Abstract:
A cushioned carpet tile is provided. The cushioned carpet tile includes a primary carpet fabric having a plurality of pile-forming yarns projecting from one side thereof. A mass of polymer cushioning is dispersed on the side of the primary carpet fabric from which the pile-forming yarns do not extend. A heat-fused nonwoven backing of polyester and polypropylene is disposed on the bottom of the polymer cushioning. The ratio of polyester to polypropylene in the nonwoven backing is between about 0.43 and about 2.3.
Abstract:
A tufting carpet is described which comprises a tufting base, a pile material and a carpet back and essentially consists exclusively of polyamide 6. Through the use of a chemically uniform material in all components of the tufting carpet, the latter can be recycled as a whole for recovery of the monomeric starting material without the need for separation into the individual components, which has hitherto hampered the recycling of tufting carpets and led to major waste disposal problems.
Abstract:
The fabric of the present invention includes a pile portion comprising spun yarn tufted in alternating arrangement with bulk continuous filament yarn through a base layer. The spun yarn includes a space-dyed component and a stock-dyed component. The bulk continuous filament yarn is also space-dyed. A process and apparatus for producing the pile fabric of the present invention are also provided.
Abstract:
A mat or rug having a laminate structure is described composed of (A) a reverse side mat layer including (a) a laminated mat composed of (a.sup.1) base fabric and (a.sup.2) nonwoven fabric made of a thermoplastic resin fibrous binder, the base fabric (a.sup.1) and nonwoven fabric (a.sup.2) being united by needling, (b) cut piles made of a thermoplastic resin implanted from one side of the laminated mat (a), and (c) a resin adhesive layer formed by coating a liquid resin adhesive on the nonwoven fabric (a.sup.2) on the side opposite to the cut piles (b) and drying, (B) a thermoplastic resin adhesive layer, and (C) a surface mat layer, wherein the surface mat layer (C) is adhered via the thermoplastic resin adhesive layer (B) to the reverse side mat layer (A) on the side of reverse side mat layer (A) on which the liquid resin adhesive has been coated, wherein the cut piles (b) are implanted under the following conditions:Implanting density: 16 to 400 roots/in.sup.2Implanting pitch--gauge direction: 4 to 20 roots/in stitch direction: 4 to 20 roots/inPile height: 2 to 20 mmPile thickness: 20 to 1000 .mu.mPile fineness: 800 to 6000 denier.
Abstract:
For coating, a flat body is inserted into a mold having a base and side walls. The mold and the flat body are dipped into a coating material- After hardening of the coating material the flat body is removed from the mold and laterally trimmed.
Abstract:
A process for producing a carpet is disclosed, comprising laminating a backing material composition comprising 100 parts by weight, on a resin solid basis, of an aqueous emulsion of a resin having a glass transition point of not higher than 5.degree. C., from 120 to 400 parts by weight of hydraulic inorganic cement, and up to 600 parts by weight of a non-hydraulic inorganic filler on a carpeting surface base material and heating the laminate to harden and dry the backing material composition. A carpet in which a carpeting surface base material and a backing material (and a carpeting back base material, if used) are firmly and integrally bonded can easily be obtained. The carpet has excellent properties, such as flexibility (softness), dimensional stability (resistance to shrinkage), fit to a floor, and workability, in a good balance. Where a carpeting surface base material previously coated with a coating composition comprising a specific aqueous resin emulsion is used, a higher temperature can be applied in hardening and drying, which leads to increased productivity, and the resulting carpet has excellent pull strength of pile.
Abstract:
A nonwoven polyolefin sheet useful as a primary carpet backing in making a moldable, tufted automotive carpet. The polyolefin sheet, preferably polypropylene, is prepared by melt spinning filaments from a plurality of spinnerets and then drawing the spun filaments to a draw ratio of less than 2.0 to maintain high filament elongation as the filaments move from high to low elongation as the draw increases. The drawn filaments are deposited in both the machine and cross-machine directions on a moving collection belt to form a nonwoven sheet having a unit weight of 100 to 150 g/m.sup.2. The resulting sheet is lightly bonded using a steam bonder and then debonded such that sheet thickness increases by between 2.5 and 3.5 times. The tufted sheet has an elongation of at least 40%. The invention sacrifices high sheet strength for tufted sheet elongation in both the machine and cross-machine directions in order to make a moldable, tufted automotive carpet that resists tearing, creasing and grinning while still retaining its shape after demolding.
Abstract:
Carpet and textile coating compositions are formulated to include fiber or flock pieces so as to improve the tuft pull strength and dimensional stability of the carpet or textile. The coating compositions comprise 10 to 70%, by weight, of a latex binder and 30 to 90%, by weight, of at least one filler, wherein the filler comprises about 0.001 to 100%, by weight, of fiber or flock pieces. Any natural or synthetic fiber may be used in the coating compositions of this invention.
Abstract:
Breathable and durable woven or knit ticking fabrics are prepared by foam-coating the fabric to provide good barrier properties to bacteria and liquids and post-cure treating the coated fabric to provide additional bacteriostatic or repellent properties.
Abstract:
A tufted or bonded carpet tile which has an integral backing material of nonwoven synthetic fibers intermingled and/or needled together to provide comfort to persons walking on same and to reduce the noise level in areas where it is installed.