| abstract |
ANTISTATIC FLOOR COVERING AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS OF ENHANCED DURABILITY TO CLEANING AND REDUCED MIGRATION TENDDENCY ARE PRODUCED BY APPLYING BETWEEN TWO POLYMERIC COVERING LAYERS DISPOSED BENEATH THE TEXTILE OR FLOOR COVERING WEAR LAYER AN ANTISTATIC COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A MIXTURE OF (A) AN ORGANIC ANTISTATIC AGENT, (B) A HUMECTANT WHICH MAY BE EITHER A NONIONIC HUMECTANT, SUCH AS GLYCERIN, OR AN IONIC HUMECTANT SUCH AS CALCIUM CHLORIDE, AND (C) WHEN SAD HUMECTANT IS NONIONIC HUMECTANT, AN ELECTROLYTE SUCH AS CALCIUM CHLORIDE OR SODIUM CHLORIDE AND APPLYING A POLYMERIC BACKING COATING OR SODIUM CHLORIDE STATIC LAYER, WHEREBY THE ANTISTATIC LAYER IS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE TWO POLYMERIC COVERING LAYERS. |