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Nonwoven fabric wiper and method for making it

US5618610A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 1995
Grant dateApr 8, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24603
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Here is disclosed an improved nonwoven fabric wiper obtained by a method comprising steps of forming a laminate from a web of thermally shrinkable hydrophobic synthetic fibers and a web of hydrophilic fibers put one upon another, jetting high pressure water onto the laminate supported on a supporting roll provided on its peripheral surface with a plurality of fine projections as well as a plurality of drainage apertures, causing the fibers to be entangled or intertwined and rearranged and thereby forming a nonwoven fabric having uneven fiber distribution densities, and heating the nonwoven fabric to crimp the synthetic fibers so that only portions of relatively high fiber density may bulge.

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