Patent · US Expired

Polyester fine filaments

US5288553A · kind A · utility

10Cited by

13References

12Claims

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Assignee

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

Robert J. Collins · Wilmington, US
Hans R. E. Frankfort · Greenville, US
Stephen B. Johnson · Wilmington, US
Benjamin H. Knox · Wilmington, US
Elmer E. Most, Jr. · Kinston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 19, 1993
Grant date	Feb 22, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 19, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/2973
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Polyester fine filaments having excellent mechanical quality and uniformity, and preferably with a balance of good dyeability and shrinkage, are prepared by a simplified direct spin-orientation process by selection of polymer viscosity and spinning conditions.

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