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Method for heating crimped fibers and product thereof

US5242465A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1992
Grant dateSep 7, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2976
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of producing crimped tow by continuously feeding a tow against an adjustable counter pressure means; the tow is maintained at an average predetermined thickness and steam enters the chamber and is exhausted from the chamber in a manner to provide uniform heating of the tow to provide a fiber that is uniformly annealed as determined by measuring light reflectance for yarn dyed with a structural sensitive Milling Blue "B" dye or shrinkage uniformity determined by thermal analysis.

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