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Bulkable porous nonwoven fabric

US5491016A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 1994
Grant dateFeb 13, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/696
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat shrinkable nonwoven fabric includes outer layers of thermoplastic staple fibers and an inner layer containing heat shrinkable fibers the layers are point bonded together at spaced locations without causing shrinkage of the heat shrinkable fibers. The web may then be uniformly heated in a relaxed state to cause a substantial increase in bulk.

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