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Bonded non-woven fabric and method for making it

Assignee: Rohm and Haas Co
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Filing: 1973-05-14
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Granted: 1977-11-22
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Expires: 1993-05-14
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Abstract

Abstract Fibers in non-woven fibrous products are bonded together by a binder comprising a heat-cured product of a water insoluble copolymer of (i) an N-methylolamide which is N-methylolacrylamide or N-methylolmethacrylamide, and (ii) an acrylic acid ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and a C 1 to C 8 alkanol, modified with (iii) a polyalkylene glycol of the formula HO--(RO).sub.n --H wherein R is an alkylene group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms and n is a number having an average value of 4 to 50. Preferred acrylic acid esters are ethyl acrylate and butyl acrylate, and the preferred polyalkylene glycol is a polyethylene glycol characterized by a molecular weight in the range of 300 to 2000. The copolymer may also contain units derived from unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acids. Preferably the copolymer contains units derived from itaconic acid. The itaconic acid stabilizes aqueous dispersions of the copolymer and adds stiffness to the treated fibrous products without detracting from resilience and solvent resistance.

Inventors

  • 👤 Louis E. Kelley

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 23:00
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L33/00; C08L33/04; C08L33/06; C08L33/08; D; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/58; D04H1/587; D04H1/64; C08L2201/00; C08L2201/50; C08L71/00; C08L71/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/20; Y10T442/2861; Y10T442/2893

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 110 words
A process of making a non-woven fabric which comprises associating in random array, within a web or mat, a mass of fibers, bringing into contact with the fibers a binder comprising an aqueous dispersion of the mixture of 1. a water-insoluble emulsion compolymer consisting essentially of 1 to 8% by weight of an N-methylolamide selected from N-methylolacrylamide or N-methylolmethacrylamide, and for the balance to make 100%, at least one ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and a C 1 to C 18 alkanol and 0.5 to about 5% by weight, based on the copolymer weight, of an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and 2.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 110 words
A process of making a non-woven fabric which comprises associating in random array, within a web or mat, a mass of fibers, bringing into contact with the fibers a binder comprising an aqueous dispersion of the mixture of 1. a water-insoluble emulsion compolymer consisting essentially of 1 to 8% by weight of an N-methylolamide selected from N-methylolacrylamide or N-methylolmethacrylamide, and for the balance to make 100%, at least one ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and a C 1 to C 18 alkanol and 0.5 to about 5% by weight, based on the copolymer weight, of an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and 2.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 89 words
about 0.5 to about 10% by weight, based on the weight of the copolymer of a polyalkylene glycol of the formula HO--(RO).sub.n --H wherein R is an alkylene group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms and n is a number having an average value of 4 to 50, drying the resulting fibrous mass to effect fusion of the polymer and bonding of the fibers, and then heating the fibrous product at a temperature of 210° F. to 750° F. to produce a soft, resillient non-woven fibrous product of excellent
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 89 words
about 0.5 to about 10% by weight, based on the weight of the copolymer of a polyalkylene glycol of the formula HO--(RO).sub.n --H wherein R is an alkylene group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms and n is a number having an average value of 4 to 50, drying the resulting fibrous mass to effect fusion of the polymer and bonding of the fibers, and then heating the fibrous product at a temperature of 210° F. to 750° F. to produce a soft, resillient non-woven fibrous product of excellent
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 56 words
solvent resistant properties. 2. The process of claim 1 in which the binder comprises (1) a copolymer of 3 to 4.5% by weight of the N-methylolamide, 95.5 to 97% by weight of the acrylic acid ester, and 0.5 to 5.0% by weight of itaconic acid and (2) 2 to 5% by weight of the polyalkylene glycol.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US3157562A Cited
US3445403A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1980-11-21 1981-05-23 1981-11-22 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1984-11-21 1985-05-23 1985-11-22 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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