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US5000824A
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Polyethylene pulp
Assignee: EIDP Inc
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Filing: 1987-05-19
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Granted: 1991-03-19
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Expires: 2007-05-19
Abstract
Abstract An improved pulp of oriented polyethylene fibrids is provided. The pulps have fibrids which average no longer than 1.2 mm, have a drainage factor of at least 2.5 sec/g, are capable of forming wet-laid sheets of uniform opacity and preferably have an agglomeration number of less than 2. The pulps are particularly useful as synthetic papers, in reinforced cement articles, in reinforced resin articles and in reinforced gaskets.
Inventors
- 👤 David M. Gale
- 👤 Robert G. Joseph
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 20:13
CPC Classifications
D; D21; D21H; D21H13/00; D21H13/10; D21H13/12; C; C04; C04B; C04B16/00; C04B16/04; C04B16/06; C04B16/0608; D01; D01F; D01F6/00; D01F6/02; D01F6/04; D21D; D21D1/00; D21D1/20; D21H13/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
An improved process for making a fibrous pulp of oriented polyethylene fibrids, the process including the steps of flash-spinning a linear polyethylene into strands of oriented film fibrils having a birefringence of at least 0.030 and converting the strands into small pieces that are then reduced in size by refining in an aqueous slurry to form the pulp, the improvement comprising further refining the aqueous slurry until an average fibrid length of no greater than 1.2 mm is achieved and no more than 25% of the pulp is retained on a 14-mesh screen and at least 50% of the pulp passes the 14-mesh screen but is retained on a 100-mesh screen, said further refining producing a pulp having enhanced reinforcing ability over a pulp of synthetic fibrids averaging greater than 1.2 mm in length when incorporated into a cement, a filter paper, sheets, gaskets or resinous articles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
An improved process for making a fibrous pulp of oriented polyethylene fibrids, the process including the steps of flash-spinning a linear polyethylene into strands of oriented film fibrils having a birefringence of at least 0.030 and converting the strands into small pieces that are then reduced in size by refining in an aqueous slurry to form the pulp, the improvement comprising further refining the aqueous slurry until an average fibrid length of no greater than 1.2 mm is achieved and no more than 25% of the pulp is retained on a 14-mesh screen and at least 50% of the pulp passes the 14-mesh screen but is retained on a 100-mesh screen, said further refining producing a pulp having enhanced reinforcing ability over a pulp of synthetic fibrids averaging greater than 1.2 mm in length when incorporated into a cement, a filter paper, sheets, gaskets or resinous articles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
An process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the refining is continued until the average fibrid length is in the range of 0.5 to 1.0 mm, no more than 10% of the pulp is retained on the 14-mesh screen and at least 60% of the pulp passes the 14-mesh screen but it retained on the 100-mesh screen.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 or 2 wherein the initial part of the aqueous slurry refining step is performed in a disc refiner wherein the nominal clearance between the main refining plates is in the range of an interference fit to no greater than 0.05 mm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
106 words
An improved fibrous pulp of oriented polyethylene fibrids having a birefringence of at least 0.030, the improvement comprising the fibrids averaging no greater than 1.2 millimeters in length, the pulp having a drainage factor of at least 2.5 seconds per gram and when the pulp is wet-laid and dried to form a 34 g/m 2 sheet, the sheet has an opacity of at least 75% and an opacity variance of no greater than 8, said pulp having enhanced reinforcing ability over a pulp of synthetic fibrids averaging greater than 1.2 millimeters in length when incorporated into a cement, a filter paper, sheets, gaskets or resinous articles.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
106 words
An improved fibrous pulp of oriented polyethylene fibrids having a birefringence of at least 0.030, the improvement comprising the fibrids averaging no greater than 1.2 millimeters in length, the pulp having a drainage factor of at least 2.5 seconds per gram and when the pulp is wet-laid and dried to form a 34 g/m 2 sheet, the sheet has an opacity of at least 75% and an opacity variance of no greater than 8, said pulp having enhanced reinforcing ability over a pulp of synthetic fibrids averaging greater than 1.2 millimeters in length when incorporated into a cement, a filter paper, sheets, gaskets or resinous articles.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A pulp in accordance with claim 4 wherein the average fibrid length is in the range of 0.5 to 1 mm, the drainage factor is at least 3 sec/g, the opacity is at least 80% and the opacity variance is no greater than 5.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A pulp in accordance with claim 4 or 5 wherein the polyethylene fibrids have a birefringence of at least 0.035.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A pulp in accordance with claim 4 or 5 wherein the polyethylene fibrids have a birefringence of at least 0.037.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A pulp in accordance with claim 4 or 5, wherein the pulp has an agglomeration number of no greater than 2.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A pulp in accordance with claim 4 or 5, wherein the agglomeration number is no greater 1.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
A wet-laid filter paper prepared from the pulp of claim 4 or 5.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
A wet-laid, dried and thermally bonded sheet prepared from the pulp of claim 4 or 5.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
A fibrous-pulp-reinforced cement article wherein the pulp is in accordance with claim 4 or 5.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
A fibrous-pulp-reinforced resin article wherein the pulp is in accordance with claim 4 or 5.
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