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Heat-adhesive composite fibers and method for making the same

US4840846A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 1987
Grant dateJun 20, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2976
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat-adhesive composite fiber consisting of core portion and sheath portion, the core portion being of the side-by-side type composite structure comprising two core components of different polypropylene base polymers at a composite ratio of 1:2 to 2:1, one of the core components having a Q value, expressed in terms of the weight-average molecular weight/the number-average molecular weight, equal to or higher than 6 and the other having a Q value equal to or lower than 5, and the sheath portion meeting at least the requirements that it should comprise a sheath component of a polyethylene base polymer having a melting point lower by at least 20.degree. C. than the lower one of the melting points of the two core components, and it should cover the core portion in a proportion of 25 to 55% by weight based on the total weight of it and the core portion.

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