(19)
(11) EP 0 046 353 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.09.1982 Bulletin 1982/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.02.1982 Bulletin 1982/08

(21) Application number: 81303587

(22) Date of filing: 05.08.1981
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL

(30) Priority: 14.08.1980 US 177902

(71) Applicant: Standard Oil Company
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(72) Inventor:
  • Mitchell, Philip Bates
     ()

   


(54) Antistatic fibre-lock-weave primary carpet backing


(57) Primary carpet backing comprising a woven tape backing with staple fiber fleece needlebonded thereto wherein conductive yarns are woven into the backing in superposed or piggyback relationship to warped yarns, 2 to 8 ends per inch (0.79 to 31 ends/cm) of the conductive yarn being used. The product serves as a primary backing for carpets, the pile yarn being tufted therein. Good anti-static properties are obtained.





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