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Water and/or oil-impermeable sealing mat consisting substantially of a substrate layer, a layer of swellable clay and a cover layer
| Details |
Inventors: Heerten, George; Johannben, Karsten; Muller, Volkhard;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Davis; Jenna
Assistant Examiner: Morris; Terrel
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Larson and Taylor
A water and/or oil-impermeable sealing mat is provided in form of a bentonite non-woven fabric combination with the possibility of transmitting thrust from one batt layer to the other, i.e. on a slope thrust forces can be transmitted by the covering batt material through the layer of swellable clay into the supporting batt material. Such a sealing mat is a fiber-reinforced mineral seal permitting the transmission of thrust forces on slopes, without the risk of the layer of swellable clay itself becoming the preferred sliding plane. The sealing mat consists of a non-woven textile material as substrate layer, a layer of swellable clay, preferably sodium bentonite, and a cover layer consisting preferably also of a non-woven textile material, all three layers having been needled together in the conventional manner in a needle loom. When moistened, the clay swells and forms the water and/or oil-impermeable layer. The water and/or oil-impermeable sealing mat is used especially in hydraulic engineering and in waste disposel engineering. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A water and/or oil-impermeable sealing mat for use as a water and/or oil barrier consisting essentially of, in order, a substrate layer, a layer of swellable clay, and a cover layer, wherein (a) at least one of the substrate and the cover layer consist of a non-woven textile material, (b) all three layers are bonded together by needling, (c) the swellable clay is at least partially embedded in a non-woven textile layer and (d) the thickness of the swellable clay is less than or substantially equal to the thickness of the non-woven textile layer or layers as a whole.
2.
Sealing mat according to claim 1, wherein the non-woven textile material or materials have an area weight of about 250 to about 1000 g/m.
sup.
2, a thickness of about 2 to about 8 mm, effective opening sizes between about 0.
08 and about 1.
5 mm, water permeabilities at a load of 2 kN/m.
sup.
2 between about 10.
sup.
-3 and about 10.
sup.
-2 m/s and are made of spinning fibers with a length of cut of about 60 to about 150 mm.
3.
Sealing mat according to claim 2, wherein one of the substrate and cover layer is a non-woven textile material and the other layer is a woven or knitted fabric, both of said substrate and cover layer consist of non-rotting synthetic resin fibers or filaments.
4.
Sealing mat according to claim 3, wherein the fibers and/or filaments consist of polyolefin or polyester.
5.
Sealing mat according to claim 4, wherein the polyolefin is polypropylene.
6.
Sealing mat according to claim 4, wherein the polyolefin is high density polyethylene (HDPE).
7.
Sealing mat according to claim 1, wherein the layer of swellable clay is uniform and has a thickness of about 0.
5 to about 10 mm and the swellable clay is powdered or granular.
8.
Sealing mat according to claim 1, wherein the swellable clay is bentonite.
9.
Sealing mat according to claim 8, wherein the bentonite is an alkalimetal-activated bentonite.
10.
Sealing mat according to claim 9, wherein the alkalimetal-activated bentonite is a sodium-activated bentonite
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