Abstract: Ballistic resistant fabric laminates are provided. More particularly, reinforced, delamination resistant, ballistic resistant composites are provided. The delamination resistant, ballistic resistant materials and articles may be reinforced by various techniques, including stitching one or more ballistic resistant panels with a high strength thread, melting the edges of a ballistic resistant panel to reinforce areas that may have been frayed during standard trimming procedures, wrapping one or more panels with one or more woven or non-woven fibrous wraps, and combinations of these techniques. The delamination resistant, ballistic resistant panels may further include at least one rigid plate attached thereto for improving ballistic resistance performance.

Abstract: Organic inherently conductive polymers, such as those based on polyaniline, polypyrrole and polythiophene, are formed in situ onto polymeric surfaces that are chemically activated to bond, ionically, the conductive polymers to the substrates. The polymeric substrate is preferably a preshaped or preformed thermoplastic film, fabric, tube, or a medical device for tissue repair regeneration and/or replacement, although other forms of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers can be used as the substrates for pretreatment using, most preferably, C-succinylation-based processes followed by exposure to an oxidatively polymerizable compound capable of forming an electrically conductive polymer. The resultant conductive surface imparts unique properties to the substrates and allows their use in antistatic clothing, surface conducting films for electronic components and the like, and electromagnetic interference shielding for civilian and military installations as well as implantable medical devices.

Abstract: A method for depositing an encapsulation layer onto a surface of polymeric fibers and ballistic resistant fabrics. More particularly, the atomic layer deposition of materials onto non-semiconductive polymeric fibers and fabrics, and to fabrics having an conformal encapsulation layer that has been applied by atomic layer deposition.

Abstract: A nonwoven textile substrate formed from microfibers with a polyurethane matrix fully and/or partially impregnated therein, a non-azo disperse dye within microfibers, including the surface, and the matrix. The dyed fibers having an L value of about 35 or less, an ?E light fastness of about 6 or less when subjected to about 225 kilo-joules, and a long term crock of at least about 1.5.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making a concentrate composition leading to a high internal phase diluted emulsion composition, that can be used for preparation of wet-wipes.

Abstract: A multilayer graphic article comprising (a) a fabric matrix or support having an upper and lower surface, (b) at least one image layer disposed on the upper surface of the fabric matrix or support, (c) a protective layer disposed over the at least one image layer, and, (d) an adhesive layer adhered to the lower surface of the fabric matrix or support.

Abstract: A reinforcement fabric includes a first layer of collimated continuous fibers, a second layer selected from a group consisting of veil, continuous filament mat, chopped strand mat, direct chopped mat, direct continuous mat, collimated continuous fibers, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, scrim and combinations thereof as well as a surface adhesive that adheres the first and second layers together. The surface adhesive is selected from a group consisting of hot melt adhesive and web bonded adhesive. The surface adhesive has a melt flow index range of about 5 to about 500 at room temperature and about 900 to about 1300 at application temperature. A method is also provided for the production of the reinforcement fabric.

Abstract: A siphon protective thermoplastic polyurethane compound material having an intermediate fabric layer prepared from cotton, nylon, or polyester, a top covering layer of thermoplastic polyurethane film and a bottom covering layer of thermoplastic polyurethane film respectively covered on the top and bottom sides of the intermediate fabric layer, and a bonding layer prepared from alcohols having a total molecular weight below 100000 and respectively bonded in between the top and bottom sides of the intermediate fabric layer and the top and bottom cover layers of thermoplastic polyurethane film. The molecular weight of the alcohols is below 4000.

Abstract: Provided is a less irritant or inflammatory glove in which irritation and inflammation are to be reduced when using the glove made from latex, nitrile, PVC, or the like in the field of medicine, physical and chemical research, industry, or the like by utilizing antipruritic and antiinflammatory effects of phthalocyanine, but not by reducing the contents of protein ingredients contained in a latex glove as in prior art. Phthalocyanine is used as a less irritant or inflammatory agent when wearing the glove. The phthalocyanine is mixed into a raw material for an inner glove, or mixed into a raw material of the glove, or mixed into a lubricant for wearing the glove, or mixed into a coating material applied to the inside surface of the glove, or adhered to a filling implanted on the inside surface of the glove.

Abstract: A substrate that is capable of generating heat upon activation is provided. Specifically, the substrate is applied with an exothermic coating that may be formed from a variety of different components, including oxidizable metals, carbon components, binders, electrolytic salts, moisture-retaining particles, and so forth. The oxidizable metal is capable of undergoing an exothermic reaction in the presence of oxygen and water to generate heat. To reduce the likelihood of premature activation prior to use, the exothermic coating is anhydrous, i.e., generally free of water. The coated substrate may be employed in a wide variety of articles, such as absorbent articles, thermal blankets, drapes, heating pads etc.

Abstract: Treated fiber substrates and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The disclosed treated fiber substrates provide persistent, durable, broad spectrum, antimicrobial activity. The treated fiber substrates may be used in a variety of materials to impart antimicrobial activity thereto.

Abstract: A waterproof and breathable lining structure includes a sheet-like waterproof and breathable foaming cushion layer made of a composition of a predetermined amount of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and a predetermined amount of foaming agent such as azodicarbonamide (ADCA), and a fabric lining layer integrally adhered to one side of the cushion layer to form the lining structure. The cushion layer is made by a process including the steps of: (a) palletizing raw materials including the low density polyethylene and the foaming agent such as Azodicarbonamide (ADCA); (b) extruding the palletized raw material to make a solid sheet; (c) cross-linking the solid sheet by an E-beam to form an irradiated matrix; (d) foaming the irradiated matrix into the sheet-like foaming cushion layer.

Abstract: A sound absorbing material having a homogenous mixture of an organic man-made fiber, an inorganic man-made fiber, a co-binder, and a cellulose material wherein the organic man-made fiber is polyester, the inorganic man-made fiber is fiberglass, and the co-binder is a thermo-setting resin. The cellulose material may include Kaolin clay and/or boric acid.

Abstract: A flat gasket made up of at least one layer of nonwoven fabric consisting of a sheet of asbestos-free fibers or fiber mixtures and impregnated with a polymer, the sealing element consisting of at least one polytetrafluoroethylene-impregnated nonwoven fabric.

Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric porous PTFE membrane for clothing having little change over time and conventionally known properties of a porous PTFE molded article such as water permeability resistance, air permeability, sealing properties and electric properties, in which durability and water vapor permeability are improved by strengthening adhesion strength with fabric. Specifically, the present invention relates to an asymmetric porous PTFE membrane for clothing comprising a dense skin layer and a continuously foamed porous layer, wherein (1) the contact angle of water to the surface of the skin layer is 120 to 140°; and (2) the diffuse reflectance of light of the skin layer is 91 to 94%.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a multi-layer nonwoven fiber material, and related methods of manufacturing the material. In one exemplary embodiment, the fiber material includes a first layer of directionally aligned fibers together with a second layer of randomly dispersed fibers dispersed over the first layer. Consistent with one exemplary method for manufacturing a nonwoven fiber material, the method includes dispersing a first plurality of fibers horizontally in one or more predetermined directions, as well as dispersing a second plurality of fibers horizontally in random directions. In such an embodiment, the second plurality of fibers is dispersed over the first plurality of fibers. Moreover, an exemplary embodiment of a roofing shingle employing a nonwoven fiber material as described herein is as disclosed.

Abstract: Wallcoverings which include a nonwoven synthetic substrate and a water-based ground coating which is applied thereto. The ground coating includes emulsion polymer pigment binders and a mineral pigment composition. The ground coating provides the nonwoven substrate with superior printing and durability properties, enabling the production of wallcoverings which may be printed with a decorative design. The wallcoverings are desirable for environmental, health, and safety reasons.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flat needle-punched non woven of natural and/or synthetic fibers having a weight per unit area within a range of from 200 to 1600 g/m2, characterized in that one tenth to one hundredth of at least one of the two main surfaces has a surface coating in the form of a pattern.

Abstract: A laminate material for lighter-than-air vehicles includes at least one monofilament yarn layer, a high modulus film layer adjacent to said at least one monofilament layer and optionally including reinforcing fiber or inorganic filler, and a metallized coating adjacent to said high modulus film layer.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid silicone rubber coating composition, including predetermined quantities of (A) an organopolysiloxane containing 2 or more Si atom-bonded alkenyl groups, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane of a specific structure containing 2 or more SiH groups, (C) an addition reaction catalyst, (D) a finely powdered silica with a specific surface area of at least 50 m2/g, (E) an organosilicon compound containing an epoxy group and a Si atom-bonded alkoxy group, and (F) a titanium compound and/or a zirconium compound. The coating composition exhibits excellent adhesion to an air bag base fabric and, therefore, is useful for producing a curtain air bag having a silicone rubber coating layer including a cured product of such a composition on at least one surface of the base fabric.

Abstract: Woven reinforcing fabrics for such conveyor belts characterized by an improved resistance to tearing in the longitudinal or travel direction. The woven reinforcing fabric includes a plurality of weft yarns and a plurality of warp yarns aligned substantially orthogonal to the plurality of weft yarns. The warp yarns are woven through the weft yarns to define a plurality of passages arranged in substantially parallel first and second planes. At least one of the weft yarns is positioned in each of the passages and two of the weft yarns are positioned in at least one of the passages in each of the first and second planes.

Abstract: A non-woven fabric with melange-type visual appearance and endowed with high-durability comprising a fiber part and a matrix binder characterized by the binder matrix being a polyurethane characterized by the presence of soft segments and rigid segments, the former constituted from mixtures of polycarbonate-polyols and polyester-polyols, and the latter, from urethane groups deriving from the reaction of isocyanates with ureic polyols, and groups deriving from the reaction between the free isocyanate groups and water, and the fiber part comprises a fiber of melange appearance that is a mixture of two or more fibers with different dyeability characteristics.

Abstract: In a clothing support for a card flat covering, the belt-shaped support is made of plastics material, and there is embedded in a base body at least one reinforcing insert which is also belt-shaped and which is arranged in the vicinity of the back of the support. In order to make possible stronger anchoring by simple means and to allow undisrupted oscillation of clothing wires, the base body has at least two layers (bottom layer and top layer) of different plastics materials connected to one another, and the bottom layer incorporates a fabric.

Abstract: A wide-meshed grid fabric, in particular a geogrid, in which warp thread bundles composed of multiple warp threads and weft thread bundles composed of multiple weft threads intersect and surround meshes or lattice openings. To give the grid fabric, which may also be a scrim, a greater volume, whereby, among other things, improved reinforcement of the soil may be achieved, individual threads of a thread bundle in a mesh are longer than other threads of the same thread bundle, the longer threads running in a wave pattern and forming at least one open loop or bulge per mesh; the open loop or bulge may protrude upward and/or downward from the plane of the grid fabric. A plastic coating may stiffen the grid fabric.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of surface properties of particulate, linear, sheet-like, or three-dimensional structures using alkoxylated polyvinylamines. The invention further relates to novel alkoxylated polyvinylamines, and also to a process for their preparation.

Abstract: Methods of inhibiting the burning of natural fibers (e.g., wool, wool fibers, animal hair, cotton), synthetic fibers (e.g., acetate, nylon, polyester, viscose rayon), or blends thereof (e.g., wool/cotton blends), or fabrics or yarns composed of natural fibers, synthetic fibers, or blends thereof, involving treating the fibers (or fabrics or yarns) with polyamic acid or at least one polyimidesiloxane (PISi) or mixtures of polyamic acid and at least one polyimidesiloxane. Also products produced by such methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible sheet having a composite structure for stabilizing coatings, comprising a first layer of fiber material and a second layer of fiber material impregnated by a first and a second impregnating material, respectively, and a body layer set between said first layer and said second layer according to a general sandwich structure, where the body layer consists of a third material. The first and the second impregnating materials and the third material constituting the body layer are polymeric materials presenting a substantial affinity, so that the flexible sheet has a physically heterogeneous and chemically homogeneous structure.

Abstract: Laundry articles comprise a water-insoluble substrate and a particulate soil absorber comprising a crosslinked polyamide including units having a nucleophilic group. The particulate soil absorber is adhered to the water-insoluble substrate and is effective for inhibiting transfer or redeposition of particulate soil to items in a wash solution. Methods for making such articles comprise adhering a particulate soil absorber comprising a crosslinked polyamide including units having a nucleophilic group to the water-insoluble substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a colored reinforced article of manufacture having a substantially uniform distribution of color. The colored reinforced article of manufacture comprises a fiber-reinforced thermosetting resin matrix and a non-appertured colored veil in the thermosetting resin matrix.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a saturable nonwoven material comprising fluoropolymer floc and aramid floc, which can be used as a substrate for a liner for self-lubricating bearings and for other applications.

Abstract: This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric having ridges and grooves for fire blocking an article and articles containing such fabrics. When exposed to heat or flame, the fabric is capable of increasing to a thickness that is at least 1.5 times its original thickness. The fabric comprises an open mesh scrim having a having crimped, heat-resistant organic fibers compressed thereon and held in a compressed state by a thermoplastic binder, on which is imparted a ridge and groove structure. When subjected to high heat or flame, the binder in the structure softens, releasing the restrained crimped fibers and any ridges and grooves and allowing the thickness of the fabric to increase.

Abstract: This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric for fire blocking an article, articles containing such fabrics, and methods for making the fabrics and fire blocking the articles. When exposed to heat or flame, the fabric is capable of increasing its thickness by at least three times. The fabric comprises an open mesh scrim having a having crimped, heat-resistant organic fibers compressed thereon and held in a compressed state by a thermoplastic binder. When subjected to high heat or flame, the binder in the structure softens and flows, releasing the restrained crimped fibers and allowing the thickness of the fabric to increase dramatically.

Abstract: This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric comprising a liquid impervious polymeric layer, a compressed web of crimped fiber, a binder, and a reinforcing scrim. The fabric bulks when exposed to heat or flame and is useful as a component for fire blocking mattresses, upholstery, and the like.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with a fibrous web for making a shaped article reinforced with fibrous webbing by impregnating the web with a liquid resin and a hardener therefor, wherein said web comprises indicating means, which indicate the impregnation of the web with said liquid resin and said hardener.

Abstract: A resin-impregnated substrate is obtained by a method comprising the steps of immersing a sheet comprising an aromatic liquid crystalline polyester fiber in an aromatic liquid crystalline polyester solution containing 100 parts by weight of a solvent and 0.5 to 100 parts by weight of an aromatic liquid crystalline polyester and removing the solvent, the solvent containing on a weight basis with respect to the solvent 30% or more of a phenol compound. The resin-impregnated substrate has a high heat resistance in soldering conditions.

Abstract: A resin-impregnated substrate having a high heat resistance at a high temperature under soldering conditions and a small linear expansion rate is provided. The resin-impregnated substrate can be obtained by a method comprising the steps of immersing a sheet comprising an aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester fiber in an aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester solution containing an aprotonic solvent and a liquid-crystalline polyester comprising 10 to 35% by mol, with respect to the total repeating units of the polyester, of at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of a repeating unit derived from an aromatic diamine and a repeating unit derived from an aromatic amine with a phenolic hydroxyl group; and removing the solvent.

Abstract: A heat and pressure consolidated flexible laminate, and a method for producing the same, is provided that includes in superimposed relationship, a flexible, resin coated backing layer consisting of one or more sheets, a decorative layer consisting essentially of a leather material and, optionally, an overlay.

Abstract: In an antifouling papermaker's fabric woven from a warp and weft made of synthetic resin filament, the fabric is coated with a resin composition made by blending a two-liquid reaction type epoxy resin with a prepolymer of phenolsulfonic acid as a curing agent to form on the surface of a constituent yarn an antifouling coating film constituted by a reaction product of the composition.

Abstract: A solidifying material for a cell electrolyte solution is a block copolymer, which comprises, as segments A, a polymer non-compatible with the cell electrolyte solution and, as segments B, a polymer compatible with the cell electrolyte solution. The solidifying material absorbs and solidifies the cell electrolyte solution. A smallest unit of the block copolymer is A-B-A. To each of the segments B, at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, an ester group, a hydroxyl group, a sulfonic group, an amino group, a cyclic carbonate group and a polyoxyalkylene group is bonded via a —S— bond or a —C— bond.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a composite fabric material is disclosed, which includes: holding a bundle of fibers under tension, the fiber being continuous filaments of carbon fibers, aramid fibers, or glass fibers, etc.; placing a layer of a matrix material over and under the fiber bundle, the matrix material being a thermoplastic adhesive material such as polyamide resins, thermoplastic polyurethane, or polyester, etc.; heating the matrix material to melt it and applying a pressure on the layers while the fiber bundle is under tension; and cooling the layers, whereby the fibers are locked in place by the adhesive. Composite material layers produced by the above steps may be laminated and further processed or formed as desired. The composite fabric materials manufactured by this method have superior tensile properties, compression properties, impact properties, and impact dispersion and propagation properties compared to composite fabric materials made with conventional methods.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an artificial leather comprises the following steps. First, ultramicrofiber-forming fibers having an islands-in-sea type cross-sectional configuration are formed by blend spinning or conjugate spinning. Secondly, a porous reinforcement sheet of low compactness is formed from polyester, polyurethane or polyolefin by spunbonding, meltblowing or calendering. Next, the ultramicrofibers are entangled with the reinforcement sheet by needle punching or spunlace to form the complex reinforced ultramicrofiber nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven is impregnated or coated with an elastomer resin composition, and then subjected to a coagulating process, a washing process, a drying process and a removing process to produce a semi-product leather. Finally, the semi-product leather is then processed to produce the artificial leather.

Abstract: A belt for a papermaking machine has minute projections and recesses randomly formed in a shoe-contacting surface of the belt by a powdery material contained in a high molecular weight elastic section formed on a base body. The surface roughness RZ of the shoe-contacting surface is between 50 and 500 microns; the particle diameter of the powdery material is between 5 and 500 microns; and the content of the powdery material in the high molecular weight elastic section is between 5 and 50 percent by weight. A lubricant is held in the minute projections and recesses, and consequently more lubricant may be supplied between the belt and the shoe with which it cooperates. As a result, friction between the belt and the shoe is reduced, and less energy is required to drive the papermaking machine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially dry, disposable personal care article comprising: a) a water insoluble substrate comprising: 1) a non-scouring, lofty, low-density batting layer comprising synthetic fibers; and 2) a non-lofty, fluid-permeable nonwoven layer which is disposed adjacent to said batting layer; and b) a cleansing component disposed adjacent to said batting layer, wherein said component comprises from about 10% to about 1000%, by weight of the water insoluble substrate, of a lathering surfactant. The present invention further relates to a substantially dry, disposable personal care article suitable for conditioning wherein the above-described article comprises a therapeutic benefit component, disposed adjacent to said water insoluble substrate, wherein said component comprises from about 10% to about 1000%, by weight of the water insoluble substrate, of a therapeutic benefit component in addition to or in lieu of the cleansing component.

Abstract: A curing low dielectric loss tangent film using a low dielectric loss tangent composition containing a polyfunctional styrene compound having excellent dielectric characteristics, and a wiring film using the same as an insulating layer are provided. The low dielectric loss tangent film contains a high molecular weight material and a crosslinking ingredient with a weight average molecular weight of 1000 or less having a plurality of styrene groups shown by the following general formula: (where R represents a hydrocarbon skeleton, R1, which may be identical or different with each other, represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R2, R3 and R4, which may be identical or different with each other, each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, m represents an integer of 1 to 4, and n represents an integer of 2 or greater).

Abstract: A fusible quilt batt. The fusible batt includes a non-woven fibrous web and a heat sealable and releasable adhesive. The adhesive is coated on the outer surface of the web and insinuates between the fibers of the web internally. The adhesive thus binds the fibers of the web and provides a tackiness sufficient to allow the web to be applied to a backing material at an elevated temperature and removed from the backing at room temperature or an elevated temperature. After removal of the web from the backing material it may be reapplied to a backing material at an elevated temperature. The attachment, removal and reattachment process is repeatable.

Abstract: A composite sheet includes a fabric that is at least partially embedded in a polymeric sheet. The fabric includes longitudinally extending warp yarns and laterally extending weft yarns, with there being one or more pairs of substantially spaced apart, yet adjacent, warp yarns. For each pair, the two warp yarns are sufficiently spaced apart from one another so that the composite sheet can be longitudinally slit between and distant from the two warp yarns, to provide one or more sections of the composite sheet that can be used as conveyor belts. The warp yarns are not exposed at the cut edges.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a fibrous substrate made of chemically bonded fibers, where the fibers are bound with a polymeric binder in an amount which is sufficient to bind the fibers together to form a self-sustaining web, and where the binder is characterized as having a wet tensile strength of greater than 4500 grams per inch (g/in) when measured at a 20 percent add-on on Whatman #4 CHR chromatography paper which is drum dried for 90 seconds at 210 to 215° F. and cured for 2 minutes at 300 to 325° F. Preferably the level of free formaldehyde in the fibrous substrate is less than 15 ppm. The emulsion binders of the invention may be used to bind fibers together in a substrate; may be used to bind pigment, colors or other substances to a substrate; may be used as a backing material; or may be used to finish or surface-treat a substrate.

Abstract: An abrasion resistant and water resistant fabric is disclosed. The fabric is particularly well suited for use in constructing luggage. The fabric, however, is also well suited for many other applications, such as use in constructing sportswear, outdoor apparel, military apparel, and the like. The fabric is treated with a chemical composition. It has been discovered that the chemical composition greatly enhances the abrasion resistance of the fabric. In one embodiment, the fabric is made from nylon multifilament yarns.

Abstract: Coating compositions, processes for making them and articles for cleaning composed of non-woven fabrics coated with the novel compositions are described.

Abstract: A treatment composition and a method for treating substrates that includes contacting at least a portion of the substrate with (a) an alkyl polyglycoside or a derivative of an alkyl polyglycoside; and (b) a polysaccharide, a modified polysaccharide, a derivative of a polysaccharide or a derivative of a modified polysaccharide is provided. A treated substrate is provided that when used in a personal care product like a diaper and in such a way that the substrate is not in direct contact with skin promotes skin dryness.