Method for producing a fluffy temperature regulating warmth retention material and fluffy temperature regulating warmth retention material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016273139-A1
Application number	US-201415030717-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 30, 2014
Priority date	Oct 30, 2013
Publication date	Sep 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for producing a fluffy temperature regulating warmth retention material and the fluffy temperature regulating warmth retention material produced therefrom are disclosed. The method comprises: selecting a low melting point fiber and an additional fiber; carding to form a single web; spray coating a phase change material along at least part of the length of a surface of the single web; lapping layer by layer of the single web; and performing a heat setting reinforcement to form the warmth retention material. According to the present invention, a fluffy temperature regulating warmth retention material comprising an appropriate ratio of a phase change material may be obtained and the material exhibits a satisfactory temperature regulating effect, and meanwhile, it can maintain, to the full extent, or is close to, the original filling power and soft hand feeling where no phase change material is incorporated. In addition, the phase change material can be retained very well within the fluffy temperature regulating warmth retention material and thus has a wash resistance property.

First claim

1 . A method for producing a fluffy temperature regulating warmth retention material, comprising: selecting a low melting point fiber and an additional fiber, carding them to form a single web, spray coating a phase change material along at least a portion of the length of a surface of the single web, lapping the single web layer by layer, and performing heat setting reinforcement to form the warmth retention material.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the low melting point fiber is 6% to 20% by weight of the total fiber.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the low melting point fiber is selected from a terylene low melting point fiber, a polypropylene low melting point fiber or a polyethylene low melting point fiber.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the low melting point fiber is selected from one of a skin-core type low melting point fiber, or a parallel type low melting point fiber.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the additional fiber is selected from one or more of a natural fiber, a synthetic fiber, or a regenerated fiber.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the phase change material has a net content of 10% to 55% of the total weight of the temperature regulating warmth retention material.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the phase change material is spray coated at an interval of the same distance or at an interval of different distances along the length direction of the surface of the single web.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the phase change material is spray coated along the length of the surface of the single web in a consecutive manner.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising a step of pre-drying the single web after the phase change material is spray coated along at least part of the length of the surface of the single web.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the pre-drying is performed at a temperature of 60° C. to 80° C. for 5 to 15 seconds.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the single web is lapped layer by layer by cross lapping.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein at least two single webs which are not spray coated with the phase change material are lapped layer by layer with at least one single web which is spray coated with the phase change material, and the single web which is spray coated with the phase change material is placed in the middle.

13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the heat setting reinforcement comprises performing a step of spray coating a glue on the outer surfaces of a flocculus formed by lapping layer by layer of the single web, and drying the same.

14 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the glue selected from one of an acrylic copolymer emulsion, a polyvinyl acetate emulsion, and a vinyl acetate-acrylic copolymer emulsion is used in the spray coating step, and the solid content of the spray coated glue is 2 gsm to 15 gsm.

15 . (canceled)

16 . A fluffy temperature regulating warmth retention material produced according to the method of claim 1 , comprising multiple single web layers which are lapped layer by layer, wherein the surfaces of at least part of the multiple single web layers are spray coated with a phase change material, and the fiber of the at least part of the multiple single web layers comprises a low melting point fiber and an additional fiber.

17 . (canceled)

18 . (canceled)

19 . (canceled)

20 . The fluffy warmth retention material according to claim 16 , wherein the low melting point fiber is of a gauge in a range of 1.5 D to 7 D.

21 . (canceled)

22 . The fluffy warmth retention material according to claim 16 , wherein the phase change material is a phase change microcapsule, and the core material of the phase change microcapsule is selected from one of a paraffin, an n-alkane compound, a halogenated n-alkane compound or an aliphatic ester, or a mixture of several of them.

23 . (canceled)

24 . (canceled)

25 . The fluffy warmth retention material according to claim 16 , wherein the phase change material is spray coated on the surface of each of the single web layers.

26 . The fluffy warmth retention material according to claim 16 , wherein the phase change material is spray coated on the surface of every two single web layers.

27 . The fluffy warmth retention material according to claim 16 , wherein the phase change material is spray coated on the surfaces of the single web layers in the middle portion.

28 . (canceled)

29 . (canceled)

Assignees

• 3M Innovative Properties Co

Inventors

• Xu Feng
• Zhao Guo Tong
• Fu Xiaoshuan
• Xiang Hong Bing
• Ge Yu

Classifications

• D04H1/541

  Composite fibres, e.g. sheath-core, sea-island or side-by-side; Mixed fibres · CPC title

• D04H1/593

  to layered webs · CPC title

• D04H1/02 Primary

  Cotton wool; Wadding · CPC title

• D04H1/413

  containing granules other than absorbent substances · CPC title

• D04H1/5414

  side-by-side · CPC title