Method for producing air-permeable composite sheet
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B29C-055/02
B01D-069/12
B01D-039/16
C08J-005/18
C08J-009/40
B01D-067/00
B01D-071/36
B29C-055/04
B29C-055/12
B29K-027/18
B29K-105/00
B29K-105/04
B29L-031/14
출원번호
US-0124498
(2009-10-16)
등록번호
US-9138690
(2015-09-22)
우선권정보
JP-2008-268846 (2008-10-17)
국제출원번호
PCT/JP2009/067894
(2009-10-16)
§371/§102 date
20110718
(20110718)
국제공개번호
WO2010/044456
(2010-04-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Manabe, Hiroshi
출원인 / 주소
W. L. Gore & Associates, Co., Ltd.
대리인 / 주소
Miller, Amy L.
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초록▼
It is an objective of the present invention to provide a method for producing an air-permeable composite sheet which has excellent mechanical strength and compression resistance as well as PTFE's innate property such as air-permeability, water repellency, heat resistance and chemical resistance; and
It is an objective of the present invention to provide a method for producing an air-permeable composite sheet which has excellent mechanical strength and compression resistance as well as PTFE's innate property such as air-permeability, water repellency, heat resistance and chemical resistance; and a filter and a fabrics material containing the air-permeable composite sheet produced by the method as a constituent material. The method for producing an air-permeable composite sheet according to the present invention is characterized in comprising steps of filling pores of a porous PTFE sheet with a hardenable material solution; hardening or semi-hardening the porous PTFE sheet filled with the hardenable material solution; and expanding the hardened or semi-hardened porous PTFE sheet.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for producing one of an air-permeable filter and an air-permeable fabrics material comprising, as a constituent material, an air-permeable composite sheet, said method comprising: filling pores of a porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheet with a hardenable material solution comprisin
1. A method for producing one of an air-permeable filter and an air-permeable fabrics material comprising, as a constituent material, an air-permeable composite sheet, said method comprising: filling pores of a porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheet with a hardenable material solution comprising a hardenable material;hardening or semi-hardening the porous PTFE sheet filled with the hardenable material solution to increase compression resistance and mechanical strength of the air-permeable composite sheet; andexpanding the hardened or semi-hardened porous PTFE sheet, after said hardening or semi-hardening step, to increase porousness of the hardened or semi-hardened porous PTFE sheet, wherein the expanding step re-generates continuous holes through the composite sheet, and wherein the hardenable material is present on the parts of the surface of the pores of the PTFE sheet and the PTFE sheet is exposed in other parts to provide water repellency on the exposed other parts. 2. The production method according to claim 1, further comprising: re-hardening the expanded porous PTFE sheet. 3. The production method according to claim 1, wherein an expanding ratio is set to not less than 1.1 times and not more than 20 times in the step of expanding the hardened or semi-hardened porous PTFE sheet. 4. The production method according to claim 1, wherein a silicon alkoxide compound is used as the hardenable material. 5. The production method according to claim 1, wherein the PTFE sheet has a porosity of not less than 30%, and a thickness of not less than 10 μm. 6. The production method according to claim 1, wherein the PTFE sheet has a porosity of not less than 70%, and a thickness of not less than 20 μm and not more than 200 μm. 7. The production method according to claim 1, further comprising: filling pores of at least one additional PTFE sheet with said hardenable material solution; andlaminating all of the porous PTFE sheets together. 8. The production method according to claim 1, wherein a concentration of the hardenable material in the hardenable material solution is not less than about 20 wt. %. 9. The production method according to claim 1, wherein the hardenable material solution further comprises: metal oxide particles. 10. The production method according to claim 9, wherein the metal oxide particles have an average particle diameter of not more than 200 μm. 11. The production method according to claim 9, wherein a ratio of the amount of the metal oxide particles to the hardenable material solution is not less than 10% by mass. 12. The production method according to claim 1, wherein the hardening step comprises heat treatment of porous PTFE sheet filled with the hardenable material solution. 13. The production method according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of the hardenable material contained in the composite sheet is not less than about 10% by mass. 14. A method for producing one of an air-permeable filter and an air-permeable fabrics material comprising, as a constituent material, an air-permeable composite sheet, said method comprising: filling pores of a porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheet with a hardenable material solution comprising a hardenable material;hardening or semi-hardening the porous PTFE sheet filled with the hardenable material solution to increase compression resistance and mechanical strength of the air-permeable composite sheet; andexpanding the hardened or semi-hardened porous PTFE sheet, after said hardening or semi-hardening step, to increase porousness of the hardened or semi-hardened porous PTFE sheet, wherein the expanding step re-generates continuous holes through the composite sheet, wherein the hardenable material is present on the parts of the surface of the pores of the PTFE sheet and the PTFE sheet is exposed in other parts to provide water repellency on the exposed other parts, and wherein an expanding ratio is set to not less than 1.1 times and not more than 20 times in the step of expanding; andre-hardening the expanding porous PTFE sheet. 15. The production method according to claim 14 wherein the PTFE sheet has a porosity of not less than 70%, and a thickness of not less than 20 μm and not more than 200 μm. 16. The production method according to claim 15, wherein a concentration of the hardenable material in the hardenable material solution is not less than about 20 wt. %. 17. The production method according to claim 16, wherein the hardenable material solution further comprises: metal oxide particles, wherein the metal oxide particles have an average particle diameter of not more than 200 μm. 18. The production method according to claim 17, wherein a ratio of the amount of the metal oxide particles to the hardenable material solution is not less than 10% by mass. 19. The production method according to claim 2, wherein the hardening step comprises heat treatment of porous PTFE sheet filled with the hardenable material solution, and wherein the rehardening step comprises heat treatment of the expanded and hardened or semi-hardened porous PTFE sheet.
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