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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8088696 | Nonwoven fabrics with advantageous properties This invention relates to nonwoven fabrics with advantageous characteristics and the method to produce these fabrics. Advantageously, the fabrics of the subject invention have increased thickness (loft) compared to conventional nonwoven fabrics and have high air per... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7425364 | Antistatic spiral fabric In a spiral link fabric having a plurality of helical coils connected along a coiled perimeter to form a plurality of hinges, each hinge is formed using one of a plurality of connecting rods. The result is a spiral link fabric having a plurality of open channels bet... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7223048 | Performed pavement warning assembly method A detectable pavement warning assembly includes a web having a plurality of projections attached to one another by linear connectors, a planar cover with a series of apertures for receiving the projections therethrough and an adhesive sheet. In use a rigid substrate... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204658 | Light-accumulating luminous road marking material and road structure A photoluminescence road marking material which is useful for a marking of a lane of a road, has a high photoluminescence performance along with a required wear resistance and weather resistance, can find an application not only in a white line, but also various typ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7153793 | Multilayer nonwovens incorporating differential cross-sections Nonwoven fabric fabrics suitable for undergoing pleating to form filtration media are provided. The fabrics generally include at least three layers. The fibers forming the inner layer has a cross section providing greater stiffness, while the fibers forming the oute... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7067444 | Lyocell nonwoven fabric A lyocell nonwoven fabric having fibers characterized by pebbled surfaces and variable cross sections and diameters along the fibers and from fiber to fiber, is disclosed. The lyocell nonwoven fabric is produced by centrifugal spinning, melt blowing or spunbonding. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7045192 | Weather resistant anti-slip panels A shapeable, weather-resistant anti-slip panel has a cut-resistant anti-slip coating on a rigid substrate and a pattern of cuttable lines; this enables the panel to be shaped by cutting the substrate along selected lines and overcomes the problem with known weather ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6989080 | Nonwoven neutral line dryer fabric A nonwoven papermaker's fabric, usable in the dryer section of a paper machine, has a spiral wound machine direction (MD) base layer of raw stock which is wound around a pair of parallel rolls or cylinders until the desired length and width is achieved. The spiral w... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6919026 | Semipermeable membrane support and process of preparation thereof A semipermeable membrane support includes, a non-woven fabric including main fiber and binder fiber, both of which are formed of synthetic resin fine fiber, the non-woven fabric being manufactured by heating and pressing after paper making, wherein the semipermeable... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6838401 | Heat-resistant fibrous paper A heat-resistant fiber paper sheet which is formed from staple fibers made from a heat-resistant organic polymer, undrawn or low ratio drawn para-aromatic polyamide staple fibers, and an organic resin binder and/or fibrids comprising a heat-resistant organic polymer... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6821914 | Polyester fiber having deformed cross section and yarn and fabric comprising the same Irregular cross-sectional filaments made from a polyester and yarns and fabrics comprising the filaments, the cross-sectional profile of which filaments has a triangular part (A) and a flat projection part (B) connected to an angular portion of the triangular part a... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6815383 | Filtration medium with enhanced particle holding characteristics A nonwoven web useful as a filter medium includes a plurality of bicomponent multilobal fibers including a higher melting polymer component, a lower melting polymer component, and an interface between the polymer components. The fibers are bonded together at points ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6812171 | Carbon fiber sheet and process for production thereof A process for producing a carbon fiber sheet, which comprises allowing, as necessary, an oxidized polyacrylonitrile fiber sheet to contain 0.2 to 5% by mass of a resin, then subjecting the resin-containing oxidized polyacrylonitrile fiber sheet to a compression trea... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6790797 | Insulating and footwear system A system, for example a footwear system, with moisture transport properties includes an insulating layer, which has transport properties, coupled to a fabric lining fabric with moisture transport properties. Antimicrobial efficacy can also be obtained by adding anti... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6720063 | Elastically stretchable composite sheet and process for making the same An elastically stretchable composite sheet includes an elastically stretchable first web and an inelastically stretchable second web of thermoplastic synthetic resin fiber which is intermittently bonded to the first web in a y-direction. Component fiber of the secon... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6630223 | Spirally wound shaped yarns for paper machine clothing and industrial belts A fabric for the forming, press and dryer sections of a paper machine, for use as a reinforcing base for a polymeric-resin-coated paper-processing belt or as a corrugator belt, or in other industrial settings where a material is being dewatered, is formed... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6583075 | Dissociable multicomponent fibers containing a polyacrylonitrile polymer component Disclosed are melt processable multicomponent fibers in which at least one component includes a polyacrylonitrile polymer and at least one component includes a fugitive polymer. The melt processable multicomponent fibers of the present invention may be se... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6509285 | Fabric for moisture management A fabric for moisture management which contains first fibers and second fibers. The first fibers have either circular cross-sections or multiply indentations along the longitudinal side of the fibers. The second fibers have multiply indentations along the... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6436518 | Bundles of fibers useful for moving liquids at high fluxes and acquisition/distribution structures that use the bundles The ability to transport body liquids in consumer products such as diapers, incontinents and feminine napkins is a key factor in their performance. This invention is designed to provide specific high fluxes (volume of liquid/(time*mass of polymer) of aque... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6410465 | Composite sheet material A moisture vapor permeable, substantially liquid impermeable composite sheet material includes a powder-bonded nonwoven web adhered to a moisture vapor permeable thermoplastic film. The nonwoven web includes a first layer comprised primarily of fibers tha... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6407017 | Wholly aromatic polyamide fiber synthetic paper sheet A wholly aromatic polyamide (aramid) fiber synthetic paper sheet includes 70-96 wt % of an aramid staple fiber component which includes 30 wt % or more of a para-type aramid staple fibers each having two or more annular projections spaced from each other ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6383958 | Nonwoven sheets, adhesive articles, and methods for making the same Nonwoven sheet materials, and adhesive articles formed therefrom are provided that are made with fibers, preferably tensilized nonfracturable staple fibers, and binder fibers, and formed from a combination of interbonding, smooth roll calendering, and pat... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6300261 | Self-healing articles resistant to oxidizing agents Self-healing articles resistant to oxidizing agents and useful for surface conditioning of sheets, especially metal sheets, are described. The articles comprise a plurality of compacted, stacked non-woven web elements, the web elements each comprising ent... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6274219 | Multilayer formed part and method of manufacturing same A multilayer formed part having acoustic damping properties is composed of a binder containing carrier fibrous web of natural fibers and/or synthetic fibers of low compression, which is covered at both sides with cover layers and/or decorative layers. The... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6171446 | Press felt with grooved fibers having improved dewatering characteristics A press felt for use in the press section of a papermaking machine includes a base fabric and at least one layer of an assembly of fibers, preferably forming a carded web or batt, the assembly of fibers containing a plurality of fibers having a deep groov... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6140260 | Papermaking felt having hydrophobic layer A felt for use in a papermaking machine includes a woven base fabric and a batt layer for supporting the paper web. A flow control layer is interposed between the base fabric and the fibrous batt layer, to impede rewetting of the paper web as the paper we... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6048614 | Electrically charged filtration media A nonwoven filter media or mat (1) formed from a plurality of elongated generally hollow fibers (20) each having an internal cavity (22) which has an opening (24), smaller than the cavity width, to the fiber (20) surface and each retaining within its inte... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5972505 | Fibers capable of spontaneously transporting fluids Disclosed are fibers that are capable of spontaneously transporting certain fluids, for example aqueous fluids, such as water, on their surfaces. The fibers, especially in the form of tow, can be incorporated into absorbent articles, such as diapers, in o... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5899785 | Nonwoven lap formed of very fine continuous filaments A nonwoven lap of very fine continuous filaments, crimped or not, obtained by means of a controlled direct spinning process, with a weight between 5 g/m2 and 600 g/m2, and formed, after napping, of composite filaments separable in th... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5885909 | Low or sub-denier nonwoven fibrous structures This invention relates to a new nonwoven material which has very high Frazier permeability while having substantial hydrostatic head liquid barrier properties. The material is comprised of fibers which are approximately one denier and finer fibers which h... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5837625 | Insulation material Disclosed are fibrous structures comprised of shaped fibers wherein the thickness of the compressed fibrous structure at 1.00 psi is ࣙ1.3 times that of a similar compressed structure having the same area density and made from round cross section fibers ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5770309 | Hollow multi-component insulation fibers and the manufacturing of same A fiber insulation product comprising hollow fibers. Each hollow fiber may be composed of at least two different thermoplastic insulating materials, such as glasses, having differing coefficients of thermal expansion, with each of the hollow fibers being ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5759928 | Retroreflective article with non-continuous top coat A pavement marking material comprises a flexible base sheet that is conformable to an irregular pavement surface. A non-continuous, durable, wear-resistant polymeric top layer is adhered to one surface of the base sheet. The discontinuous nature of the po... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5750446 | Absorbent body An absorbent body formed of an absorbent web having a blend of multi-limbed regenerated cellulosic fibers and non-limbed cellulosic fibers has surprisingly improved specific absorption capacity. This absorbent body may be in the form of sanitary napkins, ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5744236 | Hollow fibers impregnated with solid particles A nonwoven filter media or mat (10) formed from a plurality of elongated generally hollow fibers (20) each having an internal cavity (22) which has an opening (24), smaller than the cavity width, to the fiber (20) surface and each retaining within the int... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5731248 | Insulation material Disclosed are fibrous structures comprised of shaped fibers wherein the thickness of the compressed fibrous structure at 1.00 psi is ࣙ1.3 times that of a similar compressed structure having the same area density and made from round cross section fibers ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5597645 | Nonwoven filter media for gas The present invention provides a filter medium, which contains an electretized nonwoven web of crimped fibers selected from the group consisting of spunbond filaments and staple fibers, wherein the nonwoven web has a Frazier permeability equal to or great... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5587229 | Resilient, high shrinkage propylene polymer yarn and articles made therefrom Fabric prepared from a propylene polymer yarn of increased resiliency and shrinkage, compared to crystalline propylene homopolymer yarn, comprising a strand of multiple monofilament fibers, the fibers consisting essentially of certain propylene polymer bl... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5496627 | Composite fibrous filters Disclosed are novel composite fibrous structures which have utility as filters. These composite structures have at least two layers. The first layer is a nonwoven fibrous structure made from uniquely grooved fibers. The second layer is of a fibrous materi... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5484642 | Textile material useful for producing composite laminated articles by injection molding Textile reinforcing material useful for producing composite laminated articles by a general injection-molding technique, which is fabricated by arranging a stack of layers having textile reinforcements in a mold of a shape corresponding to that of the art... | 01/16/1996 |
