US4355067A
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Scouring material
Assignee: Financiere Elysees Balzac SA
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Filing: 1980-09-12
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Granted: 1982-10-19
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Expires: 2000-09-12
Abstract
Abstract An improved fibrous scouring material is disclosed, that material comprising a fibrous band in the form of a three-dimensional lattice of drawn irregular fibers obtained from a plastic bilaminar film, those fibers being helically crimped and self-bonded together at their mutual contact points, the helically crimped fibers exhibiting sharp corner-edges and being interconnected by helically crimped fibrils. The thickness of the fibers is typically between 100 and 200 microns. The process for manufacturing such scouring material is also disclosed, which process includes steps of extruding a bilaminar film, drawing and fibrillating the film, stacking the fibrillated lattice and thermally treating same to induce crimping and self-bonding.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean-Louis Neveu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 03:40
CPC Classifications
D; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/04; D04H1/06; A; A47; A47L; A47L13/00; A47L13/10; A47L13/16; B; B24; B24D; B24D15/00; B24D15/04; D04H1/40; D04H1/42; D04H1/4382; D04H1/44; D04H1/46; D04H1/498; D04H13/00; D04H13/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S264/00; Y10S264/47; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2922; Y10T428/2925; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/40; Y10T442/425; Y10T442/431
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
An improved fibrous scouring material, comprising a fibrous band having a structure of a three-dimensional lattice formed of drawn irregular fibrillated fibers obtained by fibrillation of a polypropylene-based bilaminar film, said fibers being helically crimped and self-bonded together at their mutual contact points and being interconnected by fibrils which are also helically crimped, wherein: the fibrillated fibers are heat shrunk and include at least one sharp edge, the thickness of the fibrillated fibers is between 100 and 200 microns, and the fibrous band has a cavity proportion of at least 75%.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
An improved fibrous scouring material, comprising a fibrous band having a structure of a three-dimensional lattice formed of drawn irregular fibrillated fibers obtained by fibrillation of a polypropylene-based bilaminar film, said fibers being helically crimped and self-bonded together at their mutual contact points and being interconnected by fibrils which are also helically crimped, wherein: the fibrillated fibers are heat shrunk and include at least one sharp edge, the thickness of the fibrillated fibers is between 100 and 200 microns, and the fibrous band has a cavity proportion of at least 75%.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The scouring material of claim 1 wherein the fibrous band is non-woven and includes several superimposed needled bands.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The scouring material of claim 1 wherein the fibrous band is knit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The scouring material of claim 1 wherein the polypropylene-based bilaminar film includes an ethylene/vinyl acetate/acid terpolymer and wherein the fibrous band is bonded to one surface of a sponge.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The scouring material of claim 1 wherein the cross-section of said fibers is substantially rectangular.
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