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US4973382A
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Filtration fabric produced by wet laid process
Assignee: FIBERTEC Corp A CORP OF
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Filing: 1988-07-26
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Granted: 1990-11-27
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Expires: 2008-07-26
Abstract
Abstract A nonwoven filtration fabric is composed of a plurality of fiber components of dissimilar denier and length which are evenly intermingled and bonded together in a sheet, including a first fiber component of staple polyester fibers of high denier and a textile length, a second fiber component of staple polyester fibers of low denier and shorter length than the first fiber component, a third fiber component of wood pulp fibers of shorter length than the first fiber components, and a suitable binder. The fabric is formed by a wet laid process in which the dissimilar fiber components are evenly mixed and distributed in a homogeneous slurry. A filter media made of the fabric has a high tensile strength, even pore size and distribution, low pressure drop, and is suitable for macrofiltration applications, such as filtering milk.
Inventors
- 👤 Larry L. Kinn
- 👤 Bruce A. Perry
- 👤 Peter Lerner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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US
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2026-11-05 17:17
CPC Classifications
D; D21; D21H; D21H27/00; D21H27/08; B; B01; B01D; B01D39/00; B01D39/14; B01D39/16; B01D39/1607; B01D39/1623; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/42; D04H1/4382; D04H1/43835; D21H13/00; D21H13/10; D21H13/20; D21H13/24; D21H15/00; D21H15/02; D21H15/06; B01D2239/00; B01D2239/04; B01D2239/0464; B01D2239/06; B01D2239/0604; B01D2239/0618; B01D2239/065; B01D2239/10; B01D2239/12; B01D2239/1216; B01D2239/1225
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
A nonwoven filtration fabric comprising first, second and third fiber components of dissimilar denier and length which are evenly intermingled and bonded together in a sheet, and a suitable binder, wherein said first fiber component is 30-60% staple polymeric fibers of 15 denier and 1.5 inch length, said second fiber component is 30-65% staple polymeric fibers of 1.5 denier and 0.5 inch length, and said third fiber component is 5-25% fibrous filler.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
72 words
A nonwoven filtration fabric comprising first, second and third fiber components of dissimilar denier and length which are evenly intermingled and bonded together in a sheet, and a suitable binder, wherein said first fiber component is 30-60% staple polymeric fibers of 15 denier and 1.5 inch length, said second fiber component is 30-65% staple polymeric fibers of 1.5 denier and 0.5 inch length, and said third fiber component is 5-25% fibrous filler.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
80 words
A nonwoven filtration fabric composed of a plurality of fiber components of dissimilar denier and length which are evenly intermingled and bonded together in a sheet, including a first fiber component of 30-60% staple polyester fibers of 15 denier and 1.5 inch length, a second fiber component of 30-65% staple polyester fibers of 1.5 denier and 0.5 inch length, a third fiber component of 5-25% bleached kraft pulp fibers of 0.5 inch length or less, and an acrylic polymer binder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
80 words
A nonwoven filtration fabric composed of a plurality of fiber components of dissimilar denier and length which are evenly intermingled and bonded together in a sheet, including a first fiber component of 30-60% staple polyester fibers of 15 denier and 1.5 inch length, a second fiber component of 30-65% staple polyester fibers of 1.5 denier and 0.5 inch length, a third fiber component of 5-25% bleached kraft pulp fibers of 0.5 inch length or less, and an acrylic polymer binder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A nonwoven filtration fabric according to claim 2, wherein said fabric has a statistical distribution of pore size ranging from approximately 20-80 microns, and a mean pore size of approximately 50 microns.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A nonwoven filtration fabric according to claim 2, wherein said fabric has approximate machine and cross direction wet tensile strength of 20-35 and 7-12 lbs./in.-width, respectively.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
207 words
A wet laid process for forming a nonwoven food filtration fabric comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a homogeneous slurry of water and a plurality of fiber components of dissimilar denier and length wherein the fiber components are evenly distributed and intermingled, including a first fiber component of 30-60% staple polymeric fibers of high denier and a textile length, a second fiber component of 30-65% staple polymeric fibers of low denier and shorter length than the first fiber component, and a third fiber component of fibrous filler of shorter length than the first fiber component; (b) transferring the slurry to a wet laid forming machine and removing the water from the slurry through a porous forming wire mesh to form a wet fibrous mat or sheet; (c) applying a suitable binder in an emulsion or foam form to the wet sheet; and (d) drying the binder-impregnated wet fibrous sheet with sufficient heat to remove the water from the binder emulsion and cause polymerization of the binder and bonding together of the fibers, wherein said first fiber component is staple polymeric fibers of 15 denier and from 0.75 to 1.5 inch length, and said second fiber component is staple polymeric fibers of 1.5 denier and 0.5 inch length.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
207 words
A wet laid process for forming a nonwoven food filtration fabric comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a homogeneous slurry of water and a plurality of fiber components of dissimilar denier and length wherein the fiber components are evenly distributed and intermingled, including a first fiber component of 30-60% staple polymeric fibers of high denier and a textile length, a second fiber component of 30-65% staple polymeric fibers of low denier and shorter length than the first fiber component, and a third fiber component of fibrous filler of shorter length than the first fiber component; (b) transferring the slurry to a wet laid forming machine and removing the water from the slurry through a porous forming wire mesh to form a wet fibrous mat or sheet; (c) applying a suitable binder in an emulsion or foam form to the wet sheet; and (d) drying the binder-impregnated wet fibrous sheet with sufficient heat to remove the water from the binder emulsion and cause polymerization of the binder and bonding together of the fibers, wherein said first fiber component is staple polymeric fibers of 15 denier and from 0.75 to 1.5 inch length, and said second fiber component is staple polymeric fibers of 1.5 denier and 0.5 inch length.
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