WO2016067062A2 - Foam object laminated with fabric, and the method of manufacturing the foam object laminated with fabric - Google Patents

Foam object laminated with fabric, and the method of manufacturing the foam object laminated with fabric Download PDF

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WO2016067062A2
WO2016067062A2 PCT/HU2015/050013 HU2015050013W WO2016067062A2 WO 2016067062 A2 WO2016067062 A2 WO 2016067062A2 HU 2015050013 W HU2015050013 W HU 2015050013W WO 2016067062 A2 WO2016067062 A2 WO 2016067062A2
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Attila Kovács
Gábor HORVÁTH
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  • Foam object laminated with fabric and the method of manufacturing the foam object laminated with fabric
  • the subject of the invention is a fabric laminated foam object, with synthetic fabric laminated on the surface of the open-cell flexible foam, in order to tension the surface of the flexible foam, thus improving the mechanical properties of the fabric laminated foam; and also the method of manufacturing the foam object laminated with this kind of fabric.
  • the typical field of application of open-cell flexible foam materials is the manufacturing of mattresses and pillows of chair and bed furniture.
  • Such solutions include the popular method of producing the comfort surface of sitting and sleeping surfaces using flexible foam, if requested.
  • the option of producing the surfaces using foams with different properties provides the required level of comfort to the users, as it allows them to select the hardness of the foam used as the sitting or sleeping surface.
  • Comfort foaming is used to produce open-cell polyurethane comfort foams for use in the upholstery industry, in normal, soft and flexible versions. Comfort foams are also categorised according to their density (kg/m 3 ) and flexibility, their “laden surface resistance” (kPa).
  • the price of foams increases proportionately with the higher values of kg/m 3 density and kPa flexibility.
  • the materials of open-cell foams largely comprise of petroleum products.
  • the disadvantageous rise of the world market price of oil has an unfavourable impact on specific market processes, including the price of the foam produced from petroleum products, thus also affecting this branch of furniture manufacturing.
  • Foams operate through the compression of the upper open foam cells in case of surface mechanical load, and the absorption and distribution of point load on the lower laden surface of the foam.
  • the load-bearing of the material is disproportionate and uneven, because while the upper (directly laden) foam layer is completely compressed when it is loaded (and it gets damaged and broken with time), the underlying layers are only minimally compressed (or not compressed at all).
  • the compression rate depends on the weight and duration of the load, the size (area) of the loading surface, the thickness of the laden surface, the kg/m 3 quality of the foam, i.e. the flexibility mechanical properties of the laden surface.
  • the solution according to the invention is based on the recognition that by laminating a load-bearing fabric layer onto the surface open-cell flexible foam, which shrinks during laminating, and then mechanical tension is created in the surface layer of the open-cell flexible foam in contact with it, the significant improvement of the technical characteristics of the open-cell flexible foam can be achieved.
  • a laminating process executed with a specific temperature and surface pressure, applying hot-melt adhesive coating is suitable for producing the subject of the invention.
  • Figure 1 denotes a normal open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow, as the basis for manual laminating
  • Figure 2 displays the manual laminating of the load-bearing fabric onto the upper side of the open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow
  • Figure 3 displays the manual laminating of the load-bearing fabric onto the upper side and the four vertical sides of the open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow
  • Figure 4 and 5 represent the process of laminating on all sides
  • Figure 6 represents the pillow made of flexible open-cell foam, manually laminated on all sides
  • Figure 7 displays the process of manual laminating
  • Figure 8 displays the process of mechanical laminating
  • Figure 9 denotes a normal open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow, as the basis for mechanical laminating
  • Figure 10 displays the mechanical laminating of the load-bearing fabric onto the upper side of the open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow
  • Figure 1 1 displays the mechanical laminating of the load-bearing fabric onto the upper side and the four vertical sides of the open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow
  • Figure 12 represents the pillow made of flexible open-cell foam, mechanically laminated on all sides.
  • the point flexibility of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object does reduce, but this does not affect the sense of comfort (or only to a minimal extent).
  • the horizontal co-suspension of the laden surface increases, and therefore the compressive stress properties of the foam significantly improve.
  • the mechanical properties of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object can be further improved, by not only laminating the upper load-bearing surface with the load- bearing fabric 2, but the entire geometrical surface (furniture pad, bed mattress, other laden foam parts).
  • the complete coating consisting of load-bearing fabric 2 prevents the significant flexible deformation caused by the properties of the foam and decreases undesirable environmental impacts (effects of direct contact with air, temperature fluctuations, UV light radiation).
  • the laminated strained load-bearing fabric 2 increases the surface resistance of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object and more evenly spreads/distributes surface load, thus the load and destruction and also the point fatigue of foam cells decrease in the open-cell flexible foam 1 object.
  • the first component to implementing the product is the already known open-cell flexible foam 1 object, but in an alternate quality, different from its typical field of application.
  • the second (and last) component is the load-bearing fabric 2 fixed to the open-cell flexible foam 1 object through laminating, which is suitable for carrying the single- sided hot-melt adhesive coating 5.
  • the synthetic load-bearing fabric 2 considering its surface, can be air permeable, semi-airtight or completely airtight.
  • typically synthetic load-bearing fabric 2 (or fabric mixed with synthetic fibre) is used, with the shrinking requirement of 0.5-2%.
  • the hot-melt adhesive coating 5 applied onto the fabric can be applied using foil or pasting technology.
  • the fixing of the load-bearing fabric 2 to the open-cell flexible foam 1 object is performed.
  • the manual laminating tool 3 or mechanical laminating tool 4 at 120-220 degrees Celsius, heated from the side opposite to the hot-melt adhesive coating 5, due to the hot-melt adhesive coating 5 a cohesion-quality mechanical bond is formed.
  • the technological action applied to the working surface requires the minimum and maximum surface pressure of 0.025-0.25 N/cm 2 .
  • the fabric is therefore fixed to the open-cell flexible foam 1 object. Simultaneously, on the treated surface, due to the tension caused by the shrinking of load-bearing fabric 2, the mechanical properties of the surface change.
  • the synthetic load-bearing fabric 2 shrinks, strains (the ideal volume of shrinking is 0.5-2%), thus tightening the load-bearing surface of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object and creating the desired mechanical change of the material.
  • the open-cell flexible foam 1 object used for the process can be of 2-4 categories lesser quality than the one previously applied in the specific field of application.
  • Technical openings 6 shall be made on the surface of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object laminated with the semi-airtight or airtight load-bearing fabric 2, in order to ensure free air-flow for the purpose of the necessary open type dynamic operation.
  • the mechanical quality change affecting (even) all sides of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object - which is achieved through the solution of the invention - has a measurable positive impact.
  • the vertical load is distributed more evenly horizontally and perpendicularly to the laden surface.
  • the surface load of the cheaper open-cell flexible foam 1 object is more even, and with the solution of the invention, the mechanical properties of the foam are improved by the average of 2-4 quality levels on the specific foam quality scale.
  • foam with smaller density and compressive stress resistance can be used in more demanding application fields, with a longer life cycle.

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Abstract

Fabric laminated foam object, on whose open-cell flexible foam surface synthetic load- bearing fabric - or fabric mixed with synthetic fibre - (2) is laminated so, that on one side of the surface of the load-bearing fabric (2) hot-melt adhesive coating (5) is applied, and the hot-melt adhesive coating (5) is arranged between the surface of the open-cell flexible foam object (1 ) and the load-bearing fabric (2), the layered material composition comprising of the load-bearing fabric (2) and the hot-melt adhesive coating (5) has the property of shrinking 0.5-2% of its size during the 120-220 degrees Celsius temperature range of the laminating; and method of manufacturing thereof.

Description

Foam object laminated with fabric, and the method of manufacturing the foam object laminated with fabric
The subject of the invention is a fabric laminated foam object, with synthetic fabric laminated on the surface of the open-cell flexible foam, in order to tension the surface of the flexible foam, thus improving the mechanical properties of the fabric laminated foam; and also the method of manufacturing the foam object laminated with this kind of fabric.
The typical field of application of open-cell flexible foam materials is the manufacturing of mattresses and pillows of chair and bed furniture.
In order to develop increasingly comfortable designs of sitting and sleeping surfaces, the industry aims to provide newer and newer solutions. Such solutions include the popular method of producing the comfort surface of sitting and sleeping surfaces using flexible foam, if requested. The option of producing the surfaces using foams with different properties provides the required level of comfort to the users, as it allows them to select the hardness of the foam used as the sitting or sleeping surface.
Foaming is used to produce open-cell polyurethane comfort foams for use in the upholstery industry, in normal, soft and flexible versions. Comfort foams are also categorised according to their density (kg/m3) and flexibility, their "laden surface resistance" (kPa).
The price of foams increases proportionately with the higher values of kg/m3 density and kPa flexibility.
The materials of open-cell foams largely comprise of petroleum products. The disadvantageous rise of the world market price of oil has an unfavourable impact on specific market processes, including the price of the foam produced from petroleum products, thus also affecting this branch of furniture manufacturing.
Unfortunately the manufacturers of comfort furniture and mattresses tend to use cheaper foams instead of better quality ones in order to optimise costs, thus risking the quality and life cycle of finished products (upholstered furniture, bed mattresses).
Based on market classification: the higher the density of the open-cell flexible foam and the resistance of the laden surface (flexibility), the better its quality classification. These characteristics have a significant impact on the life cycle and purchase price of the foam.
Appropriate loading capacity is currently achieved in furniture manufacturing through the changing of foam quality depending on the field of application, by applying foams with density and flexibility selected according to demand.
Foams operate through the compression of the upper open foam cells in case of surface mechanical load, and the absorption and distribution of point load on the lower laden surface of the foam.
With regard to the entire cross-section of the foam, the load-bearing of the material is disproportionate and uneven, because while the upper (directly laden) foam layer is completely compressed when it is loaded (and it gets damaged and broken with time), the underlying layers are only minimally compressed (or not compressed at all).
As a consequence of such uneven load, in case of lesser quality foams, fatigue is highly disproportionate, and with time, through the influence of undesirable environmental impacts (effects of direct contact with air, temperature fluctuations, UV light radiation), because of fatigue the load-bearing layer gets to a lower position and this can even cause the rapid pitting of the foam.
The compression rate depends on the weight and duration of the load, the size (area) of the loading surface, the thickness of the laden surface, the kg/m3 quality of the foam, i.e. the flexibility mechanical properties of the laden surface.
State of the art solutions include examples of influencing the surface quality, i.e. the - sight (e.g. according to document no. US 3774250),
- air permeability (e.g. according to document no. US 4025686),
- surface evenness (e.g. according to document no. JP 2004338188) of the product made of flexible foam, through the application of a laminated external layer, however these do not include the improvement of the technical characteristics of the flexible foam material of the comfort surfaces, not in their objectives, nor in their solutions.
Considering the discovered deficiencies, it is our objective to improve the technical properties of the comfort surfaces in an economic way, using simple technical methods, and also to thus improve their life cycles.
The solution according to the invention is based on the recognition that by laminating a load-bearing fabric layer onto the surface open-cell flexible foam, which shrinks during laminating, and then mechanical tension is created in the surface layer of the open-cell flexible foam in contact with it, the significant improvement of the technical characteristics of the open-cell flexible foam can be achieved. We recognised that a laminating process executed with a specific temperature and surface pressure, applying hot-melt adhesive coating is suitable for producing the subject of the invention.
The solution according to the invention is described by the main claim, and its favourable implementation versions are described by the subclaims.
Hereinafter, the invention is presented based on drawings, on which
Figure 1 denotes a normal open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow, as the basis for manual laminating,
Figure 2 displays the manual laminating of the load-bearing fabric onto the upper side of the open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow,
Figure 3 displays the manual laminating of the load-bearing fabric onto the upper side and the four vertical sides of the open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow, Figure 4 and 5 represent the process of laminating on all sides, Figure 6 represents the pillow made of flexible open-cell foam, manually laminated on all sides,
Figure 7 displays the process of manual laminating,
Figure 8 displays the process of mechanical laminating,
Figure 9 denotes a normal open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow, as the basis for mechanical laminating,
Figure 10 displays the mechanical laminating of the load-bearing fabric onto the upper side of the open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow,
Figure 1 1 displays the mechanical laminating of the load-bearing fabric onto the upper side and the four vertical sides of the open-cell flexible foam with the size of a pillow,
Figure 12 represents the pillow made of flexible open-cell foam, mechanically laminated on all sides.
Due to the laminated load-bearing fabric 2, the point flexibility of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object does reduce, but this does not affect the sense of comfort (or only to a minimal extent). However, the horizontal co-suspension of the laden surface increases, and therefore the compressive stress properties of the foam significantly improve.
The mechanical properties of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object can be further improved, by not only laminating the upper load-bearing surface with the load- bearing fabric 2, but the entire geometrical surface (furniture pad, bed mattress, other laden foam parts).
In case of laminating the entire surface (all sides) of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object, due to the tension of the synthetic load-bearing fabric 2, the load perpendicular to the surface is also distributed more evenly in the vertical direction.
The complete coating consisting of load-bearing fabric 2 prevents the significant flexible deformation caused by the properties of the foam and decreases undesirable environmental impacts (effects of direct contact with air, temperature fluctuations, UV light radiation). The laminated strained load-bearing fabric 2 increases the surface resistance of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object and more evenly spreads/distributes surface load, thus the load and destruction and also the point fatigue of foam cells decrease in the open-cell flexible foam 1 object.
The first component to implementing the product is the already known open-cell flexible foam 1 object, but in an alternate quality, different from its typical field of application.
The second (and last) component is the load-bearing fabric 2 fixed to the open-cell flexible foam 1 object through laminating, which is suitable for carrying the single- sided hot-melt adhesive coating 5. In order to achieve the set objective, the synthetic load-bearing fabric 2, considering its surface, can be air permeable, semi-airtight or completely airtight.
For this purpose, typically synthetic load-bearing fabric 2 (or fabric mixed with synthetic fibre) is used, with the shrinking requirement of 0.5-2%. The hot-melt adhesive coating 5 applied onto the fabric can be applied using foil or pasting technology.
The manual or mechanical execution of laminating as technology is an unmissable part of the production process during the implementation of the product.
On the surface of the quality-improving synthetic load-bearing fabric 2, using the 5 hot-melt adhesive coating, the fixing of the load-bearing fabric 2 to the open-cell flexible foam 1 object is performed. During laminating, on load-bearing fabric 2, between the hot-melt adhesive coating 5 and the open-cell flexible foam 1 object, using the manual laminating tool 3 or mechanical laminating tool 4, at 120-220 degrees Celsius, heated from the side opposite to the hot-melt adhesive coating 5, due to the hot-melt adhesive coating 5 a cohesion-quality mechanical bond is formed. During the manual or mechanical laminating process, the technological action applied to the working surface requires the minimum and maximum surface pressure of 0.025-0.25 N/cm2.
Using the hot-melt adhesive coating 5 on the surface of the quality-improving synthetic load-bearing fabric 2, the fabric is therefore fixed to the open-cell flexible foam 1 object. Simultaneously, on the treated surface, due to the tension caused by the shrinking of load-bearing fabric 2, the mechanical properties of the surface change.
During the laminating action, due to the thermal effect, the synthetic load-bearing fabric 2 (or fabric mixed with synthetic fibre) shrinks, strains (the ideal volume of shrinking is 0.5-2%), thus tightening the load-bearing surface of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object and creating the desired mechanical change of the material.
The open-cell flexible foam 1 object used for the process can be of 2-4 categories lesser quality than the one previously applied in the specific field of application.
Technical openings 6 shall be made on the surface of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object laminated with the semi-airtight or airtight load-bearing fabric 2, in order to ensure free air-flow for the purpose of the necessary open type dynamic operation.
Keeping the technical opening(s) 6 on the laden surface of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object is undesirable, only on the lower or side surfaces, because in case of specific fields of application, the "great volume" of air flowing from the surface due to the load can cause disturbing sound effects because of the narrowing cross-section.
The mechanical quality change affecting (even) all sides of the open-cell flexible foam 1 object - which is achieved through the solution of the invention - has a measurable positive impact.
Due to laminating as specified in the invention, the vertical load is distributed more evenly horizontally and perpendicularly to the laden surface.
With this applied technology, the surface load of the cheaper open-cell flexible foam 1 object is more even, and with the solution of the invention, the mechanical properties of the foam are improved by the average of 2-4 quality levels on the specific foam quality scale.
Through the improvement of the surface material quality according to the invention, the sense of appropriate dynamic suspension can be ensured, and in addition to this, a simple solution enables the applicability of an "industrial-like" technology.
Our solution reduces the weight of the used foam material, significantly increases the life cycle of the foam applied and makes the production of semi-finished pillows/mattresses or finished products more economic.
Due to the multi-cycle fatigue test performed in the testing laboratory of Eurofoam Hungary Sajobabony, and based on the test results made available to us, in case of laden use (test with 40 000 compressions), the foam certified for the life cycle of 5 years shows 60-70% less fatigue, and compared to traditional foams, in case of identical load, life cycle is at least doubled.
Therefore foam with smaller density and compressive stress resistance can be used in more demanding application fields, with a longer life cycle.
List of referenced designations:
1 open-cell flexible foam
2 load-bearing fabric
3 manual laminating tool
4 mechanical laminating tool
5 hot-melt adhesive coating
6 technical opening

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS
1 . Fabric laminated foam object, on whose open-cell flexible foam surface synthetic load-bearing fabric - or fabric mixed with synthetic fibre - (2) is laminated so, that on one side of the surface of the load-bearing fabric (2) hot- melt adhesive coating (5) is applied, and the hot-melt adhesive coating (5) is arranged between the surface of the open-cell flexible foam object (1 ) and the load-bearing fabric (2),
characterized in that the layered material composition comprising of the load- bearing fabric (2) and the hot-melt adhesive coating (5) has the property of shrinking 0.5-2% of its size during the 120-220 degrees Celsius temperature range of the laminating.
2. The fabric laminated foam object pursuant to claim 1 ,
characterized in that the layered material composition comprising of the load- bearing fabric (2) and the hot-melt adhesive coating (5) is created from hot- shrink load-bearing fabric (2) and/or hot-shrink hot-melt adhesive coating (5).
3. The fabric laminated foam object pursuant to claim 1 or claim 2,
characterized in that the load-bearing fabric (2) is air-permeable.
4. The fabric laminated foam object pursuant to claim 1 or claim 2,
characterized in that the load-bearing fabric (2) is airtight or semi-airtight and at least one air-permeable technical opening (6) is made on the surface of the open-cell flexible foam object (1 ) covered with load-bearing fabric (2).
5. Method to manufacture the fabric laminated foam object according to any of the previous claims, according to which hot-melt adhesive coating (5) and load- bearing fabric (2) are placed on at least some part of the surface of an open-cell flexible foam object (1 ), and by heating the hot-melt adhesive coating (5) in contact with the surface of the flexible foam body (1 ) we perform a laminating action,
characterized in that on the surface of the flexible foam body (1 ) an appropriately flexible sheet - with the property of shrinking 0.5-2% of its size in the temperature range of 120-220 degrees Celsius during laminating - consisting of the load- bearing fabric (2) and the hot-melt adhesive coating (5) is placed.
6. The method pursuant to claim 5,
wherein during laminating, the hot-melt adhesive coating (5) is heated to a temperature between 120-220 degrees Celsius, from the direction of the load- bearing fabric (2).
7. The method pursuant to claim 6,
wherein during laminating, the surface of the open-cell flexible foam object (1 ) and the load-bearing fabric (2) are pressed against each other with pressure between 0.025-0.25 N/cm2 .
8. The method pursuant to either of claims 5-7,
wherein laminating is performed on an open-cell flexible foam object (1 ) with the thickness between 3-30 cm.
9. The method pursuant to either of claims 5-7,
wherein laminating is performed with hot-shrink, synthetic load-bearing fabric or load-bearing fabric mixed with synthetic fibre (2).
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