Non-woven articles made by coating filaments with binder and drying the binder until non-migratory before providing filament-to-filament contact

Abstract

Abstract This invention deals with non-woven articles made from continuous filaments, including garments and porous sheet materials. In the past, non-woven products have suffered the handicap of a stiff and ''''boardy'''' feel. We coat continuous yarn or filaments with binder while preventing substantial filamentto-filament contact and they dry them sufficiently that the binder becomes non-migrating before the filaments are deposited on a screen or mold on which the fibers are brought into contact with each other and bonding takes place. This method is particularly suitable for making garments of elastomeric fibers, not easily handled in ordinary production machinery. Another generally applicable advantage is that the resultant products are exceptionally flexible and that the articles produced do not split into stratified binder-rich and-poor areas, but are uniformly bonded throughout.

Inventors

• 👤 E Paquette
• 👤 K Guenther

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