WO1993010696A1 - Tufted carpet or mat product - Google Patents

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WO1993010696A1
WO1993010696A1 PCT/DK1991/000357 DK9100357W WO9310696A1 WO 1993010696 A1 WO1993010696 A1 WO 1993010696A1 DK 9100357 W DK9100357 W DK 9100357W WO 9310696 A1 WO9310696 A1 WO 9310696A1
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Aage Lang
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  • the present invention relates to a tufted carpet or mat product comprising a primary support fabric having an underside and an upper side, a layer of rubber or syn- thetic rubber which has been adhered, e.g. by vulcaniza ⁇ tion, to the underside of the primary support fabric, and yarn nops extending through the primary support fabric for forming of a nap on the upper side of the primary support fabric and for forming nap nop bottom parts between the rubber layer and the primary support fabric.
  • a tufted carpet or mat product wherein the nap comprises 70-95, preferably 80 weight per cent animal wool, and 5-30, preferably 20 weight per cent synthetic fibres, such as fibres of acryl, fluorocarbons, polyacetales, polyamides, polyesters, polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polyurethanes and similar fibers being relatively fire inhibiting, and the material of the primary support fabric consists of fibers which per se have a high ignition point, and the rubber layer is selected from the group of washable rubbers not being flame supporting and which preferably also are resistent against oils, gasoline, acids and bases.
  • a mat according to the invention has turned out to pass the mentioned California fire test IN ACC W.FAR 25.853 (b), and furthermore it turned out that a carpet or a mat according to the invention in spite of the large quantity of animal wool is water and dirt binding, and said properties are maintained even after several washing pro ⁇ Des of the mat with intermediate periods of use where the mat was laid on heavily trafficked locations.
  • the carpet or mat manufactured according to the invention is therefore well suited as water and dirt binding floor covering material in areas, such as escape ways, where it is very important that such floor covering materials do not promote the spreading of fire.
  • the primary support fabric material preferably comprises a layer of woven or non-woven fiber having an
  • fibers which are fire inhibiting such as acryl , fluorocarbons, polyacrylates, polyamides, polyesters, polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polyurethanes etc.
  • the primary support fabric and the part of the nap, viz. the nap nop bottom parts, which e.g. by a needle technique are needled through the primary support fabric, are in a preferred embodiment partly vulcanized into the layer of natural or synthetic rubber.
  • the rubber layer is in a preferred embodiment of the kind being fire inhibiting and resistent against acids, bases, gasoline and mineral oils, at least to the same extent as nitrile butadiene rubber.
  • the carpet or mat product according to the in ⁇ vention is well suited as floor covering material on escape ways in hotels and means of transportation, such as air- crafts r ships, trains and buses, partly because the product has passed the above fire test, and partly because the material is washable after use and dirt and water binding during use.
  • a carpet or mat product accor ⁇ ding to the invention may be mentioned- a product, the nap of which is composed of 70% wool and 30% 80/20 polyamide or nylon, said nap by a needle technique has been tufted into a primary support fabric of polypropylene having an area weight of 110 g/square meter, whereupon the primary support fabric with the nap was partly vulcanized into a bottom of fire inhibiting washable rubber on nitrile basis.
  • Said product passed said fire test without containing any flame or fire inhibiting additives in the nap, and it had a high dirt and water binding ability during use and was washable several times with a great number of intermediate periods of use.

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A tufted carpet or mat product comprises a primary support fabric having an underside and an upper side, a layer of rubber or synthetic rubber adhered e.g. by vulcanization to the underside of the primary support fabric, and yarn nops extending through the primary support fabric for forming of a nap on the upper side of the primary support fabric and for forming of nap nop bottom parts between the rubber layer and the primary support fabric. In said tufted product the nap comprises 70-95, preferably 80 weight per cent animal wool and 5-30, preferably 20 weight per cent synthetic fibers, such as fibers of acryl, fluorocarbons, polyacetales, polyamides, polyesters, polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polyurethanes and similar fibers being relatively fire inhibiting, the primary support fabric material consists of fibers which per se has a high ignition point, and the rubber layer has been selected from the group of washable rubbers not being fire supporting and which preferably also are resistant against oils, gasoline, acids and bases. Thereby a tufted product is achieved which has a hitherto unknown self-extinguishing or fire inhibiting effect and which is washable after use and dirt and water binding during use.

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TUFTED CARPET OR MAT PRODUCT.
The present invention relates to a tufted carpet or mat product comprising a primary support fabric having an underside and an upper side, a layer of rubber or syn- thetic rubber which has been adhered, e.g. by vulcaniza¬ tion, to the underside of the primary support fabric, and yarn nops extending through the primary support fabric for forming of a nap on the upper side of the primary support fabric and for forming nap nop bottom parts between the rubber layer and the primary support fabric.
For a long time it has been known for mats and carpets to use a nap of inflammable natural fibres, such as cotton fibres, and it is also known to use synthetic poly¬ meric inflammable fibres, such as cellulose fibres, acrylic fibres, polyester fibers, nylon fibers and polypropylene fibres for the manufacture of nap materials.
Attempts have been made in order to make such nap materials less inflammable or self-extinguishing, however, with no appreciable success. Although the treatment with the known fire inhibiting agents are reducing the inflamma¬ bility, the treated mats and carpets expose certain un- desired properties, such as the emission of unfavourable vapours by intense heat. The most undesired effect is, however, that said fire inhibiting agents are removed from the mats or carpets in question, when said carpets or mats are exposed to washing procedures, and this involves fur¬ ther finishing treatment of the mats or carpets after the washing operation. In this connection it should be mentio¬ ned that the receivers of such washed mats or carpets do not have any visible guarantee for the products having been impregnated with fire inhibiting agents. Unfortunately, this does not appear until the product in question has been exposed to a fire test or a fire accident. Consequently, on places where a fire could have disastrous consequences, it should be avoided to use mats and carpets, the fire in¬ hibiting properties of which are only based on fire in- hibi ing impregnation agents, since promises on the presen¬ ce of such agents may cause a false feeling of security.
Consequently, it is the purpose of the present invention to provide a new tufted carpet or mat product which is not 'provided with flame and fire inhibiting chemi¬ cals in the nap, but which per se is self-extinguishing and can pass the socalled California firetest, and which also fulfill the conditions for being called a washable dirt and liquid binding service product of the carpet or mat type for floor covering.
Said purpose is achieved with a tufted carpet or mat product according to the invention, wherein the nap comprises 70-95, preferably 80 weight per cent animal wool, and 5-30, preferably 20 weight per cent synthetic fibres, such as fibres of acryl, fluorocarbons, polyacetales, polyamides, polyesters, polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polyurethanes and similar fibers being relatively fire inhibiting, and the material of the primary support fabric consists of fibers which per se have a high ignition point, and the rubber layer is selected from the group of washable rubbers not being flame supporting and which preferably also are resistent against oils, gasoline, acids and bases. Thereby it has surprisingly turned out that for mat and carpet products a hitherto unknown self-extinguishing or fire inhibiting effect may be obtained when using a hither¬ to unknown combination of otherwise well known and often used materials.
A mat according to the invention has turned out to pass the mentioned California fire test IN ACC W.FAR 25.853 (b), and furthermore it turned out that a carpet or a mat according to the invention in spite of the large quantity of animal wool is water and dirt binding, and said properties are maintained even after several washing pro¬ cesses of the mat with intermediate periods of use where the mat was laid on heavily trafficked locations. The carpet or mat manufactured according to the invention is therefore well suited as water and dirt binding floor covering material in areas, such as escape ways, where it is very important that such floor covering materials do not promote the spreading of fire.
One of the reasons for not earlier having used 5 animal wool for water and dirt binding floor covering
-4 materials is presumably the inherent capability of the wool to reject water and dirt. However, by composing the wool of animal wool and not-flame-promoting synthetic fibres in a weight share of from 2,3:1 to 19:1, preferably 5:1, it has
10 as mentioned above turned out that a floor covering materi¬ al is achieved which beyond being fire inhibiting also is washable and dirt and water binding.
The primary support fabric material preferably comprises a layer of woven or non-woven fiber having an
15 area weight of from 90 to 130, preferably 110 g/square meter, selected from the group of fibers which are fire inhibiting, such as acryl , fluorocarbons, polyacrylates, polyamides, polyesters, polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polyurethanes etc.
20 The primary support fabric and the part of the nap, viz. the nap nop bottom parts, which e.g. by a needle technique are needled through the primary support fabric, are in a preferred embodiment partly vulcanized into the layer of natural or synthetic rubber.
25 The rubber layer is in a preferred embodiment of the kind being fire inhibiting and resistent against acids, bases, gasoline and mineral oils, at least to the same extent as nitrile butadiene rubber.
The rubber layer is in a preferred embodiment
30 selected from the group of rubbers consisting of nitrile butadiene rubbers, butadiene acryl nitriles, polychloroph- renes, chrlorosulphonated polyethylenes, ethylene/acryl elastomers, perfluoroelastomerε, fluoroelastomers, polye- sterelastomers, urethane rubbers and polysiloxane polymers.
35 The carpet or mat product according to the in¬ vention is well suited as floor covering material on escape ways in hotels and means of transportation, such as air- crafts r ships, trains and buses, partly because the product has passed the above fire test, and partly because the material is washable after use and dirt and water binding during use. As an example of a carpet or mat product accor¬ ding to the invention may be mentioned- a product, the nap of which is composed of 70% wool and 30% 80/20 polyamide or nylon, said nap by a needle technique has been tufted into a primary support fabric of polypropylene having an area weight of 110 g/square meter, whereupon the primary support fabric with the nap was partly vulcanized into a bottom of fire inhibiting washable rubber on nitrile basis. Said product passed said fire test without containing any flame or fire inhibiting additives in the nap, and it had a high dirt and water binding ability during use and was washable several times with a great number of intermediate periods of use.

Claims

C L I M S :
1. A tufted carpet or mat product comprising a primary support fabric having an underside and an upper side, a layer of rubber or synthetic rubber adhered thereto, e.g. by vulcanizing to the underside of the primary support fabric, and yarn nops extending through the primary support fabric for forming of a nap on the upper side of the pri¬ mary support fabric and for forming of nap nop bottom parts between the rubber layer and the primary support fabric, characterized in that the nap comprises 70-95, preferably 80 weight per cent animal wool and 5-30, preferably 20 weight per cent synthetic fibres, such as fibers of acryl, fluorocarbons, polyacetales, polyamides, polyesters, poly¬ ethylenes, polypropylenes, polyurethanes and similar fibers being relatively fire inhibiting, the material, cf. the primary support fabric consists of fibers which per se has a high ignition point, and the rubber layer is selected from the group of washable rubbers being antiflame suppor¬ ting and which preferably also are resistant against oils, gasoline, acids and bases.
2. ^ ifted product according to claim 1, characterized in the the primary support fabric material comprises a layer of woven or non woven fiber having an area weight from 90- 130, preferably 110 g/square meter and selected from the group of fibers being fire inhibiting, such as acryl, fluorocarbons, polyacetales, polyamides, polyesters, poly¬ ethylenes, polypropylenes, polyurethanes.
3. Tufted product according to claim 1, characterized in that the part of the nap, viz. the nap nop bottom parts, which e.g. by a needle technique has been needled through the primary support fabric, is partly vulcanized into the layer of natural or synthetic rubber.
4. Tufted product according to claim 1, characterized in that the rubber layer is fire inhibiting and resistant against acids, bases, gasoline and mineral oils, at least to the same extent as nitrile butadiene rubber.
5. Tufted product according to claim 1, characterized in that the rubber layer is selected from the group of rubbers consisting of nitrile butadiene rubbers, butadiene acryl nitriles, polychlorophrenes, chlorosulphonated polyethyle¬ nes, ethylene/acryl elastomers, perfluoro elastomers, fluoroelastomers, polyesterelatomers, urethane rubbers and polysiloxan polymers.
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