Abstract:
A bonded and entangled non-woven structure made of at least 50% staple fibers by weight of the bonded and entangled non-woven structure, and at least a partial bonding of the fibers of the non-woven structure. The at least partial bonding including thermally activated bonds between a first polyolefin material produced with a catalyst including at least one metallocene catalyst and having a melting point in the range 130-170° C. and a second material having a melting point which is at least 10° C. higher than the melting point of the first material, the weight of the first material in the non-woven structure being at least 3% of the weight of the nonwoven structure.
Abstract:
The invention relates to carpets comprising a cationically-dyeable polyester effect yarn, dyed with a basic dye, and a background polyester or polyamide yarn, not dyed with a basic dye, and wherein the carpet has been overdyed with a disperse dye or an acid dye. The invention further relates to methods of preparing such overdyed carpets.
Abstract:
The article (100) comprises a textile body (101), a conductive region (103) and an embossing material (105). The embossing material 105 causes the conductive region (103) to adopt and retain a raised, embossed, profile (107) that projects outwardly from a surface (102) of the textile body (101). The method comprises applying heat and/or pressure to the article (100) to cause the article (100) to adopt the embossed profile (107). The raised, embossed, profile (107) is retained upon release of the applied heat and/or pressure as the embossing material (105) has bonded to the textile body (101) due to the application of heat and/or pressure.
Abstract:
A flexible support sleeve includes a knit fabric sheet with loops of fibers on a fastening face, a strip of resin overlaying a portion of the fastening face along one edge, with a strip of adhesive disposed along the same edge on an opposite side. The strip of resin includes male touch fastener elements configured to engage the loops of the knit fabric sheet. The strip of resin has a selvedge coterminous with the edge of the flexible support sleeve and void of male touch fastener elements, such that the selvedge of the base is not engageable with the loops of the knit fabric sheet. The strip of adhesive is wider than the strip of resin, such that the adhesive strip underlays all of the discrete male touch fastener elements of the strip of resin.
Abstract:
A novel carpet tile is provided with a polyurethane adhesive layer resulting in a lightweight product with exceptional dimensional stability.
Abstract:
A method for making a polyurethane coated fabric, the method comprising:— a) providing a fabric liner; b) applying a coating to at least part of the liner, said coating comprising a polyurethane resin and manganese ferrite dissolved in a polar aprotic solvent; c) at least partially gelling the coating with water or an aqueous solution, so that the polar aprotic solvent is extracted from the coating; d) leaching the at least partially gelled coating with water or an aqueous solution, so as to further reduce the level of the polar aprotic solvent in the coating; and e) drying and curing the coating. The coating may also contain a dark colour pigment. A composition suitable for use in the method is also provided. The method enables polyurethane coated fabric products, such as gloves, to be produced which are black or grey in colour and contain a reduced amount of residual polar aprotic solvent, such as N,N-dimethylformamide.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of mixtures that contain an aqueous dispersion of a vinyl acetate polymer and an aqueous dispersion of a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer for carpet coating compositions, and corresponding carpet coating compositions, as well as carpets which are coated with such carpet coating compositions.
Abstract:
Polyamide terpolymer compositions, which contain biobased monomers and are suitable for making shaped articles, are disclosed. Comprised of three monomeric species polymerized randomly, including hexamethylene diamine, adipic acid and a bio-based monomer, the compositions are easier to process and have better dye uniformity than polyamides formed from melt-blended biobased components, and are comparable in dyeability, color fastnessand appearance retention performance to non-biobased polyamide copolymers.
Abstract:
Reactive geocomposite mats, and their method of manufacture, for treating contaminants in soil or water that allow the passage of essentially non-contaminated water therethrough. The geocomposite mat includes a pre-formed woven or non-woven geotextile, having a thickness of about 6 mm to about 200 mm, and having, a porosity sufficient to receive a powdered or granular contaminant-reactive material, contaminant-sorptive material, or a contaminant-neutralizing material (hereinafter collectively referred to as “contaminant-reactant material” or “contaminant-reactive material”) throughout its thickness, or in any portion of the thickness across its entire major surface(s). The powdered or granular contaminant-reactive material is disposed within the pores of the previously formed, high loft geotextile mat to surround the fibers, e.g., by vacuum or vibrating the high loft mat while in contact with the contaminant-reactive material to allow the powdered or granular contaminant-reactive material to flow by gravity into the pores of the previously formed geotextile and vibrational forces. Liquid-permeable cover sheets are adhered to the upper and lower major surfaces of the filled geotextile to prevent the powdered or granular material from escaping from the geotextile during transportation and installation.