Wiping fabric
US5026587A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 13, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/689
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A nonwoven fabric having high performance aqueous fluid retention and wiping characteristics and a method of producing such fabric. The fabric comprises a reinforcing web of self-bonded continuous filament synthetic fibers having at least one surface with spaced clusters of synthetic staple fibers and short natural fibers generally surrounded by void areas having a concentration of synthetic staple fibers and short natural fibers which is lower than such concentration in the clusters. The desired pattern of clusters may be obtained by hydroentanglement using a coarse apertured forming surface.
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