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Water absorbent acrylic fiber

US4316937A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 1980
Grant dateFeb 23, 1982
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2975
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an acrylic fiber having excellent water absorbency. The fiber has a porous core and a relatively dense skin structure. It is a blended polymer which comprises an acrylic polymer copolymerized with a synthetic polymer which is miscible but substantially incompatible therewith, and is soluble in a solvent for the acrylic polymer but is insoluble in water.

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