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US 9,567,694 · App. 14/119,985 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Elastic fabric comprising a polyurethane elastic fiber made from a polyether based polyol

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,567,694
App. No.
14/119,985
Filed
Nov 25, 2013
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1786
USPC
428/365
Abstract

To provide elastic fabric that has comfortable wear and fit even in thin and light fabric by using a high-powered polyurethane elastic fiber that has at least 1.5 times the active force and recovery per unit fineness at the time of 100 to 200% elongation compared to conventional polyurethane elastic fiber. Resolution means an elastic fabric comprising a polyurethane elastic fiber made of a polyol, with a molecular weight between 450 and 1600 with a ratio of weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight of at least 1.8, an organic diisocyanate compound, and a diamine compound.

Claims (9)

1. An elastic fabric comprising a polyurethane elastic fiber made of a polyether based polyol with a minimum number average molecular weight of about 450 and a maximum of about 1600, an organic diisocyanate compound, and a diamine compound, wherein the reaction equivalent ratio (molar ratio or capping ratio) of the organic diisocyanate compound to the polyol is in the range of 1.3:1 to 1.7:1.

2. The elastic fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to the number average molecular weight of the polyol is a minimum of 1.8:1.

3. The elastic fabric according to claim 1 , wherein a polyol of low molecular weight is blended with a polyol of high molecular weight.

4. The elastic fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction equivalent ratio (molar ratio or capping ratio) of the organic diisocyanate compound to the polyol is in the range of 1.4:1 to 1.6:1.

5. The elastic fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane elastic fiber is spun from a solution-polymerized polyurethane polymer solution by the prepolymer method.

6. The elastic fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane polymer is derived from a diamine compound and has a terminal group concentration of 5 to 50 meq/kg.

7. The elastic fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the number average molecular weight of the polyurethane polymer is between 40000 to 150000 calculated with polystyrene as the standard.

8. The elastic fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane elastic fiber is spun by dry spinning the polyurethane polymer solution.

9. The fabric according to claim 1 wherein the polyurethane has a % NCO range of the prepolymer of 2.6 to 3.8.