypropylene fibers) are fed from feed boxes 30 onto garnets 31 which combine the fibers into layers which pass onto run-out chutes 32. The run-out chutes traverse back and forth over a traveling conveyor or supporting element 33 which, as mentioned above, may be the low-count cheesecloth 15 and deposit the fiber layers thereon.
  • a traveling conveyor or supporting element 33 which, as mentioned above, may be the low-count cheesecloth 15 and deposit the fiber layers thereon.
  • the conveyor element or cheesecloth is fed from a roll 34 through a J-box 35 from which it moves forward as a continuous web beneath the ends of the traversing run-out chutes to receive the fibers and thence, to a needling machine 36 carrying the layers of fibers deposited thereon with it.
  • a needling machine 36 carrying the layers of fibers deposited thereon with it.
  • the needled web of fibers with the cheesecloth incorporated therein passes into another J-box 37 and then to a pair of heated rolls 38 and 39 which contact with the exterior surfaces of the needled web or bat.
  • the surface fibers In order to fuse fibers of polypropylene having a melting point between 310 to 320 F., the surface fibers should be heated briefly to a temperature between 325 and 350 F. by contact with the rolls. When heated in this manner, the fibers in the center or interior of the web do not reach their melting temperature and will rernain unbounded or unfused. When the fused fibers on the exterior surfaces of the web have been permitted to cool, the backing fabric may be then Wound into a roll 40.
  • the web may be run through a disc cutter to cut it to the desired width either before or after the surface treatment.
  • a suitable hinder or solvent such as an acrylic resin or a Water resistant cure type latex may be sprayed on the surfaces of the web in liquid form and then dried to bind the surface fibers together in place of fusing them by heat.
  • a backing fabric comprised primarily of intermixed fibers with the majority of said fibers being of polypropylene;
  • said fibers being randomly distribtued in one or more layers and being intermixed in a vertical direction relative to the thickness of said layers into the form of a sheet-like web;
  • each of the pile elements having doubled portions extending through the backing fabric and portions extending along another face of the backing fabric and connecting said doubled portions to adjacent pile elements with the doubled portions being resil- 7 iently gripped and held in place by the unbonded fibers of the backing fabric.
  • (a) means incorporated in the backing fabric for resisting growth of the backing fabric after tufting.
  • said means including a low-count cheesecloth having threads extending lengthwise of the fabric.
  • said means including a low-count cheesecloth having threads extending lengthwise of the fabric with the fiber-s on said one exterior surface of the backing fabric being bonded to said threads.
  • a backing fabric comprised of randomly distributed and intermixed fibers with a major proportion of said fibers being of polypropylene;
  • said fabric also including a web of open-mesh lowcount cheesecloth having warp and filling threads adjacent one surface thereof;
  • the proportion of polypropylene fibers in the backing fabric is at least 80 percent.
  • the backing fabric comprises a mixture of fibers in which about ninety percent (90%) of the fibers are polypropylene fibers ranging in size from about 3 to 6 denier, and ten percent (10%) of the fibers are rayon fibers;
  • said web having exterior surfaces and being needled throughout its thickness at a multiplicity of closely spaced points extending over its surface area with fibers at different levels of the web having portions which are displaced vertically relative to the thickness of the web at said points of needling;
  • said layer of textile threads having a tensile strength less than that of the needled web of fibers and extending in a plane substantially parallel to said one exterior surface of the web with displaced portions of fibers forming the web projecting through said layer of threads at the points of needling;
  • said needled web also including fibers located between the exterior surfaces thereof which are not bonded together and are mobile relative to each other.
  • thermoplastic fibers are fused into engagement with each other and with the layer of threads.
  • the synthetic thermoplastic fibers of the needled sheet-like web are of a polyolefin material.
  • thermoplastic fibers located at the other exterior surfaces of the web are fused into engagement with each other.

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NL6403128A NL6403128A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1963-10-31 1964-03-24
GB1305764A GB1068432A (en) 1963-10-31 1964-03-26 Non-woven fabric, tufted carpet and methods of producing same
AT289964A AT302954B (de) 1963-10-31 1964-04-03 Pol- oder Florstoff, insbesondere Teppich
CH421564A CH462367A (de) 1963-10-31 1964-04-03 Getufteter Florstoff, insbesondere Teppich, und Verfahren zur Herstellung desselben
DE1560654A DE1560654C3 (de) 1963-10-31 1964-04-03 Nadelvliesstoff aus überwiegend thermoplastischen Fasern
DK169864A DK133166C (da) 1963-10-31 1964-04-06 Fremgangsmade til fremstilling af et ikke vevet stof til anvendelse som teppegrund for tuftede tepper
SE424064A SE339456B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1963-10-31 1964-04-07
LU45851D LU45851A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1963-10-31 1964-04-10
FR991601A FR1414153A (fr) 1963-10-31 1964-10-15 Tapis à touffes de poils et son procédé de fabrication
BE654507A BE654507A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1963-10-31 1964-10-16
US59530466 US3394043A (en) 1963-10-31 1966-11-07 Tufted carpet and non-woven backing fabric therefor
DK200367A DK129951B (da) 1963-10-31 1967-04-12 Et ikke vævet stof til anvendelse som bundstof i luvstoffer.
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