The invention relates to cushioned rugs comprising polyester yarn, particularly polyethylene terephthalate (PET) yarn, comprising a crystallinity-reducing modifier in the polyester yarn, such as a branched polyester modifier. The invention further relates to methods of preparing such cushioned rugs.

A coating structure of a blackout advertising cloth, comprising: a warp knitted mesh fabric; a front layer, which is an adhesive slurry layer made of polyacrylic resin as main component mixed with fireproof agent and waterproof agent, the adhesive slurry layer is coated on the front surface of the warp knitted mesh fabric for the slurry penetrating the meshes, so that the warp knitted mesh fabric and the front layer are firmly bonded; and a rear blackout layer, which is a shading slurry layer made of acrylic resin as main component mixed with blackout material, the rear blackout layer is coated on the rear surface, so that the warp knitted mesh fabric and the rear blackout layer are firmly bonded, and further form a coating structure of the blackout advertising cloth.

An isocyanate-functional prepolymer comprises the reaction product of: (A) a polyol; (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least two carbinol-functional groups per molecule; and (C) a polyisocyanate. Components (A) to (C) are utilized to provide a stoichiometric excess of isocyanate-functional groups in component (C) over the total amount of isocyanate-reactive groups of components (A) and (B). An isocyanate component comprising the isocyanate-functional prepolymer is also disclosed. The isocyanate component also comprises (E) a filler. In addition, a composition is disclosed, which comprises the isocyanate component and an isocyanate-reactive component. Further, a method of preparing a coating with the composition is disclosed, which method comprises applying the composition on a substrate and forming the coating from the composition on the substrate. A coated substrate comprising the substrate and a coating disposed on the substrate, the coating being formed from the composition, is additionally disclosed.

A roofing material including a bitumen or other hot melt coating disposed across a base sheet of stitch-bonded fabric incorporating a blend of standard and bi-component polyester staple fibers stitch-bonded with a plurality of parallel stitch lines of stitching yarn running in the machine direction. The bicomponent fibers may be heat activated and cooled prior to application of the hot melt coating thereby providing dimensional stability.

Provided is an artificial leather, which exhibits light transmitting properties and maintains its texture and touch while being dark-colored and having a medium or higher density, the artificial leather including a fiber entangled body formed of ultrafine fibers having an average single fiber diameter of 0.1 to μm; and an elastomer, in which the artificial leather has a thickness of 0.4 to 1.2 mm and a weight per unit area of 80 to 450 g/m.sup.2, where one surface of the artificial leather is a design surface colored with a dye and/or a pigment and satisfies the following Formulas (1) to (3):

L*.sub.1≤55 . . .   (1)

L.sub.0>50 . . .   (2)

ΔL* <−5 . . .   (3)

where L*.sub.1, L*.sub.0 and ΔL* are as defined.

Method for making a thermally and electrically conductive coating on natural or synthetic leather comprising the deposition of several layers based on aliphatic polyurethanes, with an intermediate layer, having a thickness from 10 to 50 μm, comprising graphene nano-platelets, wherein at least 90% has a lateral dimension (x, y) from 50 to 50000 μm and a thickness (z) from 0.34 to 50 nm, and wherein the C/O ratio is ≥100:1.

The present invention relates polyester tufted carpet where the tufts are engaged with a primary polyester backing and where a polyester extrusion coating is applied to the backside of the primary backing to lock the tufts which therefore avoids the use of a latex adhesive.

A composite membrane including at least one fabric, the membrane including a surface polymer layer, the surface polymer layer including silver and at least one polymer selected from the group formed by fluorinated polymers and silicones, and the membrane being such that silver is in the form of silver supported by a mineral matrix in powder form, the particle size of the matrix being strictly larger than 0.1 μm and strictly smaller than 20 μm. A method for manufacturing a membrane according to the invention. A use of a membrane according to the invention as a virucide.

A coated and varnished membrane, the membrane including at least one fabric having at least one face coated with at least one layer of polyvinyl chloride, and at least one varnish film on the coated face of the membrane, the varnish film including a polymeric binder and a mineral matrix in powder form including silver particles. A method for producing a membrane according to the invention. A use of a membrane according to the invention as a virucide.

The invention relates to a fabric for lightweight nautical sails, such as spinnakers, asymmetric spinnakers, and gennakers, for sailboats and other surface vessels, the fabric being formed of continuous polyester warp and weft yarns and being coated on one or both of its two surfaces with a crosslinked polymer, characterised in that the polyester is poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) having a tenacity greater than or equal to 6 cN/dtex; in that the fabric has a density of between 20 and 50 threads/cm, in terms of warp and weft density; in that the polymer is a crosslinked polyurethane (PU) that is polyether-, polyester-, or polycarbonate based; and in that this PU is derived from the crosslinking (1) of a single-component polyurethane elastomer having a modulus at 100% elongation comprised between 1 and 15 MPa, better still between 2 and 15 MPa, in particular between 6 and 15 MPa, according to the standard DIN 53504, used in implementation in solvent phase; and (2) by a crosslinking agent, based on a proportion of dry crosslinking agent relative to the dry elastomer of between 20% and 75% by weight, in particular between approximately 30% and approximately 75% by weight. The coated fabric has an elongation in the bias direction under 20 Lbs, comprised between 10 and 30 hundredths of an inch.