US3492144A - Method of making flocked fabrics - Google Patents

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US3492144A
US3492144A US524142A US3492144DA US3492144A US 3492144 A US3492144 A US 3492144A US 524142 A US524142 A US 524142A US 3492144D A US3492144D A US 3492144DA US 3492144 A US3492144 A US 3492144A
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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
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  • This invention relates to flocked fabrics and a novel method of making same. More particularly, the invention relates to flocked fabrics that are made from long, curled sections of synthetic monofilament, which exhibit improved wear, pile resiliency, and general appearance.
  • Flocking is of great importance as a modern method of surface styling for textiles and plastics.
  • natural or synthetic dust, short fibers of different staple length and denier, or flocks of definite length and diameter are cemented by a bonding agent to the entire surface or part of it, of textiles, non-Wovens, or plastic or metal foils, and also to leather, rubber, wood, paper, glass and sheet metal/
  • flocked material always consists of basic material, bonding (agent and pile.
  • FIGURE 6 is a schematic view of a mechanical process employed for manufacturing the flocked fabrics of the invention.
  • FIGURE 7 is a schematic view of an electrostatic process employed for manufacturing the flocked fabrics of the invention.
  • FIGURE 1 flocked fabrics having relatively long, straight filament sections 12 tend to be flat on the fabric surface 10.
  • FIGURE 2 there is illustrated the remarkable advantages of using a filament section 13 in flocking a fabric.
  • a great degree of resiliency and fiber density can be tailored into the finished flocked fabric.
  • FIGURE 3 and FIGURE 4 more clearly illustrate the unexpected result of pile density and resiliency built into the flocked fabric using curled filaments.
  • FIGURE 3 illustrates the poor covering of straight, non-curled filaments and shows their'tendency to lie down on the fabric backing rather than standing perpendicular. This effect is well known in the art and is the main, reason long filaments are generally omitted from most flocking methods.
  • FIGURE 4 In contrast to the inadequate fabric of FIGURE 3, is the flocked fabric illustrated in FIGURE 4, wherein curled filaments comprise the pile surface, of the fabric. It can be seen readily that the curled fabrics tend to interlock, causing a much greater resiliency and density than is normally found in flocked fabrics using long filaments.
  • the filament sections useful for the present invention have a length of from about A to 1 /2 inch and are preferably in the range of 15 to 1250 denier, depending on choice of polymer filament.
  • filament sections are shown possessing varying curl.
  • the degree of curling was established using a /2 inch cut flock and measuring the radii of curvatures, which preferably run from' to A inch. This can be better. understood by referring to FIGURE 5e, wh e rein the dotted,
  • FIGURE 5a would of course, be inch curvature, with FIGURE 5] beof thermoplastic monofilaments and then applying the curled sections of monofilament to an adhesive coated suitable fabric backing material.
  • Flocked fabrics produced in this manner possess a pile density, resilience, durability and attractive appearance that are novel to the. flocked fabric art.
  • FIGURE 5b has inch curvature, 50 having V inch curvature, and so forth. There is a variance in'desirable degree of curl, depending on the particular properties desired in any given'flocked. fabric.
  • FIGURE 5 is merely for purposes of 'il-i lustration and is not to be construed as limiting the inven-,' tion herein.
  • FIGURE 6 there is illustrated schematically one method of manufacturing the flocked fabrics of the present invention.
  • The-method consists essentially of passing a suitable fabric material 16 onto a conveyor 24, where a suitable adhesive 19 is uniformly coatedonto fabric 16 and smoothed by a doctor blade 28.
  • the adhesive-coated fabric 20 is then conveyed beneath a flock distributing device 26 which drops the cut filament sections 25 ontothe coated fabric 20.
  • the finished fabric 30 is then conveyed on to subsequent drying and like treatments.
  • FIGURE 7 illustrates an alternative method employing electrostatic flocking, as opposed to mechanical flocking of FIGURE 6.
  • the essential steps This was flocked onto a 225 square inch sample of Woven SFM, and coated with 16 ounce per square yard of acrylic adhesive, as in Example 1, above. Flock in the amount of 2.14 grams was retained on the backing. The density of flock on the sample was 12.3 ounce per square yard,
  • EXAMPLE 1 Five grams of the same 400 denier SFM /2 inch cut was pre-curled by hot water at 210 F. for 60 minutes. 75
  • teria is a vinyi ene c loride-vinyl chloride copolymer e5 36 7 275 F., 10 t (Saran Flat Mlcrotape) of about 400 denier. Filaments is; Boiling wais l f l tl rilinutes 5 2( 2 of polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon, polyesters, acry- 5 25 15 lates, and vinyl of from 15 to 600 denler are also well adapted for use in the invention.
  • thermoplastic filament sec- F1 k d b tions There are many ways to curl thermoplastic filament sec- F1 k d b tions, such as by treating with hot air, steam and hot wa- 1 i g fg 3 g l 5 ter with or Without mechanical agitation. It has been z i g g gg z; gg i gg gg i gz O O 9 i g i i g i hot at f to metal (coated with thermoplastic such as Lurex manue or a u Pro uces a Sm a e 6.21m 35 factured by The Dow Chemical Company), polyester, treanklent at atmqsphem PresSure for about 15 to and acrylic.
  • thermoplastic such as Lurex manue or a u Pro uces a Sm a e 6.21m 35 factured by The Dow Chemical Company
  • a method of producing wear and weather resistant flocked fabrics which comprises curling relatively long 'sections of synthetic polymer filaments into arcuate segments and thereafter applying the arcuate segments of filament to an adhesive coated suitable fabric backing material.

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US3904793A (en) * 1969-02-28 1975-09-09 Deering Milliken Inc Crushed pile fabric and method
US3922404A (en) * 1969-02-28 1975-11-25 Deering Milliken Inc Crushed pile fabric and method
US5700555A (en) * 1993-08-30 1997-12-23 Formtech Enterprises, Inc. Sandable and stainable plastic/wood composite

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US3024518A (en) * 1960-11-22 1962-03-13 Russell B Newton Methods of making pile fabrics
US3275487A (en) * 1963-01-07 1966-09-27 Jerome H Lemelson Method and automatic apparatus for producing pile surfaced plastic sheeting
US3314845A (en) * 1964-07-23 1967-04-18 Du Pont Method of flocking and subsequently developing latently crimpable fibers and article produced thereby
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US1949068A (en) * 1930-07-11 1934-02-27 Goodrich Co B F Artificial turf and method of making the same
US1939846A (en) * 1930-07-14 1933-12-19 Goodrich Co B F Artificial turf and method of making the same
US2326174A (en) * 1939-04-22 1943-08-10 Rutishauser Georg Method and apparatus for the production of curled threads from cellulose acetate
US2377810A (en) * 1942-10-30 1945-06-05 Dow Chemical Co Crinkled polymeric vinylidene chloride fibers
US2439815A (en) * 1945-04-03 1948-04-20 American Viscose Corp Composite thermoplastic fibers
US2917806A (en) * 1957-06-05 1959-12-22 Dow Chemical Co Method for crimping acrylonitrile polymer fibers
US3024518A (en) * 1960-11-22 1962-03-13 Russell B Newton Methods of making pile fabrics
US3330896A (en) * 1962-07-12 1967-07-11 American Cyanamid Co Method of producing bulky yarn
US3275487A (en) * 1963-01-07 1966-09-27 Jerome H Lemelson Method and automatic apparatus for producing pile surfaced plastic sheeting
US3322606A (en) * 1963-06-24 1967-05-30 Du Pont Double-faced pile article
US3314845A (en) * 1964-07-23 1967-04-18 Du Pont Method of flocking and subsequently developing latently crimpable fibers and article produced thereby

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US3922404A (en) * 1969-02-28 1975-11-25 Deering Milliken Inc Crushed pile fabric and method
US5700555A (en) * 1993-08-30 1997-12-23 Formtech Enterprises, Inc. Sandable and stainable plastic/wood composite

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