Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Three dimension imitation or 'treated' natural product
Patent
1985-09-25
1986-09-23
McCamish, Marion C.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Three dimension imitation or 'treated' natural product
156 72, 428 88, 428 89, 428 92, B32B 506, B32B 708
Patent
active
046135294
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to an artificial fur and a method of manufacturing the same.
2. Background Art
Furs, such as mink as a typical example, have been long appreciated as an excellent clothing material, e.g., for shawls and coats, and as upholstery and architectural decorative materials, such as for sofas, car seats, rugs, and tapestries, because of their excellent touch, luster, hand, and appearance.
Example of artificial fur manufacturing techniques are disclosed Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) Nos. 56-63057 and 57-121643. The artificial fur manufactured according to the former has a rising hair structure formed by simply implanting fibers in an unreinforced ordinary base fabric through a needle punching process, while the artificial fur manufactured according to the latter has a rising hair structure formed by tufting fibers of different lengths in a wavy form. In either structure, the rising pile fibers are standing practically upright over the base fabric and cannot duplicate the lie of the hair and the appearance of a genuine fur, and hence, those artificial furs are readily distinguished visually from genuine furs. The artificial furs with such rising hair structures have a disadvantage in that the base fabric is exposed when bent. Furthermore, those techniques have an intrinsic problem in that they are able only to produce an artificial fur of reduced hair density, even if they are able to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages of the artificial furs. These problems of artificial furs have not yet been solved.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent artificial fur having the lie of hair, appearance and recovery from rubbing against the lie of hair, all of which are not inferior to those of genuine furs.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an artificial fur having, in addition to the above-mentioned characteristics, a high hair density.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an artificial fur of a ribbed construction consisting of a plurality of unit rising hair structures each having the above-mentioned characteristics.
It is still further object of the present invention to provide a method of manufacturing such artificial furs easily, stably and in large quantities.
The subject matter of the present invention is summarized as follows.
(1) An artificial fur of a rising hair structure formed by implanting pile fibers through a base fabric, characterized in that the pile fibers are inclined generally longitudinally and, as viewed from above the surface, the pile fibers in the widthwise central section of the rising hair structure extend in parallel to the longitudinal direction, the pile fibers in the opposite peripheral sections extend diagonally widthwise with respect to the longitudinal direction, and the pile fibers in the outermost sections of the rising hair structure extend diagonally at angles of 10 to 80 degrees with respect to the longitudinal direction of the rising hair structure.
(2) An artificial fur comprising a plurality of unit rising hair structures each according to the rising hair structure of the preceding paragraph.
(3) An artificial fur of a rising hair structure as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, characterized in that at least one side of the base fabric is coated with an elastomer.
Such artificial furs are manufactured through the following method.
(4) A method of manufacturing an artificial fur, comprising steps of forming a rising hair structure by implanting pile fibers in a base fabric through a needle punching process and passing the rising hair structure together with a liquid through a restricted space.
(5) A method of manufacturing an aritifical fur, employing a liquid-treatment machine having a restricted space mechanism comprising slits or nozzles, as means to pass the said rising hair structure together with a liquid through the restricted space.
(6) A method of manufacturing an artificial fu
REFERENCES:
patent: 4418014 (1983-11-01), Kiyomura et al.
Kiyomura Yoshiteru
Tohyama Shunroku
Yamashita Yasuo
McCamish Marion C.
Miller Austin R.
Toray Industries Inc.
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