IP Library Granted Patent US 8,513,148
Granted Patent B2
US 8,513,148 · App. 12/161,516 · Granted Aug 20, 2013

Thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric

Inventors: Takaharu Irie (Tokyo, JP); Ikuo Ueno (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,513,148
App. No.
12/161,516
Granted
Aug 20, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric that is a laminated nonwoven fabric in which nonwoven fabrics of the following (a) layer, (b) layer and (c) layer are integrated by heat contact bonding: (a) layer having at least one filament yarn nonwoven fabric layer composed of a thermoplastic resin; (b) layer having at least one extremely fine yarn nonwoven fabric layer composed of the same type of thermoplastic resin as that of the (a) layer; and (c) layer having at least one composite filament yarn nonwoven fabric layer composed of a thermoplastic resin, and that satisfies the following (1) and (2): (1) a difference between the melting point of the yarn forming the nonwoven fabric of the (a) layer and that of a yarn forming the nonwoven fabric of the (b) layer is 30° C. or less; and (2) the composite filament yarn composed of a thermoplastic resin and forming the nonwoven fabric of the (c) layer contains a low melting point component, and the melting point of the low melting point component is lower than that of the yarn forming the nonwoven fabric of the (a) layer by 40 to 150° C.

Claims (14)

1. A thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric comprising a laminated nonwoven fabric in which nonwoven fabrics of the following (a) layer, (b) layer and (c) layer are integrated by heat contact bonding;

(a) a nonwoven fabric layer consisting of one filament yarn consisting of a thermoplastic resin;

(b) an intermediate nonwoven fabric layer having at least one extremely fine yarn having an average yarn diameter of from 1 to 3 μm consisting of the same type of thermoplastic resin as that of the (a) layer; and

(c) a nonwoven fabric layer consisting of one composite filament yarn of thermoplastic resins,

the fabric satisfying the following (1) and (2):

(1) a difference between a melting point of the yarn forming the nonwoven fabric of the (a) layer and that of the yarn forming the nonwoven fabric of the (b) layer is 30° C. or less; and

(2) the filament yarn consisting of a thermoplastic resin and forming the nonwoven fabric of the (a) layer is different from the composite filament yarn of thermoplastic resins and forming the nonwoven fabric of the (c) layer, the composite filament yarn composed of thermoplastic resins and forming the nonwoven fabric of the (c) layer contains a low melting point component, and a melting point of the low melting point component is lower than the melting point of the yarn forming the nonwoven fabric of the (a) layer by 40 to 150° C.

2. The thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric according to claim 1 , wherein an amount (wt. %) of the extremely fine yarn forming the nonwoven fabric of the (b) layer is from 5 to 50 wt.% based on the yarn amount of the whole laminated nonwoven fabric.

3. The thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the filament yarn consisting of a thermoplastic resin and forming the nonwoven fabric of the (a) layer is a polyester filament yarn.

4. The thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the composite filament yarn of thermoplastic resins and forming the nonwoven fabric of the (c) layer is a sheath-core composite yarn in which the low melting point component is used as the sheath component.

5. The thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric according to claim 3 , wherein the polyester filament yarn forming the nonwoven fabric of the (a) layer is a poly(ethylene terephthalate) yarn.

6. The thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric according to claim 4 , wherein the sheath component of the sheath-core composite yarn is a polyethylene, and the core component is a poly(ethylene terephthalate).

7. The thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric according to claim 4 , wherein the sheath component of the sheath-core composite yarn is a copolymerized polyester, and the core component is a poly(ethylene terephthalate).

8. The thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric according to claim 1 , wherein when an external surface of the (c) layer of the thermally adhesive laminated nonwoven fabric is mutually superimposed and heat sealed, a heat-sealing tenacity is 0.2 (N/25 mm width·[m 2 ]) or more at a heat-sealing temperature range of from 125 to 230° C., and a variation rate of the heat-sealing tenacity R/x (wherein R represents a variation, and x represents the average value) is 80% or less.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: ASAHI KASEI FIBERS CORPORATION
To: ASAHI KASEI FIBERS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066882/0532 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066892/0222 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUI CHEMICALS ASAHI LIFE MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066889/0571 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2008
From: IRIE, TAKAHARU; UENO, IKUO
To: ASAHI KASEI FIBERS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021260/0448 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-015882 · Jan 25, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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