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Fusible fiber/microfine fiber laminate

US4657804A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1985
Grant dateApr 14, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/659
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A water-impervious, smooth-surfaced, gas-permeable, bacterial barrier, repellent treated, laminated material is described. A preferred embodiment comprises a ply of hydrophobic microfine fibers fuse bonded to a layer of conjugate fibers having a low melting sheath and a high melting core. The ply of hydrophobic microfine fibers is low melting. The sheaths of the conjugate fibers have been fuse bonded to the hydrophobic microfine fibers at a temperature below the melt temperature of the cores of the conjugate fibers so that the cores retain their initial fiber-like integrity. The laminated material is preferably impregnated with both a repellent binder and a repellent finish to secure good repellency, lamination and peelability.

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