Cloth-like synthetic textiles

摘要

An embossing and texturizing system capable of imparting a natural cloth-like surface to a flexible thermoplastic material or film simultaneously to either or both of its two exterior surfaces, through the use of a unique device and technique combining metal rolls, metal and rubber rolls, and embossing and texturizing fabric rolls into an embossing system creating the desired visual and tactile feel of natural fabrics as well as additional performance characteristics. The embossing and texturizing system embosses and texturizes the exterior surface of the flexible thermoplastic material or film by selectively altering the exterior surface, and therefore, the film can be embossed simultaneously on either or both of its two exterior surfaces (face and reverse) without necessitating major interruption or adjustment of the system. The use of the embossing and texturizing mechanism and its alignment to the core and stabilizing reinforcing substrate enables the exterior texturized surface and the bottom side exterior texturized surface to be identical in all manner.

主权项

1. An embossed and textured flexible thermoplastic composite, comprising:
(a) a flexible thermoplastic top layer having an exterior face side and an interior reverse side, (b) a multi-phase adhesive layer, (c) a core reinforcing layer having a face and reverse side, (d) a multi-phase adhesive layer and (e) a flexible thermoplastic bottom layer having an exterior face side and an interior reverse side; wherein the exterior face side of the top layer and the exterior face side of the bottom layer have an embossed texture having a woven fabric pattern of 1-80 yarns per inch in the warp and fill directions and 70-2000 denier in thickness in the warp and fill directions.