Abstract:
A combination of at least three floor or ground covering articles, A, B, and C, for placement in and around the entryway of a building is disclosed which provides more effective cleaning ability for pedestrians' footwear, thus better ensuring the inside of the building itself remains clean. Article C comprises 100% coarse monofilament carpet yarn, B comprises a lower degree of such coarse yams than C, and A has a lower degree of such yarns than B. Preferably, such articles are arranged in a manner in which article C necessarily is located outside the building and comprises 100% heavy denier coarse monofilament carpet yarn, article A necessarily is located inside the building and comprises from about 10 to about 20% heavy denier coarse monofilament carpet yarn and from about 80 to about 90% fine denier carpet yarn, and article B, which may be placed either outside the building, at a location nearer the building than article C, or inside the building, at a location nearer the entryway of the building than article A, comprises from about 30 to about 60% heavy denier coarse monofilament carpet yarn and from about 40 to about 70% fine denier monofilament carpet yarn. An alternative arrangement for a building having an airlock-type vestibule configuration is also contemplated.
Abstract:
A low-stretch and dimensionally stable floor covering (1) comprising polymer-containing pile material (2) which is retained to a polymer-containing primary backing (3), to the back of which an underlying secondary backing layer (5) is retained by means of an interleafing adhesive layer (4). The secondary backing layer (5) comprises a needled fibre structure of thermoplastic, polymer-containing, continuous or staple fibres being inter-fixated by heating. The adhesive layer (4) comprises an organic, polymer-containing binder which is activated by heat application. According to the invention, at least the secondary backing layer and/or the binder layer comprise a substantially re-usable material. After being formed, the carpet is wound onto so-called broadloom rollers and can, if desired, be cut partially into carpet tiles. Thus, carpet tiles and broadloom carpets can be manufactured in the same production process.
Abstract:
A tufted carpet having a backing which has thereon a plurality of first areas of tufts of fine denier fibers and a plurality of second areas of tufts of at least one looped, uncrimped, coarse denier fiber. Preferred patterns for the areas of tufts are alternating stripes or a checkerboard.
Abstract:
A vinyl floor covering includes a carrier which includes a nonwoven layer of fibers containing thermoplastic fibers and high modulus threads extending in the longitudinal direction of the vinyl floor covering for eliminating wrinkles in the vinyl floor covering and for preventing the formation of printing errors and/or surface irregularities in the vinyl floor covering.
Abstract:
A vinyl floor covering includes a carrier which includes a nonwoven layer of fibers containing thermoplastic fibers and high modulus threads extending in the longitudinal direction of the vinyl floor covering for eliminating wrinkles in the vinyl floor covering and for preventing the formation of printing errors and/or surface irregularities in the vinyl floor covering.
Abstract:
A primary carpet backing including at least a first and a second layer of fibers, characterized in that both the first and the second layer of fibers is a nonwoven layer of randomly laid fibers, that both the first layer of fibers and the second layer of fibers has a uniform composition throughout the layer, wherein the linear density of the fibers is in the range of 1 to 25 dtex, wherein both the first layer of fibers and second layer includes at least two different polymers and wherein at least one polymer included in the first layer is different from the polymers included in the second layer.
Abstract:
A process to manufacture tufted backing materials comprises the steps of a) providing a roll bearing a backing material which backing material comprises a first side exhibiting a first colour and a second side exhibiting a second colour, wherein the first colour is different from the second colour, the first side is the front side and the second side is the rear side, b) unwinding the backing material from the roll, c) tufting the backing material, d) cutting the backing material at a position between the roll bearing the backing material and the tufting device, e) rotating the roll bearing the backing material by an angle of 180°, f) unwinding the backing material from the roll in a second unwinding direction which is opposite to the first unwinding direction and guiding the backing material into the tufting device, and g) tufting the backing material. A backing material for tufted carpets or filters comprising a first woven or non-woven layer having a second colour different from the first one is also described.
Abstract:
A tufted nonwoven with improved stitch holding, a bonded nonwoven and methods for their manufacture are described. The tufted nonwoven with improved stitch holding comprises a face material which tufts a bonded nonwoven comprising a mixture of a plurality of bicomponent filaments 1 with a plurality of bicomponent filaments 2 wherein iα) at least bicomponent filaments 1 exhibit a core/sheath geometry wherein component 11 represents the core and component 12 represents the sheath or iβ) at least bicomponent filaments 1 exhibit a side by side geometry wherein component 11 represents side 1 and component 12 represents side 2 or iγ) at least bicomponent filaments 1 exhibit an islands in the sea geometry wherein component 11 represents the islands and component 12 represents the sea ii) the component 11 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(11) and the component 22 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(22), iii) the component 12 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(12), the component 21 exhibits a melting temperature Tm(21) and Tm(12) is higher than Tm(21) and iv) the melting temperatures of both component 11 and 22 and the melting temperatures of components 12 and 21 obey to the relation both Tm(11) and Tm(22) > Tm(12) > Tm(21) an wherein the face material is bonded to bicomponent filaments 1 and 2 by a solidified melt of components 12 and 21.
Abstract:
A heat reflective garment interlining laminate (10) is provided that includes a continuous filament layer (12) and a metallized thermoplastic film (14). The laminate is characteristically low-cost and suitable for such apparel applications as sports clothing, military clothing, camping gear, hunting/fishing clothing, and the like.