Ceiling and Wall Textile Coverings With Recoatable Latex Coating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for manufacturing stretch ceilings require industrial production processes, specialized equipment, and cannot change color or eliminate seam visibility, while also being prone to electric charge accumulation and limited by temperature and environmental factors.
Innovation Solution
A method using household-purpose woven polyester fabrics with a styrene-butadiene or styrene-acrylate dispersion of water-based latex coating, attached to guide rails forming a closed frame, allowing for ambient temperature application and repeated color changes without seam visibility, using fasteners and a polymer mixture that prevents static electricity accumulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If industrial production methods with PVC substrate coating are used, then the ceiling has durability and structural integrity, but the process requires specialized equipment, high temperature heating up to 180°C, and cannot change color after manufacturing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces expensive industrial PVC coating processes with affordable household acrylic paint that can be applied and reapplied multiple times. The paint layer is designed to be renewable rather than permanent, allowing color changes without specialized equipment while maintaining adequate durability for decorative applications
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the temperature parameter from industrial heating (180°C) to ambient temperature application, and replaces PVC substrate with acrylic polymer-based paint. This allows the same ceiling structure to support both durable construction and flexible color changes using simple household tools
2Area of stationary object
If large dimensional stretch ceilings are manufactured, then the coverage area increases, but seams between cloth parts become visually perceptible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses acrylic paint that can be applied in multiple coats with careful color matching across seams. The paint application process allows for blending and touch-up techniques that make seams imperceptible, regardless of the ceiling's total area or the number of fabric panels required
3Stability of the object's composition
If PVC substrate is used for coating, then the ceiling has structural stability, but electric charge accumulates on the surface during operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the stable fabric base material with acrylic polymer-based paint coating. This composite structure maintains the structural stability of the original fabric while the acrylic paint layer provides anti-static properties, preventing electric charge accumulation that occurs with PVC substrates
4Ease of manufacture
If household-purpose fabrics are used instead of industrial cloth, then the manufacturing process becomes simpler and more economical, but the fabric may have lower strength and durability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent specifies that household-purpose fabrics should have a weight of at least 60 g/m², which is sufficient for ceiling applications when properly tensioned. The acrylic paint coating adds structural reinforcement to the fabric surface, compensating for any reduction in base fabric strength while enabling the use of simpler, more economical materials
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This method enables durable, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective decorative coatings that maintain physical properties across temperature and environmental conditions, allowing for flexible shapes and repeated color changes without seam visibility or electric charge issues.
Implementation Method 1
a mixture comprising at least one flexible polymer... styrene-butadiene or styrene-acrylate dispersion of water-based latex
Implementation Method 2
the guide rails form a closed frame corresponding to perimeter of wall or ceiling or the part thereof to be decorated... attached thereto with fasteners
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AI summary
Method of manufacturing decorative covering for ceiling and walls, including manufacture of the cloth from textile material covered on at least one side with mixture, which comprises at least one flexible polymer (1), attached to a framework base (2). The invention is characterized in that the framework base (2) is made of guide rails in the form of long elements which are made of wood or sheet of composite material of wood or elastic polymer, which density makes it possible to retain fasteners, and at that the guide rails form a closed frame corresponding to perimeter of the wall or ceiling or part thereof to be decorated. As a textile material (1) the household-purpose weaved fabrics are used manufactured by plain weaving of. mutually perpendicular textured polyester synthetic fibers (3,4) made on the basis of thermoplastic polyester of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol, namely the warp and weft. The fabric has a surface density of 80 to 220 grams per square meter, breaking load in the warp of at least 35 kgf, in the weft - at least 25 kgf. The fabric is cut out in the sizes that exceed the perimeter of the closed frame formed by guide rails and is attached thereto with fasteners in the form of single rods that have a head and a pointed end, or with U-shaped bars made of iron and carbon alloy or brass. The fixed fabric is coated with a mixture, and herewith the mixture basis consists of styrene-butadiene or styrene-acrylate dispersion of water-based latex; and the mixture, which is applied on the cloth in the polymer state, makes it possible to perform a decorative image or change the color palette of the cloth for at least 5 cycles.