31-01-2019 дата публикации
Номер: US20190031882A1
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A method is disclosed for treating a fabric () to improve its mechanical properties, comprising coating the fabric () with a liquid suspension of particles (), and then drying the fabric (). A fabric () comprising a woven or knitted arrangement of fibres () is disclosed, at least some of the fibres () being coated with particles (), wherein the particles () comprise a surface treatment () to make the particles () hydrophobic. 140-. (canceled)41. A method of treating a fabric to improve its properties , comprising coating the fabric with a liquid suspension of particles , and then drying the fabric , wherein the liquid suspension comprises an organic non-polar solvent , and the particles comprise a surface treatment to make the particles hydrophobic.42. The method of claim 41 , wherein coating the fabric comprises one of:(i) spray coating the fabric with the liquid suspension; and(ii) depositing between 0.1% and 10% by weight of the dry particles, as a fraction of the total fabric weight after treatment.43. The method of any of claim 42 , comprising applying a further surface coating to the treated fabric.44. The method of claim 43 , wherein the further surface coating comprises polymeric material and represents less than 5% of the total fabric by weight.45. The method of claim 41 , wherein the fabric comprises at least one of: aramid fibres claim 41 , carbon fibres claim 41 , ultra-high molecular weight polymer fibres claim 41 , glass fibres claim 41 , wool fibres claim 41 , cotton fibres.46. The method of claim 41 , wherein the organic non-polar solvent comprises Xylene claim 41 , Pentane claim 41 , Cyclopentane claim 41 , Hexane claim 41 , Cyclohexane claim 41 , Benzene claim 41 , Toluene claim 41 , 1 claim 41 ,4-Dioxane claim 41 , Chloroform claim 41 , Diethyl ether claim 41 , Dichloromethane.47. The method of claim 41 , wherein the surface treatment is derived from dodecenylsuccinic anhydride claim 41 , DDSA.48. The method of claim 41 , comprising surface ...
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