SURFACE COVERINGS AND METHODS
    43.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20070286982A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-13

    申请号:US11761068

    申请日:2007-06-11

    摘要: Processes, methods, uses, apparatus, and/or products such as surface coverings such as floor coverings, wall coverings, furniture coverings, or the like, having a textile or fabric show surface, decorative layer, or face and an optional backing are provided. The textile show surface, layer or face is optionally saturated, coated, and/or covered, or includes a protective film, coating composition or wear surface such as a transparent resin or polymer material. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the textile show surface is in overlying relation to a backing of or including agglomerated adjoined particle elements. In at least another exemplary embodiment, the textile show surface is in overlying relation to a backing of or including a foam cushion layer. In yet another exemplary embodiment, the textile show surface is in overlying relation to a backing which is a blend or combination of a particle and a foam backing. In particular embodiments, but not exclusively, the invention may relate to surface coverings such as floor coverings including but not limited to carpet, carpet tile, flooring, floor tile, rugs, area rugs, runners, mats, floor mats, stabilized broadloom, modular flooring, roll goods, or the like. The surface covering may incorporate a tufted, bonded, knit, woven, non-woven, needled, flocked, or the like textile or fabric show surface, face material, decorative textile layer, or the like. The textile layer may be saturated, covered, and/or coated with at least one film or film-forming composition which is desirably transparent or translucent when cured. Alternatively or in addition, the face yarn or fiber may include one or more coatings or layers such as clear, translucent and/or colored coatings or layers. For example, the face yarn may include a core yarn or fiber or filament or material covered with one or more coatings, cladding, sheaths, layers, wear layers, films, and/or the like. It is additionally desirable that the film or film-forming composition or the one or more coatings or layers is wear resistant, soil resistant, stain resistant, aesthetically pleasing, fusable, and/or the like. Optional adhesive layers, adhesive films, stabilizing layers, textile backings, films, and/or the like may be disposed above, in, and/or below the flexible and/or resilient backing. Friction enhancing, adhesive, or installation facilitating materials or coatings may be added to and/or on the underside of the backing. Alternatively or in addition, a textile or fabric backing with a friction enhancing coating may be added below the backing.

    Breathable wallcovering
    45.
    发明授权
    Breathable wallcovering 失效
    透气墙纸

    公开(公告)号:US5876551A

    公开(公告)日:1999-03-02

    申请号:US937429

    申请日:1997-09-25

    申请人: Dan L. Jackson

    发明人: Dan L. Jackson

    摘要: A breathable, decorative wallcovering having a smooth, continuous, aesthetically appealing exposed surface which can be printed with a design or pattern having sharply defined edges, and having a relatively high moisture permeability, includes a porous polymeric ply fused to and supported by a nonwoven substrate ply which consists of an array of hydroentangled fibers. The porous polymeric ply is formed by thermally fusing a plastisol coating, which is applied to the nonwoven substrate ply, and which has a thickness sufficiently low to permit localized variations in fiber orientation and small variations in the thickness of the nonwoven substrate ply to cause the formation of a multiplicity of miniature discontinuities which are substantially invisible to the unaided eye and which are randomly distributed throughout the coating. The plastisol coating is, however, thick enough to allow the formation of a coating which upon thermal fusion provides a polymeric ply having a smooth continuous appearance. Upon heating the plastisol coating to a temperature which is sufficient to cause fusion of resins contained therein, a highly permeable polymeric ply having the appearance of a smooth, continuous film is formed. The wallcovering is particularly useful where a smooth surface is desired for aesthetic reason and where high moisture permeability is also desired.

    摘要翻译: 具有平滑,连续,美观吸引力的露出表面的透气的装饰性墙纸,其可以用具有锐度限定的边缘并且具有相对较高的透湿性的设计或图案印刷,包括与非织造基底熔合和支撑的多孔聚合物层 层由水力缠结纤维阵列组成。 多孔聚合物层是通过将施加到非织造衬底层上的增塑溶胶涂层进行热熔融而形成的,该增塑溶胶涂层具有足够低的厚度以允许纤维取向的局部变化和非织造衬底层的厚度的小变化, 形成多个微小的不连续性,其基本上对肉眼是不可见的,并且随机地分布在整个涂层中。 然而,增塑溶胶涂层足够厚以允许形成涂层,其在热熔融时提供具有平滑连续外观的聚合物层。 在将增塑溶胶涂层加热至足以引起其中所含树脂熔化的温度下,形成具有光滑连续膜外观的高透度聚合物层。 在需要光滑表面以获得美学原因并且还需要高透湿性的情况下,墙纸是特别有用的。

    Production of embossed fibrous sheets
    50.
    发明授权
    Production of embossed fibrous sheets 失效
    生产薄膜薄片

    公开(公告)号:US3769119A

    公开(公告)日:1973-10-30

    申请号:US3769119D

    申请日:1971-04-09

    发明人: MIZELL L SCHUR M

    摘要: Composite fiber structures comprising a sheet of fibrous material having an open-patterned web of plastic material at least partially embedded in the fibers of the sheet are made by applying to at least one surface of a sheet of fibrous material, such as felted, knitted, woven or otherwise associated wool or other animal, vegetable or synthetic fiber, an open-patterned web of plastic material and subjecting the web successively to conditions effective to cause at least partial penetration of the fibrous sheet by the plastic material and to conditions effective to harden the plastic material, preferably with the concomitant application of pressure to the plastic material while it is in flowable condition. After hardening the plastic the assembly may be subjected to wetting out and drying to effect further expansion of the fibrous sheet between the elements of the plastic web. The fibrous material may be given a differential color from the plastic material by dyeing the fibrous material after the application of the web of plastic material or by applying to the fibrous sheet a web of differently colored plastic material.

    摘要翻译: 包括具有至少部分地嵌入片材的纤维中的具有开放图案的塑料材料的纤维材料片的复合纤维结构体通过施加到纤维材料片材的至少一个表面上而制成,所述纤维材料片材例如毡制, 纺织或其他相关的羊毛或其他动物,植物或合成纤维,塑料材料的开放图案的网状物,并且连续地对幅材进行条件,以有效地使塑料材料至少部分地渗透纤维片材并且有效地硬化 塑料材料,优选在塑性材料处于可流动状态的同时施加压力。 在塑化硬化之后,可以对组件进行润湿和干燥,以使纤维片在塑料网的元件之间进一步膨胀。 纤维材料可以通过在施加塑料材料幅材之后染色纤维材料或通过向纤维片施加不同颜色的塑料材料的纤维网而从塑料材料给出差分颜色。