# US 10,119,213 B2 · Binder-consolidated textile fabric, method for producing it, and use thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,119,213 B2 - Document ID: US10119213B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/825,225 - Filed: 2015-08-13 - Published: 2016-02-25 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-13 - Assignees: Johns Manville - Applicants: Johns Manville - Inventors: Bernhard Eckert; Ignacio Nuñez - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119213B2 ## CPC - D04H 1/587: characterised by the bonding agents used - C08L 3/02: Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin - C08L 33/08: Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic acid esters - C09D 103/02: Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin - C09D 133/08: Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic acid esters - C09J 103/02: Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin - C09J 125/08: Copolymers of styrene (C09J129/08, C09J135/06, C09J155/02 take precedence) - C09J 133/02: Homopolymers or copolymers of acids; Metal or ammonium salts thereof - C09J 135/00: Adhesives based on homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a carboxyl radical, and containing at least another carboxyl radical in the molecule, or of salts, anhydrides, esters, amides, imides or nitriles thereof; Adhesives based on derivatives of such polymers - D10B 2101/06: Glass - D10B 2503/04: Floor or wall coverings; Carpets - D10B 2503/041: Carpet backings - D10B 2505/20: for civil engineering, e.g. geotextiles - D04H: MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL (weaving D03; knitting D04B; braiding D04C; net-making D04G; sewing D05B; tufting D05C; finishing non-woven fabrics D06); FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING {; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION}(non-woven fabrics having an intermediate or external layer of a different kind, e.g. of woven fabric, B32B) - C08L: COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) - C09D: COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D) - C09J: ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (preparation of glue or gelatine C09H) - D10B: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES ## Abstract The invention relates to a novel binder system and its use for bonding textile fabrics as well as products containing such bonded textile fabrics. The materials according to the invention are suitable for the manufacture of base interlinings, optionally in combination with at least one further textile fabric, for coated sarking membranes, roofing sheets and water-proof sheetings, as a textile backing or a textile reinforcement in floorings, in particular in carpets and PVC floorings, or in facer, wall coating inside and outside of buildings as well as in furniture. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A binder system, comprising: polymerisates based on carboxylic acid, which have no low-molecular cross-linking agent, wherein an amount of polymerisates based on carboxylic acid is in a range from 30 to 70% by weight, a starch or a mixture of a plurality of starches, wherein the starch or the mixture of a plurality of starches are not the same as the polymerisates based on carboxylic acid and an amount of the starch or the mixture of the plurality of starches is in a range from 30 to 95% by weight, a catalyst, wherein an amount of the catalyst is up to 10% by weight, an adhesion promoter, wherein an amount of the adhesion promoter is up to 1% by weight, and additives, wherein an amount of the additives is up to 10% by weight, wherein the specified percentages by weight refer to the dry mass of the binder system, i.e., without water and the percentages by weight sum to 100% by weight. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, wherein the amount of polymerisates based on carboxylic acid is at least 15% by weight. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, wherein the amount of the starch or the mixture of the plurality of starches is at least 50% by weight. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, wherein the sum of the amount of polymerisates based on carboxylic acid and the amount of the starch or the mixture of the plurality of starches is at least 85% by weight. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The binder system according to claim 4, wherein the ratio (parts per weight) of the polymerisates based on carboxylic acid and the starch or the mixture of the plurality of starches is between 20:80 to 30:70. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, wherein the amount of the catalyst is at least 2% by weight. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, characterized in that the binder system is an aqueous dispersion or solution and the viscosity is 900 to 4000 mPa*s (determined according to DIN EN ISO 2555 and at 23° C.). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, characterized in that the polymerisates based on carboxylic acids still have unsaturated constituents and/or are available as a mixture with unsaturated monomeric carboxylic acid constituents. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The binder system according to claim 8, characterized in that the unsaturated monomeric carboxylic acid constituents are compounds capable of forming acrylates or polyacrylates. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, characterized in that the polymerisates based on carboxylic acids are polyacrylates based on acrylic acid, modified acrylic acid, maleic acid/maleic acid anhydride, styrene-maleic acid anhydride (SMA), or a combination thereof. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, characterized in that the polymerisates based on carboxylic acid have free carboxylic acid groups, the acid groups are bound covalently to the polymer backbone and the concentration of free carboxylic acid groups is 500 to 1000 mg KOH/g of solid. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, wherein the polymerisates based on carboxylic acid comprise an additional polyacrylate dispersion based on carboxylic acid, modified acrylic acid, maleic acid/maleic acid anhydride, styrene-maleic acid anhydride (SMA), or a combination thereof, wherein the additional polyacrylate dispersion is different from the polymerisates based on carboxylic acid with respect to its chemical composition and/or with respect to its physical properties, and the quantity of the additional polyacrylate dispersion is in a range of 1% to 10% by weight. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, characterized in that the binder system contains 0.1 to 10% by weight of catalyst, wherein the catalyst is based on alkaline phosphinate/alkaline earth phosphinate, alkali metal hypophosphites, alkali metal phosphites, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, characterized in that the binder system is an aqueous polymer dispersion or polymer solution and the solids content is between 40 to 60% by weight (determined according to DIN EN ISO 3251). ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) Use of the binder system according to claim 1 for the consolidation of textile fabrics, wherein an applied quantity is between 10 and 25% by weight of binder, after drying and with reference to the total weight of the textile fabric used. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A textile fabric which has been consolidated with the binder system according to claim 1, wherein the applied quantity of the binder system is between 10 and 25% by weight of binder, after drying and with reference to the total weight of the textile fabric used. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The textile fabric according to claim 16, characterized in that it is a textile fabric based on mineral fibers and/or glass fibers, the weight per unit area of which is between 25 and 90 g/m2. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The textile fabric according to claim 16, characterized in that it is a textile fabric based on spunbonded non-woven fabrics, the weight per unit area of which is between 40 and 250 g/m2. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) Use of the textile fabric according to claim 16 as a base interlining, optionally in combination with at least one further textile fabric, for coated sarking membranes, roofing sheets and water-proof sheetings, as a textile backing or a textile reinforcement in floorings or in facer, wall coating inside and outside of buildings as well as in furniture. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The binder system according to claim 1, wherein the starch or mixture of a plurality of starches consists essentially of natural starch, wherein the nature starch consists essentially of amylose and amylopectin.