Patent · US Expired

Process of making a crimped multicomponent fiber web

US6454989B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 1999
Grant dateSep 24, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD04H3/16
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides continuously crimped propylene polymer nonwoven fabrics as well as processes for forming crimped multicomponent propylene polymer fibers by melt-attenuating extruded multicomponent fibers with heated or unheated air wherein the fibers spontaneously crimp without the need for additional heating and/or stretching steps.

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