Patents Examined by Amy Brooke Vanotta
  • Fabric softening method
    Patent number: 5163969
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to soften the backing and consequently the material attached thereto of a nonwoven fabric by passing the back over and around a series of rollers arranged in a staggered diamond shape to break up the bond between individual fibers and clumps of fibers but maintain the bond at cross-over points of the fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation
    Inventor: Paul W. Eschenbach