Textile protective material of a new type and method for producing same

1. A textile type protective material in the form of

a textile type adsorptive filtering material

having protective function against chemical,

biological and radioactive noxiants and poisons,

wherein the textile type protective material comprises:

a two-dimensional air-pervious textile carrier in the form of a textile sheet-like material;

an adhesive layer applied onto the textile carrier, wherein the adhesive layer is an air-pervious and discontinuously formed layer based on a dried and cured broken adhesive polymer foam, and wherein the adhesive layer has a basis weight of from 5 g/m 2 to 60 g/m 2 ; and

an adsorptive layer adhered to the adhesive layer, wherein the adsorptive layer comprises or is formed of a multiplicity of individual adsorbent particles, wherein the adsorbent particles are applied in an amount of 5 g/m 2 to 150 g/m 2 .

2. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the broken adhesive polymer foam comprises a multiplicity of dried and cured foam bubbles which are destroyed, burst or collapsed.

3. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the broken adhesive polymer foam comprises a multiplicity of destroyed, broken or collapsed walls or struts of an adhesive polymer.

4. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the broken adhesive polymer foam comprises a proportion of destroyed, burst or collapsed foam bubbles of at least 30%, based on the total number of foam bubbles in the broken adhesive polymer foam.

5. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the broken adhesive polymer foam comprises a multiplicity of apertures, pores, channels or openings.

6. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the broken adhesive polymer foam is contiguously or coherently formed, and

wherein the broken adhesive polymer foam is applied on the carrier in an at least essentially full areal or whole-sided manner.

7. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the adhesive layer partly penetrates or extends into the textile carrier.

8. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the broken adhesive polymer foam is obtained by drying and curing a foamed aqueous or organic-based solution or dispersion of the adhesive polymer, followed by a step of at least partially breaking the foam provided by the foamed solution or dispersion of the adhesive polymer.

9. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the adsorptive layer is configured as an adsorptive sheet-type filter; and

wherein the adsorbent particles of the adsorptive layer are formed of particulate activated carbon.

10. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the protective material has a total basis weight in the range of from 80 g/m 2 to 500 g/m 2 , an air-transmission rate in the range of form 50 l·m −2 ·s −1 to 10 000 l·m −2 ·s −1 at a flow resistance of 127 Pa, and a thickness in the range from of 0.1 to 15 mm.

11. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the protective material has a barrier effect with regard to bis[2-chloroethyl] sulfide, as determined by method 2.2 of CRDC-SP-84010, of at most 4 μg/cm 2 per 24 h.

12. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the protective material is part of a protective equipment or protective article.

13. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the protective material is part of a protective equipment or protective article selected from the group consisting of protective apparel, protective apparel for the civilian or military sector, protective suits, protective gloves, protective footwear, protective socks, head protective apparel, protective coverings, protective equipments and protective articles with protective function against chemical, biological and radioactive noxiants and poisons.

14. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the protective material is part of filters or filtering materials.

15. The protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the protective material is part of filters or filtering materials selected from the group consisting of respirator filters, odor filters, sheet filters, air filters, filters for indoor air cleaning, adsorption capable carrier structures and filters for the medical sector.

16. A method for producing a protective material as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein said method comprises the following steps in the stated order:

(a) providing a two-dimensional air-pervious textile carrier in the form of a textile sheet-like material;

(b) applying an adhesive layer onto the textile carrier, wherein the adhesive layer is applied in the form of a foamed aqueous or organic-based solution or dispersion of an adhesive polymer and wherein the foamed solution or dispersion of the adhesive polymer is applied onto the textile carrier in an amount ranging of from 10 g/m 2 to 150 g/m 2 ;

(c) applying and adhering a multiplicity of individual adsorbent particles on the adhesive layer obtained in step (b), thus yielding an adsorptive layer applied onto the adhesive layer, wherein the adsorbent particles are applied in an amount ranging from 5 g/m 2 to 150 g/m 2 ;

(d) drying and curing the adhesive layer in the form of the foamed solution or dispersion of the adhesive polymer, followed by a step of at least partially breaking the foam provided by the foamed solution or dispersion of the adhesive polymer, so that the adhesive layer is obtained as a dried and cured broken adhesive polymer foam.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16 ,

wherein the solution or dispersion of the adhesive polymer contains at least one of a foam-forming agent and a foam-stabilizer.

18. A protective equipment or protective article comprising a protective material as claimed in claim 1 .

19. The protective equipment or protective article as claimed in claim 18 ,

wherein the protective equipment or protective article is selected from the group consisting of protective apparel, protective apparel for the civilian or military sector, protective suits, protective gloves, protective footwear, protective socks, head protective apparel, protective coverings, protective equipments and protective articles with protective function against chemical, biological and radioactive noxiants and poisons.

20. A filter or filtering material comprising a protective material as claimed in claim 1 .

21. The filter or filtering material as claimed in claim 20 ,

wherein the filter or filtering material is selected from the group consisting of respirator filters, odor filters, sheet filters, air filters, filters for indoor air cleaning, adsorption capable carrier structures and filters for the medical sector.