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US 11,767,674 B2Granted
Synthetic fabric having slip resistant properties and method of making same
AssigneeFT Synthetics Inc.
InventorGurpreet Singh Sandhar
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Abstract
A synthetic nonwoven fabric having bonded fibers forming channels surrounding unbonded fibers forming raised slip resistant spots. The fabric is made by extruding hot polymer through a spinneret die onto a moving belt to form a sheet of random fibers, which sheet undergoes a calendering process between a pair of heated rollers, one of which rollers having a plurality of cavities defined in its surface. The resulting fabric can be laminated and otherwise combined with other layers as desired to provide an end product having good slip resistant properties.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a roof deck;
- a plurality of roofing shingles;
- and
- a roofing membrane installed above the roof deck,
- wherein the roofing membrane comprises:
- a calendered sheet;
- a resin lamination layer;
- and
- a scrim layer;
- and
- wherein the calendered sheet comprises a polymer resin;
- wherein the calendered sheet comprises:
- a) a plurality of elevated portions of random unbonded fibers, and
- b) bonded fibers in channels between the plurality of elevated portions;
- wherein the resin lamination layer:
- a) is between the calendered sheet and scrim layer, and
- b) extends at least from a first end of the calendered sheet to a second end of the calendered sheet opposite the first end, and
- wherein the scrim layer extends at least from the first end of the calendered sheet to the second end of the calendered sheet,
- wherein the roofing membrane is between the plurality of roofing shingles and the roof deck.
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A system, comprising:
- a roof deck;
- at least one roofing shingle;
- and
- a roofing membrane,
- wherein the roofing membrane comprises:
- a calendered sheet;
- a resin lamination layer;
- and
- a scrim layer;
- and
- wherein the calendered sheet comprises a resin;
- wherein the calendered sheet comprises:
- a plurality of elevated portions of random unbonded fibers, and
- bonded fibers in channels between the plurality of elevated portions;
- wherein the resin lamination layer:
- is between the calendered sheet and scrim layer, and extends at least from a first end of the calendered sheet to a second end of the calendered sheet opposite the first end, and
- wherein the scrim layer extends at least from the first end of the calendered sheet to the second end of the calendered sheet,
- wherein the roofing membrane is between the at least one roofing shingle and the roof deck.
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