Abstract: A layered cushioned composite which in one embodiment incorporates a glass layer of stabilizing material disposed within a layer of adhesive material below a primary carpet surface such that the adhesive material extends in covering relation away from each side of the stabilizing material and performs the dual functions of securing the stabilizing material at a defined position below the underside of the primary carpet and forming an attachment surface for an adjacent layer of underlying recycled foam or rebond foam cushioning material.

Abstract: Described is a transferrable fibrous thermal interface. The interface comprises flocked thermally conductive fibers embedded in an adhesive in substantially vertical orientation with portions of the fibers extending out of the adhesive. An encapsulant fills spaces between the portions of the fibers that extend out of the adhesive and a release liner is on at least one outer surface of the interface.

Abstract: Fibers are treated with fiber treating solutions comprising an animal protein hydrolysate, chitosan lactate and one or more kinds of quaternary ammonium salts. The fiber treating solutions provide a smooth, soft and supple feel due to a moisture-retaining property and physiological skin protecting effects. Underwear products has physiological skin protecting effects obtained by treating with these fiber treating solutions.

Abstract: The invention relates to water dispersible finishing compositions for fibrous substrates including fibers, fabrics, carpets, nonwoven webs, and the like. The finishing compositions can impart to the fibrous substrate soil resistance and a range of hydrophilic properties from water repellency to water absorbency. Preferably, the finishing compositions can impart stain resistance to the fibrous substrate. The invention also relates to methods for treating fibrous substrates with the finishing compositions of this invention. The compositions can be applied to the substrate and subsequently cured at ambient temperature or above.

Abstract: The present invention relates to composite elastomeric yarns and fabrics, to methods of making same, and to articles in which such yarns and fabrics are used. The composite yarns of the present invention comprise a elastomeric core, an elastomeric thermoplastic sheath disposed about the core and, preferably, fibers mechanically anchored in the sheath. The composite fabrics of the present invention comprise the composite yarns of the present invention and conventional fibers arranged to form a fabric.

Abstract: The present invention includes a bio-based carpet material that includes tufts, a backing, a pre-coat, and a backing material wherein the pre-coat includes the reaction product of a pre-coat A-side having a pre-coat isocyanate and a pre-coat B-side and the backing material includes the reaction product of a backing material A-side having a backing material B-side. The pre-coat B-side and the backing material B-side may include a petroleum based polyol; a vegetable oil, cross-linker, and a catylst; or a transesterified poylol.

Abstract: Semi-bleached to bleached sulfonated aromatic condensation resin alone or in combination with a semi-soluble methacrylic polymer of high molecular weight provides improved resistance to staining by acid colorants in a fibrous polyamide or wool substrate.

Abstract: An improved low weight cushioned flooring, floor covering, carpet, carpet tile, and method is provided. The low weight, cushioned carpet includes a low weight primary carpet having a base and a plurality of pile-forming yarns projecting outwardly from one side. A layer of reinforcement material is bonded to the base on the side opposite the pile forming yarns. The reinforcement layer is adjacent to and may be embedded in, a cushion layer of a polymer such as a polyurethane. An apparatus and process for forming the low weight cushioned carpet or carpet tile of the present invention are also provided.

Abstract: A paper-making press felt (1) includes a base member (2) and at least one batt layer (3) laminated on the base member (2), and is characterized in that the base member (2) is made of a plurality of ground fabrics, and in that, of the plurality of ground fabrics, a second ground fabric (B) arranged next to a first ground fabric (A) arranged nearest to a surface (4) on which a wet paper sheet is placed has a structure whose density is higher than or whose air permeability is lower than that of the first ground fabric (A), and can regulate water from moving from the second ground fabric (B) to the first ground fabric (A) and hence can prevent a re-wetting phenomenon effectively.

Abstract: A mold releasable composite material for wet production of a polyurethane resin synthetic leather is disclosed, comprising of a polymer base and a composition layer laminated on at least one surface of the polymer base, the composition layer consisting of 50 to 95% by weight of a styrenic polymer having a syndiotactic structure and 5 to 50% by weight of a polyolefin, the mold releasable composite material having a peeling strength of 300 g/15 mm or more, preferably, the composition layer being subjected to embossing processing, and an anchor coating agent being used in laminating of the composition layer on the polymer base, which overcomes the defects involved in the conventional production process of a polyurethane resin synthetic leather in a wet process which has such an advantage that a synthetic leather having a good breathability and a soft feeling is obtained.

Abstract: A modified secondary backing fabric (20) for carpet (50) comprises a secondary backing scrim fabric (15) and a fiber batt (21) integrated with the secondary backing fabric forming the modified fabric, providing a soft face (51) opposite the face (52) presented by the scrim fabric, uninterrupted by the scrim fabric. A carpet (50) comprises a face yarn (11); a primary backing fabric (12), the face yarn being tufted into the primary backing fabric; a modified secondary backing fabric (20) attached to the primary backing fabric; and an adhesive material (14) binding the face yarn to the primary backing fabric and the primary backing fabric to the secondary backing fabric.

Abstract: A carpet tile having a generally planar body where the body has traffic surface, a back side and a back coating matrix affixed to the back side. A portion of the back coating is formed from a bitumen matrix. The bitumen matrix comprises an amount of bitumen and a resin with a portion of the bitumen PEN grade bitumen. The matrix composition may be processed and applied to carpet at temperatures between about 115° C. and 155° C. and is typically applied at temperatures of about 125° C.

Abstract: A carpet carrying a deodorant that is resistant to washing and wear and thus capable of maintaining its deodorizing function for a long time without impairing the drape and tint of the carpet. The carpet has a backing layer and a fiber layer formed on one side of the backing layer. A deodorant is carried partially on the backing layer and partially on the fiber layer with the weight ratio of the deodorant carried on the fiber layer to the deodorant carried on the backing being 50:50 to 5:95.

Abstract: A launderable dust control mat having antimicrobial properties is provided. The mat includes a pile fiber upper surface and a rubber backing surface. Metal based antimicrobial agent, are disposed within both the fiber forming the upper surface and the rubber forming the backing surface thereby providing antimicrobial character to the mat as a whole.

Abstract: Tufted carpeting can be manufactured employing polyurethane adhesives and cured face up without dripping, when one or more drip-reducing process steps of adding a non-Newtonian thickener to the adhesive or forming a viscosified or cured film on the outer surface of the adhesive are practiced prior to entry of the greige good into the curing oven.

Abstract: An acid-dye and coffee stain resistant carpet has sheath/core bicomponent face fibers affixed in a backing material and bound thereto. The face fibers have a core of a first polyamide component and a sheath which substantially or completely covers the core of a second polyamide component which is inherently chemically compatible with the first polyamide component. In an uncolored state, the carpet has a red drink staining depth of less than 15 CIE &Dgr;E units and a coffee staining depth of less than about 10 CIE &Dgr;E units.

Abstract: A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing waste or both. Surface coverings containing the backing or intermediate layer of the present invention are also described as well as methods of making the backing or intermediate layer and methods of making the surface coverings containing the backing or intermediate layer of the present invention.

Abstract: A fiber glass mat especially useful for bonding to wood contains glass fibers and a “B” staged resin, and the method of making the mat, are disclosed. A substantial portion of the resin binder can be a furfural alcohol, phenol formaldehyde, melamine formaldehyde, or any other resin that can be “B” staged.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cushioned floor covering article wherein the mat includes a tufted carpet placed on the top side of a foam rubber sheet and at least one foam rubber protrusion integrated within at least a portion of the bottom side of the foam rubber sheet. Such an article provides effective removal of moisture, dirt, and debris from the footwear of pedestrians through the utilization of a carpet pile component. Furthermore, the utilization of a foam rubber backing also allows for either periodic heavy duty industrial-scale laundering in such standard washing machines or periodic washing and drying in standard in-home machines, both without appreciably damaging the inventive floor covering article, such as a floor mat. Additionally, the presence of integrated foam rubber protrusions within the mat structure provides an effective cushioning effect for pedestrian comfort as well as a means to prevent slippage of the article from its contacted surface.

Abstract: Polymeric carpet and a method of making and recycling such carpet, the carpet having fibers, backing and extruded adhesive all of completely recyclable materials, the recycling being accomplished in one melting step, without a separation step.

Abstract: Polyester carpets of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) are disclosed which have excellent stain-resistance, texture retention and resistance to crushing. The bulked continuous filament yarn used to make the carpets and the process for making the yarns are also disclosed.

Abstract: A multilayer formed part having acoustic damping properties is composed of a binder containing carrier fibrous web of natural fibers and/or synthetic fibers of low compression, which is covered at both sides with cover layers and/or decorative layers. The carrier fibrous web across the surface thereof is interlaced with prismatic regions of any suitable cross section, with prismatic regions having increased strength and not being connected with each other, and being connected to the covering layer and/or the decorative layer in a shearing resistant manner.

Abstract: Tufted carpeting can be manufactured employing polyurethane adhesives and cured face up without dripping, when one or more drip-reducing process steps of adding a non-Newtonian thickener to the adhesive or forming a viscosified or cured film on the outer surface of the adhesive are practiced prior to entry of the greige good into the curing oven.

Abstract: A vacuum covering method for covering a profiled surface of a base member with a sheet by effecting bonding between the sheet and the base member under vacuum, wherein the base member has a multiplicity of spaced vacuum grooves extending across the profiled surface. When air is evacuated from the vacuum grooves, the sheet is drawn by vacuum or suction down onto the profiled surface. The base member is injection-molded of synthetic resin and undergoes thermal shrinkage when it becomes cool after molding. With the vacuum grooves provided in the profiled surface, thermal shrinkage is distributed uniformly over the entire area of the profiled surface and does not generate shrink mark which may form a depression on a front surface of the sheet bonded to the base member.

Abstract: High density built-up multilayer printed circuit boards are produced by constructing microvias with photoimageable dielectric materials. A photosensitive dielectric composition on a conductive foil is laminated to conductive lines on a core. After imaging the foil and imaging and curing the photosensitive dielectric composition, vias are formed to the conductive lines. Thereafter the conductive lines are connected through the vias to the conductive foil, and then the conductive foil is patterned.

Abstract: Flame-resistant, retroreflective, transparent, flexible, tear-resistant, mine brattice cloth with plastic-coated, open web fabric and retroreflective strips. Preferred plastic coating is a flame-resistant vinyl polymer plasticized with tri aryl phosphate ester or tetrahalo phthalate ester.

Abstract: A carpet structure and backing of superior dimensional stability and integrity which is especially useful in a free float system of installation. In one aspect of the invention, a carpet is provided having a selected dimensional stability in which there is (i)a first carpet part having a primary layer with pile substantially covering a first side of the layer, the pile tufted through the primary layer to leave tuft bundles on a second side of the primary layer and a binder encapsulating the tuft bundles, the first part having a predetermined force of expansion and contraction under cycling conditions of temperature and moisture; (ii) a second part in layered relationship to the first carpet part, the second carpet part constructed from one or more layers to have a predetermined resistance to expansion and contraction at least equal to or greater than the force of expansion and contraction of the first carpet part under cycling conditions of temperature and moisture and traffic loads on the carpet pile.

Abstract: A decorative sheet for an exterior wall surface is provided which comprises a flexible nonwoven fabric which is permeable to air and moisture, and a coating layer formed on a front surface of the nonwoven fabric, the coating layer being also flexible and permeable to air and moisture after drying. The coating layer may be releasably covered by a stretchable plastic film. Further, the nonwoven fabric may have a rear surface formed with an air- and moisture-permeable adhesive layer which is covered by a releasable paper.

Abstract: A thermal protection device (9) adapted to extend along a surface to be protected from a thermally and mechanically severe external environment, having an inside face (9A) adapted to face the surface to be protected and an outside face (9B) adapted to be exposed to the external environment, includes a composite layer (6) containing a refractory armature (2) buried in a thermally insulative material matrix, the device further including a ceramic, metal or metalloid external layer (7) of which the outside face is part and which is attached to the composite layer.

Abstract: A rug underlay formed of a compressed central mat of needle-punched waste or recycled fibers, the upper layer of which is heat fused by a drum to provide a chevron design of lands and grooves alternating between adjoining squares and a lower layer of elastomeric material coating the mat and embossed with a pattern of geometric formation.

Abstract: A composite of thermally non-adherent fluoropolymeric and non-fluoropolymeric components is created through the agency of a non-woven, fibrous binder interposed between and portionally embedded into both components. The fibers of the non-woven binder have a substantial portion of their length extending into both components and cross the interface at an angle that is substantially normal to the plane of embedment. The composite possesses good peel-adhesion behavior between the otherwise thermally non-adherent components.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent, amorphous sheet having a thickness in the range from 1 to 20 mm which contains, as principal constituent, a crystallizable thermoplastic, where the surface gloss, measured in accordance with DIN 67530 (measurement angle 20°), is greater than 130, the light transmission, measured in accordance with ASTM D 1003, is greater than 84%, and the haze of the sheet, measured in accordance with ASTM D 1003, is less than 15%, to a process for the production of the sheet, and to the use of the sheet.

Abstract: An electrostatic flocking material, which covers a base for a grip of an article, is coated entirely with a cover layer. Pile fibers of the flocking material are placed upright on the base, and the free ends of the pile fibers are covered with the cover layer, wherein portions of the cover layer covering the free ends of the pile fibers form peaks having multiple edges. The peaks are formed by placing an excess cover layer material on the flocking material, leveling the cover layer material, and removing part of the cover layer material between the pile fibers by wiping the leveled cover layer material with a water-absorbable fabric. The grip is usable in rainy conditions.

Abstract: A rug exhibiting a wool-like appearance made by the process comprising the steps of a. extruding a dyeable polyolefin resin comprising the reaction product of a polypropylene and an ethylene alkyl acrylate copolymer to provide an extruded fiber; b. drawing the extruded fiber by conveying the fiber among a system of unheated and heated godets; c. crimping the drawn fiber by passing the fiber into a texturing jet utilizing hot air; d. twisting at least two separate drawn and crimped fibers to provide a multi-ply carpet face yarn wherein the yarn is from about 1000 to about 8000 denier and has about 2 to about 7 twists per inch; e. heat-setting the multi-ply yarn; f. dyeing the multi-ply yarn using a space-dyeing process; and g. weaving the dyed yarn into a rug; thereby providing a rug with a wool-like appearance. The invention also provides a process for making a rug with a wool-like appearance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a woven textile surface covering. The method involves applying a resin composition layer onto a back surface of a woven layer. The woven layer is formed by weaving warp and weft yarns. The resin composition layer is effective for bonding to the warp and weft yarns. The resin composition layer is provided with a resin composition and a cross-linking agent effective to wet, penetrate, and encapsulate the warp and weft yarns. The resin composition layer occupies the interstices of the warp and weft yarns and when the resin is heated, the resin cross-links with the woven layer. A backing layer is then contacted with the surface of the heated resin composition layer thereby bonding the backing layer to the resin composition layer. The present invention also relates to a woven textile surface covering having a first layer with a decorative surface and a back surface. The first layer is formed from woven warp and weft yarns that have interstices therebetween.

Abstract: This invention relates to a floor mat primarily for use in an outdoor environment wherein the mat includes a tufted carpet solely comprised of nylon monofilament fibers. Furthermore, this mat comprises a foam rubber backing which possesses a high level of ozone resistance and simultaneously will not appreciably stain a handler's skin or a floor's surface with carbon particles. The utilization of all monofilament nylon fibers provides for the extreme effective removal of moisture, dirt, and debris from the footwear of pedestrians and also permits easy cleaning and effective drying of the overall article. The utilization of a foam rubber backing also allows for heavy duty industrial-scale laundering in such standard washing machines without appreciably damaging either the washing machines or inventive floor mats themselves.

Abstract: A laminated non-slip liner or mat comprises a first lower laminate layer, the undersurface thereof having printed thereon a pattern of relatively high friction material; a second laminate upper layer of material with upper and lower surfaces is supported by the first layer, with an adhesive layer between the first and second layers, bonding the top face of the first layer to the bottom face of the second layer. The lower, first laminate layer serves as a barrier between the pattern of relatively high friction material and the adhesive. Preferably, the pattern of relatively high friction material is a high density matrix of printed latex, polyvinylchloride, or polyethylene projections which may include a tackifying agent to enhance the coefficient of friction of the projections. The second laminate layer may be a printed vinyl sheet. The improved liner or mat has the unexpected benefit of not adhering to fine finish surfaces of oil based paints, lacquers and linoleums.

Abstract: An improved method of making a multiple print thick film circuit wherein the alignment between successive conductor print steps is both optically inspectable and electrically testable. The first of two or more successive conductor print layers includes a pair of adjacent alignment features with a non-conductive gap therebetween, and the successive conductor print layer includes a pair of identical alignment features which are printed directly on top of the alignment feature pair of the first print layer. When the successive print layer is properly aligned with the first print layer, the non-conductive gap between the alignment features of the first print layer will be preserved, and test probes brought into contact with the features or associated probe pads will reveal a high or open-circuit impedance therebetween.

Abstract: A functional carpet suitable for use in an automotive vehicle. The functional carpet comprises a nonwoven fabric having piles formed throughout a whole surface of the nonwoven fabric. Each pile projects from the surface of the nonwoven fabric and is formed of at least a part of fibers constituting the nonwoven fabric. Each pile has a length ranging from 1 to 10 mm. The nonwoven fabric has a density ranging from 250 to 800 g/m.sup.2. Additionally, a fluoroplastics is adhered to a surface portion of the nonwoven fabric and extends substantially uniformly throughout the surface of the nonwoven fabric. The fluoroplastics includes linear tetrafluoroethylene telomer as a main body. The tetrafluoroethylene telomer has a number of carbon atoms ranging from 6 to 14. The amount of the fluoroplastics adhered to the surface portion of the nonwoven fabric ranges from 1.5 to 60 g/m.sup.2 in solid state.

Abstract: A storage/dispensing assembly, e.g., a roll or stack, of non-woven pressure sensitive adhesive tape comprising one or more multilayer sheets of pressure sensitive adhesive tape arranged such that the adhesive layer in the assembly of an overlying non-woven pressure sensitive adhesive tape is in direct contact with the underlying nonwoven backing layer of non-woven pressure sensitive adhesive tape. The non-woven backing layer is formed at least in part of fibers having a denier of greater than 15 so as to decrease the level of fibers disengagement when an overlying nonwoven pressure sensitive adhesive tape is removed from the assembly.

Abstract: A product and method of manufacture for an adhesive-based system to removably stick relatively flat articles on surfaces. A cured pressure-sensitive adhesive is coated on both sides of a central flat, flexible support scrim in a zoned thickness pattern which includes sufficient, continuous thickness such that the system is well suited to the removable installation of many types of articles having rough surface textures including, but not limited to, floor coverings such as woven and double-backed carpets having backs of a relatively rough texture and unitary backed carpet having a rough latex or polymeric coating and no applied secondary scrim.

Abstract: This invention provides a laminate, both surface layers of which are each composed of a base material consisting of a glass cloth napped at least on its inner surface side and impregnated with a thermosetting resin, and the intermediate layer of which laminate is composed of a composition comprising a thermosetting resin mixed with an inorganic filler in a proportion of 10 to 300% by weight based on the weight of the resin, the surface layers and the intermediate layer having been integrated by heating and pressing.

Abstract: A composition for producing acid dye stain-resistant fibers includes a fiber-forming polymide, a polymer and a masterbatch concentrate which itself includes a reagent and a carrier. The reagent can be an alkal metal, alkaline earth metal or transition metal salt of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid. The carrier can be (A) a terpolymer of an alpha-monoolefin, ethylene-.alpha.,.beta. unsaturated carboxylic acid ester and an internal anhydride of an ethlenically unsaturated carboxylic acid. It can alternatively be (B) a semi-crystalline thermoplastic polyester, (C) a semi-crystalline thermoplastic polyamide, or mixtures of (B) and (C). The polymer in the composition can be (A) and mixtures of (A) and (B) and/or (C).

Abstract: A warp knit, weft inserted lap side loop pile fabric for use as a female connector in a hook and loop fastener in which adjacent loops in each wale alternate from one direction to the other. If desired the back of the fabric can be coated to provide strength and rigidity to the fabric.

Abstract: A carpet mat assembly with shock absorbing properties includes a mat made of closed cell foam sections. The mat sections are sized to be readily portable, preferably 4 ft by 6 ft in size. The mat thickness is selected to conform to ASTM F1292-96. Preferably, the mat thickness is 11/8" thick. The mat section is coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive covering on one side of the mat. The pressure sensitive adhesive is covered with a removable liner. The liner is removed to expose the pressure sensitive adhesive. Carpet is applied to the coated surface of the mat and the pressure sensitive adhesive bonds the carpet to the mat. The outer perimeters of each mat may be lined with 3M Velcro.RTM. for attaching multiple sections of the carpet mat assembly securely together. On the outer perimeter of mat sections not joined to other mat sections, an edge molding preferably made from the same closed cell foam, may be attached to the mat with a contact adhesive, or by other means.

Abstract: An abrasion-resistant composite sheet having a surface layer of pile-like fibers immobilized by resin. The surface layer has a thickness of 0.5-3 mm, a pile-like fiber concentration of 0.05 to 0.5 g/cm.sup.3, a resin containing depth of at least 0.5 mm and a density of at least 0.5 g/cm.sup.3. The pile-like fibers can be derived from particular contracted stitchbonded, knit or woven fabrics or from conventional pile fabrics having specific characteristics.

Abstract: The laminated non-slip liner or mat comprises a first laminate layer of nonwoven material having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface having printed thereon a pattern of relatively high friction material; a second laminate layer of material having a first surface and a second surface; and an adhesive between the first and second layers, bonding the first layer first surface to the second layer second surface. The first laminate layer of nonwoven material acts as a barrier between the pattern of relatively high friction material and the adhesive. Preferably, the pattern of relatively high friction material is a high density matrix of printed latex or polyvinyl chloride projections. The second laminate layer may be a printed vinyl sheet.

Abstract: Stain-resistant nylon carpet is prepared by dyeing and printing cationic-dyeable nylon fibers with acid or premetallized dye. Lightfastness and depth of shade of an apparent value equal to acid dyeable nylons is obtained with superior stain resistance equal to commercially available solution dyed nylon carpeting.

Abstract: A self-adhesive sheet is described for multiple uses and especially as a carpet liner or an acoustic coating. The sheet includes a base sheet in the form of a polypropylene web, a thin coating of natural or synthetic non-slip material such as latex foam adhered to one side of the base sheet, a coating of adhesive applied to the other side of the base sheet, and a protector sheet covering the adhesive coating, which may be peeled off to make the sheet self-adhesive. Preferably, the foam coating is provided with a pattern in relief to ensure a relatively bodied structure in relation to the weight of latex used as well as an agreeable appearance. The self-adhesive sheet is light, flexible and easily handled and it may be cut to the desired size and shape using scissors or the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stainproofing agent having the durability capable of maintaining sufficient water- and oil-repellency as well as stainproofing properties before and after cleaning. Disclosed is a stainproofing agent containing (A) a fluroalkyl group-containg copolymer having (I) a structure unit derived from a monomer having a fluoroalkyl group, (II) a structure unit derived from a monomer containing no fluorine, (III) a structure unit derived from vinyl chloride, and (IV) a structure unit derived from a crosslinking monomer; (B) a urethane compound having a fluoroalkyl group, or a copolymer having (V) a structure unit derived from a monomer having a fluoroalkyl group and a carbon-carbon double bond, and (VI) a structure unit derived from a monomer which contains no fluorine atom and has at least one urethane or urea linkage and one carbon-carbon double bond; and (C) an acrylic copolymer containing no fluorine.