Preparing permanently embossed, highly porous wallpapers
AssigneeMontedison S.p.A.
InventorsVittorio Ciaccia, Paolo Parrini
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Abstract
Permanently embossed, highly porous wallpapers are produced by preparing a sheet from a mixture of up to 90% by weight of cellulose fibers and at least 10% by weight of fibrils of at least one thermoplastic polymer, and subjecting the sheet, in any order, to the following operations: (a) embossing at a temperature lower than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic fiber; and (b) heating at a temperature equal to or higher than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic polymer. The term "fibrils" refers to elongated structures in the form of films or fibers of varying length comprised between about 1.0 mm and about 50 mm and the minor diameter or dimension of which is comprised between about 1.0 and 400 micron.
Claims4
Process for the preparation of permanently embossed, highly porous wallpaper, which process comprises:
- (1) preparing a sheet from a mixture comprising up to 90% by weight of cellulose fibers and at least 10% by weight of fibrils of at least one thermoplastic polymer, said fibrils having a surface area greater than 1 m.sup.2 /g, and
- (2) subjecting the sheet to the following operations (a) and (b), in whatever sequence:
- (a) embossing the sheet while the sheet is at a temperature lower than the softening temperature of said thermoplastic polymer,
- (b) heating the sheet while the sheet is at a temperature equal to or higher than the softening temperature of said thermoplastic polymer, for a time sufficient to melt at least a part of the fibrils incorporated in the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.