Fire retardant silicone textile coating
A fire retardant (FR) textile coating comprising a plurality of FR agents, wherein the FR textile coating has a temperature dependent response to a fire or heat. The invention includes a fire resistant textile product comprising a textile substrate and a fire retardant textile coating comprising a plurality of FR agents, the coating absorbed into or adhered onto to the textile substrate. The invention also includes a method for making a fire resistant textile product, the method comprising preparing a fire retardant textile coating comprising a plurality of FR agents, applying the FR textile coating to a textile substrate, and curing the FR textile coating, thereby producing the fire resistant textile product. In an embodiment, the FR agents comprise a first FR agent that responds to a first temperature and a second FR agent that responds to a second temperature greater than the first temperature.
1 . A fire retardant textile coating comprising: a plurality of fire retardant agents; wherein the fire retardant textile coating has a temperature dependent response to a fire or heat.
2 . The fire retardant textile coating of claim 1 further comprising a silicone binder.
3 . The fire retardant textile coating of claim 2 wherein a first fire retardant agent is aluminum hydroxide and a second fire retardant agent is magnesium hydroxide.
4 . The fire retardant textile coating of claim 3 comprising:
from about 1 percent by weight to about 35 percent by weight of the silicone binder;
from about 10 percent by weight to about 25 percent by weight of the first fire retardant agent; and
from about 5 percent by weight to about 15 percent by weight of the second fire retardant agent.
5 . The fire retardant textile coating of claim 4 wherein the silicone binder comprises organopolysiloxane silicone and dimethylpolysiloxane oil.
6 . The fire retardant textile coating of claim 3 comprising:
from about 5 percent by weight to about 15 percent by weight of the silicone binder;
from about 30 percent by weight to about 50 percent by weight water;
from about 10 percent by weight to about 25 percent by weight of the first fire retardant agent; and
from about 5 percent by weight to about 15 percent by weight of the second fire retardant agent.
7 . The fire retardant textile coating of claim 6 further comprising an organic binder.
8 . The fire retardant textile coating of claim 7 further comprising: from about 1 percent by weight to about 8 percent by weight of the organic binder.
9 . A fire resistant textile product comprising: a textile substrate and the fire retardant textile coating of claim 1 .
10 . A fire resistant textile product comprising: a textile substrate and a fire retardant textile coating comprising a plurality of fire retardant agents, the coating absorbed into or adhered onto to the textile substrate.
11 . The fire resistant textile product of claim 10 wherein the fire retardant agents comprise: a first fire retardant agent that responds to a first temperature and a second fire retardant agent that responds to a second temperature greater than the first temperature.
12 . The fire resistant textile product of claim 11 wherein the first fire retardant agent is aluminum hydroxide and the second fire retardant agent is magnesium hydroxide.
13 . The fire resistant textile product of claim 11 wherein the fire retardant textile coating further comprises a silicone binder.
14 . The fire resistant textile product of claim 13 wherein the fire retardant textile coating comprises:
from about 1 percent by weight to about 35 percent by weight of the silicone binder;
from about 10 percent by weight to about 25 percent by weight of the first fire retardant agent; and
from about 5 percent by weight to about 15 percent by weight of the second fire retardant agent.
15 . The fire resistant textile product of claim 13 wherein the fire retardant textile coating comprises:
from about 5 percent by weight to about 15 percent by weight of the silicone binder;
from about 30 percent by weight to about 50 percent by weight water;
from about 10 percent by weight to about 25 percent by weight of the first fire retardant agent; and
from about 5 percent by weight to about 15 percent by weight of the second fire retardant agent.
16 . The fire resistant textile product of claim 15 wherein the fire retardant textile coating further comprises: from about 1 percent by weight to about 8 percent by weight of an organic binder.
17 . A method for making a fire resistant textile product, the method comprising:
preparing a fire retardant textile coating comprising a plurality of fire retardant agents;
applying the fire retardant textile coating to a textile substrate; and
curing the fire retardant textile coating, thereby producing the fire resistant textile product.
18 . The method of claim 17 wherein the fire retardant agents comprise: a first fire retardant agent that responds to a first temperature and a second fire retardant agent that responds to a second temperature greater than the first temperature.
19 . The fire resistant textile product of claim 18 wherein the applying step comprises: roller coating the textile substrate with the fire retardant textile coating.
20 . The fire resistant textile product of claim 19 wherein the curing step comprises: heating the fire retardant textile coating.