| abstract |
We describe a fabric that can be used to disinfect hard surfaces, tools, human or animal skin, or that can be slipped into the washing machine to disinfect or bleach it. The fabric consists of two substrates which adhere to each other using an adhesive polymer. It also contains solid particles between the two substrates, which, when moistened with an appropriate liquid, are activated and give off chlorine. The adhesive polymer is preferably a hot-melt glue in powder form, either based on copolyester, copolyamide or polyethylene, or on an ethylene copolymer, or else based on modified vinyl acetate. The particle size varies between 0 and 750 microns inclusive. The chlorine-releasing agent is preferably composed of sodium dichloroisocyanurate dihydrate, which, mixed with the adhesive polymer, is applied between the two substrates in a layer whose density varies between 2 and 35 grams inclusive per square meter so that the solution active chlorine released, when the fabric is moistened with water, ie of the order of 10 to 10,000 parts per million. |