Multicomponent fiber including elastic elements
US7238423B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/674
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed herein are multicomponent fibers, and particularly sheath-and-core type multicomponent fibers including elastic polymers. The multicomponent fibers have at least three cross sectional elements, wherein a first cross sectional element is an outer sheath element, the second cross sectional element is an inner sheath element, and the third cross sectional element may be either a hollow element or a filled core element.
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