Dust control mat
OwnerTerence Hedleyinventor
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Abstract
A washable floor mat has a textile layer (1) and a backing layer (2). The textile layer (1) includes a spacer fabric having a first fabric layer (3), a second fabric layer (4) and an intermediate pile layer (5) that interconnects and spaces the first and second fabric layers.
Claims23
1-31. (canceled)
A dust control mat having a textile layer and a backing layer, wherein the backing layer is made of rubber, and wherein the textile layer comprises a spacer fabric having (a) a first fabric layer that forms the upper surface of the mat, said first fabric layer comprising a mesh having a number of openings, (b) a second fabric layer that forms the lower surface of the textile layer, said second fabric layer having a substantially closed structure and being bonded to the rubber backing layer, and (c) an intermediate pile layer that interconnects and spaces said first and second fabric layers.
A method of manufacturing a dust control mat, the method including the steps of (a) providing a textile layer, the textile layer comprising a spacer fabric having a first fabric layer comprising a mesh having a number of openings, a second fabric layer having a substantially closed structure, and an intermediate pile layer that interconnects and spaces said first fabric layer and said second fabric layer;
- (b) providing a backing layer made of rubber;
- and (c) bonding the backing layer to the second fabric layer by vulcanization in a heated press, such that the first fabric layer becomes the face of said dust control mat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.