Abstract:
FOR A METHOD OF MAKING WATER VAPOUR PERRMEABLE FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIALS WHICH FIND USES AS REPLACEMENTS FOR LEATHER IN WHICH THE MATERIAL IS FORMED FROM A LAYER OF A MIXTURE OF POWDERED REMOVABLE FILLER DISPERSED THROUGH POLYMER SOLUTION WHICH ADHERES TO A TEMPORARY BACKER AND IS COAGULATED AND THE FILLER LEACHED OUT BY SUITABLE LIQUID TREATMENT THE ADVANTAGES OF CERTAIN RATIOS OF POLYMER TO SOLVENT AND CERTAIN RELATIVELY HIGH RATIOS BELOW 3:1 OF FILLER TO POLYMER IN THE MIXTURE ARE SET OUT.
Abstract:
Supple, microporous, breathable elastomeric films with a system of intercommunicating cells are described. The films which optionally contain inert organic or inorganic particles varying in size from about 0.02 microns to 150 microns are prepared by deposition from a solution spread on a suitable surface. Deposition is effected by exposure of the solution to a liquid which is miscible with the solvent but which does not dissolve the elastomer. The use of the film in the preparation of leather replacement compositions by integration as a grain layer in and on the surface of suitable substrates is described. For this use the selected substrate is wet with a liquid in which the elastomer is insoluble, coated with a solution of the elastomer in a solvent which is miscible with the liquid used to wet the substrate, and the wet, coated substrate is treated with additional liquid to deposit the elastomer extending into the upper strata of the substrate and above its surface.
Abstract:
A THREE DIMENSIONALLY CONFRONTED ARTICLE COMPRISING SHEET POLYMER MATERIAL WHICH IS WATER VAPOUR PERMEABLE, SELF-SUPPORTING, FLEXIBLE SUBSTANTIALLY RESISTANT TO LOSS OF SHAPE.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING MICROPOROUS SHEET MATERIALS IS DISCLOSED WHEREIN A LAYER OF A POLYMER SOLUTION CONTAINING THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF INERT LIQUID IS APPLIED AT A SUITABLE TEMPERATURE TO A SUBSTRATE (E.G., A FABRIC), AND THEN THE LAYER OF SOLUTION IS SUBJECTED TO COOLING AND BATHING CONDITIONS SUCH THAT (1) THE LAYER IS COOLED BY AT LEAST 5*C., (2) THE SOLUTION IS CONVERTED TO A SUBSTANTIALLY COLLOIDAL POLYMERIC DISPERSION AND (3) THE LAYER IS BATHED WITH A SUITABLE BATHING LIQUID ADAPTED TO EXTRACT SAID SOLVENT UNTIL SUBSTANTIALLY ALL THE SOLVENT IS EXTRACTED.