Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4101:6 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Inspection › Chapter 4101:6-1 - General Provisions › Section 4101:6-1-17 - Miscellaneous fillers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Definitions:
(1) "Acetate fiber" means the fiber formed
			 from cellulose acetate.
(2) "Beans"
			 means the seeds of various leguminous plants.
(3) "Buckwheat hulls" means the outer seed
			 pods of
			 the buckwheat plants.
(4) "Cat-tail
			 plant fiber" means fibers from the cat-tail plant.
(5) "Cellophane" means a thin, transparent
			 sheeting of regenerated cellulose.
(6) "Cellulose fiber" means fiber from wood
			 or other vegetable growth to a cellulose state and containing not more than
			 four per cent lignin and twelve per cent pentosans.
(7) "Coconut husk fiber" or "coir" means the
			 fibrous material obtained from the husk or the outer shell of the
			 coconut.
(8) "Corn husk" means the
			 leafy covering obtained from ears of corn.
(9) "Corrugated fiber board" means the
			 combination of three sections of stiff compact pasteboard whereby one section
			 has been formed into folds and is enclosed between the other two
			 sections.
(10) "Dry polymer gel"
			 means a two-phase colloidal polymer consisting of a foamable
			 powder.
(11) "Excelsior" means
			 shredded, thread-like wood fibers. It shall not include waste products, such as shavings, sawdust, or similar
			 waste.
(12) "Fiber sheet" means any
			 natural or synthetic substance composed of thread-like materials interwoven,
			 pressed, or molded into a thin sheet-like
			 form.
(13) "Flax tow" means the
			 coarse, broken, and refuse parts of flax separated from the fine, fibrous parts
			 in preparing the fibers for spinning.
(14) "Fur" means the fine soft underfur
			 removed from the tanned or untanned pelts of
			 mammals of the class of furbearers. The name of the animal may be stated and,
			 when so indicated on the label, it must be a true statement.
(15) "Gel" means a two
			 -phase colloidal system consisting of a solid and
			 a liquid in a more solid form than a
			 solution.
(16) "Glass fiber" means
			 the fiber obtained when glass is spun into thin filaments from a liquid
			 state.
(17) "Hay" means any grass
			 properly dried or cured and free from dust, burrs, sticks, or other foreign
			 material.
(18) "Iron filings" means
			 small particles of metal produced by the filing or grinding of iron.
(19) "Isotropic ferrite" or "magnet" means
			 any piece of ferromagnetic material that has magnetic properties.
(20) "Jute fiber" means the best fiber
			 derived from any species of the corchorus plant.
(21) "Jute tow" means the broken or refuse
			 parts of jute separated from the fine, fibrous parts in preparing the fibers
			 for spinning.
(22) "Jute waste"
			 means the by-product of any machine through which jute fiber passes in spinning
			 into yarn or cordage, but prior to the process of spinning.
(23) "Kapok" means the mass of fibers
			 investing the seed of the kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra). Any additional term
			 descriptive of the geographical origin or of the quality of such fibers shall
			 be a true statement when set forth on the label.
(24) "Marabou fibers" means barbs of turkey
			 feathers stripped from quills and separated into individual or disconnected
			 barbs.
(25) "Metallic fiber" means
			 a fiber composed of metal, plastic -coated metal,
			 metal-coated plastic, or a core completely covered by metal.
(26) "Metallic foil" means a thin metal sheet
			 usually less than 0.15 millimeters thick.
(27) "Milkweed fiber" means the surface fiber
			 from inside of the seed pods of milkweed plants (Asclepias).
(28) "Moss" means the vegetable fiber hair
			 growth found in swamps and on trees.
(29) "Palm fiber" means the fibrous material
			 obtained from the leaf of the palm, palmetto, or palmyra tree.
(30)
									"Paper
			 by-products" means paper that has been used in the manufacture or processing of
			 other products and subsequently used in bedding and upholstered
			 furniture.
(31) "Paper sheets"
			 means the sheets of paper used for separating or covering felts or batting. If
			 this material does not exceed ten per cent of the filling, it need not be shown
			 on the label.
(32) "Potpourri
			 (scented)" means a mixture of dried flower petals, spices, and other miscellaneous anthology used to scent an
			 article.
(33) "Rayon" means the
			 fiber formed from regenerated cellulose.
(34) "Resin coated" means new material, in
			 pad form, where only the surfaces have been coated with resin or
			 latex.
(35) "Rice (scented or
			 unscented)" means the grain of an annual Cyperales
			 grass plant.
(36) "Sand" means the
			 loose, gritty particles of worn or disintegrated rock
			 that can
			 pass through a ten mesh sieve, with a particle size of no larger than two
			 millimeters or 0.0787 inches in diameter.
(37) "Sea grass" means the material obtained
			 from maritime plants or seaweeds.
(38) "Silicone gel" means a fluid, resin,
			 elastomer, grease, rubber, or foamable powder
			 that is heat-stable and water-repellant,
			 semiorganic radical polymers attached to the silicones.
(39) "Silk waste" means the by-products of
			 any preparing or spinning machinery through which the silk filaments or fibers
			 pass.
(40) "Sisal" means the leaf
			 fiber derived from the Agave sisalina and similar species of agaves.
(41) "Steel fibers" means thin steel fibers
			 similar to those found in steel wool pads. The term "steel wool" is not
			 permitted.
(42) "Straw" means the
			 stalk or stem of grain, such as wheat, rye, oats, rice, and the like, after
			 threshing. The kind of straw may be stated, but,
			 when indicated, must be a true statement. It shall be free from chaff, beards,
			 bristles, husks, glumes, dirt, or other extraneous matter.
(43) "Tampico" means the
			 stiff
			 plant fiber derived from a number of Mexican plants, such as
			 Agave and Yucca, but principally Agave lechuguilla.
(44)
			 "Textile fiber waste" means new material consisting of a variety of fibers that
			 have been reduced to a fibrous state.
(45) "Textile napper" means new material in
			 the form of short fibers or lint removed during the process of raising the face
			 of a cloth.
(46) "Tula" means the
			 leaf fiber derived from the Tula Ixtle and similar species of agaves.
(47) "Urethane foam (high resilience)" means
			 a cellular urethane product that is created by the interaction of an ester or an
			 ether and a carbamic acid derivative. It must have a minimum density of 2.3
			 pounds per cubic foot, a minimum resilience of sixty per cent, and a minimum support factor of
			 2.4.
(48)
									"Viscoelastic polyurethane foam" means an open cell urethane
			 product that is created by the interaction of an ester or an ester and carbamic
			 acid derivative. It must have a minimum density of 4.0 pounds per cubic foot, a
			 minimum resilience of sixty-five per cent, and a minimum support fator of
			 2.8.
(49) "Wood fiber"
			 means fibers reduced from wood or other vegetable growth to a cellulose state
			 and containing more than four per cent lignin or twelve per cent
			 pentosans.