US4477516A
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Non-woven fabric of hot-melt adhesive composite fibers
Assignee: JNC Corp
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Filing: 1983-06-27
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Granted: 1984-10-16
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Expires: 2003-06-27
Abstract
Abstract A non-woven fabric of hot-melt-adhesive composite fibers having a specified small weight per unit area and soft feeling is provided which fibers are obtained by forming a fiber aggregate consisting of hot-melt-adhesive composite fibers of a specified fineness, alone, composed of as a first component, a polyethylene resin composition (C) consisting of (A) a straight chain, low density polyethylene and (B) another kind of polyethylene, in a specified proportion, and having a specified density and a specified ratio of its melt indexes after and before spinning, and as a second component, a fiber-formable polymer having a m.p. higher than those of either of the polyethylenes constituting the first component, the first component constituting at least a part of the fiber surface of the composite fibers continuously in the longitudinal direction thereof, or a fiber aggregate of a specified average fineness which is mixed fibers of the composite fibers with other fibers of a specified fineness; and subjecting either one of the fiber aggregates to heat treatment at a specified temperature.
Inventors
- 👤 Taizo Sugihara
- 👤 Yasuhiko Furukawa
- 👤 Susumu Tomioka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 06:28
CPC Classifications
D; D21; D21H; D21H25/00; D21H25/04; D01; D01F; D01F8/00; D01F8/04; D01F8/06; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/54; D21H13/00; D21H13/10; D21H13/12; D21H13/14; D21H5/00; D21H5/12; D21H5/1272; D21H5/129; D21H5/20; D21H5/202; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2929; Y10T428/2931; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/637; Y10T442/641
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
A non-woven fabric of hot-melt-adhesive composite fibers having a weight per unit area of 8 to 30 g/m 2 obtained by (1) forming a fiber aggregate consisting of hot-melt-adhesive composite fibers of 4 deniers or less, composed of (a) as a first component a polyethylene resin composition (C) consisting of (A) 50 to 100% by weight of a straight chain low density polyethylene (L-LDPE) and (B) 50 to 0% by weight of another kind of polyethylene, said first component having a density of 0.910 to 0.940 g/cm 3 and a ratio of its melt index after spinning:before spinning of 0.75 or higher, and (b) as a second component a fiber-formable polymer having a melt point higher than those of either polyethylenes (A) or (B) by 30° C. or more, the first component constituting at least a part of the fiber surface of the composite fibers continuously in the longitudinal direction thereof, (2) subjecting the fiber aggregate to heat treatment at a temperature equal to or higher than the melt point of the first component of the composite fibers but lower than the melting point of the second component thereof to stabilize the shape by hot melt adhesion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
A non-woven fabric of hot-melt-adhesive composite fibers having a weight per unit area of 8 to 30 g/m 2 obtained by (1) forming a fiber aggregate consisting of hot-melt-adhesive composite fibers of 4 deniers or less, composed of (a) as a first component a polyethylene resin composition (C) consisting of (A) 50 to 100% by weight of a straight chain low density polyethylene (L-LDPE) and (B) 50 to 0% by weight of another kind of polyethylene, said first component having a density of 0.910 to 0.940 g/cm 3 and a ratio of its melt index after spinning:before spinning of 0.75 or higher, and (b) as a second component a fiber-formable polymer having a melt point higher than those of either polyethylenes (A) or (B) by 30° C. or more, the first component constituting at least a part of the fiber surface of the composite fibers continuously in the longitudinal direction thereof, (2) subjecting the fiber aggregate to heat treatment at a temperature equal to or higher than the melt point of the first component of the composite fibers but lower than the melting point of the second component thereof to stabilize the shape by hot melt adhesion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
129 words
A non-woven fabric of hot-melt-adhesive composite fibers having a weight per unit area of 8 to 30 g/m 2 obtained by (1) forming an aggregate of fibers having an average of 4 deniers or less composed of a mixture of (i) the hot-melt composite fibers set forth in claim 1, and (ii) other fibers of 6 deniers or less said mixture containing at least 25% by weight of the composite fibers (i) based on the total weight of (i) and (ii), and (2) subjecting the fiber aggregate to heat treatment at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the first component of the composite fibers but lower than the melting point of the second component thereof to stabilize the shape of the resulting non-woven fabric.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
A non-woven fabric according to claim 1 wherein said second component is polypropylene.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
A non-woven fabric according to claim 2 wherein said second component is polypropylene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A non-woven fabric according to claim 1 wherein said first component is a mixture of L-LDPE and MDPE.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A non-woven fabric according to claim 2 wherein said first component is a mixture of L-LDPE and MDPE.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A non-woven fabric according to claim 1 wherein said first component consists of 55% L-LDPE and 45% MDPE.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A non-woven fabric according to claim 2 wherein said first component consists of 55% L-LDPE and 45% MDPE.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A non-woven fabric according to claim 1 wherein said first component consists of 85% L-LDPE and 15% HDPE.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
A non-woven fabric according to claim 2 wherein said fist component consists of 85% L-LDPE and 15% HDPE.
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