Abstract: A flexible flat cable includes at least two layers of nonwoven fabric, the fabric consisting of fibers selected from the group consisting of polyester, polyamide, polyolefin, syndiotactic polystyrene, polysulfone, and glass, the fabric having pores between the fibers, the flat cable also includes a first signal lead embedded between the at least two fibers and a binder disposed in the pores so as to provide the fabric with at least one of a dielectric strength of at least 500 V and a dimensional stability of at least 0.05% at a temperature of 140° C. over a period of 24 hours.

Abstract: A nonwoven textile having reversible enhanced thermal control properties, the material comprising: a bat or web bonded by polymeric binder containing thermal control material within the interior of the bat or web, wherein the thermal control material is dispersed throughout the interior of the polymeric binder, and wherein the thermal control material is substantially entirely within the interior of the nonwoven textile.

Abstract: A preform material for manufacturing a protective garment having a top material, in particular a firefighter's protective garment. The material is made of an insulating lining made up of an at least two-ply water-jet-consolidated nonwoven fabric having a weight per unit area of 80 g/m2 or lighter for each individual ply, a lining material having a weight per unit area of 120 g/m2 or lighter, that is quilted to the at least two-ply nonwoven fabric; and a semipermeable membrane, constituting a moisture barrier. After the at least two-ply water-jet-consolidated nonwoven fabric has been quilted to the lining material, the semipermeable membrane is laminated onto the outer side, facing away from the lining material, of the nonwoven fabric ply and has a weight per unit area of 20 to 30 g/m2.

Abstract: A fixing liner, made up of a textile liner web (1), which is coated on one side with double-layer adhesive mass points, which are made up of lower points, facing the liner web, and upper points (2, 3); arranged on top of them, the lower points (2) being made up of a powdery mixture of 25 to 90% by weight of an epoxide resin having an epoxide equivalent weight of 500 to 4000 mVal/kg, 10 to 75% by weight of an acid terminated polyamide, a polyester, a polyurethane and/or a vinyl copolymer having carboxyl, anhydro, hydroxy, and/or amido side groups and having a melt flow index (MFI) of 40 to 120 g/10 min measured at 160° C. and 2.16 kg, and 0 to 20% by weight of a hardener as well as the auxiliary and filler materials that are customarily used to produce a paste, the upper points (3) being composed of acid-terminated polyamides and/or copolyesters, and the weight ratio of the masses, obtained in the lower and upper points (2, 3), being 1:0.5 to 1:5.

Abstract: A process for the production of fusible interlining fabrics, wherein an interlining fabric (1) is discontinuously printed over its area with a reactive adhesive (2), and a particulate hot-melt glue (3) is applied to the adhesive (2) while it is still reactive. In another step, particles (3.1) can be pressed on, and subsequently the excess particles (3.2) of the hot-melt glue (3) can be removed.

Abstract: A water-soluble fusible embroidery liner, made of a water-stable nonwoven fabric having a weight per unit area of 20 to 120 g/m2, which is coated by a water-soluble, thermoplastic polymer as the adhesive mass.

Abstract: An adsorption air filter has a self-supporting shaped structure of adsorber particles of regular or irregular form, which are joined to one another by binder particles also of regular or irregular form. The melting range of the binder particles is less than that of the adsorber particles, and the binder particles are smaller than the adsorber particles. The adsorber particles have an average size of 100 to 7000 .mu.m. The three-dimensional structure of the air filter has substantially repeating units of one adsorber particle and one binder particle, without the presence of agglomerates. The binder must not spread over the adsorber surface below 100.degree. C. In the production method, adsorber and binder particles are mixed with water and heated in a closed mold under pressure; the water is then driven off and the shaped element is allowed to cool.

Abstract: In a signal lamp, in particular, for automotive vehicles, comprising a casing, a light source arranged in the casing, a reflector, a closure plate and an optical plate provided between the light source and the closure plate and comprising convex areas at the side thereof facing the light source and concave areas on the side thereof facing away from the light source between which are provided light-impermeable areas on the surface, a homogeneous light distribution is obtained in that the side of the closure plate facing the light source comprises concave recesses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flame barrier made of a nonwoven fabric of partially graphitized polyacrylonitrile fibers having a weight per unit area of 40 to 100 g/m.sup.2 and a maximum thhickness of 1.8 mm. The nonwoven fabric is bonded with highly energetic water jets. The flame barrier can be used as a component of a planar multi-layer structure.