US5153066A
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Temperature-sensitive color-changeable composite fiber
Assignee: Pilot Ink Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-07-23
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Granted: 1992-10-06
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Expires: 2010-07-23
Abstract
Abstract A temperature-sensitive color-changeable composite fiber wherein (A) a thermally color-changeable polymer phase (phase A) composed essentially of a thermally color-changeable material and a thermoplastic polymer having a melting point or a softening point of 230° C. or lower, the content of the thermally color-changeable material being 0.5 to 90% by weight and (B) a protective polymer (phase B) composed essentially of a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer are brought into contact with each other, (i) the protective polymer phase (phase B) occupying at least 60% of the fiber surface area, and (ii) the protective polymer phase (phase B) occupying 20 to 95% by weight relative to the overall fiber. The composite fiber of this invention has reversibly thermally color-changeable performance of excellent temperature-sensitive color-changeability, color vividness, washing durability and light resistance.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhiko Tanaka
- 👤 Masao Kawamoto
- 👤 Kenji Hiramatsu
- 👤 Tsutomu Kito
- 👤 Kuniyuki Senga
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:31
CPC Classifications
D; D01; D01F; D01F1/00; D01F1/02; D01F1/04; D01F8/00; D01F8/04; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2929
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
A temperature-sensitive color-changeable composite fiber, comprising a thermally color-changeable polymer phase (phase A) consisting essentially of a thermally color-changeable material which comprises an electron donating organic compound, an electron-accepting compound, and a compound as a reaction medium for the electron-donating and electron-accepting compounds; and a thermoplastic polymer having a melting point or a softening point of 230° C. or lower, the content of the thermally color-changeable material being 0.5 to 90% by weight and (B) a protective polymer phase (phase B) consisting essentially of a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer contacting the thermally color-changeable polymer phase (phase a), wherein (i) the protective polymer phase (phase B) occupies at least 69% of the fiber surface area, and (ii) the protective polymer phase (phase b) occupies 20 to 95% by weight relative to the overall weight of the fiber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
A temperature-sensitive color-changeable composite fiber, comprising a thermally color-changeable polymer phase (phase A) consisting essentially of a thermally color-changeable material which comprises an electron donating organic compound, an electron-accepting compound, and a compound as a reaction medium for the electron-donating and electron-accepting compounds; and a thermoplastic polymer having a melting point or a softening point of 230° C. or lower, the content of the thermally color-changeable material being 0.5 to 90% by weight and (B) a protective polymer phase (phase B) consisting essentially of a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer contacting the thermally color-changeable polymer phase (phase a), wherein (i) the protective polymer phase (phase B) occupies at least 69% of the fiber surface area, and (ii) the protective polymer phase (phase b) occupies 20 to 95% by weight relative to the overall weight of the fiber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The composite fiber of claim 1 wherein the content of the thermally color-changeable material in the thermally color-changeable polymer phase (phase A) is 1 to 70% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The composite fiber of claim 1 wherein the protective polymer phase (phase B) in the composite fiber occupies at least 80% of the fiber surface area.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The composite fiber of claim 1 wherein the protective polymer phase (phase B) in the composite fiber occupies 25 to 90% by weight relative to the overall fiber.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
The composite fiber of claim 1 wherein the thermoplastic polymer forming the thermally color-changeable polymer phase (phase A) is at least one type selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyhexamethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, nylon 6, nylon 12 and a copolymer thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The fiber of claim 1 wherein at least the protective polymer phase (phase B) contains an ultraviolet absorber.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The composite fiber of claim 1 wherein the thermoplastic polymer forming the protective polymer phase (phase B) is at least one type selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyhexamethylene terephthalate, nylon 6, nylon 66, nylon 12 and a copolymer thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The composite fiber of claim 1 which has a sheath-core structure that the thermally color-changeable polymer phase (phase A) forms a core and the protective polymer phase (phase B) forms a sheath.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
61 words
The composite fiber of claim 1 wherein the thermoplastic polymers forming the thermally color-changeable polymer phase (phase A) and the protective polymer phase (phase B) are both polybutylene terephthalate polymers, and the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer forming the thermally color-changeable polymer phase (phase A) is lower than that of the thermoplastic polymer forming the protective polymer phase (phase B).
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