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Chiffon pour nettoyage de salle blanche, a tricotage tubulaire Download PDF

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WO1993008985A1
WO1993008985A1 PCT/US1991/008128 US9108128W WO9308985A1 WO 1993008985 A1 WO1993008985 A1 WO 1993008985A1 US 9108128 W US9108128 W US 9108128W WO 9308985 A1 WO9308985 A1 WO 9308985A1
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Herman Daiber
John Mizia
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/16—Cloths; Pads; Sponges
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B1/14—Other fabrics or articles characterised primarily by the use of particular thread materials
    • D04B1/16—Other fabrics or articles characterised primarily by the use of particular thread materials synthetic threads
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B1/22—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2321/00—Fibres made from polymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • D10B2321/02—Fibres made from polymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds polyolefins
    • D10B2321/022—Fibres made from polymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds polyolefins polypropylene
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2331/00—Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products
    • D10B2331/02—Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products polyamides
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2331/00—Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products
    • D10B2331/04—Fibres made from polymers obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polycondensation products polyesters, e.g. polyethylene terephthalate [PET]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
    • Y02P70/50—Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
    • Y02P70/62—Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product related technologies for production or treatment of textile or flexible materials or products thereof, including footwear

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  • the present invention relates to textile wipers adapted for use in cleanrooms or other controlled environments and more particularly to wipers made from a tubular knit fabric.
  • Cleanrooms and other environments in which contamination is to be controlled have special requirements for the materials to be used therein. Of paramount concern is the generation of particulate contamination. It is well known that particulates can be brought into the cleanroom environment by workers themselves and by the materials which they use. In this regard, items which are subject to abrasion or wear are a cause of special concern.
  • Cleanrooms are characterized by a special emphasis on the prevention of particulate generation and the removal thereof prior to deposition on cleanroom surfaces and products to avoid re-entry into the air at a later time.
  • large volumes of air are flowed through the room, typically in a nested fashion, such that particles released into the cleanroom atmosphere will be quickly swept away. Structures which impede this process are either modified or eliminated.
  • gratings are substituted for solid shelving.
  • dust generators such as paper or boxes are strictly for precluded from entry.
  • the workers are clothed in special garments which not only contain the debris generated from the human body, but also are themselves resistant to particulate generation as a result of abrasion or wear.
  • the fabrics typically chosen include a high percentage of thermoplastic fibers, such as polyester, nylon, polypropylene and other related thermoplastic fibers and yarns, and are either of woven or knit construction.
  • Cleanroom garments and wipers have most recently incorporated edge treatment to control fraying.
  • Known edge treatments include a hem wherein a portion of the edge is folded back onto itself and into the body of the material to encapsulate the edge within a portion of the fabric material. This approach is effective in reducing particulate contamination, but requires expensive processing of the garment or wiper.
  • an edge can be treated by heat to fuse a portion of the area at the edge and a margin adjacent thereto.
  • Techniques for fusing edges and creating a boundary include the woven textile fabric and method and apparatus for making the same in U.S. Patent No. 4,534,819.
  • Disclosed therein is a woven textile fabric with at least 65% thermoplastic fibers having an edge which is ultrasonically sealed and cut to prevent the fraying of the edge.
  • Fabric made in accordance with the '819 invention has a border extending inward from the edge of between 1/100th to l/10th of an inch to encompass between 2 and 4 of either of the warp or filing yarns which extend parallel to. he cut edge.
  • U.S. Patents i ⁇ os. 4,560,427 and 4,610,750 disclose ultrasonic seal and cut methods and apparatus for sealing and cutting fabric having thermoplastic filaments.
  • the '427 and 750 techniques generate a sealed marginal area extending backward into the fabric from the edge.
  • the prior art also includes U.S. Patent No. 3,087,846 which discloses a method of trimming an edge sealing textile fabrics.
  • the '846 method incorporates a hot wire device which knives through a piece of thermoplastic fabric.
  • the '846 method cuts the fabric, creating opposed edges in two sub-pieces.
  • the '846 method includes sealing simply the immediate edges as well as melting or fusing a portion of the marginal areas surrounding the edges to create a fused border extending into the fabric a distance of 1/4 of an inch.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,888,229 discloses a wiper for use in a cleanroom.
  • the '229 wiper includes thermoplastic material having a fused border around the peripheral edges.
  • the '229 wiper is made from a sheet of fabric having thermoplastic material knit or woven therein.
  • the '229 wiper is fabricated by fusing regions within a fabric sheet of indeterminate size, thereafter, the individual wipers are cut from one another. Wipers made in accordance with the '229 method are fabricated from individual sheets which can be combined thereafter to create a wiper of one or more plys. Multi-ply wipers made from individual sheets require that the several plys be registered with one another prior to the generation of a fused border or marginal region.
  • Characteristic of the '229 wiper is fused border around the entire wiper periphery, since the wiper is made from a fabric sheet. Sheets are formed, for example, by slitting a knit fabric tube in a longitudinal direction. Therefore each edge in a wiper will incorporate a cut edge and will need edge treatment. Fused borders are also undesirable in that they are subject to failure unless they extend into the wiper a substantial distance, i.e. approximately 3/10 of an inch. The abrasiveness of the fused portion is likewise undesirable.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide for a multi-layer wiper for use in cleanrooms characterized by only two edges which require edge modification.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide for a wiper of the forgoing type in tubular form made by means of a circular knitting machine .
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide for a wiper of the foregoing type which is made with a method having a reduced number of fabrication steps.
  • a particulate free textile article adapted for use in a clean environment includes a tubular fabric having a plurality of thermoplastic fibers.
  • the tubular fabric has a diameter and a length.
  • the article has first and second sealed edges formed by opposed margin areas fused into the tubular fabric approximately perpendicular to the length and parallel to the tube diameter to form two plys.
  • Third and fourth opposed edges are of continuous fabric and are substantially perpendicular to said first and second edges.
  • a wiper for use in a cleanroom is made in accordance with a method that includes the steps of forming a tube of fabric having a plurality of thermoplastic fibers, with the fabric tube having a diameter and an indeterminate length. Opposed margin areas are fused in the fabric tube spaced from one another and approximately parallel to the flattened fabric tube width. The fused margin areas extend along the diameter and form two wiper plys. The method also includes the step of cutting the fused margin areas at a line extending the length thereof and positioned approximately midway therein.
  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is simplified schematic illustration of a method of manufacturing a wiper provided according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 is top illustration of a wiper made in accordance with the method outlined in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic, sectioned illustration of a portion of a wiper provided according to the present invention
  • Figs. 1 and 2 there is shown in schematic form a method of manufacture and a wiper 10 provided according to the present invention.
  • the wiper 10 is used in cleanroom or controlled environments as detailed hereinabove and is preferably comprised of continuous filament yarn polyester fabric.
  • Polyester, nylon or polypropylene continuous filament yarns are especially suited for cleanrooms as they tend to retain their knit integrity during use and are resistant to fiber shedding.
  • Polyester materials are burdened in that they are hydrophobic. Therefore, any absorbency of liquids is due to capillary action between the fibers as opposed to absorption by the fibers themselves. These materials also strike a balance between absorbancy and low particulate emission, and are also preferable in that amount of extractable matter, such as oil, is low and they are essentially inert to cleanroom chemicals.
  • a wiper fabric is formed on a circular knitting machine which knits continuous filament yarns into a tubular fabric having a single or double knit construction.
  • the tubular fabric output from the knitting machine has a diameter that is a function of the diameter of the knitting machine. It is well established that the economies of scale in fabric manufacture dictate that larger knitting machines be used.
  • the tubular fabric has a correspondingly large diameter.
  • Known knitting machines employed commercially have a diameter of approximately 30 inches.
  • the tubular fabric is flattened into a fabric structure having essentially two plys and wound onto take up reels.
  • the flattened tube of fabric is then provided to a cutting machine which longitudinally slits the tube of fabric to create a large sheet whose length is indeterminate, but whose width is approximately the magnitude of the circumference of the fabric tube.
  • a plurality of slit tubes are then assembled in registration with one another on a cutting table where the material is overlaid with a pattern and simply cut with a knife. For use in cleanrooms, it is preferable to have either a 12 inch or 9 inch square wiper. Thereafter, the fabric sheets are cut accordingly.
  • the individual sheets of fabric are presented to a machine which will generate a sealed edge and/or fused border.
  • Typical machines used to seal and cut sheet fabric include those described hereinabove and manufactured by the Branson Ultrasonics Corporation.
  • the large sheet from which the individual wipers are cut first have a pattern of thermoplastic regions fused therein, with a subsequent process for separating each individual wipers from one another.
  • To form a two ply wiper two or more sheets are placed in registration with one another before commencing with the above referenced sealing and cutting operation. Thereafter, the wipers are cleansed before final packaging.
  • the present wiper is knit from a polyester continuous filament yarn on a circular knitting machine whose diameter is greatly reduced as compared to commercially viable knitting machines. That is, the machine either produces a circular fabric tube of preferably either 12 or 9 inches in approximate flattened width which is stored upon a take-up reel 12.
  • the fabric tube output from the circular knitting machine is flattened into a "two ply" fabric 14 having a width approximately equal to 1/2 the circumference of the tube of fabric.
  • the fabric has a weight base of 140 gm/m 2 for both plys, with the peripheral edges 16 and 18 being continuous extensions of one ply with the other.
  • "ply" then refers to each of the two layers of the flattened tube.
  • the fabric 14 is preferably presented first to a rotary drum type sealer 20 to create a series of bonds between the two plys of the fabric.
  • a machine such as a manufactured by the Chase Machinery Company of Warwich, Rhode Island, that creates a series of small fused welds 22, approximately one millimeter in diameter spaced 5mm apart.
  • the machines are of a known type and are adapted to receive the two ply fabric of a reduced flattened width.
  • the sealed regions are approximately 0.5 inch in width.
  • the regions are also under a nominal pressure during a sealing cycle where the fabric is heated to 460° F for 5 seconds and cooled for 9 seconds for a total cycle time of about 14 seconds.
  • the machines are schematically shown in Fig. 1 as being discrete. However those skilled in the art will recognize that both operations may be accomplished by a single device. Also, the machines outlined in Fig. 1 further comprise such conventional gears motors and the like as is needed to accomplish the functions detailed herein.
  • Fused regions 28 and 30 are created in the tubular fabric of approximately 9 or 12 inches or any other chosen length apart preferably by resistive heater associated with the sealing machine 24. Alternatively, an ultrasonic type heater can be substituted.
  • the fused regions incorporate both plys.
  • the machine 26 separates wipers 32, 34 from one another along cut line 36. The wipers are two ply, approximately square and are rectangular if so desired and have only two fused ends with the remaining edges of continuous fabric.
  • the number of wiper edges which need modification in the present wiper are reduced by 50% over prior art wipers. This is important, as fused or sealed edges are prone to mechanical failure despite the addition of fused margins therewith. The reduction in the number of sealed edges, therefore, lead to significant reductions in particle or fiber generation due to tears in the fused margins when the wiper is in use. Also, abrasion of the product is reduced with a lower number of fused edges. There is a substantial increase of absorbancy with the present invention due to the additional layer of fabric providing greater capillary area. The expected increase of absorbancy is approximately between 50 and 75%.
  • the wiper provided according to the present invention is also characterized by a textured surface which allows better surface cleaning characteristics then conventional single layer polyester materials.
  • the present invention allows for cost savings in another area, as the weight base of the polyester can be adjusted. Moreover, due to the use of a fabric tube scrap is virtually eliminated. As is known, sheet fabric is first stacked before being cut into a pattern. In doing so the individual sheets become misaligned. Therefore, about several inches of material are automatically precut from each edge to assure uniformity in the final patterned wiper or other product. The precut material constitutes scrap, and is unavoidably generated when using sheet material. There is no need to precut the present wiper. A wiper fabricated in accordance with the present invention provides an immediate 5 to 10% cost savings over wipers such as the '229 wiper because of the avoidance of this wasteful fabrication step.
  • Fig. 3 is a simplified, sectional illustration of an edge portion 30 of wiper 32 provided according to the present invention. The wiper has been fabricated as described above creating a fused margin area 34 adjacent edge 36.
  • the fused margin area extends into the fabric of each of plys 38 and 40 by an amount selected to ensure the physical integrity of the edge during cleaning and use and to ensure that loose fibers remain encapsulated, unable to unravel and fray.
  • this margin will have an extent of up to ⁇ .4 inch in each ply. Therefore, the fused area in the fabric tube described above will be twice this value since the cut line which forms the edge 36 will lie midway therein.
  • the extent of heating of the fused area can be varied to include a complete liquefaction of the thermoplastic fibers in the margin area such that no filament or fiber structure remains. Care should be exercised in the selection of the fusing parameters to ensure that the margin areas are sufficiently fused. Light fusing may, depending upon material, result in an edge which will fail in normal use.
  • thermoplastic fibers in the fabric can be varied in accordance with the application.

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Chiffon de nettoyage (10) à utiliser dans des salles blanches et dans d'autres environnements contrôlés, fabriqué à l'aide d'un tube de tissu (14) tricoté plutôt qu'à l'aide d'un morceau de tissu. Ledit tube de tissu (14) est tricoté avec un diamètre approximativement égal à la dimension préféré du chiffon et est présenté directement à un appareil de soudage et de coupe. Le tissu (14) est fondu perpendiculairement à sa longueur de manière à former une séquence de bandes espacées (28, 30). Des chiffons individuels à deux épaisseurs sont séparés les uns des autres le long d'une ligne de coupe (36) située au milieu des bandes (28, 30). Lesdits chiffons sont caractérisés par des coûts moins élevés dus à un plus petit nombre d'étapes de fabrication et à une réduction de 50 % du nombre de bords de chiffon exigeant un traitement.
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WO1996014789A1 (fr) * 1994-11-14 1996-05-23 The Procter & Gamble Company Accessoire d'hygiene personnelle et procede de fabrication dudit accessoire
EP0824007A3 (fr) * 1996-08-13 1999-10-06 MELITTA HAUSHALTSPRODUKTE GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft Matière textile pour le nettoyage
WO2000022212A1 (fr) * 1998-10-09 2000-04-20 Recaro Gmbh & Co. Procede de production de tissus mailles avec des elements de fixation integres

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WO1996014789A1 (fr) * 1994-11-14 1996-05-23 The Procter & Gamble Company Accessoire d'hygiene personnelle et procede de fabrication dudit accessoire
EP0824007A3 (fr) * 1996-08-13 1999-10-06 MELITTA HAUSHALTSPRODUKTE GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft Matière textile pour le nettoyage
WO2000022212A1 (fr) * 1998-10-09 2000-04-20 Recaro Gmbh & Co. Procede de production de tissus mailles avec des elements de fixation integres
US6401496B1 (en) 1998-10-09 2002-06-11 Stefan Achter Method for producing knitted fabrics with integrated fasteners

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