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Polyolefin foamed fibers and process producing the same

US4485141A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 1984
Grant dateNov 27, 1984
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/298
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Polyolefin foamed fibers consisting of composite fibers having a good spinnability, a small fineness and a non-waxy feeling, and a process for producing the same are provided, which foamed fibers having a structure wherein only a composite component (B) dominantly forming the fiber surface of composite fibers along the direction of the fiber axis thereof is substantially foamed and a part of the resulting foamed cells are burst open on the fiber surface, and which process comprises adding a foaming agent only to the above component (B) and combining two composite components so that the composite ratio thereof is 30/70 or higher and the theoretical average thickness of the component (B) in the cross-section of the unstretched fibers is 2 to 15 microns.

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