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Nonwoven fabric and process for making the same

US6641902B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 2000
Grant dateNov 4, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/689
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A nonwoven fabric is formed with, in addition to crests of high fibers surface density and troughs of low fibers surface density extending in parallel one to another in one direction, bridge-like regions each extending transversely of this one direction between pair of the crest and the trough adjoining each other, and thereby enables a direction dependency of tensile strength and stretchability to be effectively alleviated.

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