Abstract:
A method of curing the uncured adhesive on which elongated particles of material have been deposited in a relatively thick deposit or layer, (such as a flocked layer), the adhesive being on a substrate, which comprises subjecting the material to an electron beam directed toward the surface having the deposit, from apparatus for producing an electron beam of relatively low energy. The process is particularly adaptable to the curing of adhesives when used on heat-sensitive substrates, and/or where the particles may also be heat-sensitive, whose heat sensitivity would otherwise inherently limit the degree and speed of thermal curing that might be employed in order to cure the adhesive which holds the elongated particles to the substrate.
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing transfer sheets is disclosed in which short fibers are temporarily stuck to a base sheet to form a short fiber layer to which two kinds of adhesives are applied to a desired design or letter to be transferred. When the transfer sheet thus made is put on a clothes or the like and heat and pressure are applied, the short fibers are transferred to the clothes only where coated with the adhesive.
Abstract:
A process for producing a fabric laminate by coating a suitable substrate with a curable adhesive flocked binder, flocking the coated substrate with a flocked material composed of multifilament fibers, the individual filaments of which are temporarily adhered to one another by a removable binder, permanently securing the flock in the coating by subjecting the laminate to a curing operation, and then removing the temporary binder from the secured flock. The flock substrates obtained from this process exhibit unusual surface effects similar to those of a tufted fabric. Also, the present process can be used for flocking relatively long, fine denier filaments.
Abstract:
A roofing material including a substrate having a top face and a bottom face. The roofing material further includes a non-asphalt coating applied to the substrate and an asphalt layer covering at least a portion of the top face. The bottom face is asphalt-free, or substantially asphalt-free.
Abstract:
A roofing material including a substrate having a top face and a bottom face. The roofing material further includes a non-asphalt coating applied to the substrate and an asphalt layer covering at least a portion of the top face. The bottom face is asphalt-free, or substantially asphalt-free.
Abstract:
An optically variable device may be manufactured by aligning magnetic flakes on a surface of an adhesive layer by applying the flakes onto the adhesive layer surface in presence of a magnetic field, and curing the adhesive layer having magnetic flakes adhered to the adhesive layer. When cured, the adhesive layer holds the magnetic flakes oriented, enabling subsequent encapsulation of the oriented magnetic flakes in a coating layer on the adhesive layer, without a substantial loss of orientation of the magnetic flakes.
Abstract:
A textured elastic hair band including an elastic core substrate, a sheath of textile fibers covering the elastic core substrate, and flocking fibers secured to the sheath in which the elastic core substrate is a loop or ring shape. A method of manufacturing a textured elastic hair band includes the steps of providing an elastic core including an elastic core substrate and a sheath of textile fibers over the elastic core substrate, applying an adhesive material over an outer surface of the sheath, exposing the elastic core to flocking fibers, removing non-adhered flocking fibers from the elastic core, and curing the adhesive material. The step of applying flocking fibers can also include placing the elastic core in a flocking chamber containing the flocking fibers, applying a static electric charge, stopping the static electric charge after the period of time, and removing the flocked elastic core from the flocking chamber.