Patent application title:

ARTIFICIAL TURF

Publication number:

US20250297431A1

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18/710,104

Filed date:

2022-02-23

Smart Summary: Artificial turf consists of a base cloth and yarns that are attached to it. A special bonding layer is added to the base cloth, which has holes that allow water to pass through. This design makes the turf very good at draining water. During production, the adhesive side of the base cloth is not pierced, which helps keep the structure intact. As a result, the yarns stay securely in place, making the artificial turf last longer. 🚀 TL;DR

Abstract:

Provided is an artificial turf, including a base cloth, artificial turf yarns tufted on the base cloth, and a bonding layer applied on the base cloth. The bonding layer is provided with water permeable holes formed by blowing air onto the base cloth through an air blowing device. The artificial turf has excellent water permeability. Moreover, there is no need to pierce an adhesive side of the base cloth during production, thereby avoiding damage to the structure of the artificial turf by piercing. This effectively prevents the artificial turf yarns from loosening and falling off and prolongs the service life of the artificial turf.

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Classification:

E01C13/08 »  CPC main

Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds; Drainage, irrigation or heating of sports grounds Surfaces simulating grass ; Grass-grown sports grounds

A41G1/009 »  CPC further

Artificial flowers, fruit, leaves, or trees ; Garlands Artificial grass

D03D15/46 »  CPC further

Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used characterised by the structure of the yarns or threads with specific cross-section or surface shape Flat yarns, e.g. tapes or films

D06N7/0065 »  CPC further

Flexible sheet materials not otherwise provided for, e.g. textile threads, filaments, yarns or tow, glued on macromolecular material; Floor covering on textile basis comprising a fibrous top layer being coated at the back with at least one polymer layer, e.g. carpets, rugs, synthetic turf characterised by the pile

D06N7/0068 »  CPC further

Flexible sheet materials not otherwise provided for, e.g. textile threads, filaments, yarns or tow, glued on macromolecular material; Floor covering on textile basis comprising a fibrous top layer being coated at the back with at least one polymer layer, e.g. carpets, rugs, synthetic turf characterised by the primary backing or the fibrous top layer

D06N2201/0236 »  CPC further

Chemical constitution of the fibres, threads or yarns; Synthetic macromolecular fibres; Vinyl resin fibres Vinyl halide, e.g. PVC, PVDC, PVF, PVDF

D06N2201/0254 »  CPC further

Chemical constitution of the fibres, threads or yarns; Synthetic macromolecular fibres Polyolefin fibres

D06N2201/0263 »  CPC further

Chemical constitution of the fibres, threads or yarns; Synthetic macromolecular fibres Polyamide fibres

D10B2505/202 »  CPC further

Industrial for civil engineering, e.g. geotextiles Artificial grass

A41G1/00 IPC

Artificial flowers, fruit, leaves, or trees ; Garlands

D06N7/00 IPC

Flexible sheet materials not otherwise provided for, e.g. textile threads, filaments, yarns or tow, glued on macromolecular material

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present utility model relates to the technical field of artificial turfs, and in particular to an artificial turf.

BACKGROUND

An artificial turf is widely used in various places such as sports venues, landscaping and home decoration because of exquisite and neat appearance, excellent performance, long service life, low maintenance cost and many other advantages thereof. The artificial turf can be divided into an injection-molded artificial turf and a woven artificial turf according to production processes. A method for producing an injection-molded artificial turf is to use an injection molding process to extrude plastic particles in a mold at one time, and use a bending technology to bend the turf, so that turf leaves are regularly arranged in an equidistant and equivalent manner, and the heights of the turf leaves are completely uniform. A method for producing a woven turf is to implant synthetic fibers that imitate turf leaves into a woven base cloth, and then apply a coating for fixing on the back, thereby forming an artificial turf. At present, most of base cloths for commercially available woven artificial turfs are woven with flat warp and weft yarns, and the spacing between the warp and weft yarns is relatively small. Furthermore, the base cloth needs to be applied with an adhesive for fixing turf yarns. After the adhesive is cured, a sealed coating is formed, resulting in a low water seepage rate of the woven artificial turf, which affects the drainage performance of the artificial turf. In order to improve the water seepage rate, when manufacturers produce the woven artificial turf, a piercing device will be used to pierce the adhesive applied side of the base cloth after the adhesive is cured. However, the piercing operation will damage the structure of the woven artificial turf, causing the artificial turf yarns near the pierced holes to loosen and fall off, which affects the appearance and service life of the woven artificial turf.

Summary of the Utility Model

Based on the above, the present utility model provides an artificial turf to solve the above-mentioned problems.

The technical solution adopted by the present utility model to solve the technical problems is:

An artificial turf, including a base cloth, artificial turf yarns tufted on the base cloth, and a bonding layer applied on the base cloth, the bonding layer being provided with water permeable holes formed by blowing through an air blowing device.

Further, the base cloth is provided with pinholes formed by tufting the artificial turf yarns, one end of the artificial turf yarn passes through the pinhole to form a protrusion and is in contact with the bonding layer.

Further, the material of the base cloth and the artificial turf yarns includes any one or more of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride and polyamide.

Further, the base cloth includes warp yarns and weft yarns, and the warp yarns and the weft yarns are cross-woven with each other.

Further, the cross section of the warp yarn is a flat structure, the wrap yarns are arranged in parallel, and the spacing between the wrap yarns is equal.

Further, the weft yarns include first yarns and second yarns, the cross section of the first yarn is a circular structure, and the cross section of the second yarn is a flat structure.

Further, the first yarns and the second yarns are interlaced with each other in parallel, and the spacing between the first yarns and the second yarns is equal.

Further, the cross section of the weft yarn is a flat structure, the weft yarns are arranged in parallel, and the spacing between the weft yarns is equal.

Further, the wrap yarns include first yarns and second yarns, the cross section of the first yarn is a circular structure, and the cross section of the second yarn is a flat structure.

The present utility model has the following beneficial effects:

According to the artificial turf manufactured by the manufacturing method of the present utility model, the artificial turf yarns are tufted on the base cloth, and the adhesive is applied on the base cloth opposite to a side having the artificial turf yarns tufted. When passing through the air blowing device, permeable holes are formed in the bonding layer applied on the base cloth, and the water seepage rate of the artificial turf is increased by means of water seepage through the water permeable holes. By using the artificial turf manufactured by the present utility model, there is no need to pierce the adhesive applied side of the base cloth by a piercing device, thereby avoiding damage to the structure of the artificial turf by piercing, effectively preventing the artificial turf yarns from loosening and falling off, and prolonging the service life of the artificial turf.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present utility model will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an artificial turf of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the artificial turf of the present utility model shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of a base cloth in the artificial turf of the present utility model shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the base cloth shown in FIG. 3.

In the figures: 100. artificial turf, 1. base cloth, 11. warp yarn, 12. weft yarn, 121. first yarn, 122. second yarn, 13. pinhole, 14. water permeable hole, 2. artificial turf yarn, 3. bonding layer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The figures are simplified schematic views which only illustrate the basic structure of the present invention in a schematic manner, and therefore only show the components related to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention provides an artificial turf 100 for laying on the ground to beautify the environment. The artificial turf 100 includes a base cloth 1, artificial turf yarns 2 tufted on the base cloth 1, and a bonding layer 3 applied on the surface of the base cloth 1 for fixing the artificial turf yarns 2. The artificial turf yarns 2 are tufted on the base cloth 1 by a tufting machine. The bonding layer 3 is applied on the base cloth 1 opposite to a side where the artificial turf yarns 2 are implanted. One end of the artificial turf yarn 2 passes through the base cloth 1 and is in contact with the bonding layer 3.

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the base cloth 1 includes a plurality of warp yarns 11 and a plurality of weft yarns 12 that are cross-woven with each other, and the warp yarns 11 and the weft yarns 12 are woven by a weaving machine and then interlaced with each other to form the base cloth 1. In this embodiment, the cross section of the warp yarn 11 is a flat structure, the plurality of warp yarns 11 are arranged parallel to each other, the spacing between every two warp yarns 11 is equal, the weft yarns 12 include first yarns 121 with a circular cross section and second yarns 122 with a flat cross section, the first yarns 121 and the second yarns 122 are interlaced in parallel, and the spacing between the first yarn 121 and the second yarn 122 is equal. In another embodiment, the cross section of the weft yarn 11 is a flat structure, the plurality of weft yarns 11 are arranged parallel to each other, the spacing between every two weft yarns 11 is equal, the warp yarns 12 include first yarns 121 with a circular cross section and second yarns 122 with a flat cross section, the first yarns 121 and the second yarns 122 are interlaced in parallel, and the spacing between the first yarn 121 and the second yarn 122 is equal.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, pinholes 13 for accommodating the artificial turf yarns 2 are formed in the base cloth 1. The artificial turf yarns 2 are tufted and inserted in the pinholes 13 by a tufting machine. One end of the artificial turf yarn 2 tufted in the base cloth 1 passes through the pinhole 13 to form a protrusion and is in contact with the bonding layer 3. The bonding layer 3 applied on the base cloth 1 partially penetrates into the pinhole 13 to fix the artificial turf yarns 2. After the bonding layer 3 is applied, air is blown to the base cloth 1 implanted with the artificial turf yarns 2 by means of the pinholes 13 through the air blowing device. Part of the adhesive in the pinholes 13 flows to the outside of the pinholes 13 under the drive of the airflow. Water permeable holes 14 for water seepage, which are in communication with the pinholes 13, are formed in the bonding layer 3 through the gas flowing out of the pinholes 13. The water seepage rate of the artificial turf 100 is increased by means of water seepage through the water permeable holes 14.

The material of the base cloth 1 and the artificial turf yarns 2 includes any one or more of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride and polyamide.

The present utility model further provides a method for manufacturing the artificial turf 100, including the following steps:

    • (1) Warp yarns 11 and weft yarns 12 are selected, the warp yarns 11 and the weft yarns 12 are placed on a weaving machine for weaving, and shaping and coiling operations are performed to obtain a base cloth 1.
    • (2) Granules are placed in a wire drawing machine, a drawing liquid is added to the wire drawing machine, a drawing temperature is controlled to be 100-150° C., a retraction ratio is controlled to be 0.90-0.98, wire drawing treatment is performed on the mixed granules through a wire drawing process, and winding, shaping and coiling operations are performed to obtain artificial turf yarns 2.
    • (3) The artificial turf yarns 2 manufactured in step (2) are tufted by a tufting machine and implanted on the base cloth 1 manufactured in step (1), a plurality of pinholes 13 are penetrated in the surface of the base cloth 1 by the tufting machine, an adhesive is applied on the surface of the base cloth 1 by means of scraping or roller coating, air is blown to the base cloth 1 having the adhesive applied through an air blowing device at the air pressure of 1-4 MPa, the airflow causes part of the adhesive in the pinholes 13 to flow to the outside of the pinholes 13 to form water permeable holes 14, a bonding layer 3 is formed after the adhesive is cured, and coiling and packaging operations are performed to obtain an artificial turf.

The granule is any one or more of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride and polyamide.

Embodiment 1

A method for manufacturing an artificial turf in this embodiment includes the following steps:

    • (1) Warp yarns and weft yarns are selected, the warp yarns and the weft yarns are placed on a weaving machine for weaving, and shaping and coiling operations are performed to obtain a base cloth.
    • (2) Polyethylene granules are placed in a wire drawing machine, a drawing liquid is added to the wire drawing machine, a drawing temperature is controlled to be 100° C., a retraction ratio is controlled to be 0.90, wire drawing treatment is performed on the mixed granules through a wire drawing process, and winding, shaping and coiling operations are performed to obtain artificial turf yarns.
    • (3) The artificial turf yarns manufactured in step (2) are tufted by a tufting machine and implanted on the base cloth manufactured in step (1), an adhesive is applied on the surface of the base cloth, air is blown to the base cloth having the adhesive applied through an air blowing device at the air pressure of 1 MPa, and coiling and packaging operations are performed after the adhesive is cured to obtain an artificial turf.

Embodiment 2

    • (1) Warp yarns and weft yarns are selected, the warp yarns and the weft yarns are placed on a weaving machine for weaving, and shaping and coiling operations are performed to obtain a base cloth.
    • (2) Polypropylene granules are placed in a wire drawing machine, a drawing liquid is added to the wire drawing machine, a drawing temperature is controlled to be 110° C., a retraction ratio is controlled to be 0.92, wire drawing treatment is performed on the mixed granules through a wire drawing process, and winding, shaping and coiling operations are performed to obtain artificial turf yarns.
    • (3) The artificial turf yarns manufactured in step (2) are tufted by a tufting machine and implanted on the base cloth manufactured in step (1), an adhesive is applied on the surface of the base cloth, air is blown to the base cloth having the adhesive applied through an air blowing device at the air pressure of 2 MPa, and coiling and packaging operations are performed after the adhesive is cured to obtain an artificial turf.

Embodiment 3

    • (1) Warp yarns and weft yarns are selected, the warp yarns and the weft yarns are placed on a weaving machine for weaving, and shaping and coiling operations are performed to obtain a base cloth.
    • (2) Polyvinyl chloride granules are placed in a wire drawing machine, a drawing liquid is added to the wire drawing machine, a drawing temperature is controlled to be 120° C., a retraction ratio is controlled to be 0.94, wire drawing treatment is performed on the mixed granules through a wire drawing process, and winding, shaping and coiling operations are performed to obtain artificial turf yarns.
    • (3) The artificial turf yarns manufactured in step (2) are tufted by a tufting machine and implanted on the base cloth manufactured in step (1), an adhesive is applied on the surface of the base cloth, air is blown to the base cloth having the adhesive applied through an air blowing device at the air pressure of 3 MPa, and coiling and packaging operations are performed after the adhesive is cured to obtain an artificial turf.

Embodiment 4

    • (1) Warp yarns and weft yarns are selected, the warp yarns and the weft yarns are placed on a weaving machine for weaving, and shaping and coiling operations are performed to obtain a base cloth.
    • (2) Polyamide granules are placed in a wire drawing machine, a drawing liquid is added to the wire drawing machine, a drawing temperature is controlled to be 140° C., a retraction ratio is controlled to be 0.98, wire drawing treatment is performed on the mixed granules through a wire drawing process, and winding, shaping and coiling operations are performed to obtain artificial turf yarns.
    • (3) The artificial turf yarns manufactured in step (2) are tufted by a tufting machine and implanted on the base cloth manufactured in step (1), an adhesive is applied on the surface of the base cloth, air is blown to the base cloth having the adhesive applied through an air blowing device at the air pressure of 4 MPa, and coiling and packaging operations are performed after the adhesive is cured to obtain an artificial turf.

Comparative Example

Commercially Available Artificial Turf

Experimental Example

The water seepage rates of the artificial turf samples manufactured in Embodiments 1-4 and the commercially available artificial turf sample in Comparative Example are measured by a method for testing water permeability in GB/T20394-2006 “Artificial Turf for Sports”. 500 mm×500 mm of a portion of the artificial turf samples manufactured in Embodiments 1-4 and a portion of the commercially available artificial turf sample in Comparative Example are taken. The artificial turf yarns facing upwards are placed in an experimental container, and the samples are flattened. 50 L of water is poured into the experimental container, and the time S when the water completely flows out is calculated (accurate to seconds). The water seepage rates of the samples are calculated by Formula n=(50/S)/0.25×60. Specific results are shown in Table 1:

TABLE 1
Measuring table of water seepage rates of artificial turf
samples in Embodiments 1-4 and Comparative Example
Item Water seepage rate (L/(min · m2))
Standard 60
Embodiment 1 246
Embodiment 2 238
Embodiment 3 242
Embodiment 4 247
Comparative Example 62

As can be seen from Table 1, the water seepage rate of the artificial turf samples in Embodiments 1-4 is much greater than that of the commercially available artificial turf sample. This is because the cross section of the warp yarns 11 of the artificial turf 100 manufactured by the manufacturing method of the present utility model has a flat structure, and the cross section of the first yarn in the weft yarns 12 has a circular structure. After the warp yarns 11 and the weft yarns 12 are woven by the weaving machine and interlaced with each other to form the base cloth 1, when the base cloth 1 having the adhesive applied passes through the air blowing device, the airflow blown out by the air blowing device blows out part of the adhesive in the pinholes 13 on the base cloth 1. The water permeable holes 14 which are in communication with the pinholes 13 are formed in the bonding layer 3 through the airflow blown out by the pinholes 13. The water seepage rate of the artificial turf 100 is increased by means of water seepage through the water permeable holes 14. By using the artificial turf 100 manufactured by the present utility model, there is no need to pierce the adhesive applied surface of the base cloth 1 by a piercing device. thereby avoiding damage to the structure of the artificial turf 100 by piercing, effectively preventing the artificial turf yarns 2 from loosening and falling off, and prolonging the service life of the artificial turf 100.

With the above-mentioned ideal embodiments of the present utility model as inspiration. through the above-mentioned description content, the related staff can make various changes and modifications without departing from the scope of the present invention. The technical scope of the present utility model is not limited to the content in the specification, and the technical scope thereof needs to be determined according to the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An artificial turf, comprising:

a base cloth having a surface;

artificial turf yarns tufted on the base cloth; and

a bonding layer applied to the surface of the base cloth, the bonding layer being provided with water permeable holes formed by blowing air to the base cloth.

2. The artificial turf according to claim 1, wherein the base cloth has pinholes formed by tufting the artificial turf yarns, one end of each said artificial turf yarn passes through a respective one of said pinholes to form a protrusion, wherein the protrusion is in contact with the bonding layer.

3. The artificial turf according to claim 1, wherein a material of the base cloth and the artificial turf yarns comprises one or more of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride and polyamide.

4. The artificial turf according to claim 1, wherein the base cloth comprises warp yarns and weft yarns, and the warp yarns and the weft yarns are cross-woven with each other.

5. The artificial turf according to claim 4, wherein a cross section of the warp yarn is a flat structure, wherein the warp yarns are arranged in parallel; and spacing between the warp yarns is equal.

6. The artificial turf according to claim 5, wherein the weft yarns comprise first yarns and second yarns, wherein a cross section of the first yarn is a circular structure, and a cross section of the second yarn is a flat structure.

7. The artificial turf according to claim 6, wherein the first yarns and the second yarns are interlaced in parallel and spacing between the first yarns and the second yarns is equal.

8. The artificial turf according to claim 4, wherein a cross section of the weft yarn is a flat structure, wherein the weft yarns are arranged in parallel and spacing between the weft yarns is equal.

9. The artificial turf according to claim 8, wherein the warp yarns comprise first yarns and second yarns, wherein a cross section of the first yarn is a circular structure, and a cross section of the second yarn is a flat structure.

10. The artificial turf according to claim 9, wherein the first yarns and the second yarns are interlaced in parallel and spacing between the first yarns and the second yarns is equal.

11. The artificial turf according to claim 2, wherein one or more portions of the bonding layer partially penetrate into said pinholes to fix the artificial turf yarns.

12. The artificial turf according to claim 11, wherein the water permeable holes are in communication with the pinholes and configured to facilitate seepage of water through the artificial turf.

13. An artificial turf, comprising:

a base cloth having pinholes for accommodating artificial turf yarns therein;

artificial turf yarns tufted on the base cloth, wherein the pinholes are formed by tufting the artificial turf yarns; and

a bonding layer applied to the base cloth on a side opposite to the artificial turf yarns, wherein the bonding layer includes water permeable holes in communication with the pinholes and configured to facilitate seepage of water through the artificial turf.

14. The artificial turf according to claim 13, wherein one end of the artificial turf yarns passes through respective ones of said pinholes to form respective protrusions that are in contact with the bonding layer.

15. The artificial turf according to claim 14, wherein one or more portions of the bonding layer partially penetrate into said pinholes to fix the artificial turf yarns.

16. The artificial turf according to claim 13, wherein the base cloth comprises warp yarns and weft yarns, wherein the warp yarns and the weft yarns are cross-woven with each other.

17. The artificial turf according to claim 16, wherein a cross section of the warp yarn is a flat structure, wherein the warp yarns are arranged in parallel and spacing between the warp yarns is equal.

18. The artificial turf according to claim 17, wherein the weft yarns comprise first yarns and second yarns, wherein a cross section of the first yarn is a circular structure, and a cross section of the second yarn is a flat structure, wherein the first yarns and the second yarns are interlaced in parallel and spacing between the first yarns and the second yarns is equal.

19. The artificial turf according to claim 16, wherein a cross section of the weft yarn is a flat structure, wherein the weft yarns are arranged in parallel and spacing between the weft yarns is equal.

20. The artificial turf according to claim 19, wherein the warp yarns comprise first yarns and second yarns, wherein a cross section of the first yarn is a circular structure, and a cross section of the second yarn is a flat structure, wherein the first yarns and the second yarns are interlaced in parallel and spacing between the first yarns and the second yarns is equal.

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