Clothing carrier

Abstract

A clothing carrier (1) for flexible or semi-rigid clothings is formed from a random fiber sheet consolidated by needling. The random fiber sheet is formed from PES or PA fibers (10) and is impregnated with a polymer (11). The random fiber sheet is laminated with a PUR film (12) to structurally compensate at least one surface of the random fiber sheet.

Claims

1. A clothing carrier (1) for flexible or semi-rigid clothings, comprising: a needled, plaited random fiber sheet comprising from 30 to 60 plaited layers; wherein the random fiber sheet is formed from polyester (PES) or polyamide (PA) fibers (10) and is impregnated with a polymer material (11); a polyurethane (FUR) film (12) laminated to the random fiber sheet that structurally compensates at least one surface of the random fiber sheet; a powder coating between the random fiber sheet and the laminated PUR film.

2. The clothing carrier (1) according to claim 1, wherein the PES or PA fibers (10) have a staple length of 30 mm to 80 mm and a fineness of 1.0 dtex to 5.0 dtex.

3. The clothing carrier (1) according to claim 1, wherein the PES or PA fibers (10) have a specific tenacity of 25 cN/tex to 60 cN/tex.

4. The clothing carrier (1) according to claim 1, wherein the random fiber sheet impregnated with the polymer material has a density of 0.4 g/cm3 to 0.5 g/cm3.

5. The clothing carrier (1) according to claim 1, wherein the FUR film (12) has a thickness of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm.

6. A method for producing the clothing carrier (1) in accordance with claim 1 for flexible or semi-rigid clothings (2), comprising: forming a plaited random fiber sheet from polyester (PES) fibers or polyamide (PA) fibers (10), the plaited random fiber sheet comprising from 30 to 60 plaited layers; needling the plaited random fiber sheet; after the needling, calendaring the random fiber sheet a first time; after the first calendaring, impregnating the needled random fiber sheet with a polymer (11); after the impregnation, calendaring the random fiber sheet a second time to bring the random fiber sheet to a constant thickness (d); laminating a polyurethane (PUR) film to the random fiber sheet with a powder coating between the random fiber sheet and the PUR film.

7. A clothing for processing textile fibers, comprising: a clothing carrier (1); clothing tips (2) formed by wire hooks (4) pierced through the clothing carrier (1) in a setting process; and wherein the clothing carrier (1) is in accordance with claim 1.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) The invention shall be described in greater detail in the following by means of an exemplary embodiment and by reference to drawings.

(2) FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of a clothing carrier having an inserted flexible clothing according to the prior art, and

(3) FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of a clothing carrier according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(4) Reference will now be made to the embodiments of the invention, one or more examples of which are shown in the drawings. Each embodiment is provided by way of explanation of the invention, and not as a limitation of the invention. For example features illustrated or described as part of the one embodiment can be combined with another embodiment to yield still another embodiment. It is intended that the present invention include these and other modifications and variations to the embodiments described herein.

(5) A known clothing carrier 1 having an inserted flexible clothing 2 is shown in FIG. 1. The clothing carrier 1 is composed of multiple woven textile layers 3 which are held together by means of binding agents or by vulcanization with rubber or synthetic rubber. In addition to the textile layers 3, a rubber layer 5 is provided as a cover layer 5. The wire hooks 4 pierced through the clothing carrier 1 are held in the multi-layered fabric 3. The wire hooks 4 are greatly loaded during operation and are anchored accordingly in the multi-layered clothing carrier 1. Flexible clothings 2, as well as semi-rigid clothings, are usually produced in strips having a certain width b and a thickness d and, subsequently, are inserted into so-called flats or are pulled onto rollers.

(6) An embodiment of the clothing carrier according to the invention is schematically illustrated in FIG. 2. The clothing carrier 1 is shown in the illustration as a single layer having a coating 12. The clothing carrier 1 is a plaited random fiber sheet made from PES fibers 10. The plaited random fiber sheet was consolidated by needling and was brought to a certain thickness by means of a first calendering. The clothing carrier 1 was subsequently impregnated in order to incorporate a polymer 11 into the clothing carrier 1. A final, second calendering results in the thickness d. A coating 12 is applied on the top side of the clothing carrier 1 across the entire width b by means of lamination with a PUR film. The top side is the side from which the wire hooks eventually protrude and form the clothing. The applied coating 12 functions not only to improve the surface condition of the clothing carrier 1, so that adhesion of dust and dirt can be reduced, but also to improve the durably elastic properties of the clothing carrier.

(7) The clothing carriers are usually produced as endless strips having a certain length and are fitted with wire hooks, by means of the setting process, in order to form the clothing tips. After conclusion of the entire production process, the clothing carriers fitted with wire hooks are cut into ready-for-use strips having the width b. In this connection, the width b is between 15 mm and 150 mm, depending on the intended use.

(8) Modifications and variations can be made to the embodiments illustrated or described herein without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

LEGEND

(9) 1 clothing carrier

(10) 2 clothing tips

(11) 3 textile layer

(12) 4 wire hook

(13) 5 cover layer

(14) 10 PES fibers or PA fibers

(15) 11 polymer

(16) 12 coating

(17) d thickness of the clothing carrier

(18) b width of the clothing carrier