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Cut resistant yarn, a process for producing the yarn and products containing the yarn

US8302374B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

DSM IP ASSETS B.V. · NL

Inventors

Roelof Marissen · Cologne, DE
Evert Florentinus Florimondus De Danschutter · Echt, NL
Elisabeth Mueller · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 6, 2007
Grant date	Nov 6, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 10, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/2927
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Cut resistant yarns are provided which include filaments and/or staple fibers, the filaments and/or staple fibers containing a hard component to improve cut resistance of the yarn. The hard component is preferably a plurality of hard fibers having an average diameter of at most 25 microns. The yarns are made by melting or dissolving a polymer while mixing the polymer and the plurality of hard fibers followed by spinning the yarn from the mixture.

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