JP2588679B2 - Indoor insulation fiber products - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an insulated textile product for indoor use, and more particularly to heat insulation between a building material such as a floor covering, a wall cloth and a curtain and a human body, or between a building material and an indoor space. The present invention relates to a textile product used indoors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, fiber products for indoor insulation such as flooring materials such as flooring materials include floor coverings such as PP tiles and wall cloths affixed to concrete wall surfaces and the like. Is known to. Curtains that are hung over the windowpanes are also included as a kind of indoor heat-insulating textile products in that they perform a heat-insulating action between the windowpanes, which have been cooled by outdoor cold air, and the indoor space. Various fiber materials, such as natural fibers obtained from animals and plants and the like, as well as chemical fibers made by chemical means, have conventionally been used as fiber materials constituting these indoor heat-insulating fiber products.

Of these, for example, a carpet, which is a kind of floor covering, will be described as an example. In the conventional carpet, a backing formed in a sheet shape is backed on the back side of a base cloth on which a pile is planted. The configuration is common. In addition, synthetic fibers such as polyester are often used for the pile and the base cloth, and when these fibers come into contact with the human body, a heat retaining effect is mainly achieved. In addition, a synthetic resin material or a rubber material is often used as a backing material in order to provide a soundproofing effect as well as a heat insulating effect.

[0004]

However, in the conventional carpet described above, although the heat insulation effect is exhibited by the backing material or the like, the pile structure on the carpet surface comes into contact with the human body in terms of the heating effect by the carpet itself. It only served to keep warm. Even in such a case, since only the part of the human body that is actually in contact with the pile tissue and the like and the surface of the human body are subjected to the heat retaining action, the body is warmed from the core by the heat retaining action. It was not.

Furthermore, in the conventional carpet, the heat retaining effect is not effectively exhibited unless the pile tissue is first warmed by the warmth from the human body, so that the human body on the carpet cannot be quickly warmed. There was also a problem. In order to solve this problem, an electric heating layer in which a special heating wire is incorporated is disposed inside or on the back side of the backing material. Electric carpets that heat up quickly have been proposed.

However, in this case, the electric heating layer must be maintained at about 60 ° C. in order to obtain an effective heating effect, and the consumption of electric energy is increased. There was a new problem of economy.

On the other hand, even in the case of the same indoor insulated fiber product such as a wall cloth or a curtain, unlike a floor covering, the product does not exert a heat retaining effect by contact with the human body, and therefore, the product itself causes the human body to be affected. I couldn't expect to warm it from the core.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve each of the above-mentioned problems, and the invention of claim 1 is based on a synthetic fiber mixed with a rare earth ceramic and a lanthanoid-based rare earth metal oxide. The gist is that all or a part of the fiber material is configured.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a backing material is provided on the back side of the base fabric, and the fiber material of the backing material contains synthetic fibers mixed with a rare earth ceramic and a lanthanoid-based rare earth metal oxide. The main point is.

Further, the invention of claim 3 is characterized in that a heating element is disposed inside or on the back side of the backing material according to the invention of claim 2.

[0011]

[Function] When far-infrared rays emitted from the human body or other heating elements are absorbed by the rare earth ceramics in the fiber material, the molecules in the ceramics become excited and photoelectrons are emitted from the surface of the product by the external photoelectric effect. You. That is, the product itself functions as a photoelectron emission plate. Then, the photoelectrons are taken into water molecules in the human body, and the water molecules in the human body are in a state where electrons easily flow due to an internal photoelectric effect, and the resistance value is reduced, and the wave is activated. Therefore, the bonds between the water molecules are broken finely, and the cluster structure of the water molecules in the human body becomes small. Then, with the minimization of the cluster structure, water molecules are more likely to take in the photoelectrons, and the resistance value is further reduced. Therefore, blood circulation is promoted through structuring and activation of water molecules in the human body based on this photoelectric effect, and body temperature is quickly adjusted.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a carpet which is a kind of floor covering will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The carpet shown in FIG. 1 is a tufted carpet in which a pile 2 is planted on a base cloth 1 by a tufting machine. The pile 2 is cut during tufting to form a cut pile. Polyester fiber is used for both the base fabric 1 and the pile 2 in a fiber material, so that the polyester fabric mainly has a heat retaining function when it comes into contact with a part of a human body on a carpet. In addition, as a fiber material such as the pile 2 and the like, besides polyester fiber, nylon fiber,
Although various synthetic fibers such as polypropylene fiber can be adopted, the polyester fiber of the present embodiment is more preferable because it has excellent strength as well as heat retention. It is also possible to form the pile 2 and the like using natural fibers such as cotton and wool instead of the polyester fibers. A latex compound (not shown) is applied to the back surface of the base fabric 1, and a backing material 3 having excellent heat insulating properties is adhered through the compound, and the backing material 3 and the pile 2 are put on the floor surface P together with the base fabric 1 and the pile 2. Make up the laid carpet.

The backing material 3 is a non-woven fabric formed by pressing two kinds of fiber materials into a sheet shape, and one fiber material is made of the same polyester fiber as the pile 2 and the like. The backing material 3 is constituted such that one fiber material is 70 parts by weight and the other fiber material is 30 parts by weight.

The other fiber material is a polyester fiber mixed with 1% of rare earth ceramics (hereinafter referred to as “mixed fiber material”). In the melt spinning step from ester chips, the rare earth ceramics are mixed in the presence of a catalyst. It is obtained by kneading fine powder. The rare earth ceramics are zirconia (ZrO ₂ ), silica (SiO ₂ ), alumina (A
l ₂ O ₃ ), titania (TiO ₂ ) and the like can be used. In addition, a lanthanoid-based rare earth metal oxide such as lanthanum oxide (La ₂ O ₃ ) is used as a catalyst, and this catalyst has a function of optically activating the rare earth ceramic kneaded in the mixed fiber material. It is also possible to use other synthetic fibers such as polypropylene fibers instead of the polyester fibers in the one fiber material and the mixed fiber material.

Next, the operation of the carpet configured as described above will be described. When a carpet is laid on the floor surface P as shown in FIG. 1, the backing material 3 functions as a heat insulating material for the floor surface P. Therefore, the backing material 3 prevents the cold of the floor surface P from being transmitted to the front side of the carpet.
Further, it is possible to prevent the warmth of the human body on the carpet from being deprived to the floor surface P side.

On the other hand, the human body on the carpet is a heating element having heat called body temperature, and the heat is emitted as light and electromagnetic waves. Since the human body temperature is generally about 36.5 ° C., this electromagnetic wave is radiated as far infrared rays having a wavelength of about 9.4 μm. That is, invisible far-infrared rays are always radiated from the heating element of the human body to the rare earth ceramic mixed in the mixed fiber material of the backing material 3.

When the far-infrared electromagnetic wave is absorbed by the rare earth ceramic, molecules in the ceramic that are optically activated by the lanthanoid-based metal oxide enter an excited state, and photoelectrons are emitted by the external photoelectric effect. You. Therefore, the photoelectrons are emitted from the entire surface of the carpet, and the photoelectrons are taken into water molecules in the human body on the carpet.

Then, the water molecules in the human body into which the photoelectrons have been taken have an increased electrical conductivity due to the internal photoelectric effect and a reduced resistance value, so that the electromagnetic energy generated by the wave motion of the water molecules increases. Then, due to the activation of the wave, the bonds between the water molecules are broken finely, and the cluster structure of the water molecules in the human body becomes small. In addition, when the cluster structure is reduced, the water molecules are more likely to take in photoelectrons, and the resistance value is further reduced, so that the water molecules are activated with less energy loss.

FIG. 2 shows a change in the blood flow velocity S based on the internal photoelectric effect. After three minutes from lying on the carpet of this embodiment, the blood flow velocity S is lower than that in the blank state. Is increased by 5 to 8 cm / sec. Therefore, blood circulation is promoted by the structuring and activation of water molecules based on the internal photoelectric effect, and the function of regulating body temperature is improved.

As described above, according to the carpet of the present embodiment, the carpet itself becomes a photoelectron emission plate due to the external photoelectric effect of the rare earth ceramics mixed in the fiber material mixed in the backing material 3 when receiving the far infrared radiation from the human body. Will work. And when receiving photoelectron radiation from this carpet, blood circulation is promoted through structuring and activation of water molecules in the human body based on the internal photoelectric effect, and the body temperature regulation function is improved, so the human body on the carpet is moved from the core of the body You can warm up quickly and warm.

The fiber material mixed with the rare earth ceramic is a constituent material of the backing material 3 and is not exposed on the carpet surface. For this reason, the mixed fiber material is less likely to be abraded and damaged even when used over time, and the heating effect based on the photoelectric effect can be favorably maintained for a long period of time.

Further, in this embodiment, since the constituent fiber materials of the base cloth 1, the pile 2, and the backing material 3 are unified to one kind of polyester fiber, incineration is easy at the time of disposal, and recycling processing is performed. There is also an advantage that it is easy to do.

In this embodiment, the ratio of the mixed fiber material in the backing material 3 is 30 parts by weight. However, if the ratio is 20 parts by weight or more, the heating effect based on the photoelectric effect is favorably exhibited. On the other hand, when the amount is 30 parts by weight or more, there is a problem that the cost is increased, but the heating effect based on the photoelectric effect is further improved.

Next, another embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in an electric carpet will be described with reference to FIG. Note that, in this alternative example, the same components as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the electric carpet according to this alternative example, an electric heating layer 4 is adhered to the back side of the backing material 3. The back surface side of the electric heating layer 4 is arranged so as to make surface contact with the surface of the base sheet 5 laid on the floor surface P.

The electric heating layer 4 is a non-woven fabric made of polyester fiber, in which an electric heating wire 6 as a heating element electrically connected to a power supply via a switch SW is woven. When the switch SW is turned on, the heating wire 6 generates heat, so that the surface temperature of the heating layer 4 is rapidly increased.

Now, when the switch SW is turned on, the surface temperature of the electric heating layer 4 rapidly rises based on the heat generated by the heating element 6. Then, far-infrared rays due to heat generation are radiated from the surface of the electric heating layer 4 toward the backing material 3, and the molecules of the rare earth ceramics mixed in the mixed fiber material of the backing material 3 are set in an excited state. Therefore, photoelectrons are emitted from the entire carpet surface by the external photoelectric effect as in the case of the carpet according to the above embodiment, and the photoelectrons are taken into water molecules in the human body on the carpet. Then, the water molecules in the human body are structured and activated by the internal photoelectric effect based on the incorporation of photoelectrons, whereby blood circulation is promoted and body temperature is quickly adjusted.

Therefore, in this alternative example, as in the case of the above embodiment, the human body on the carpet can be quickly warmed from the core of the body based on the photoelectric effect, and the heating effect based on the photoelectric effect can be obtained. It can be maintained well over a long period of time.

Moreover, in this alternative example, unlike the electric carpet of the conventional configuration in which a human body on the carpet is heated by a heat conduction method from the surface of the carpet heated to a high temperature by the internal heating element, the heating principle based on the photoelectric effect is used. Has adopted. Therefore, the electric heating layer 4 heated by the heating element 6
Surface temperature can be set low. That is, in the conventional heat conduction system, it is necessary to increase the surface temperature of the carpet in order to obtain a sufficient heating effect, and generally, the heating temperature of the internal heating element has to be about 60 ° C. However, in the present embodiment based on the photoelectric effect, the heating layer 4 only needs to be heated to a temperature at which far-infrared rays that excite the rare earth ceramics in the fiber material B to an excited state are emitted. May be raised to about 42 to 43 ° C. Therefore, the consumption of electric energy for causing the heating element 6 to generate heat can be reduced as compared with the related art.

The present invention is not limited to the configuration of each of the above embodiments, but can be arbitrarily changed without departing from the gist of the present invention as described below. That is, in each of the above embodiments, the backing material 3 is formed of a nonwoven fabric.
This may be constituted by a woven fabric, or a mixed fiber material obtained by mixing the rare earth ceramics or the like into a constituent fiber material of the woven fabric may be used. Further, in the above embodiments, the mixed fiber material is a part of the fiber material of the backing material 3, but may be a part of the constituent fiber material of the base cloth 1 and the pile 2 on the carpet surface side. Further, if the cost problem is eliminated, all the fiber materials constituting the carpet may be used as the mixed fiber material, in which case the photoelectric effect is further exhibited.

In each of the above embodiments, the present invention is embodied in a carpet in which the pile 2 is planted. However, the mixed fiber material is used in a part of the constituent fiber material such as plain weave or felt jutan in which the pile 2 is not planted. May be applied.

Further, in the electric carpet of the above another example, the electric heating layer 4 is adhered to the back surface of the backing material 3. You don't need to be. Further, in the above another example, the heating element 6 is directly woven into the inside of the
It is also possible to configure the electric carpet itself as an electric heating layer and to simplify the entire structure of the electric carpet.

In the electric carpet of the above another example,
If an aluminum plate or the like having a high reflectance is laid on the surface of the base sheet 5, the radiation efficiency is improved and the heating effect based on the photoelectric effect can be further improved.

On the other hand, in each of the above embodiments, the present invention is embodied in a carpet which is a kind of floor covering. However, the present invention can be applied to other floor coverings such as rug mats. It is also applicable to curtains that can be hung over glass. That is, when applied to wall cloth, etc.,
When receiving far-infrared rays from an indoor heating device or a human body in the room, the entire surface of the wall cloth or the like becomes a radiation plate of photoelectrons, and the human body in the room separated from the wall cloth or the like quickly from the core of the body based on the photoelectric effect. Can be warmed up. As described above, according to the present invention, a heating effect based on a photoelectric effect, which cannot be predicted from a conventional wall cloth or curtain that has performed a heat insulating effect on a wall surface or a window glass, is exhibited.

[0036]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the product itself acts as a photoelectron emission plate, and activates water molecules in the human body by the photoelectric effect, in addition to the heat insulation effect. By promoting blood circulation, the human body can be quickly warmed from the core of the body.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the fiber tissue portion exhibiting the photoelectric effect is not exposed from the surface of the product, there is no possibility that the fiber tissue portion will be worn and damaged even after long-term use. A good heating effect can be maintained for a long time.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the heating principle based on the photoelectric effect is adopted without using the heat conduction method, there is no need to raise the temperature of the product surface, and the heat generation temperature of the heating element can be reduced. It is possible to save energy by maintaining the temperature lower than that.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a carpet.

FIG. 2 is a comparison diagram of a blood flow test.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing another example in which the present invention is embodied in an electric carpet.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 base cloth, 2 piles, 3 backing materials, 4 electric heating layers, 5 base sheets, 6 heating wires as heating elements

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A heat insulating textile product for indoor use, characterized in that synthetic fiber mixed with rare earth ceramics and lanthanoid rare earth metal oxide constitutes all or a part of the fiber material. 2. An indoor use wherein a backing material is provided on the back side of the base fabric, and a synthetic fiber mixed with a rare earth ceramic and a lanthanoid-based rare earth metal oxide is contained in a fiber material of the backing material. Insulating textile products. 3. The indoor heat-insulating fiber product according to claim 2, wherein a heating element is disposed inside or on the back side of the backing material.