US4331724A
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Fibrillated polyester textile materials
Assignee: MILLIKEN RESEARCH Corp A CORP OF
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Filing: 1979-01-08
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Granted: 1982-05-25
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Expires: 1999-01-08
Abstract
Abstract Fibrillated polyester textile materials and methods for producing same are disclosed. Such fibrillated polyester textile materials have a body portion formed of a plurality of polyester filaments in which the filaments contain a plurality of fibrils on the convex side portion of the filament curvature pointing away from the body portion of the textile material. The methods disclosed include treating the polyester textile material with a swelling agent and abrading the resulting material to produce the desired fibrillated polyester textile material. Also disclosed is a unique method wherein the molecular weight of the polyester employed to make up the textile material is lowered prior to the polyester textile material being treated with the swelling agent and abraded.
Inventors
- 👤 Tien-Kuei Su
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 19:28
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06M; D06M13/00; D06M13/08; D06M13/085; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23907; Y10T428/2395; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2973; Y10T428/2976; Y10T428/2978
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A textile material having a body portion comprising a plurality of continuous filaments, said filaments consisting essentially of polyester, wherein said filaments have a curvature and are arranged so as to have convex side portions and concave side portions, said convex side portions containing a plurality of fibrils integrally joined to said continuous filaments pointing away from the body portion of said materials, said fibrils being of no more than about half the thickness of the filament from which they are formed, said fibrils further consisting essentially of polyester.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
A textile material having a body portion comprising a plurality of continuous filaments, said filaments consisting essentially of polyester, wherein said filaments have a curvature and are arranged so as to have convex side portions and concave side portions, said convex side portions containing a plurality of fibrils integrally joined to said continuous filaments pointing away from the body portion of said materials, said fibrils being of no more than about half the thickness of the filament from which they are formed, said fibrils further consisting essentially of polyester.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
The textile material according to claim 1 wherein said textile material is further characterized as having substantially no fibrils on the concave side portion of the filament curvature pointing towards the body portion of said textile material to prevent locking of said fibrils within said textile material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
The textile material according to claim 1 wherein said fibrils have an aspect ratio of at least about three and said fibrils occur at an average frequency of at least about one fibril for each three thicknesses of the length of said convex side portion over substantially all of the convex side portions of said filament.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The textile material according to claim 3 wherein the aspect ratio of the fibrils is at least about five.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The textile material according to claim 3 wherein said fibrils have an average frequency of at least about three.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A textile material according to claim 5 wherein the aspect ratio of the fibrils is at least about five.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The textile material according to claim 1 wherein said fibrils are no more than about one-fourth the thickness of the filament from which they are formed.
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