TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to fabricating fabrics; more particularly, relates to uniformly mixing a pigment and a C4 water-repellent agent into environmentally friendly water-repellent colored fabrics for significantly reducing waste water pollution from dyeing and processing without generating environmentally harmful perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS).
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ARTFor making water-repellent colored yarns, a water-repellent fluorine-containing agent (C6 or C8) is used on winding after dyeing the yarns for adhering the water-repellent agent before drying. Yet, there are shortcomings. The water-repellent agent would not be adhered uniformly; wash fastness would be poor; the spinning device would be polluted; and, the water-repellent agent would generate environmental hormones of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS). In addition, a lot of waste water would be produced to pollute the environment on dyeing the yarns. Traditional water-repellent C8 (8 carbons) fluorine-containing agent contains PFOA or PFOS, whose half-lives are long and would continue to exist in the natural environment while being low-dose accumulated in organisms to cause harm to human. Although the water-repellent C6 fluorine-containing agent is measured to have a far below concentration than the C8 fluorine-containing water-repellent agent and long-term residual harms are thus reduced, toxicity concern can not be completely ruled out. Hence, the prior art does not fulfill all users' requests on actual use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe main purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for binding a pigment, an environmentally friendly C4 fluorine-containing compound (water-repellent C4 fluorine-containing agent completely free of PFOA and PFOS), a dispersant and a related polymer substrate carrier to obtain water-repellent colored masterbatches; and spinning the masterbatches into yarns for uniformly mixing the pigment and the C4 fluorine-containing compound into fabric to obtain environmentally friendly water-repellent colored fabrics, where waste water pollution from dyeing and processing is significantly reduced without generating environmentally harmful PFOA and PFOS.
To achieve the above purpose, the present invention is an apparatus of fabricating environmentally friendly water-repellent colored fabrics, comprising a masterbatch generator, a drying device, a yarn spinner, a first fabric generator and a second fabric generator, where the masterbatch generator melt-kneads a raw material; after being melt-kneaded, the raw material is extruded to form a plurality of water-repellent colored masterbatches through cooling and granulating; the drying device is connected to the masterbatch generator; the drying device hot-dries the masterbatches to obtain a plurality of dried masterbatches; the yarn spinner is connected to the drying device to obtain water-repellent colored yarns by spinning; the first fabric generator is connected to the yarn spinner to obtain a water-repellent colored fabric of a knitted fabric, a woven fabric or a plush fabric; and the second fabric generator is connected to the drying device to obtain a water-repellent colored non-woven fabric. Accordingly, a novel apparatus of fabricating environmentally friendly water-repellent colored fabrics is obtained.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGThe present invention will be better understood from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment according to the present invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which
FIG. 1 is the view showing the preferred embodiment according to the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTThe following description of the preferred embodiment is provided to understand the features and the structures of the present invention.
Please refer toFIG. 1, which is a view showing a preferred embodiment according to the present invention. As shown in the FIGURE, the present invention is an apparatus of fabricating environmentally friendly water-repellent colored fabrics, comprising amasterbatch generator1, adrying device2, ayarn spinner3, afirst fabric generator4 and asecond fabric generator5.
Themasterbatch generator1 comprises amixing unit11; a high-speedpowder kneading device12 communicated with themixing unit11; adriving unit13 located at a side of and connected to thepowder kneading device12; acooling tank14 located at another side of and connected to thepowder kneading device12; agranulator15 located at a side of and connected to thecooling tank14; and a collectingtrough16 located at another side of and connected to thecooling tank14. Themasterbatch generator1 processes kneading and melt-blowing to a raw material; and, after being melted and kneaded, the raw material is extruded to form a plurality of water-repellent coloredmasterbatches6athrough cooling and granulating.
Thedrying device2 is connected to the collectingtrough16 of themasterbatch generator1 to hot-dry themasterbatches6afor obtaining a plurality of driedmasterbatches6.
Theyarn spinner3 is connected to thedrying device2 and comprises a yarn-makingdevice31; awinding device32 corresponding to the yarn-makingdevice31 at an end; and a plurality ofrollers33 located between the yarn-makingdevice31 and thewinding device32. Theyarn spinner3 obtains water-repellent colored yarns through spinning.
Thefirst fabric generator4 is connected to theyarn spinner3 to obtain a water-repellent colored fabric, such as a knitted fabric, a woven fabric, a plush fabric, etc.
Thesecond fabric generator5 is connected to thedrying device2 to obtain a water-repellent colored non-woven fabric.
Thus, a novel apparatus of fabricating environmentally friendly water-repellent colored fabrics is obtained.
The water-repellent coloredmasterbatch6 comprises 40˜69.5 weight percents (wt %) of apolymer substrate carrier61; 0.01˜6 wt % of adispersant62;1˜30 wt % of a C4 fluorine-containingcompound63; and 1˜30 wt % of apigment64. The polymer substrate carrier is made of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE),Nylon 6,Nylon 6,12,Nylon 6,6 or a mixture thereof.
On fabricating the water-repellent coloredmasterbatches6, thepolymer substrate carrier61, thedispersant62, the C4 fluorine-containingcompound63 and thepigment64 are put in themixing unit11 of themasterbatch generator1 to be mixed by a high-speedpowder kneading device12 at a rotational speed of 1000 rotations per minute (RPM) ˜3000 RPM for a time of 10˜90 minutes. Thus, the C4 fluorine-containingcompound63 is quickly and uniformly dispersed in a polymer-substrate-carrier mixture for forming a water-repellent polymer-substrate powder having the C4 fluorine-containingcompound63 and thepigment64 uniformly dispersed. Therein, the water-repellent polymer-substrate powder is kneaded and granulated at a temperature of 220 Celsius degrees (° C.) ˜300° C. by a twin-screw kneading device having a screwing speed of 300 RPM˜400 RPM with coordination of thecooling tank14 and thegranulator15 for forming water-repellent coloredmasterbatches6ahaving uniform and smooth surface. Then, the fabricated water-repellent coloredmasterbatches6aare collected in the collectingtrough16 to be hot-dried at a temperature of 110° C.˜140° for 6˜30 hours for obtaining the driedmasterbatches6.
On fabricating the water-repellent colored yarns, 1˜20 wt % of the driedmasterbatches6 are put into the yarn-makingdevice31 of theyarn spinner3 to be spun with coordination of spinningnozzle7 for obtaining the water-repellentcolored yarns8ahaving yarn finenesses of 1˜100 deniers; and, then, the water-repellent coloredyarns8aare winded by thewinding device32 through therollers33. Furthermore, by using the water-repellent coloredyarns8afor fabricating a fabric (i.e. a cloth), a water-repellent coloredfabric8 like a knitted fabric, a woven fabric or a plush fabric is fabricated through thefirst fabric generator4.
Or, thesecond fabric generator5 can melt-knead the 1˜20 wt % driedmasterbatches6 to obtain a water-repellent colorednon-woven fabric9.
Hence, the present invention binds a pigment, an environmentally friendly C4 fluorine-containing compound (C4 water-repellent agent completely free of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS)), a dispersant and a related polymer substrate carrier to obtain water-repellent colored masterbatches. Then, the masterbatches are spun into yarns for uniformly mixing the pigment and the C4 fluorine-containing compound into fabric to obtain an environmentally friendly water-repellent colored fabric, where waste water pollution from dyeing and processing is significantly reduced without generating environmentally harmful PFOA and PFOS.
To sum up, the present invention is an apparatus of fabricating environmentally friendly water-repellent colored fabrics, where a pigment, an environmentally friendly C4 fluorine-containing compound, a dispersant and a related polymer substrate carrier are bond to obtain water-repellent colored masterbatches; the masterbatches are spun into yarns for uniformly mixing the pigment and the C4 fluorine-containing compound into fabric; thus, an environmentally friendly water-repellent colored fabric is obtained for significantly reducing waste water pollution from dyeing and processing without generating environmentally harmful PFOA and PFOS.
The preferred embodiment herein disclosed is not intended to unnecessarily limit the scope of the invention. Therefore, simple modifications or variations belonging to the equivalent of the scope of the claims and the instructions disclosed herein for a patent are all within the scope of the present invention.