1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13854:2003 Manufactured articles solely filled with feather and down Requirements for upholstered parts and cushions The European Standard EN 13854:2003 has the status of a British Standard ICS 59.040; 97.140 BS EN 13854:2003 This British Standard was published under the autho
2、rity of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 May 2003 BSI 30 May 2003 ISBN 0 580 41953 3 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13854:2003. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/73, Fillings and f
3、illed articles, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catal
4、ogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its cor
5、rect application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests in
6、formed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indi
7、cates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13854 May2003 ICS59.040;97.140 Englishversion Manufacturedarticlessolelyfilledwithfeatheranddown Requirementsforupholsteredpartsandcushions Articlesmanu
8、factursgarnisdeplumesetduvets Exigencespourlespartiesrembourresetlescoussins FertigartikelgeflltmitFedernundDaunenAnforderungen angepolsterteTeileundKissen ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon14March2003. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsfor
9、givingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversionina
10、nyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,L
11、uxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved wo
12、rldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13854:2003EEN13854:2003(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. .5 4 Requirements .5 4.1 Filling.5 4.1.1 Compositions .5 4.1.2 Hygieneandcleanliness . 5 4.1.3 Fillingmass 5 4.2 Primarytick .5 4.2.1 T
13、extilefibrecomposition . .5 4.2.2 Downproofness .6 5 Labelling .6 AnnexA (informative) Requirementsofsemifinishedproducts .7 A.1 General7 A.2 Definition.7 A.3 Requirements .7 A.3.1 Filling.7 A.3.2 Semifinishedproduct . 7 Bibliography 8EN13854:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN13854:2003)hasbeenprepa
14、redbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC222,“Featheranddownas fillingmaterialforanyarticle,aswellasfinishedarticlesfilledwithfeatheranddown“thesecretariatofwhichisheld byUNI. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyNovember2
15、003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byNovember2003. AnnexAisinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundto:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary, Iceland,Ir
16、eland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland andtheUnitedKingdom.EN13854:2003(E) 4 Introduction Cushionsandotherupholsteredsolelyfilledwithfeathersand/ordownaremanufacturedarticlesconsistingofa fillingenclosedwithinaprimarytickhavingspecialcharacteristic
17、sforretainingit.Suchanarticlecanbefittedintoa coverofotherfabricorofothermateriallikeleatheretc.Itcanbeusedasaseatorbackcushionsonsofas, armchairandthelike,asarmrestorasdecorativeelement.Itisimportanttostressthatthefeatherand/ordown fillingisaloosematerialwithoutapropershape,i.e.itisnotbound,notinte
18、rlaced,notwoven. Thesearticlesareusedinvariousmanners,dependingon: a) afunctionaluse(i.e.theyareapartofanupholsteredpieceoffurniture,forinstanceaseatcushionofan armchair); b) adecorativeuse(i.e.thearticleisnotanintegralpartofthepieceoffurniture). Itisnecessarytostressthattheproducerofanupholsteredpi
19、eceoffurnituredoesnotalwaysmanufacturethe cushionorotherupholsteredpartshimselfbuthasthemmanufacturedbyaconverter. 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiesthecharacteristicsfornewsemifinishedproducts,i.e.cushionsandother upholsteredelementssolelyfilledwithfeathersand/ordown,totheirprimarytickandtheirfil
20、ling. Itdoesnotapplytotheircovernortosupporttheyaremeantfor. CharacteristicstobeagreeduponbythepurchaserandtheconverteraregiveninAnnexA(informative). 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedatthe
21、appropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamend
22、ments). EN1883 FeatheranddownSamplinginviewoftests EN12131 FeatheranddownTestmethodsDeterminationofthequantitativecompositionoffeatherand down(manualmethod) EN121321 FeatheranddownMethodsfortestingthedownproofpropertiesoffabricsPart1:Rubbingtest EN12934 FeatheranddownCompositionlabellingofprocessedf
23、eathersanddownforuseassolefilling material EN12935 FeatheranddownHygieneandcleanlinessrequirements EN13088 ManufacturedarticlesfilledwithfeatheranddownMethodforthedeterminationofafilledproducts totalmassandofthemassofthefillingEN13854:2003(E) 5 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStand
24、ard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply: 3.1 cushion manufacturedarticleofallshapesandsizesusedasaseatorasbackorfordecorative purposes NOTE Thecushionisnottobeconfusedwiththepillowusedasaheadrestinbed. 3.2 upholsteredelement spareorcomplementaryelementofallshapesandsizes,likerolls,poufs,armrests,et
25、c:otherthancushions 3.3 filling feathersand/ordowncontainedwithintheprimarytick 3.4 primarytick textilefabricenvelopecontainingthefilling 3.5 cover envelopeoftextilefabricorofothermaterialcontainingthefillingenclosedwiththeprimarytick 3.6 downproofproperty theabilityoftheprimaryticktoadequatelyretai
26、nthefilling 4Requirements 4.1Filling 4.1.1Compositions TheproducershalldeclarethecompositionofthefillingmaterialaccordingtoEN12934,determinedaccordingto EN12131,aftersamplingaccordingtoEN1883. 4.1.2 Hygieneandcleanliness ThefillingmaterialshallconformtotheappropriaterequirementsspecifiedinEN12935. 4
27、.1.3Filling mass Thefillingmass,determinedaccordingtoEN13088,shallnotdeviatebymorethan 5%fromthedeclared nominalmass. 4.2Primarytick 4.2.1 Textilefibrecomposition Textilefibrecompositionshallbelabelled. NOTE SeeECDirective83/623/EECforinformationonlabellingoftextilefibrecompositionEN13854:2003(E) 6
28、4.2.2 Downproofness WhentestedaccordingtoEN121321,thenumberofparticlespassedorprotrudedshallbenotmorethan25. 5Labelling Eachproductshallbelabelledatleastwiththefollowing: referencetothisstandard; identification(brandnameorproducerorretailer); filling composition; thatitcomplieswiththerequirementsofh
29、ygieneandcleanlinessofEN12935; nominalfillingmass; textilefibrecompositionoftheprimarytick; thatitcomplieswiththerequirementsoffeatheranddownproofness.EN13854:2003(E) 7 Annex A (informative) Requirementsofsemifinishedproducts A.1General Therequirementsreferringtosemifinishedproductsvarywithrespectof
30、thestructureofthefinishedupholstered pieceoffurnituredesignedbythemakerofthesameandthereforearebeyondthescopeofCEN/TC222. However,takingintoconsiderationthefactthatinmanycasesthemakerofanupholsteredpieceoffurniture delegatesthemanufactureofthesemifinishedparts(cushionsorotherupholsteredparts)toaconv
31、erter,itis necessarytoregulatetherelationbetweenthesetwosubjects. Thefollowingrequirementsaretobeconsideredoptionalforthefinalconsumer. A.2Definition Semifinishedproduct:Cushion(3.1)asupholsteredelement(3.2)consistingonlyofprimarytick(3.4)containing thefillingmaterial(3.3)orderedtoaconverter. A.3Req
32、uirements A.3.1Filling Permanentdeformationafterdynamicfatiguestressunderconstantload.Thischaracteristicshouldbedetermined accordingtoENV12936.Thevalueafterapredeterminedcyclenumbershallbeagreeduponthecustomerand theconverter,ifhehastobuythefilling. A.3.2Semifinishedproduct A.3.2.1Dimensions Thetole
33、rancesreferringtothedimensionsgivenbyadesignoraprototypeshouldbeagreeduponbytheparties. A.3.2.2 Partitions(baffle) Themaking,number,locationofpartitions(baffles)shallcorrespondtoadesignorprototype. A.3.2.3 Thicknessandcompressibility ThischaracteristicshouldbedeterminedinaccordancewithEN138551andEN1
34、38552. Thevaluesafterapredeterminedcyclenumbershouldbeagreeduponthecustomerandtheconverter.EN13854:2003(E) 8 Bibliography 83/623/EEC CouncilDirectiveof25November1983amendingDirective71/307/EEContheapproximationofthe lawsofthememberStatesrelatingtotextilenames EN138551 Manufacturedarticlessolelyfille
35、dwithfeathersanddownMeasurementofthicknessand compressibilityofcushionsPart1:Testmethodbyrotation EN138552 ManufacturedarticlessolelyfilledwithfeathersanddownMeasurementofthicknessand compressibilityofcushionsPart2:Testmethodbyoscillation ENV12936 FeatheranddownDeterminationofthepermanentdeformation
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