CH222921A - Process for treating artificial sponges with a view to reducing their volume. - Google Patents

Process for treating artificial sponges with a view to reducing their volume.

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Publication number
CH222921A
CH222921A CH222921DA CH222921A CH 222921 A CH222921 A CH 222921A CH 222921D A CH222921D A CH 222921DA CH 222921 A CH222921 A CH 222921A
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volume
reducing
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sponges
treating artificial
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French (fr)
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Limited Sponcel
Victor Barker Cyril
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Sponcel Ltd
Victor Barker Cyril
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Publication of CH222921A publication Critical patent/CH222921A/en

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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C44/00Shaping by internal pressure generated in the material, e.g. swelling or foaming ; Producing porous or cellular expanded plastics articles

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  • Manufacture Of Porous Articles, And Recovery And Treatment Of Waste Products (AREA)

Description

  

  
 



  Procédé de traitement d'éponges artificielles en vue d'en diminuer le volume.



   La présente invention se rapporte à un procédé de traitement d'éponges artificielles faites d'un dérivé de cellulose, tel que, par exemple, la viscose, en vue d'en diminuer le volume.



   Les demandeurs ont fait l'observation que si de pareilles éponges sont soumises, après leur fabrication, à l'action de la chaleur et de pression mécanique dans une direction, leur épaisseur dans cette direction peut être considérablement réduite sans augmentation de leurs dimensions en direction transversale    a ; la première. Des éponges ainsi traitées res-    teront, dans des conditions normales, à leur état de compression pendant une période de temps illimitée, mais lorsqu'elles sont immergées dans l'eau, elles gonfleront   rapidemeni    jusqu'à ce qu'elles aient retrouvé leur épaisseur normale.



   On comprend que le rétrécissement décrit en épaisseur est d'un avantage considérable au point de vue de l'empaquetage et du transport des éponges, et que ces éponges occupent aussi un espace relativement petit dans un magasin ou autre endroit d'emmagasinage.



   Les pressions et les températures auxquelles les éponges sont soumises peuvent varier dans de larges limites, mais des résultats favorables on tété obtenus avec une pression d'environ 7,5 kg par cm2 et avec une tempé   rature d'environ 90   C, l'épaisseur d'une    éponge traitée dans ces conditions étant réduite depuis environ 27 mm à environ 3 mm.



     I1    n'est pas nécessaire que les éponges soient enfermées dans des moules ou des boîtes pendant l'opération de pression.



   Le temps pendant lequel la pression est appliquée varie suivant la température et la pression employées et suivant l'épaisseur primitive de l'éponge, mais dans les conditions de traitement envisagées plus haut, on a constaté qu'une période d'application de pression de 30 secondes donne des résultats satisfaisants.
  



  
 



  Process for treating artificial sponges with a view to reducing their volume.



   The present invention relates to a process for treating artificial sponges made from a cellulose derivative, such as, for example, viscose, with a view to reducing their volume.



   Applicants have observed that if such sponges are subjected, after their manufacture, to the action of heat and mechanical pressure in one direction, their thickness in that direction can be considerably reduced without increasing their dimensions in the direction. transverse a; the first one. Sponges so treated will, under normal conditions, remain in their state of compression for an unlimited period of time, but when immersed in water they will swell rapidly until they have regained their thickness. normal.



   It is understood that the disclosed shrinkage in thickness is of considerable advantage from the standpoint of packaging and transporting sponges, and that these sponges also occupy relatively small space in a store or other storage location.



   The pressures and temperatures to which the sponges are subjected can vary within wide limits, but favorable results have been obtained with a pressure of about 7.5 kg per cm2 and with a temperature of about 90 C, the thickness of a sponge treated under these conditions being reduced from about 27 mm to about 3 mm.



     It is not necessary for the sponges to be enclosed in molds or boxes during the pressing operation.



   The time during which the pressure is applied varies according to the temperature and the pressure employed and according to the primitive thickness of the sponge, but under the treatment conditions envisaged above, it has been found that a period of application of pressure of 30 seconds gives satisfactory results.
  

 

Claims (1)

REVENDICATION : Procédé de traitement d'éponges artificielles faites d'un dérivé de cellulose en vue d'en réduire le volume, caractérisé en ce que l'éponge est soumise à l'action de la chaleur et de pression mécanique dans une direction pour réduire son épaisseur dans cette direction. CLAIM: A method of treating artificial sponges made of a cellulose derivative with a view to reducing the volume thereof, characterized in that the sponge is subjected to the action of heat and mechanical pressure in one direction to reduce its thickness in that direction. SOUS-REVENDICATION: Procédé suivant la revendication, dans lequel la pression à laquelle l'éponge est soumise est d'environ 7,5 kg par cm2 et la température d'environ 90 C. SUB-CLAIM: A method according to claim, wherein the pressure to which the sponge is subjected is about 7.5 kg per cm2 and the temperature is about 90 C.
CH222921D 1940-02-19 1941-04-07 Process for treating artificial sponges with a view to reducing their volume. CH222921A (en)

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GB222921X 1940-02-19

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CH222921A true CH222921A (en) 1942-08-15

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE958997C (en) * 1952-09-30 1957-02-28 August Kettenbach Method of packing sponges

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE958997C (en) * 1952-09-30 1957-02-28 August Kettenbach Method of packing sponges

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