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Layered fabrics and processes for producing same
Assignee: Fitesa Simpsonville Inc
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Filing: 1976-03-15
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Granted: 1979-02-27
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Expires: 1996-03-15
Abstract
Abstract Fabrics having strength despite low bulk density and comprising at least one reinforcing layer of textile-length fibers, at least one layer of short bulk fibers and a bonding agent distributed throughout said fabric layers. Also a process for producing a fabric having a layer of such bulk fibers disposed between two of such reinforcing layers and a process for producing a fabric having a surface layer of such bulk fibers wherein a multi-layered structure containing an interior layer of such short bulk fibers is split along a continuum of lowered bonding agent concentrations at locations predetermined by controlled heating of the structure.
Inventors
- 👤 Glen D. Perry
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 12:06
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/22; B32B5/24; B32B5/26; B32B5/02; B32B5/022; B32B5/10; B32B5/12; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/12; D; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/42; D04H1/425; D04H1/58; D04H1/593; D04H1/70; D04H1/72; D04H1/732; D04H3/00; D04H3/08; D04H3/14; D04H5/00; D04H5/04; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/06; B32B2262/062; B32B2262/067; B32B2305/00; B32B2305/08; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/70; B32B2307/718; B32B2307/72; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/91; Y10T; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/608; Y10T442/659; Y10T442/664; Y10T442/668
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
Fabric comprising a layer of bulk fibers predominantly composed of short fibers having essentially no fiber lengths exceeding 10 mm, a layer of reinforcing fibers comprising textile fibers and a bonding agent distributed essentially throughout and binding together said layer of bulk fibers and said layer of reinforcing fibers, said layer of bulk fibers being essentially parallel to said layer of reinforcing fibers and comprising at least 8 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers, the fibers, in said layer of bulk fibers being essentially randomly oriented in a plane parallel to said layer of reinforcing fibers and said layer of bulk fibers being essentially uniform in fiber density in all directions parallel to said reinforcing fibers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
Fabric comprising a layer of bulk fibers predominantly composed of short fibers having essentially no fiber lengths exceeding 10 mm, a layer of reinforcing fibers comprising textile fibers and a bonding agent distributed essentially throughout and binding together said layer of bulk fibers and said layer of reinforcing fibers, said layer of bulk fibers being essentially parallel to said layer of reinforcing fibers and comprising at least 8 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers, the fibers, in said layer of bulk fibers being essentially randomly oriented in a plane parallel to said layer of reinforcing fibers and said layer of bulk fibers being essentially uniform in fiber density in all directions parallel to said reinforcing fibers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The fabric of claim 1 weighing between about 15 and about 800 g/m 2 and having a bulk density between about 0.2 and about 0.75 g/cc and a breaking strength of at least about 0.25 kg/cm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The fabric of claim 1, said layer of bulk fibers comprising at least 16 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The fabric of claim 2, said layer of bulk fibers comprising between about 25 and about 700 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The fabric of claim 4, said layer of bulk fibers being essentially uniform in thickness.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The fabric of claim 1, said short fibers being organic fibers and said layer of reinforcing fibers comprising a nonwoven web of organic continuous filaments.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
48 words
The fabric of claim 1 weighing between about 15 and about 400 g/m 2 and having a bulk density between about 0.2 and about 0.5 g/cc and a breaking strength of at least about 0.25 kg/cm, said layer of bulk fibers being a surface layer of said fabric.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The fabric of claim 7, said bulk fibers consisting essentially of said short fibers and said short fibers being organic fibers essentially randomly oriented in the plane parallel to said layer of reinforcing fibers.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The fabric of claim 8, said surface layer being essentially uniform in fiber density in all directions parallel to said layer of reinforcing fibers and comprising at least 16 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The fabric of claim 8, said surface layer comprising between about 25 and about 350 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers and said layer of reinforcing fibers comprising a nonwoven web of organic continuous filaments.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
59 words
The fabric of claim 1 comprising two essentially parallel layers of textile-length reinforcing fibers and a bonding agent distributed essentially throughout and binding together said layer of bulk fibers and said layers of reinforcing fibers, said layer of bulk fibers being disposed between said layers of reinforcing fibers and comprising at least 16 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
The fabric of claim 11 weighing between about 35 and about 800 g/m 2 and having a bulk density between about 0.25 and about 0.75 g/cc and a breaking strength of at least about 0.5 kg/cm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
41 words
The fabric of claim 12 having a delamination resistance averaging at least about 60 g/cm of fabric width, said short fibers being organic fibers and said layer of bulk fibers comprising at least about 25 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
100 words
Fabric comprising a surface layer of bulk fibers consisting essentially of short fibers having essentially no fiber lengths exceeding 10 mm, a layer of reinforcing fibers predominantly composed of textile-length fibers and a bonding agent distributed essentially throughout and binding together said layer of reinforcing fibers and said layer of bulk fibers, said layer of reinforcing fibers comprising at least 8 g/m 2 of said reinforcing fibers and said layer of bulk fibers being essentially uniform in fiber density in all directions parallel to said layer of reinforcing fibers and comprising at least 8 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
100 words
Fabric comprising a surface layer of bulk fibers consisting essentially of short fibers having essentially no fiber lengths exceeding 10 mm, a layer of reinforcing fibers predominantly composed of textile-length fibers and a bonding agent distributed essentially throughout and binding together said layer of reinforcing fibers and said layer of bulk fibers, said layer of reinforcing fibers comprising at least 8 g/m 2 of said reinforcing fibers and said layer of bulk fibers being essentially uniform in fiber density in all directions parallel to said layer of reinforcing fibers and comprising at least 8 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
36 words
The fabric of claim 14 weighing between about 20 and about 400 g/m 2 and having a bulk density between about 0.2 and about 0.5 g/cc and a breaking strength of at least about 0.25 kg/cm.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
The fabric of claim 15, said reinforcing layer comprising at least about 16 g/m 2 of said reinforcing fibers.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
The fabric of claim 16, said short fibers being organic fibers randomly oriented in the plane parallel to said layer of reinforcing fibers.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
12 words
The fabric of claim 17, said short fibers being wood pulp fibers.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
110 words
Fabric comprising two essentially parallel layers of reinforcing fibers predominantly composed of textile-length fibers, a layer of bulk fibers predominantly composed of short fibers having essentially no fiber lengths exceeding 10 mm disposed between said layers of reinforcing fibers and a bonding agent distributed essentially throughout and binding together said layer of bulk fibers and said layers of reinforcing fibers, said short fibers being essentially randomly oriented in the plane parallel to said layers of reinforcing fibers, said layer of bulk fibers comprising at least 16 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers and each of said layers of reinforcing fibers comprising at least 8 g/m 2 of said reinforcing fibers.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
110 words
Fabric comprising two essentially parallel layers of reinforcing fibers predominantly composed of textile-length fibers, a layer of bulk fibers predominantly composed of short fibers having essentially no fiber lengths exceeding 10 mm disposed between said layers of reinforcing fibers and a bonding agent distributed essentially throughout and binding together said layer of bulk fibers and said layers of reinforcing fibers, said short fibers being essentially randomly oriented in the plane parallel to said layers of reinforcing fibers, said layer of bulk fibers comprising at least 16 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers and each of said layers of reinforcing fibers comprising at least 8 g/m 2 of said reinforcing fibers.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
36 words
The fabric of claim 19 weighing between about 35 and about 800 g/m 2 and having a bulk density between about 0.25 and about 0.75 g/cc and a breaking strength of at least about 0.5 kg/cm.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
51 words
The fabric of claim 20 having an average delamination resistance of at least about 60 g/cm of fabric width with no more than 10% of said fabric having a delamination resistance varying more than 20% from said average, said layer of bulk fibers adjoining each of said layers of reinforcing fibers.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
14 words
The fabric of claim 21, said bulk fibers consisting essentially of wood pulp fibers.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
51 words
The fabric of claim 20 having a delamination resistance averaging at least about 120 g/cm of fabric width, said short fibers and said textile-length fibers being organic fibers and said layer of bulk fibers being essentially uniform in thickness and comprising at least about 25 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
30 words
The fabric of claim 23, said layers of reinforcing fibers being surface layers of said fabric and said layer of bulk fibers adjoining each of said layers of reinforcing fibers.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
91 words
A process which comprises distributing a bonding agent essentially throughout a multi-layered structure comprising two essentially parallel surface layers of reinforcing fibers predominantly composed of textile-length fibers and an interior layer of bulk fibers predominantly composed of short fibers having essentially no fiber lengths exceeding 10 mm, said layer of bulk fibers adjoining each of said layers of reinforcing fibers and comprising at least 16 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers, and then setting said bonding agent to bind together said layer or bulk fibers and said layer of reinforcing fibers.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
91 words
A process which comprises distributing a bonding agent essentially throughout a multi-layered structure comprising two essentially parallel surface layers of reinforcing fibers predominantly composed of textile-length fibers and an interior layer of bulk fibers predominantly composed of short fibers having essentially no fiber lengths exceeding 10 mm, said layer of bulk fibers adjoining each of said layers of reinforcing fibers and comprising at least 16 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers, and then setting said bonding agent to bind together said layer or bulk fibers and said layer of reinforcing fibers.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
74 words
The process of claim 25, said layers of reinforcing fibers each having a breaking strength of at least about 0.1 kg/cm and a weight not exceeding about 150 g/m 2 , said layer of bulk fibers having a bulk density between about 0.03 and about 0.2 g/cc and a weight not exceeding about 700 g/m 2 and said short fibers being essentially randomly oriented in the plane parallel to said layers of reinforcing fibers.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 26, said bulk fibers having an average denier smaller than the average denier of said textile-length fibers.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 26, said layer of bulk fibers being substantially thicker than said layer of reinforcing fibers.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process of claim 26, said layer of bulk fibers comprising at least about 25 g/m 2 of said bulk fibers and at least one of said layers of reinforcing fibers comprising continuous strands of textile fibers.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1982-02-26 | 1982-08-28 | 1983-02-27 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1986-02-26 | 1986-08-28 | 1987-02-27 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1990-02-26 | 1990-08-28 | 1991-02-27 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |