Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
428091000 | Nap type surface | 50 |
20080280094 | CLEANING AND PERSONAL CARE ARTICLES - A textile sheet element having selectively applied arrays of surface projection elements defining raised zones across an active surface for cleaning and/or personal care, The textile sheet element is adapted for use by itself and/or for attachment to a user manipulated support with or without a handle such as a mop head or the like. | 11-13-2008 |
20080292831 | TUFTED PET FIBER FOR AUTOMOTIVE CARPET APPLICATIONS - A tufted PET carpet assembly and a method of forming the same. The carpet assembly comprising a face layer comprised of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) yarn comprised of PET fibers and tufted at a pre-determined gauge, the face layer having a face weight, a first backing layer adjacent the face layer, and a first back coating layer adjacent the first backing layer. A method of forming a tufted PET carpet assembly with PET yarn comprising the steps of tufting the PET yarn at a pre-determined gauge onto a backing, applying a back coating to the tufted PET via extrusion to lock the tufted PET to the backing, and applying heat to the tufted PET to enhance the look and feel of the PET. | 11-27-2008 |
20080292832 | Structural component in the form of a heat shield - The invention relates to a structural component in the form of a heat shield, consisting of at least two interconnected structural layers, of which one structural layer ( | 11-27-2008 |
20090053460 | Method for producing a ductile tufted product, a ductile tufted product, particularly a ductile tufted top carpet layer, particularly for the automobile interior area - The invention is intended to provide a simple and economical method for producing a ductile tufted product, particularly a tufted upper carpet layer that is particularly ductile, in particular for the automotive interior area. For this purpose, a melt-blown non-woven fabric is placed on a ductile polyester tufted backing and the melt-blown non-woven fabric and the polyester tufted backing are tufted together. | 02-26-2009 |
20090075018 | COLORED POLYAMIDE FIBER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A colored polyamide fiber composed of a polyamide resin, a pigment, a coupling agent and a compound represented by the following formula I: | 03-19-2009 |
20090130371 | Leather-Like Sheet and Production Method Thereof - A leather-like sheet excellent in repulsive feeling is provided by a leather-like sheet substantially including a fibrous material which is a leather-like sheet in which a staple fiber nonwoven fabric (A) in which ultra-fine fibers of an average single fiber fineness of 0.0001 to 0.5 dtex and an average fiber length of 1 to 10 cm are entangled with each other and a woven or knitted fabric (B) including a conjugate fiber in which two or more polyesters are disposed in side-by-side or eccentric sheath-core relationship are laminated. | 05-21-2009 |
20090239026 | WAVE-LIKE STRUCTURES BONDED TO FLAT SURFACES IN UNITIZED COMPOSITES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME - A simplified manufacturing technique to directly form a unitized composite structure with at least one relatively flat surface and at least one sinuous element in an internally-bonded unitized composite is provided. A matrix of fibrous and or other materials is deposited in layers which are subsequently formed into corrugated or wave-like shapes and exposed to an activation step. At least one element is composed of a contractive material which shrinks when activated, such as by heating in an oven, to become relatively flat and optionally bonded to at least one other non-contractive layer which remains in a sinuous shape after the activation step. | 09-24-2009 |
20090258182 | Artificial sueded leather being excellent in flame retardance and method of producing the same - It is intended to provide a novel artificial sueded leather having flame retardance, which is excellent inflame retardance, light resistance and abrasion resistance, suffers from no water spot and is free from any halogenated chemical (i.e., one having been treated with a so-called non-halogenated flame retardant), and a method of producing the same. The above artificial sueded leather comprises a thermoplastic synthetic fiber cloth made of a woven fabric, a knitted web or a nonwoven fabric, which has a raised-fiber or napped-fiber surface and has been impregnated with a polyurethane resin, and a flame retardant which contains at least a phosphate compound A having a solubility in water of 1% or less, a vinyl group-containing resin C capable of forming a carbonization skeleton in burning and a water-insoluble thickener D and is imparted to one face of the thermoplastic synthetic fiber cloth. A method of producing the artificial sueded leather as described above comprises imparting an flame retardant, which contains at least a phosphate compound A having a solubility in water of 1% or less, a vinyl group-containing resin C capable of forming a carbonization skeleton in burning and a water-insoluble thickener D, to one face of a thermoplastic synthetic fiber cloth made of a woven fabric, a knitted web or a nonwoven fabric which has a raised-fiber or napped-fiber surface and has been impregnated with a polyurethane resin. | 10-15-2009 |
20090258183 | LAMINATE FOR DIAPER CLOSURE - A laminate usable as a diaper closure has a pair of generally contiguous outer fleece layers having longitudinally extending and parallel outer edges and a core layer of foil of LP or LLP polyethylene extending between the outer layers substantially a full width of the outer layers between the edges. The foil has a thickness between 5 μm and 20 μm. Bonds are provided between the core layer and each of the outer layers. The laminate has regions activated by stretching and in which the laminate is semielastric, and unactivated regions in which the laminate is not stretchy. | 10-15-2009 |
20090274862 | Leather-Like Sheet And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - A leather-like sheet composed of a microfine-fiber entangled body made of bundles of microfine fibers and an elastic polymer impregnated therein. The bundles of microfine fibers are composed of microfine monofibers having an average cross-sectional area of 0.1 to 30 μm | 11-05-2009 |
20090291250 | Artificial Leather, Base to be Used in the Leather, and Processes for Production of Both - A sheet of an artificial leather substrate contains an upper-layer nonwoven fabric A ( | 11-26-2009 |
20100015383 | CLEANING SHEET - Conventional cleaning sheets having brush parts provided on a surface of substratum sheet have been satisfactory in the trapping of dirt or dust at the brush parts but unsatisfactory in the trapping of dirt or dust at areas between brush parts where no brush is present. It is intended to provide a cleaning sheet with which any dirt or dust having sneaked through areas between brush parts and remaining untrapped can be trapped by brush parts provided in alternately positioning relationship adjacent to the brush parts, thereby attaining effective cleaning. The cleaning sheet comprises a sheet substratum and, disposed on at least one major surface thereof, multiple brush part lines each provided with multiple brush parts arranged intermittently along one direction of the sheet substratum, the multiple brush part lines arranged in a direction intersecting with the one direction, and that mutually adjacent brush part lines are provided so that the respective brush parts are alternately positioned. | 01-21-2010 |
20100028591 | LAMINATED BODY FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A laminated body for a vehicle includes a surface material, a cushion material, and a backing cloth that are stacked. The backing cloth is formed by stacking a plurality of short fibers so that the short fibers are oriented in different directions that cross each other, and then, three-dimensionally interlacing the short fibers with each other. | 02-04-2010 |
20100047513 | FLAMEPROOF UNION FABRIC FOR CHAIR UPHOLSTERY - A union fabric comprising 6 to 60% by weight of a polyester fiber (A), 35 to 85% by weight of a halogen-containing fiber (B), and 5 to 55% by weight of a cellulose fiber (C) in which fabric the warp comprises weaving yarn containing the polyester fiber and the weft comprises flameproof chenille yarn and other weaving yarn, with the chenille yarn containing 10 to 70% by weight of halogen and 1 to 35% by weight of a flame retardant consisting of a metal compound, and in which fabric the content of the warp-constituting weaving yarn containing the polyester fiber is 20 to 40% by weight and those of the weft-constituting flameproof chenille yarn and the weft-constituting other weaving yarn are 35 to 70% by weight and 10 to 45% by weight respectively. This union fabric is excellent in design, texture, comfortableness in use. | 02-25-2010 |
20100055381 | Sheet Material - A sheet material consisting of a three-dimensional knitted fabric is disclosed. The three-dimensional knitted fabric includes: a surface ground weave having a napped open-lap knit texture; a backside ground weave having an open-lap knit texture; and a connecting yarn connecting the surface ground weave to the backside ground weave. | 03-04-2010 |
20100062208 | COMPLIANT BASE TO INCREASE CONTACT FOR MICRO- OR NANO-FIBERS - A fabricated microstructure includes a substrate, a primary fiber, and a plurality of base fibers. The primary fiber has a width less than about 5 microns. Each base fiber of the plurality of base fibers has a first end attached to the primary fiber and a second end attached to the substrate. Each base fiber has a width less than the width of the primary fiber. | 03-11-2010 |
20100080950 | Aroma-therapeutic bedding set - The object of the invention is an aroma-therapeutic bedding set comprising a filling consisting of fibre fleece layers, made of natural or synthetic fibres or a mixture thereof, or fibres placed in an outside ticking, and containing preferably evenly distributed dried and cut herbs embedded in the fibres, or between the layers and embedded in the fibres of the layers. | 04-01-2010 |
20100112273 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOFT, RESISTANT AND BULKY NONWOVEN AND NONWOVEN THUS OBTAINED - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing nonwoven and nonwoven obtainable by said method. Particularly, the invention relates to a nonwoven provided with improved tactile and absorbent characteristics, which make it suitable for use in the field of surface cleaning, personal hygiene, or formation of garments. The method is based on the use of lobed spunbonded filaments which have been treated by means of thickening means. | 05-06-2010 |
20100129592 | POLISHING CLOTH AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The polishing cloth of the present invention is a polishing cloth, having ultrafine fibers on its surface, of which number average single fiber fineness is 1×10 | 05-27-2010 |
20100247842 | Leather decorative plate and its manufacturing method - A leather decorative plate comprises a leather layer that is provided with a thermoplastic PU layer on its inner surface. The thermoplastic PU layer is bent to form a space. A method for manufacturing the leather decorative plate comprises the steps of attaching a thermoplastic PU layer to the inner surface of a leather layer, placing the two layers into a mold for proceeding with heating and pressing procedures and softening the thermoplastic PU layer to shape simultaneously the leather layer and the thermoplastic PU layer, forming a space defined by the inner surface of the thermoplastic PU layer for covering directly the surface of a 3C product. In practice, the thermoplastic layer and the leather layer can be heated in advance and then are put into the mold to be pressed to form a faceplate. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247843 | FLAME-RETARDANT LEATHER-LIKE SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a flame-retardant leather-like sheet having a soft hand, excellent surface touch and excellent appearance, which includes an entangled nonwoven fabric of microfine polyester fibers having an average single-fiber fineness of 0.5 dtex or less, and an elastic polymer contained inside the nonwoven fabric, wherein a flame-retardant is exhausted into the elastic polymer and wherein a flame retarder solution containing bubbles forcibly formed is applied to a back surface of the leather-like sheet so that the flame retarder is present in a region extending from the back surface to an inside of the leather-like sheet but is not present on side of a front surface of the leather-like sheet. | 09-30-2010 |
20100316833 | MULTI-LAYER COMPOSITE MATERIALS COMPRISING A PLASTIC OR METAL FOIL, CORRESPONDING METHOD OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF - Multi-layer composite materials comprising a plastic or metal foil, corresponding method of production and use thereof | 12-16-2010 |
20100316834 | MULTI-LAYER COMPOSITE MATERIALS COMPRISING A CELLULOSE-CONTAINING LAYER, CORRESPONDING METHOD OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF - Multi-layer composite materials comprising a cellulose-containing layer, corresponding method of production and use thereof | 12-16-2010 |
20110020590 | SPLIT LEATHER PRODUCT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - An aspect of the invention is a split leather product provided with a base material comprising split leather, and a skin layer laminated on a surface of the base material. The skin layer comprises a composite body of an entangled nonwoven fabric formed from microfine fibers, and a polymeric elastomer that impregnates the gaps in the entangled nonwoven fabric. The entangled nonwoven fabric in such a split leather product has the effect of increasing physical strength without detracting from a leather-like texture, in the same way as the longitudinally and transversally crisscrossing collagen fibers in the reticular layer. It is thus possible to obtain a split leather product that resembles leather not only in outward appearance but also in the feel derived from wrinkles and the like resulting when the leather is bent. | 01-27-2011 |
20110039055 | BASE MATERIAL FOR ARTIFICIAL LEATHER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A substrate for artificial leather comprising a nonwoven fabric of bundles of microfine filaments. The substrate for artificial leather simultaneously satisfies the following requirements 1 to 4: (1) the bundle of microfine filaments comprises 8 to 70 microfine filaments having a cross-sectional shape of nearly circle; (2) the bundle of microfine filaments has a cross-sectional area of 170 to 700 μm | 02-17-2011 |
20110045231 | LEATHER-LIKE SHEET AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - This invention provides a leather-like sheet excellent in hand softness and appearance durability, as a composite sheet consisting of a nonwoven fabric composed of ultrafine long fibers in which ultrafine fibers with a fiber fineness of 0.0001 to 0.5 dtex are entangled with each other, and a woven or knitted fabric, characterized in that at least some of the aforementioned ultrafine fibers pass through the woven or knitted fabric, that the appearance is grade 3 or higher while the abrasion loss is 10 mg or less in the evaluation of abrasion resistance, and that the sheet is substantially composed of only a fiber material of a non-elastic polymer. | 02-24-2011 |
20110052860 | DOUBLE-FACE VELOUR FABRIC ARTICLES HAVING IMPROVED DYNAMIC INSULATION PERFORMANCE - A double-face velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a filament loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a heat shrinkable material, and/or an elastomeric material, such as spandex. The fabric body has a velour surface formed at both the technical back and the technical face. Raised fibers of at least one of the technical face and the technical back may be entangled, including in and/or through interstices of the fabric body, toward the other of the technical face and the technical back, e.g., by a hydroentanglement process applied after finishing. The fabric body has permeability of about 80 ft | 03-03-2011 |
20110059288 | FLANNEL SHEETING FABRIC FOR USE IN HOME TEXTILES - Polyester yarns are knit on a warp knitting machine to make a base greige fabric. In a subsequent step, mechanical napping or brushing applied to both sides of the greige fabric. | 03-10-2011 |
20110117312 | ANTI-SKIDDING STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOBILE FOOT MAT - An anti-skidding structure is provided for an automobile foot mat, including an upper surface layer and an anti-skidding material bonded to a bottom. The surface layer can be made versatile by being formed of various substances, including a foaming substance, a carpet, thermoplastic elastomer, anti-skidding thermoplastic rubber, or polyvinylchloride to enhance the adaptability thereof. The bottom anti-skidding material includes a plurality of minute synthetic yarns. The layers are bonded together through application of adhesives or employing thermal fusion molding techniques. The structure provides an effect of touch-fastening to any type of carpet for resistance against relative skidding therebetween and does not cause any damage to the carpet when being separated. Thus, the foot mat is provided with excellent effect of anti-skidding and driving safety for automobiles in which the foot mat including the touch-fastening anti-skidding structure is placed can be improved. | 05-19-2011 |
20110177282 | WOOL BLEND VELOUR FABRIC - A wool blend velour fabric article ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110200783 | CELLULOSIC STAPLE FIBER AND ITS USE - The present invention relates to the use of a multilobal cellulosic staple fiber as a filling fiber. Furthermore, the invention relates to a cellulosic staple fiber which is characterized in that | 08-18-2011 |
20110262682 | KNITTED GEOTEXTILE, AND GEOTEXTILE TUBE CONSTRUCTED THEREOF - A geotextile for sediment dewatering and containment has a pattern of oriented warp fibers positioned substantially parallel to each other, a pattern of oriented weft inserted fibers positioned substantially parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the oriented warp fibers, a nonwoven fleece, and oriented knitting fibers that interconnect the warp fibers, the weft fibers, and the nonwoven fleece as a knitted structure. Because of the knitted configuration, the load bearing warp fibers and weft fibers remain substantially straight rather than interlaced as in a woven product. Consequently, the load bearing warp fibers and weft fibers take up stress immediately, thereby giving higher performance at lower strain. Because the load bearing warp fibers and weft fibers are substantially straight, they also retain their permeability under loading. Since more water flows through and from the geotextile, even when fully loaded, the dewatering process is both faster and safer to complete | 10-27-2011 |
20120027986 | CARRIER REINFORCED HEAT ACTIVATED ADHESIVE COMPOUNDS - The invention relates to an adhesive film comprising a fleece carrier (T) and two layers made of heat activated adhesive compounds ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120058295 | ADHESIVE FASTENING PART - An adhesive fastening part, with a flat carrier part ( | 03-08-2012 |
20120156416 | PILLING-RESISTANT ARTIFICIAL LEATHER - An artificial leather is provided having a raised nap to give an elegant appearance, and further has a good pilling-resistance without affecting the spinning performance. The pilling-resistant artificial leather is a sheet-form object including a microfiber having a monofilament diameter of 0.3 to 10 μm and a polymeric elastomer, and having a raised nap made of the microfiber. The microfiber includes inorganic particles in a proportion of 0.01 to 5% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the microfiber, and a silicone oil in a proportion of 0.001 to 1% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the microfiber. The microfiber contains a polyester microfiber in a proportion of 90% by mass or more thereof. | 06-21-2012 |
20120219751 | PILE FABRIC AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A pile fabric whose pile fibers are prevented from falling off without impairing the texture by fusing only a specific area of the pile fabric. The pile fabric has a ground structure and pile fibers that are intertwined with ground yarns and napped on a front surface of the ground structure. The pile fibers including acrylic fibers and/or acrylic-based fibers and have a softening point lower than a softening point of the ground structure fibers, and are intertwined with the ground yarns. At least part of the pile fibers located outside of the ground yarns are fused but the pile fibers napped on the front surface of the ground structure are not fused. A method of producing a pile fabric includes a contact heating/pressurization step at a temperature equal to or higher than the softening point of the pile fibers and lower than the softening point of the ground structure fibers. | 08-30-2012 |
20120263911 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PILLING REDUCTION - An apparatus for reducing pilling on a piece of garment/fabric includes at least one holding member adapted to secure the piece of garment/fabric, a rotatable brush member adapted to brush on the piece of garment/fabric until loose fibres of the garment/fabric migrates to a surface of the garment/fabric to form a layer of pillable fuzz, a shaving member adapted to remove the layer of pillable fuzz on the piece of garment/fabric, and a control unit adapted to control movement of the rotatable brush member and the shaving member. | 10-18-2012 |
20130022776 | LEATHER-LIKE SHEET - Disclosed is a leather-like sheet including a fiber bundle entangled body which is an entangled body of a fiber bundle of ultrafine filaments. A fiber occupancy (A | 01-24-2013 |
20130101781 | WOVEN AND KNITTED FABRICS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES AND CORE SPUN YARNS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A woven or knitted fabric with improved properties is formed of core spun yarns each including a (i) core yarn of polyester filaments, mechanical stretch polyester filaments, fire retardant polyester filaments, spandex filaments, high strength polyester filaments, nylon filaments, mechanical stretch nylon filaments, kevlar filaments, polypropylene filaments or a combination thereof; and (ii) a wrapper of cotton staple fibers, polyester staple fibers, rayon staple fibers, modal staple fibers, fire retardant staple fibers or a blend thereof. The fabric may be produced by ring spun, open-end or vortex. The fabric may be produced by different weaving and knitting methods. Regular yarns are mixed in the fabric. | 04-25-2013 |
20130129964 | Knitted Fabric for Hook-and-Loop Fastener | 05-23-2013 |
20130183480 | Fabrics Containing Multi-Groove Fibers - Fabric having a fabric body defines a first surface and an opposite second surface, with at least one of the first and second surfaces incorporating fibers having an axial core surrounded by a multiplicity of radially extending, axially-elongated whiskers. The whiskers are separated by axially-extending grooves. The fibers have denier of about | 07-18-2013 |
20130189473 | TOWELS OF MICRO FIBERS OF POLYESTER/POLYAMIDE BI-COMPONENTS AND THE METHOD OF MAKING - A fabric with polyester/polyamide bi-components microfibers may include a warp knitted double-sided base fabric with polyester/polyamide bi-components microfibers that is treated by a chemical splitting process. Both sides of the double-sided base fabric may have at least 10 loop piles per square centimeter. Each loop pile may have at least one single thread loop. The bottom of the loop piles may be connected to the base fabric. The loops may be arranged orderly to form a planar structure that has the feature that the loop piles on one side of the base fabric may have plush-like structures at the top sections. The loops may be fractured by sanding the loops with a sand paper of 200-600 grits at about 1/10 to 5/10 of a thickness of the loop piles to form the plush-like structures. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189474 | CELLULOSIC STAPLE FIBER AND ITS USE - The present invention relates to the use of a multilobal cellulosic staple fiber as a filling fiber. Furthermore, the invention relates to a cellulosic staple fiber which is characterized in that | 07-25-2013 |
20130309439 | Fibrous Nonwoven Web with Uniform, Directionally-Oriented Projections and a Process and Apparatus for Making the Same - A process and apparatus is used for making a fibrous nonwoven web with uniform, directionally-oriented projections by depositing fibrous material onto a first forming surface with holes positioned above a second forming surface with both forming surfaces traveling at different speeds to one another. As the fibers are deposited onto the first forming surface, a portion of the fibers are drawn down into the holes of the first forming surface forming the projections which contact the second forming surface. Due to the speed differential between the two forming surfaces the projections are uniformly skewed in the same direction. The resultant material is particularly suited for use as a wiping material which can be more abrasive in one direction but which is softer to the touch when wiped in the opposite direction thus making it a dual purpose material. | 11-21-2013 |
20140147616 | REGENERATED CELLULOSE FIBER - The invention relates to a regenerated cellulose fiber ( | 05-29-2014 |
20140170367 | TUFTED FIBROUS WEB - Disclosed is a fibrous web having a first region and at least one discrete integral second region, the second region having at least one portion being a discontinuity exhibiting a linear orientation and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least another portion being a deformation having a plurality of tufted fibers integral with but extending from the first region. | 06-19-2014 |
20140356569 | Fabric Material Having Cut Loop Texture, Method of Manufacturing Same and Product Using Same - The present invention provides fabrics with cut loop group and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the core yarn at the section where said loops are being cut is outwardly protruded from the covering yarns, while the synthetic fiber divided yarn, which is a core yarn, is separated into multiple filaments. The fabrics with cut loop group show superior characteristics in polishing properties, sliding properties, water absorption properties, rapid drying properties and feeling of touch since polishing can be performed while easily catching foreign substances such as extremely minute dust particles or human hairs and the like by the synthetic fiber divided yarn which functions as a hook. Thus the fabrics with cut loop group according to the present invention can be used usefully in the products such as various kind of mats, towels, bathroom products, and the like including dishclothes and mops. | 12-04-2014 |
20150322598 | FLAME RESISTANT FABRIC HAVING WOOL BLENDS - A flame resistant fabric includes first yarns including inherently flame resistant fibers and second yarns including wool fibers. The fabric may satisfy one or more performance standards set forth in ASTM F 1506-02, NFPA 2112 and NFPA 70E. The fabric may be a knit or woven fabric, such as a plush or terry knit construction, and one or both sides of the fabric may be napped to form a fleece fabric. The second yarns may include wool and modacrylic fibers, or wool fibers and other inherently flame resistant fibers. The first yarns or second yarns may include sufficient inherently flame resistant fibers such that the fabric has a char length of no more than 4 inches and an afterflame of no more than 2 seconds when tested in accordance with ASTM D6413. The fabric may exhibit a thermal shrinkage of no more than 10% when tested in accordance with NFPA 2112. | 11-12-2015 |
20150359295 | RECYCLABLE SHOE INSOLE AND RELATED METHOD - A Strobel Insole of fully recyclable stitch-bonded fabric for use in construction of a shoe using the “California Slip Last” construction method. The stitch-bonded fabric is substantially 100% polyester stitched with two different yarns in different patterns. One side of the stitch-bonded fabric is subject to abrasion to break filaments of a relatively low denier stitching yarn to yield a soft brushed surface. A method of insole fabric production is also provided. | 12-17-2015 |
20150376838 | ANTI-MICROBIAL PAPER SUBSTRATES USEFUL IN WALLBOARD TAPE APPLICATIONS - This invention relates to paper products and/or substrates suitable for being made into wallboard tape (also may be known as joint tape and/or drywall tape) and having improved reduction or inhibition in the growth of microbes, mold and/or fungus. The paper substrate is characterized by its excellent physical properties including cross direction (CD) tensile, machine (MD) tensile, internal bond, wet tensile, hygroexpansivity, curl, bonding properties, bonding of joint tape to joint compound, etc. The paper product of the invention contains a sizing agent and an antimicrobial compound as well as other optional components including without limitation a binder. The paper product of the invention may be produced by contacting the plurality of cellulose fibers with each of the sizing agent, antimicrobial compound, and optional components at any point in the papermaking process, converting process, and/or post-converting process. Finally, the invention relates to methods of using the paper substrate. | 12-31-2015 |