US4138298A
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Treatment of high-polymer materials
Assignee: Forschungsinstitut fuer Textil Technologie
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Filing: 1974-05-24
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Granted: 1979-02-06
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Expires: 1994-05-24
Abstract
Abstract Two basic methods for texturizing or structurizing high-polymer materials are disclosed. One method resides in selectively irradiating a high-polymer material so as to form chemically active species in the material. The material is contacted with a treating medium which reacts with the chemically active species in such a manner as to cause shrinkage of the material. The texturizing or structurizing effects are due to the fact that the irradiated areas of the material will shrink to a different extent in dependence upon the concentration of the chemically active species and/or that the irradiated areas of the material will shrink to a different extent than the non-irradiated areas of the material.
Inventors
- 👤 Wolfgang Bobeth
- 👤 Adolf Heger
- 👤 Helmar Passler
- 👤 Hermann Roloff
- 👤 Ellen Patitz
- 👤 Adolf-Ernst Schwind
- 👤 Erwin Zilinski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 01:10
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06M; D06M14/00; D06M14/18; D06M14/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of producing textured effects in a high-polymer textile or fabric material or varying the intensity of said beam in said selected areas so as to cause the formation of chemically active species in selected areas only of said material while other areas remain substantially unirradiated or exposed to radiation of a critically lower intensity, contacting said textile or fabric material with a treating medium which is capable of causing shrinkage or increased shrinkage by reaction with or action on said chemically active species in said selected irradiated areas whereby a differential shrinkage is obtained between said radiated and non-radiated areas resulting in a textured effect, the said treating medium being hot air, hot water, saturated steam or a monomeric polymerizable substance.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of producing textured effects in a high-polymer textile or fabric material or varying the intensity of said beam in said selected areas so as to cause the formation of chemically active species in selected areas only of said material while other areas remain substantially unirradiated or exposed to radiation of a critically lower intensity, contacting said textile or fabric material with a treating medium which is capable of causing shrinkage or increased shrinkage by reaction with or action on said chemically active species in said selected irradiated areas whereby a differential shrinkage is obtained between said radiated and non-radiated areas resulting in a textured effect, the said treating medium being hot air, hot water, saturated steam or a monomeric polymerizable substance.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the step of contacting said material with said treating medium is carried out prior to, during or after the step of irradiating said material or extends during several of these intervals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said treating medium comprises a monomeric substance.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the step of irradiating said material comprises varying the intensity of said beam so as to cause the concentration of chemically active species to vary, said treating medium reacting in dependence upon said concentration whereby said differential shrinkage is produced.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said treating medium is in a gaseous form.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said treating medium is in a liquid form.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said treating medium is selected fr9om the group consisting of liquid and gaseous solutions of monomeric vinyl compounds.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said treating medium comprises a monomeric substance which will undergo grafting by means of the chemically active species at said first regions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said beam is an electronic beam produced by an electron accelerator.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said chemically active species is due to free radical formation.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said treating medium is a solution of acrylamide.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the following radiation doses are used for the materials indicated: (a) polyamide, 5.10 5 -10 7 rad; (b) polyester, 10 6 -5.10 7 rad; (c) polyolefins, 10 6 - 5.10 7 rad; (d) polyacrylonitrile, 5.10 5 - 10 7 rad.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the electron energy is between 100 keV and 3 Mev.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the high polymer material has a mass per unit area between approximately 100 g/m 2 and 5000 g/m 2 and is irradiated with an electron energy from about 100 keV to 1.5 Mev.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said high polymer material comprises a member of the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters, polyolefins, polyacrylonitrile and cellulose.
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