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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357889 | Melt spun TPU fibers and process Thermoplastic polyether polyurethane polymers are disclosed which are mixed with a non-polyether crosslinking agent to achieve long run times in a melt spinning process to make elastic fibers. The crosslinking agent is preferably a polyester polyol reacted with a di... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351338 | Porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin and process for producing the same There is provided a porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin which has pores of appropriate size and distribution and also excellent mechanical strength represented by tensile strength and elongation at break and is useful as a microfiltration membrane or a sepa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7192499 | Nonwoven fabric with characteristics similar to woven and knitted fabrics A nonwoven fabric having characteristics resembling woven and knitted fabrics is produced by extruding a plurality of plural component fibers, where each fiber includes first and second polymer components with the first polymer component having a degree of shrinkage... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179412 | Method and apparatus for producing polymer fibers and fabrics including multiple polymer components in a closed system A closed fiber spinning system includes a spin beam assembly including a plurality of polymer distribution manifolds to independently deliver different polymer component fluid streams to a spin pack and independently maintain those fluid streams at different tempera... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7160623 | Melt-processible poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Melt-processible, thermoplastic poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) compositions are disclosed and methods for making and processing same. Additionally, products comprising these compositions are described. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147815 | Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) bicomponent fiber process A process for the preparation of a side-by-side or eccentric sheath-core bicomponent fiber wherein each component comprises a different poly(trimethylene terephthalate) composition. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6843948 | Vinylidene fluoride resin compositions and articles molded therefrom A vinylidene fluoride resin composition which is stable to heat at molding temperatures and is free from foaming and coloration, and molded products made by forming the vinylidene fluoride resin composition are provided. The vinylidene fluoride resin composition may... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6776858 | Process and apparatus for making multicomponent meltblown web fibers and webs A process for forming multiple component meltblown fibers by extruding a first distinct melt-processable polymer through a row of first extrusion orifices, simultaneously extruding a second distinct melt-processable polymer through a row of second extrusion orifices... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6764628 | Composite material comprising oriented carbon nanotubes in a carbon matrix and process for preparing same Fiber spinning of two polymer compositions wherein one of the compositions contains carbon nanotubes produces structures such as fibers, ribbons, yarns and films of carbon nanotubes. The polymers are removed and stabilization of the carbon nanotube material is achie... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6752947 | Method and apparatus for thermal bonding high elongation nonwoven fabric A method of forming a thermally bonded, nonwoven polypropylene fabric is provided and includes passing a web of thermally bondable skin-core polypropylene fibers through a calender nip under heat and pressure to produce a nonwoven fabric having elongation. The patte... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6692687 | Method for high-speed spinning of bicomponent fibers Highly crimped, fully drawn bicomponent fibers, prepared by melt-spinning, followed by gas-flow quenching, heat treatment and high speed windup, are provided, as are fine-decitex and highly uniform polyester bicomponent fibers.... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6552123 | Thermoplastic polyvinyl alcohol fibers and method for producing them Provided are melt-spun fibers comprising, as at least one component, a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol, and a method for producing fibrous structures comprising the fibers. The thermoplastic polyvinyl alcohol fibers comprise, as at least one component, a ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6548431 | Melt spun polyester nonwoven sheet This invention provides a process for making a nonwoven sheet of substantially continuous melt spun fibers by extruding melt spinnable polymer containing at least 30% by weight low IV poly(ethylene terephthalate), drawing the extruded fiber filaments at a... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6537660 | Light-weight fiber excellent in dyeability The present invention relates to a fiber, which includes: 2 to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of the fiber, of at least one block copolymer, which includes: at least one polymer block (A) that includes 50 to 100% by weight of olefinic monomer units, ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6506327 | Process of making monofilaments In a method for producing a monofilament with reduced secondary binding forces of at least two commonly extruded polymers for the production of bristles or interdental cleaners which are slittable substantially axially through the action of mechanical for... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6471910 | Nonwoven fabrics formed from ribbon-shaped fibers and method and apparatus for making the same Nonwoven fabric is formed from a spunbond process by extruding generally ribbon-shaped fibers 126 through slot-shaped orifices 124 of a spinneret 122. The ribbon-shaped fibers are rapidly quenched after extrusion to achieve a substantially uniform molecul... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6392007 | Multi-pixel liquid streams, especially fiber-forming polymeric streams, and methods and apparatus for forming same At least two different liquid streams are sub-divided into a dense plurality of individually separated parallel pixels oriented in respective misregistered arrays. Therefore, an individual pixel of one of the liquid stream arrays will be surrounded by pix... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6355772 | Melt-stable lactide polymer nonwoven fabric and process for manufacture thereof A nonwoven fabric comprised of a lactide polymer. The lactide polymer comprises a plurality of poly(lactide) polymer chains, residual lactide in concentration of less than about 2 percent and water in concentration of less than about 2000 parts-per-millio... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6332994 | High speed spinning of sheath/core bicomponent fibers Processes whereby sheath/core bicomponent fibers are melt-spun at relatively high spinning rates. In particularly preferred forms, polyamide sheath/core bicomponent fibers are made at melt-spinning speeds of about 4000 meters per minute or greater, and mo... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6332993 | Process of making heat-retaining fibers A method for making heat-retaining fiber and fabrics. According to the present invention, the white conductive particles and the white particles with good radiating efficiency of far-infrared radiation are added in fiber-forming polymers to obtain the mix... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6331264 | Low emission polymer compositions The invention comprises polymer compositions containing 3-hydroxypropanoxy terminated polymer that exhibit reduced levels of degradation product emissions during processing, by contacting the polymer in the molten state with a melt stable, organic nitroge... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6267898 | Leukapheretic filter medium A leukocyte-removing filter medium which comprises a matrix and ultra-fine fibers having a fiber diameter of less than 1.0 μm and not less than 0.01 μm which contains ultra-fine fibers in an amount of less than 50 wt % and not less than 0.1 wt %, the de... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6251340 | Adaptable filament deposition system and method for freeform fabrication of three-dimensional objects An improved system for forming a three-dimensional object by filament deposition of forming materials includes a crucible for holding a reservoir of the filament forming material, an orifice disposed in the bottom of the crucible through which the forming... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6153138 | Process for modifying synthetic bicomponent fiber cross-sections Bicomponent fibers of different cross-sections may be formed without changing the geometry of the spinneret orifices. More specifically, at least two polymers are co-melt-spun through an orifice of fixed geometry so as to achieve a bicomponent fiber havin... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6136435 | Polyester filament yarn A polyester filament yarn produced by a melt-spinning a mixture of a polyester resin with 0.4 to 4.0 weight % of filament elongation-enhancing agent particles and taking up the filament yarn at a speed of 2500 to 8000 m/minutes, having an increase in resi... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6048464 | Filter medium for leukocyte removal, method of making, and method of using thereof A leukocyte-removing filter material is described, which includes a porous element having fine pores of an average pore diameter of not less than 1.0 μm but less than 100 μm and a fiber structure composed of a plurality of fibers having an average fiber... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6010654 | Method of making multiple domain fibers Multicomponent fibers have a primary core, and multiple secondary cores equidistantly radially spaced from one another and from the primary core. The primary and secondary cores are entirely embedded within (and thus completely encased by) a primary sheat... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5985999 | Dyeable polyolefin containing polyetheramine modified functionalized polyolefin This invention concerns a composition comprising a blend of polyolefin with the reaction of a functionalized polyolefin and polyetheramine in which the polyetheramine is grafted into the functionalized polyolefin in a customary mixing apparatus. A process... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5985193 | Process of making polypropylene fibers Process of producing skin-core fibers and the resulting fibers and nonwoven materials and articles wherein the fibers are composed of a polymer blend of a polyolefin and polymeric bond curve enhancing agents, such as ethylene vinyl acetate polymers.... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5919410 | Method of fiber splitting for conjugated fiber A method for fiber splitting for conjugated fiber, which includes the steps of i) preparing polymers: charging a first polymer and a second polymer respectively into corresponding extruders and adding a nucleated agent, releasing agent or catalyst into on... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5895710 | Process for producing fine fibers and fabrics thereof The disclosed invention relates to split fibers and improved means and methods for obtaining them as well as their use in nonwovens and incorporation into personal care and other products. Multicomponent filaments are formed including at least two incompa... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5876650 | Process of making fibers of arbitrary cross section The present invention relates, in general, to fiber spinning and, in particular, to a process of spinning fibers of more than one cross-sectional component and to fibers produced thereby.... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5851562 | Instant mixer spin pack A multiplate spin pack receives metered molten polymer and metered amounts of additive components selectively proportioned to produce desired characteristics in extruded fiber. The additive components are mixed together and blended with the polymer by pas... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5849232 | Process for producing highly oriented undrawn polyester fibers A process for preparing highly oriented undrawn core-sheath type conjugated polyester fibers including the step of spinning a polyester as the sheath polymer and a polymer having a larger gradient of elongational viscosity with the temperature than that o... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5837179 | Method of making abrasive filaments comprising abrasive-filled thermoplastic elastomer An abrasive filament, including a thermoplastic elastomer having abrasive particles dispersed and adhered therein, exhibits improved life over previously known abrasive-filled polymeric filaments. Methods of making abrasive filaments of the invention, art... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5820805 | Process for making multicomponent antistatic fibers Electrically conductive fiber is made from a multicomponent filament having a suffusible component present at some or all of the periphery of the filament, and an impervious component that is substantially impervious to a suffusion coating solution. Finel... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5811040 | Process of making fiber for carpet face yarn The specification describes a process of making a fiber for a carpet face yarn, the yarn being made of polyolefin/polymer filaments which contain a plurality of longitudinally dispersed relatively small, short polymer fibrils inside the filaments generall... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5716568 | Method for producing polyester bi-component fibers and filaments A method for producing polyester bi-component threads on the basis of only one type of polyester is carded out by an "in line" modification of a partial stream with a co-monomer from the substance class of lactones, spinning of the unmodified and modified... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5702658 | Bicomponent polymer fibers made by rotary process In a method for making bicomponent polymer fibers, first and second molten polymers are supplied to a rotating spinner having an orificed peripheral wall. The molten polymers are centrifuged through the orifices as molten bicomponent polymer streams. The ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5698148 | Process for making electrically conductive fibers Electrically conductive thermoplastic fibers are made by spinning a fiber having an electrically conductive sheath of thermoplastic polymer formulated with carbon black and a non-conductive core from the thermoplastic polymer; quenching the fiber after sa... | 12/16/1997 |
