DIRECT FORMED, MIXED FIBER SIZE NONWOVEN FABRICS

There is disclosed an nonwoven fabric suitable for use as, for example, an intake/distribution material for personal care products, made from nonwoven fabric where the fabric is made from directly formed, mixed size fibers. The fibers may be conjugate fibers. The fabric may have zones having larger...

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Main Authors CREAGAN, CHRISTOPHER, COSGROVE, MARMON, SAMUEL, EDWARD
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 09.08.2000
Edition7
Subjects
BRAIDING
COTTON-WOOL
FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS
KNITTING
LACE-MAKING
MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL
MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OFARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES ORRIBBONS
NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES
NON-WOVEN FABRICS
SPINNING
TEXTILES
TRIMMINGS
WADDING
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Summary:There is disclosed an nonwoven fabric suitable for use as, for example, an intake/distribution material for personal care products, made from nonwoven fabric where the fabric is made from directly formed, mixed size fibers. The fibers may be conjugate fibers. The fabric may have zones having larger fibers and zones having smaller fibers providing a means to vary the web properties, such as permeability, or the mixed size fibers may be uniformly distributed. The fibers may also be crimped. The process for making such a material is also disclosed. A zoned fiber fabric can provide rapid intake of an insult because of the placement of the high permeability zone in the insult target area and can also provide good distribution through the lower permeability but higher capillarity end zones.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19980956374