US4133088A
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Room temperature crimping of fibrillated film material
Assignee: TOSHO KIKAKU Co Ltd
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Filing: 1977-06-07
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Granted: 1979-01-09
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Expires: 1997-06-07
Abstract
Abstract A crimp finished yarn wherein a mesh like structure consisting of a large number of thick filaments and a large number of thin filaments intersecting with the large number of thick filaments is formed by opening an elongated thermoplastic synthetic resin film by means of an opener, for example, by causing the film to pass between a pair of vertically disposed card clothing rollers and then this film is made to pass through a tooth-shaped roller forming a crimp applying device and a friction roller at room temperature whereby the molecular arrangement of the surface making slidable contact with the tooth-shaped roller is changed with the friction passing and compression process to form a different layer condition, and at the same time, crimps of saw-tooth condition are produced, whereby a mesh like crimped fiber structure formed by the large number of crimped thick filaments and crimped thin filaments is provided.
Inventors
- 👤 Kokichi Hikobe
- 👤 Kyoichi Hikobe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 21:11
CPC Classifications
D; D02; D02G; D02G1/00; D02G1/14; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S210/00; Y10S210/918; Y10S210/922; Y10S210/924; Y10S264/00; Y10S264/47; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2922
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A method of producing a crimp-finished yarn comprising passing a mesh-like fiber structure formed from a thermoplastic film between a pair of opposed rollers, said fiber structure having longitudinally extending relatively thick filaments and transversely extending relatively thin filaments, one of said rollers being formed with teeth on its periphery and the other of the rollers being smooth and constituted as a friction roller, providing relative rotation between said rollers such that the roller with teeth has a relative peripheral velocity with respect to the surface of the friction roller, said fiber structure being passed through said rollers at room temperature and being engaged by the roller with teeth at one surface thereof and subjected to the advancing action thereof due to the rotation of said roller while the opposite surface of the fiber structure is subjected to a resisting force due to the engagement thereof with the friction roller such that the differential action of the rollers produces differential layer conditions in the fiber structure concurrently with the formation of saw-tooth crimps in said fiber structure at room temperature.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
180 words
A method of producing a crimp-finished yarn comprising passing a mesh-like fiber structure formed from a thermoplastic film between a pair of opposed rollers, said fiber structure having longitudinally extending relatively thick filaments and transversely extending relatively thin filaments, one of said rollers being formed with teeth on its periphery and the other of the rollers being smooth and constituted as a friction roller, providing relative rotation between said rollers such that the roller with teeth has a relative peripheral velocity with respect to the surface of the friction roller, said fiber structure being passed through said rollers at room temperature and being engaged by the roller with teeth at one surface thereof and subjected to the advancing action thereof due to the rotation of said roller while the opposite surface of the fiber structure is subjected to a resisting force due to the engagement thereof with the friction roller such that the differential action of the rollers produces differential layer conditions in the fiber structure concurrently with the formation of saw-tooth crimps in said fiber structure at room temperature.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising resiliently urging said rollers together.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein both rollers are rotated in the same direction at different speeds.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method as claimed in claim 3 wherein the linear velocities at the peripheries of the rollers at the nip thereof extends in the direction of advance of the fiber structure.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein a large number of thin filaments are branched from the thick filament during crimping, the branched filaments sharpening successively from the base ends to the tip.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as claimed in claim 5 wherein said crimp finished yarn has an oil adsorption capability of more than 40 times by weight.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1982-01-08 | 1982-07-10 | 1983-01-09 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1986-01-08 | 1986-07-10 | 1987-01-09 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1990-01-08 | 1990-07-10 | 1991-01-09 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |