Patent · US Expired

Electret tubular nonwoven fabric comprising circumferentially oriented parallel reinforcing fibers within a tubular nonwoven fabric

US5429848A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 28, 1993
Grant dateJul 4, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/1366
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are a process for producing a tubular nonwoven fabric and tubular nonwoven fabrics produced by the same. In the process, a web is formed on a first rotating cylinder by catching fibers carried to the surface of the first rotating cylinder by a fluid, the web is transferred to a second rotating cylinder, a tube of the transferred web is formed on and around the second rotating cylinder, and the tube is drawn in the axial direction of the second rotating cylinder to form a tubular nonwoven fabric. The tubular nonwoven fabric with a high unit weight can be produced without elongating or breaking the nonwoven fabric, and the diameter of the tubular nonwoven fabric can be freely changed.

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