Process for the permanent joining of stretchable threadlike or small ribbonlike elastic elements to a flat substrate, as well as use thereof for producing frilled sections of film or foil strip

• US 4,842,666 A
• Filed: 03/04/1988
• Issued: 06/27/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.
• Original Assignee: HB Fuller Company
• Inventors: Werenicz, Harald
• Primary Examiner(s): Dawson, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US07/164,256
• Time in Patent Office: 480 Days
• Field of Search: 156/160, 156/161, 156/164, 156/176, 156/178, 156/291, 156/324, 427/208.6, 427/256, 428/198
• US Class Current: 156/161
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/245 made by welding or gluing joining of plastics by welding or gluing B29C65/00; sewing machines for concurrently making thread and welded seams D05B17/00; thermal or chemical fixing of seams and hems D06M
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/15593 having elastic ribbons fixed thereto; Devices for applying the ribbons
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 5/0241 for applying liquid or other fluent material to elongated work, e.g. wires, cables, tubes
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/4815 Hot melt adhesives, e.g. thermoplastic adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/7894 of continuously moving sheets or webs
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/69 General aspects of joining filaments bundling articles B65B13/00; interconnecting successive lengths of material B65H69/00
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/71 characterised by the composition of the plastics material of the parts to be joined welding bar compositions B29C65/125
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/712 the composition of one of the parts to be joined being different from the composition of the other part
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/83413 cooperating rollers, cylinders or drums
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2023/04 Polymers of ethylene
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2023/06 PE, i.e. polyethylene
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2023/10 Polymers of propylene
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2023/12 PP, i.e. polypropylene
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2027/06 PVC, i.e. polyvinylchloride
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2067/00 Use of polyesters or derivatives thereof, as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2071/00 Use of polyethers , e.g. PEEK, i.e. polyether-etherketone or PEK, i.e. polyetherketone or derivatives thereof, as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24826 Spot bonds connect components

Abstract

The invention concerns a process for the permanent attachment or joining of threadlike or small ribbonlike elastic elements to a flat substrate by means of an adhesive that is characterized by the fact that one disposes, or fixes, in the desired position, one or several threadlike or small ribbonlike elastic elements on the flat substrate, or guides them in the desired position at a distance of about 1 to cm from the flat substrate, and covers these elastic elements, and some portion of the adjacent region of the substrate with a sprayed-on melt adhesive, and in the case of guiding at a distance, brings the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements into contact together with the fleece course. The invention further concersn application of the process for producing frilled section of foil course or film sheet with stretchable threadlike or small ribbonlike elements located in the respective edge region between a foil course or film and a covering layer, an absorbent layer disposed therebetween, and a covering section of fleece.

Claims

1. A process for the permanent joining of stretchable threadlike or small ribbonlike elements to a flat substrate by means of an adhesive, characterized by the fact that, prior to application of the adhesive, one or several threadlike or small ribbonlike elastic elements (4) are disposed or fixed in the desired position at some distance from, the flat substrate (2), and that afterwards these threadlike or small ribbonlike elements (4) as well as the adjoining area of the substrate (2) are covered with a sprayable melt adhesive (6).

2. A process according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the melt adhesive is sprayed on in the form of cobweblike to patternlike overlapping, small sprayed threads having a diameter from 20 to 400 mm.

3. A process according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that the threadlike or small ribbonlike element(s) and the adjoining areas are sprayed with the adhesive and covered over a width (d) from 1 to 15 mm, measured from the longitudinal edge of the threadlike or small ribbonlike element.

4. A process according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that the threadlike or small ribbonlike element(s) (4) disposed at some distance from the substrate, and areas of the substrate lying thereunder, are sprayed or covered with the adhesive over a width (d) from 1 to 15 mm, measured from the longitudinal edge of the threadlike or small ribbonlike element joined thereafter with the substrate and/or the element(s) located at the edge.

5. A process according to claim 4, characterized by the fact that the melt adhesive is applied in an amount from 2 to 100 g/m² to the threadlike or small ribbonlike element(s) (4).

6. A process according to claim 5, characterized by the fact that the melt adhesive is applied in an amount from 5 to 40 g/m² to the threadlike or small ribbonlike element.

7. A process according to claim 6, characterized by the fact that the melt adhesive is sprayed on continuously or intermittently.

8. A process according to claim 7, characterized by the fact that the threadlike or small ribbonlike element consisting of natural or synthetic rubber or plastic is fixed on the substrate under tension.

9. A process according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that one or several threadlike or small ribbonlike elements (4) that are disposed in the desired position at some distance from the flat substrate (2) and that have been sprayed with the melt adhesive (6), are transported in the same direction with the substrate under the spraying head and are brought into contact by reducing the distance to the substrate.

10. A process according to claim 9, characterized by the fact that the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements consist of a stretchable material and are continuously maintained under tensile stress during spraying and when in contact with the substrate.

11. A process according to claim 10, characterized by the fact that the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements (4) under stress that have been sprayed with the melt adhesive at a distance from 0.5 to 3 cm from the substrate are joined together with the substrate at an acute angle.

12. A process according to claim 11, characterized by the fact that the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements under stress are sprayed with melt adhesive outside the substrate course and then joined with the substrate course.

13. A process according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that there is disposed, at least on the projecting areas (13) of a frilled or pleated substrate (12), a threadlike or small ribbonlike element (14) that is not, or only slightly, under stress, and afterwards is sprayed with the melt adhesive (16).

14. A process according to claim 11, characterized by the fact that disposed or guided at some distance away, at least on the projecting areas (13) of a frilled or pleated substrate (12), is one or several threadlike or small ribbonlike elements (14) that are not, or only slightly, under stress, and afterwards are sprayed with the melt adhesive (16) before they are brought into contact with the substrate.

15. A process according to claim 14, characterized by the fact that used as a substrate (2) is a plastic film, an impregnated paper or a fleece.

16. A process according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that placed onto the substrate and the threadlike or small ribbonlike element immediately after spraying on the melt adhesive is a covering layer, and this latter is pressed on if necessary.

17. A process according to claim 9, characterized by the fact that there is placed onto the substrate and onto the threadlike or small ribbonlike element(s), after spraying on the melt adhesive, and immediately after bringing these latter together with the substrate, a covering layer and this latter is pressed on if necessary.

18. A process according to claim 16, characterized by the fact that used as a substrate is a fleece (8'"'"') and as a covering layer a film (2'"'"').

19. A process according to claim 17, characterized by the fact that used as a substrate is a fleece (8'"'"') and as a covering layer a film (2'"'"').

20. A process according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements disposed or supplied in the edge area (26, 26'"'"') of a substrate present as a film (22) are sprayed with melt adhesive in the direction of the course, over a like length, or longer, area than the film area (27) lying between the elements.

21. A process according to claim 1 for producing frilled sections of film, with stretchable threadlike or small ribbonlike elements located in the respective edge area between a film and a covering layer, an absorbent inlay disposed therebetween, and a layer of felt covering these latter, further characterized by the additional steps of:

(a) placing or fixing on the film (22) serving as a substrate, in the respective, later-frilled edge areas, either on this film

(i) in the frilled or pleated condition one or several not, or slightly, stretched,

(ii) in the flatly laid condition, one or several threadlike or small ribbonlike elements (24, 24'"'"'),

(b) intermittently spraying with the melt adhesive the respective threadlike or small ribbonlike elements, as well as their adjoining areas, and simultaneously the area (27) lying between the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements,

(c) next, placing on the area (27) sprayed with melt adhesive between the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements a course made of an absorbent padding material (28),

(d) placing onto the film (22) and the course made of absorbent padding material (28) a fleece course (29), in a manner such that this latter covers the absorbent padding material (28) and also lies over the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements (24, 24'"'"') sprayed with the melt adhesive,

(e) pressing the fleece course (29), at least in the area of the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements, together with these latter and,

(f) cutting off the thusly obtained bonded material in sections transversely to the course direction.

22. A process according to claim 9 for producing frilled sections of film, with stretchable threadlike or small ribbonlike elements located in the respective edge area between a film and a covering layer, an absorbent inlay disposed therebetween, and a layer of fleece covering these latter, further characterized by the steps of:

(a) holding or guiding one or several threadlike or small ribbonlike elements under tensile stress at some distance from the film serving as a substrate, at least in the respective, later-frilled edge areas of this film,

(b) spraying with melt adhesive the respective threadlike or small ribbonlike elements, as well as their adjoining areas, and simultaneously the area lying between the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements,

(c) next, bringing the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements sprayed with the melt adhesive into contact with the substrate by guiding them together,

(d) afterwards, placing on the area between the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements sprayed with melt adhesive a course made of absorbent padding material,

(e) placing onto the film and the course made of absorbent padding material a fleece course, in such a manner that this latter covers the absorbent padding material and also lies over the area of the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements sprayed with melt adhesive,

(f) pressing the fleece course, at least in the area of the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements, together with these latter and,

(g) cutting the thusly obtained bonded material into sections transversely to the direction of the course.

23. A process according to claim 22, characterized by the fact that the areas of the threadlike or small ribbonlike elements guided at a distance of 3 to 0.5 cm from the film, and sprayed with melt adhesive, are guided together with the film at an acute angle and, finally, applied is the course made of absorbent padding material and the fleece course.