Patent Application
20200392656
The present invention relates to a fiber cloth, and especially relates to a man-made fiber cloth having buoyancy and warmth.
If clothes are to be kept warm, they are related to heat conduction and heat dissipation; warm fabric require a “heat generate or lock heat” function, that determines the warmth and characteristics of the fabric.
The main factor is that the material of the woven fabric, which is one of the primary elements. The general material is divided into cotton, wool, hemp, silk, man-made fiber, etc. Generally, the animal fiber is definitely warmer than the man-made fiber.
To achieve better warmth, the man-made fiber industry has developed a number of innovative post-processing technologies that allow textiles to be insulated and even heat and lock.
Due to the high price of natural materials, most of the non-woven fabrics currently on the market are man-made fiber (also known as chemical cotton) products including polyester, nylon, acrylic fiber, spandex, etc., and its composition is polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), nylon (PA) and other materials.
However, each material has different characteristics, for example, in the case of polyester fiber, its thermal conductivity is high, but because of its high thermal conductivity, thermal energy is not easily retained, and the effect of keeping warm is not obvious; and the acrylic fiber, which feels close to wool in stroking, has better warmth than polyester fiber, etc.; each material has characteristics, but for warmth, the effect is still limited.
Therefore, it is common to combine the fabrics of two different materials, for example, the outer layer is made of wind-resistant material, and the inner layer is made of down or cotton to fluffy as a warming effect.
However, this method will not only cause excessively heavy clothing, but also the down or cotton is easy to cause displacement during use, so as to lower down the warmth of the clothes. In addition, when cleaning, the down can not be directly washed with water, while cotton and down are easy to be displaced due to washing by water, so that the warmth effect is greatly reduced.
Furthermore, the general fabric does not have the effect of buoyancy, and it cannot be used for other purposes except for warmth, therefore it truly needs to be improved.
Therefore, one object of the present invention is to provide a man-made fiber cloth having buoyancy and warmth that achieves both lightness, warmth and buoyancy characteristics.
Thus, the man-made fiber cloth having buoyancy and warmth of the present invention comprises a fiber cloth and a plurality of air capsules, wherein the air capsules are distributedly and fixedly set in the fiber cloth; wherein the fiber cloth comprises a plurality of long fibers and hot-melt collodion-cottons; in addition, the air capsule is a plasticized material, and the air capsule has a particle diameter of 0.1 mm to 10 mm; and the air capsules are distributed in the fiber cloth and are bonded and fixed on the hot-melt collodion-cottons and the long fibers; that is, the hot-melt collodion-cottons are generated stickiness by heating and then together with the air capsules and the long fibers to form the man-made fiber cloth by pressing; then, when the man-made fiber cloth is subsequently made into a garment or an article, due to the setting of the air capsules and their characteristic of wrapping air, the weight of the made garment or article is reduced under the same volume; thereby achieving being light, comfortable, and convenient to wear and carry; moreover, the thermal conductivity of the air capsule can be reduced due to the setting of the air capsules, so that the clothing is not easy to dissipate thermal energy to enhance the warmth effect; and the air capsules can also provide buoyancy as a life jacket, thereby promoting the man-made fiber cloth to have the overall effects of warmth, lightness and buoyancy.
The following descriptions are exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following detailed description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
The foregoing and other aspects, features, and utilities of the present invention will be best understood from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Continuing the foregoing description; in the actual production, the long fibers 311, the hot-melt collodion-cottons 312, and the air capsules 32 can be completely mixed and blended firstly, and then hot-pressed to form the man-made fiber cloth 3; or, making the long fibers 311 and the hot-melt collodion-cottons 312 form the fiber cloth 31 firstly, and then the fiber cloth 31 and the air capsules 32 are hot-pressed to form the man-made fiber cloth 3. Hereafter the present embodiment will use an example to explain; wherein the long fibers 311, the hot-melt collodion-cottons 312, and the air capsules 32 are completely mixed and blended firstly, and then hot-pressed to form the man-made fiber cloth 3.
Continuing the foregoing description; the hot-pressing method means that the long fibers 311 and the hot-melt collodion-cottons 312 are heated, for example, a high-temperature gas is blown into the long fibers 311 and the hot-melt collodion-cottons to heat; the long fibers 311 or the hot-melt collodion-cottons 312 are heated to be partially dissolved to produce stickiness; and then pressing the hot-melt collodion-cottons 312 and the long fibers 311 to form the fiber cloth 31; or, the hot-pressing method can be directly adopted to directly heat and press to make partial long fibers 311 or partial hot-melt collodion-cottons 312 dissolve to be bonded to a one-body; and at the same time, the air capsules 32 are adhesively fixed into the one-body, so that the man-made fiber cloth 3 can be directly manufactured to use following up for garment (clothes, pants) or articles (such as blankets, bags) and the like.
Continuing the foregoing description, the air capsules 32 is a plasticized material, which can be relatively dissolved due to the surface of the plasticized material during the heating process; so after the long fibers 311 and the hot-melt collodion-cottons 312 are dissolved, they will be bonded with the surface of the air capsules 32 to form into a one-body. Therefore, the fiber cloth 31 is bonded and solidified, and will not be displaced after forming; at the same time, the air capsules 32 has the design of wrapping air inside; wherein the air capsule 32 has formed an interior accommodating space 321 which can wrap the air or is in a vacuum state; and the air capsule 32 has an optimum particle diameter of 0.1 mm to 10 mm. Since the air capsule 32 itself is a plasticized material and is designed of wrapping air inside or being vacuum, it has a characteristic of light-weight and does not increase the weight of the fiber cloth 3; and the air capsule 32 is a micro design of 0.1 mm to 10 mm which is bonded and fixed on the long fiber 311 or the hot-melt collodion-cotton 312; it is equivalent to form a one-body design for the air capsules 32, the long fibers 311, and the hot-melt collodion-cottons 312, it won't be particularly awkward to use. Further, after the air capsule 32 is pressed, the air therein is not a solid design, so the shape of the air capsule 32 will change with pressure; therefore the tactile impression of the air capsule 32 is relatively unobvious, and it does not hinder the appearance of the garment made of the fiber cloth 31 or the tactile impression of being worn. Furthermore, in addition to the design of the air capsule 32, since the thermal conductivity of the air is extremely low, the temperature can be prevented from being dissipated; and the warmth retention of the man-made fiber cloth 3 can be effectively improved.
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In summary, the man-made fiber cloth having buoyancy and warmth of the present invention comprises a fiber cloth and a plurality of air capsules distributedly and fixedly set therein; wherein the fiber cloth comprises a plurality of long fibers and hot-melt collodion-cottons bonded to each other, and the air capsule is a plasticized material, which the air capsule has a particle diameter of 0.1 mm to 10 mm; wherein the air capsules are distributed in the fiber cloth, and are bonded and fixed on the hot-melt collodion-cottons and the long fibers. Therefore, when the man-made fiber cloth is made to clothing or articles, the setting of the air capsules can reduce the thermal conductivity, so that the heat energy is uneasy to dissipate; thereby enhancing the warmth effect; furthermore, the weight of the whole clothing can be reduced because the air capsule has the characteristic of wrapping air, thereby achieving the effects of lightness and comfort. Moreover, when the user accidentally drops into the water, the air capsules can also provide buoyancy as a life jacket, so the man-made fiber cloth has certain effects in terms of warmth, lightness, having buoyancy, and comfort wearing; therefore it indeed can achieve the object of the present invention.
