Method for manufacturing a laminated assembly comprising a layer provided with loops

• US 5,876,532 A
• Filed: 06/26/1997
• Issued: 03/02/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Aplix
• Original Assignee: Aplix
• Inventors: Billarant, Jean-Philippe
• Primary Examiner(s): Ball, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): YAO, SAMCHUAN CUA
• Application Number:
  US08/882,742
• Time in Patent Office: 614 Days
• Field of Search: 156/66, 156/72, 156/289, 156/290, 156/324, 428/100, 24/442, 24/448
• US Class Current: 156/66
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 18/0011 Female or loop elements A44B18/0007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/2758 Thermal or adhesive

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a laminated assembly having a first layer with a face secured by an adhesive to a first face of a second layer having a meshed structure and having loops projecting from its second face. The method includes the step of depositing and adhering a thin film onto the first face of the second layer under controlled adhesive quantity and viscosity conditions so that the deposited film divides by itself to clear the mesh zones and to be converted into longitudinal and/or transverse beads.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing a laminated assembly having a first layer having a face secured by an adhesive to a first face of a second layer having a meshed structure and having loops projecting from its second face, including the steps of depositing and adhering a thin adhesive film onto the first face of the second layer under controlled adhesive quantity and viscosity conditions so that the deposited film divides by itself to clear mesh zones of the meshed structure and to be concerted into longitudinal and/or transverse beads, wherein the depositing step includes directly depositing the adhesive by a nozzle on the second layer in the form of an initially continuous film.

2. A method according to claim 1, and comprising the step of including in the second layer a looped fabric belonging to the group consisting of knitted fabrics and woven fabrics.

3. A method according to claim 1, and comprising the step of providing the meshed structure with meshes of a size of 0.5 mm to 3 mm.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the depositing step includes orienting the second layer first face in an upwardly direction, its direction belonging to the group consisting of a horizontal direction and inclined directions.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the adhering step comprises adhering the adhesive film immediately after the adhesive deposit.

6. A method according to claim 1, and comprising reactivating the adhesive film after drying or hardening to adhere the adhesive film at a later stage.

7. A method according to claim 1, and comprising protecting the adhesive film with a removable film such that the adhesive film can be adhered at a later stage.

8. A method according to claim 1, and comprising rendering the adhesive inoperative with respect to the loops to avoid adhesion such that the adhering step can be carried out at a later stage.

9. A method according to claim 8, and comprising coating the loops with an anti-adherent agent.