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US3391048A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Entangled nonwoven web product from parallel laid filamentary tows

Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1964-01-10
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Granted: 1968-07-02
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Expires: 1984-01-10
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Richard F Dyer
  • 👤 Gallagher Paul

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 21:06
CPC Classifications
D; D04; D04H; D04H3/00; D04H3/08; D04H3/10; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23907; Y10T428/23986; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24058; Y10T428/24074; Y10T428/24083; Y10T428/24355; Y10T428/24446; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/608; Y10T442/627; Y10T442/643

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 109 words
A POROUS, BULKY, FLEXIBLE, HIGHLY UNIFORM, SELF-SUPPORTING, NONWOVEN PRODUCT COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL LAID CONTINUOUS FILAMENTARY TOW MATERIALS OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC POLYMER; THE CONTINUOUS INDIVIDUAL FIBERS OF SAID FILAMENTARY TWO MATERIALS BEING RANDOMLY ENTANGLED AT A PLURALITY OF POINTS THROUGHOUT THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE NONWOVEN PRODUCT; SAID CONTINUOUS NDIVIDUAL FIBERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SEPARATED FROM AND IN PARALLELISM WITH ONE ANOTHER ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF THE NONWOVEN PRODUCT IN THE AREA BETWEEN SAID ENTANGLED POINTS; THE SURFACES OF THE NONWOVEN PRODUCT BEING COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF SAID CONTINUOUS INDIVIDUAL FIBERS; THE NONWOVENPRODUCT BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT IT HAS A HIGH TRANSVERSE STRENGTH AND UNIFORM DENSITY PER INCH OF WIDTH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 109 words
A POROUS, BULKY, FLEXIBLE, HIGHLY UNIFORM, SELF-SUPPORTING, NONWOVEN PRODUCT COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL LAID CONTINUOUS FILAMENTARY TOW MATERIALS OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC POLYMER; THE CONTINUOUS INDIVIDUAL FIBERS OF SAID FILAMENTARY TWO MATERIALS BEING RANDOMLY ENTANGLED AT A PLURALITY OF POINTS THROUGHOUT THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE NONWOVEN PRODUCT; SAID CONTINUOUS NDIVIDUAL FIBERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SEPARATED FROM AND IN PARALLELISM WITH ONE ANOTHER ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF THE NONWOVEN PRODUCT IN THE AREA BETWEEN SAID ENTANGLED POINTS; THE SURFACES OF THE NONWOVEN PRODUCT BEING COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF SAID CONTINUOUS INDIVIDUAL FIBERS; THE NONWOVENPRODUCT BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT IT HAS A HIGH TRANSVERSE STRENGTH AND UNIFORM DENSITY PER INCH OF WIDTH.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 57 words
THE NONWOVEN PRODUCT OF CLAIM 1 WHEREIN THE FILAMENTARY TOW MATERIALS ARE LAMINATED UPON ONE ANOTHER SO THAT THE FIBER AXIS OF ONE TOW MATERIAL IS AT AN ANGLE TO THE FIBER AXIS OF THE OTHER TWO MATERIAL WITH THE CONTINUOUS INDIVIDUAL FIBERS OF EACH TOW MATERIAL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SEPARATED FROM AND IN PARALLELISM WITH ONE ANOTHER.

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