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Absorbent products and their manufacture

US4997714A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 1989
Grant dateMar 5, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31938
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Film or fibre is made from a polymer of water soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomeric material that includes ionic monomer by extrusion and stretching, and a counterionic lubricant compound is absorbed into the surface of the fibre or film before or during the stretching. The counterionic lubricant compound is also of use for providing a lubricated film on other extruded or comminuted elements of water swellable or water soluble polymeric material.

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