Kanebo, Limited

Kanto Chemical Co., Inc.

Shunya Ida

Yoshikazu Kondo

Toshihiro Yamamoto

Atsushi Yamamoto

Zenji Hagiwara

Kenichi Tagawa

Saburo Nohara

Shigetaka Hoshino

Hideo Ohki

Deep-colored fibrous articles, such as fabrics colored in a deep black shade, having on it surfaces a film coating of a resin mixture comprising at least two resins that are mutually miscible but incompatible and in phase-separated conditions. Color-deepening effect is augmented by forming pits and/or recesses and projections on the surfaces of the film coating by using resins different in solvent-solubility and eluting the resin having a larger solubility with a solvent. The above effect is further augmented by using resins different in plasma etching resistance and subjecting the formed film coating to a low-temperature plasma etching treatment. The plasma etching is effectively conducted by placing the fibrous article within a plasma sheath, preferably contacting with an antenna electrode. The deep color can be made abrasion resistant by further depositing an abrasion resistant resinous film on the pit-formed resinous film coating without filling up the pits.

Deep-colored fibers and a process for manufacturing the same

Specific zeolite particles retaining therein a metal ion having a bactericidal activity are packed and retained in a mixed fiber assembly composed of low-melting thermoplastic synthetic fibers and ordinary fibers. The zeolite particles are retained by welding of the low-temperature thermoplastic synthetic fibers but in a state of allowing the contact thereof with an external fluid. The particle-packed fiber article has an excellent and durable antibacterial activity and can be used in various fields.

Particle-packed fiber article having antibacterial property

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Nara, Japan

Shunya Ida