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Process for producing artificial leather

US4102719A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 1976
Grant dateJul 25, 1978
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Expiry dateJul 15, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24512
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for producing an artificial leather having excellent touch, appearance and full-hand similar to that of natural leather and having further excellent softness and surface strength, which comprises coating a composition comprising an urethane prepolymer, a combination of catalysts and a foam stabilizer and including a plurality of extremely fine cells (foams) of an inert gas, onto a release paper or a layer of a surface treating agent coated on a release paper in a specified thickness; subjecting the resultant to a steam treatment under a specified atmosphere; laminating a base sheet onto the coating layer under pressure; subjecting the laminated product to a heat treatment at a specified temperature, and then peeling off the release paper, and optionally further treating the product with a surface treating agent.

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