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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354502 | Method for making a fibrous structure comprising cellulosic and synthetic fibers A method for making a fibrous structure, the method comprising the steps of: providing a mixture of synthetic fibers and short cellulosic fibers onto a forming member so as to form one or more layers including the mixture of synthetic fibers and short cellulosic fib... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7293336 | Method for consolidating a material web made from wood pulp Production of a non-woven tissue from wood pulp on a wet strip is known. The above has a cardboardy, paper-like feel to it. In order to achieve a web with sufficient resilience, the desired wood pulp fibres used to advantage in the hygiene industry for absorbing liq... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7175902 | Nonwoven fabrics containing yarns with varying filament characteristics The subject invention provides non-woven fabrics having yarns of varying characteristics. In a preferred embodiment the subject invention provides nonwoven fabrics that comprise yarns of different deniers or cross sections. The use of these yarns gives the nonwoven ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6995099 | Composite reinforcing fiber base material, preform and production method for fiber reinforced plastic The present invention is aimed at providing FRP formed by integrating a fiber reinforcing material and a non-woven fabric, and having excellent shaping ability, impact resistance after molding, and excellent reliability and low cost. The aim of the present in... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6936073 | Artificial limb socket containing volume control pad A volume control pad is provided for use in the socket of an artificial limb. The volume control pad has a core surrounded by a flexible shell. The core includes super absorbent polymer particles which form a gel upon the addition of water thereto. The volume contro... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923834 | Artificial limb socket containing volume control pad A volume control pad is provided for use in the socket of an artificial limb. The volume control pad has a core surrounded by a flexible shell. The core includes super absorbent polymer particles which form a gel Upon the addition of water thereto. The volume contro... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6770580 | Fabric material constructed from open-sided fibers for use in garments and the like A fabric material for forming a garment to be worn by a user is provided. The fabric material has a first side and a second side. The fabric material comprises a plurality of fibers with at least a portion of the fibers having at least one open side wherein each fib... | 08/03/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6620746 | Fabrics formed of hollow filaments and fibers and methods of making the same The present invention provides nonwoven fabrics formed of hollow filaments and/or hollow staple fibers and processes for producing the same. The hollow spunbonded filaments and hollow staple fibers are formed of a polypropylene composition. The resultant ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6555489 | Filter composite embodying glass fiber and synthetic resin fiber A filter composite comprises a first layer of glass fibers having random orientation, and synthetic resinous fibers extending in close association with the glass fibers, the glass fibers having: i) diameters between 1 and 16 microns ii) lengths between about 1... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6368990 | Fabrics formed of hollow filaments and fibers and methods of making the same The present invention provides nonwoven fabrics formed of hollow filaments and/or hollow staple fibers and processes for producing the same. The hollow spunbonded filaments and hollow staple fibers are formed of a polypropylene composition. The resultant ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6117802 | Electrically conductive shaped fibers 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... | 09/12/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5997980 | Hollow polyester fibers and textile articles comprising same Hollow polyester fibers having a thickness of 0.11 to 8.89 d tex (0.1 to 8.0 denier), a hollow volume (a cross-sectional area ratio of hollow to fiber) of 40 to 85%, and a crystallization degree of 20% or more and crystal size in (0 1 0) plane of 4 nm or ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5783503 | Meltspun multicomponent thermoplastic continuous filaments, products made therefrom, and methods therefor Multicomponent thermoplastic continuous filaments are provided, including hollow core multicomponent filaments. The filaments are at least partially splittable into smaller filaments in the absence of mechanical treatment or application of high pressure w... | 07/21/1998 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5688582 | Biodegradable filament nonwoven fabrics and method of manufacturing the same A biodegradable filament nonwoven fabric comprising a nonwoven web made up of filaments, each filament comprising a high melting point component composed of a first aliphatic polyester having biodegradability and a low melting point component composed of ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5643684 | Unwoven metal fabric An unwoven metal fabric suitable for use as a battery electrode, a catalyst or a filter, and a method of manufacturing such fabric. An unwoven carbon fabric made up of carbon fibers bound together by a resin is heated to carbonize the binder resin and thu... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5604012 | Hollow fiber fabric and process for producing the same A hollow fiber fabric comprising hollow fibers having a high hollowness ratio of at least 20% and composed of a polymer of a single composition, and the hollow fibers having slits as traces of a removed polymer and the slits being formed in the longitudin... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5604022 | Antitrauma packet An antitrauma packet for supplementing that resistance to mechanical impact and to ballistic penetration of structures that are made of at least one panel of polymeric fibers. At least one layer, having a plurality of polymeric fibers with a plurality of ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5458958 | Speaker cone and process for production thereof A speaker cone comprising a sheet (A) comprised of acrylic synthetic fibers, or a laminate of a sheet (A) and a sheet (B) comprised of the other fibers, in the shape of a cone, wherein the sheet (A) being comprised of acrylic synthetic fibers having a lar... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458971 | Pillows and other filled articles and in their filling materials Pillows and other filled articles are filled with bicomponent polyester fibers that have "spiral crimp" on account of a difference in chain-branched content of the polyester polymers of the components. Such bicomponent fibers are preferably novel hollow "... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5418031 | Combination cellulosic/thermoplastic batt insulation and a method of production for such insulation Batt style insulation comprised of cellulosic and thermoplastic material and a method of making such insulation. A blend of cellulosic material and thermoplastic fibrous material, wherein the latter comprises between 3%-15% of the blend by weight, is form... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5407737 | Paper machine cover, in particular a drying filter A paper machine cover with a textile web structure, e.g., a woven, knitted, or non-woven fabric, etc., is provided. The paper machine cover has flattened threads, whereby respectively the longer axis of the cross-section of these threads extends parallel ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5368926 | Fluid accepting, transporting, and retaining structure The present invention provides a fluid accepting, transporting and retaining structure, useful in disposable absorbent articles. In-use fluid deposited on a disposable absorbent article employing such a structure is moved via interfiber and intrafiber tra... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5326629 | Porous polymer fiber filters Novel microporous fibers and filaments are prepared from normally solid, thermoplastic, orientable, organic polymers which have reactive or reactable groups pendent from the polymer chain, employing a process which involves reactions of said pendent group... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5256764 | Medical devices fabricated from homopolymers and copolymers having recurring carbonate units This invention relates to medical devices formed totally or in part from homopolymers or copolymers comprising recurring carbonate moieties.... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5188896 | Batting thermal insulation with fire resistant properties A fibrous thermal insulation comprising an intimate blend of A) an effective amount of non-graphitic carbonaceous fibers having an LOI value greater than 40, a percent char value greater than 65, and a thermal conductivity less than 1 BTU hr ft2 | 02/23/1993 |
| 5124197 | Inflated cellulose fiber web possessing improved vertical wicking properties An absorbent web formed from inflated cellulose fibers said webs possessing improved vertical wicking properties compared to a similar web of cellulose fibers. The webs have been found to be particularly well suited for use in forming absorbent products s... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5061538 | Support cushion Hollow polyester fibers are blended with sheath/core binder fibers and bonded together in a ratio of 80 to 18 to form a support cushion. Several layers may be laminated together. The denier of the polyester fibers in at least some of the layers may vary f... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4961238 | Insulating coverlet for conventional waterbeds A coverlet for conventional, unheated waterbeds which provides effective insulation is disclosed. The coverlet utilizes an insulating layer of fibrous materials, such as hollow polyester fibers, typically quilted together with a layer of flexible, lightwe... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4957804 | Fibrous support cushion Hollow polyester fibers are blended with sheath/core binder fibers and bonded together in a ratio of 80 to 18 to form a support cushion. Several layers may be laminated together, the denier of the polyester fibers in at least some of the layers varying fr... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4934006 | Waterbed wave dampening batt and method A wave dampening batt for use inside a waterbed mattress is made by intimately mixing a multiplicity of short, non-woven fibers of a first type and a multiplicity of short, non-woven thermal bonding fibers. Raising the temperature of the mixture of fibers... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4883707 | High loft nonwoven fabric Disclosed are high loft nonwoven fabric composites, suitable for use as coverstock in absorbent personal care articles, that are composed of at least two carded webs of bicomponent thermoplastic resin fibers, wherein the fibers making up at least one web ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4833013 | Fibrous polymer insulation An improved insulating material comprising a fibrous web of bulking fibers intimately mixed with infrared opacified fibers. The web has a density of between about 0.2 to about 2.00 pounds per cubic foot and a thermal conductivity of less than 0.55 (BTU - ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4758466 | Foam-fiber composite and process A foam-fiber composite, useful as an absorbent for sanitary napkins is disclosed. It is a resilient, absorbent structure made from large particles of an amino-ether hydrophilic foam (and optionally a superabsorbent and wood pulp), which by use of a cardin... | 07/19/1988 |
