IP Library Granted Patent US 12662756
Granted Patent B2
US 12662756 · App. 18/228,410 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Ultraviolet blocking acrylic fibers, ultraviolet blocking fabric and fiber product containing the same, and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Shigeki Ohno (Osaka, JP); Keita Uchibori (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
D01F6/40C08F220/46C08K5/42C08K13/02D01D5/06D01F1/106D04B1/16C08F2800/20C08K2003/2241C08K3/2279C08K2201/014D10B2321/101D10B2401/22
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Patent No.
US 12662756
App. No.
18/228,410
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers contain an anionic surfactant in an amount of 0.03 wt % or more. The ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) rating value of the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers measured according to JIS L 1925: 2019 is UPF15 or more. Thus, ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers that are less likely to be discolored and have excellent ultraviolet blocking properties, an ultraviolet blocking fabric and a fiber product containing the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers, and a method for manufacturing the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers are provided.

Claims (34)

1 . Ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers comprising

an anionic surfactant in an amount of 0.03 wt % or more and less than 0.15 wt %,

wherein an ultraviolet protection factor UPF rating value of the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers measured according to JIS L 1925:2019 is UPF15 or more,

the anionic surfactant is a monoalkyl sulfate salt and an alkyl benzenesulfonate salt,

a content of the monoalkyl sulfate salt is 0.010 wt % or more and less than 0.142 wt %, and

a content of the alkyl benzenesulfonate salt is 0.008 wt % or more and less than 0.140 wt %.

2 . The ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers according to claim 1 , wherein the anionic surfactant is one or more selected from the group consisting of a monoalkyl sulfate salt, an alkyl polyoxyethylene sulfate salt, an alkyl benzenesulfonate salt, and an alkyl polyphenylene ether sulfonate salt.

3 . The ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers according to claim 1 , wherein the anionic surfactant includes a monoalkyl sulfate salt and an alkyl benzenesulfonate salt.

4 . The ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers according to claim 1 , wherein an ultraviolet blocking rate of the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers measured according to JIS L 1925:

2019 is 90% or more.

5 . The ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers according to claim 1 , comprising an antimony compound in an amount of 1 wt % or more and 40 wt % or less.

6 . The ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers according to claim 1 , comprising a modacrylic polymer including:

acrylonitrile in an amount of 35 wt % or more and 85 wt % or less;

one or more halogen-containing monomers selected from the group consisting of a halogen- containing vinyl monomer and a halogen-containing vinylidene monomer in an amount of 15 wt % or more and 65 wt % or less; and

a sulfonic acid group-containing vinyl monomer in an amount of 0 wt % or more and 3 wt % or less.

7 . An ultraviolet blocking fabric comprising the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers according to claim 1 in an amount of 40 wt % or more.

8 . A fiber product comprising the ultraviolet blocking fabric according to claim 7 .

9 . A method for manufacturing the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers according to claim 1 , comprising a step of forming a modacrylic polymer by an emulsion polymerization method, wherein an emulsifier used in the emulsion polymerization method includes the anionic surfactant.

10 . The ultraviolet blocking fabric according to claim 7 , comprising the anionic surfactant in an amount of 0.03 wt % or more and less than 0.15 wt %.

11 . The ultraviolet blocking fabric according to claim 7 , comprising the anionic surfactant in an amount of 0.15 wt % or more, and an ultraviolet reflector in an amount of 0.5 wt % or more and 4 wt % or less and/or an ultraviolet absorber in an amount of 0.05 wt % or more and 2 wt % or less.

12 . The fiber product according to claim 8 , wherein the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers comprise the anionic surfactant in an amount of 0.03 wt % or more and less than 0.15 wt %.

13 . The fiber product according to claim 8 , wherein the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers comprise the anionic surfactant in an amount of 0.15 wt % or more, and an ultraviolet reflector in an amount of 0.5 wt % or more and 4 wt % or less and/or an ultraviolet absorber in an amount of 0.05 wt % or more and 2 wt % or less.

14 . The ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers according to claim 1 , wherein the monoalkyl sulfate salt is sodium lauryl sulfate and the alkyl benzenesulfonate salt is sodium benzeneoxy bis- tetrapropylene sulfonate.

15 . Ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers comprising:

an anionic surfactant in an amount of 0.15 wt % or more; and

an ultraviolet reflector in an amount of 0.5 wt % or more and 4 wt % or less and/or an ultraviolet absorber in an amount of 0.05 wt % or more and 2 wt % or less,

wherein an ultraviolet protection factor UPF rating value of the ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers measured according to JIS L 1925:2019 is UPF15 or more,

the anionic surfactant is a monoalkyl sulfate salt and an alkyl benzenesulfonate salt,

a content of the monoalkyl sulfate salt is 0.010 wt % or more and less than 0.142 wt %, and

a content of the alkyl benzenesulfonate salt is 0.008 wt % or more and less than 0.140 wt %.

16 . The ultraviolet blocking modacrylic fibers according to claim 15 , wherein

the monoalkyl sulfate salt is sodium lauryl sulfate and the alkyl benzenesulfonate salt is sodium benzeneoxy bis-tetrapropylene sulfonate,

a content of the sodium lauryl sulfate is 0.011 wt % or more and less than 0.141 wt %, and

a content of the sodium benzeneoxy bis-tetrapropylene sulfonate is 0.009 wt % or more and less than 0.139 wt %.