Renewable polyester fibers having a low density
US10858762B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 10, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/608
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Fibers that are formed from a thermoplastic composition that contains a rigid renewable polyester and has a voided structure and low density are provided. To achieve such a structure, the renewable polyester is blended with a polymeric toughening additive in which the toughening additive can be dispersed as discrete physical domains within a continuous matrix of the renewable polyester. Fibers are thereafter formed and then stretched or drawn at a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the polyester (i.e., “cold drawn”).
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