US4315877A
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Methods of fabricating sorbent-cored textile yarns
Assignee: Albany International Corp
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Filing: 1980-06-06
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Granted: 1982-02-16
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Expires: 2000-06-06
Abstract
Abstract Textile-quality multifilament yarns that are highly sorptive for organic vapors, mists and solutes are described. Each filament comprises a microporous polymeric sheath filled with a core of sorptive material. In a multifilament spinneret having a hollow needle in each orifice, a slurry containing the sorptive material is supplied to each needle, and a blend of a polymeric material and a pore-forming material is supplied to the orifice externally of the needle. The spun composite fibers are drawn and subsequently extracted to porosify the sheath and to activate the sorptive property of the cores.
Inventors
- 👤 Myron J. Coplan
- 👤 George Lopatin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 03:02
CPC Classifications
D; D01; D01F; D01F1/00; D01F1/02; D01F1/10; D01D; D01D5/00; D01D5/28; D01D5/30; D01D5/34; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2973; Y10T428/2975
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
The method of forming textile yarn filaments including the steps of cospinning through an orifice and a hollow needle therein and drawing a core comprising a slurry of particulate sorptive material in a liquid carrier with a surrounding sheath comprising a blend of a polymeric material and an open-cell pore-forming material which is compatible with the polymeric material during cospinning and incompatible therewith to form a discrete phase after leaving the orifice, said drawing reducing the outer diameter of the extrudate to between 0.001 and 0.01 inch, extracting the pore-forming material to porosify the sheath of the resulting filament, and extracting the liquid carrier from the core of the filament.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
110 words
The method of forming textile yarn filaments including the steps of cospinning through an orifice and a hollow needle therein and drawing a core comprising a slurry of particulate sorptive material in a liquid carrier with a surrounding sheath comprising a blend of a polymeric material and an open-cell pore-forming material which is compatible with the polymeric material during cospinning and incompatible therewith to form a discrete phase after leaving the orifice, said drawing reducing the outer diameter of the extrudate to between 0.001 and 0.01 inch, extracting the pore-forming material to porosify the sheath of the resulting filament, and extracting the liquid carrier from the core of the filament.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 1, in which the cospinning includes melt-blending the polymeric material and the pore-forming material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 1, in which the liquid carrier is selected to exclude low boiling constituents capable of flashing during cospinning.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 1, in which the slurry comprises activated carbon in triethylene glycol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 4, in which the slurry is heated prior to cospinning to a temperature sufficient to cause substantial removal of ethylene glycol traces and water.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method according to claim 1, in which the slurry is sieved prior to cospinning.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method according to claim 1, in which the pore-forming material is crystallizable.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method according to claim 1, in which the pore-forming material comprises paraffin wax.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 1, in which the pore-forming material comprises between 5 and 50 percent by weight of the melt blend.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 2, including melt drawing the filament to a ratio exceeding 10:1.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 1, including spin drawing the filament and thereafter further drawing the filament in a liquid bath.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method according to claim 8, in which the paraffin wax is extracted with pentane.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method according to claim 4, in which the triethylene glycol is extracted with methanol.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 4, in which the triethylene glycol is extracted with boiling methanol followed by a furtehr extraction with pentane.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 1, in which the pore-forming material and liquid carrier are simultaneously extracted.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 15, in which the pore-forming material comprises paraffin wax, the liquid carrier comprises triethylene glycol, and the wax and triethylene glycol are extracted by a plurality of pentane and methanol washes.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 15, in which the pore-forming material comprises paraffin wax, the liquid carrier comprises triethylene glycol, and the wax and triethylene glycol are extracted by a plurality of pentane and water washes.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 4, in which the triethylene glycol is extracted with boiling water followed by drying.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 1, including the step of drawing the extrudate to a ratio between 2:1 and 20:1 at a temperature below the melting point of the polymeric material.
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