Of Filament Patents (Class 264/210.8)
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Patent number: 12258683Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for producing one or more carbon fiber precursor fibers, particularly by spinning a polymer solution, wherein the polymer has a polydispersity (PDI) of less than or equal to 2, in a coagulation bath with a jet stretch of about 5 to about 60. The one or more carbon fiber precursor fibers produced may be used for producing carbon fiber, typically carbon fiber used in manufacturing composite materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.Inventors: Jeremy Moskowitz, Thomas Taylor, Amy Tucker, Eric Gladden, Billy Harmon
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Patent number: 12227880Abstract: The present invention discloses a centrifugal spinning apparatus, including a frame, a spinning device, a feeding device for providing a spinning solution to the spinning device, and a collection device for collecting centrifugal spinning fibers ejected by the spinning device. The collection device is horizontally disposed below the spinning device, to enable the centrifugal spinning fibers ejected by the spinning device to be attached to a surface of the collection device. A planar receiving-type centrifugal spinning automatic production device using the centrifugal spinning apparatus breaks through existing centrifugal spinning based on ring collection and centrifugal spinning technologies based on electrostatic collection, resolves a preparation problem of continuous filament of the centrifugal spinning, and achieves mass production of the centrifugal spinning. The whole production process is completed automatically without manual intervention.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignees: YIMAO ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITYInventors: Longtao Wu, Weilin Xu, Baoxiang Song, Xin Liu, Yafei Wang, Chen Li, Taizhao Chen, Zihang Wu
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Patent number: 12215443Abstract: A yarn (1) having a core (2) and a sheath (3), preferably comprising staple fibers, said core comprising at least one polymeric core fiber (21), preferably a plurality of polymeric core fibers (21), wherein the amount of the core fibers (21) is at least 35% by weight of the total weight of the yarn (1) and said core (2) and said sheath (3) are spun together.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SANKO TEKSTIL ISLETMELERI SAN. VE TIC. A.S.Inventors: Fatih Konukoǧlu, Erdogan Baris Özden, Şeref Aǧzikara, Ertuǧ Erkuş, Mustafa Zeyrek, Eşref Tuncer, Sedat Demirbüken, Erkan Evran
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Patent number: 12209338Abstract: The present application discloses a preparation method of SM non-woven fabrics for roof anti-slip, which belongs to the technical field of roofing materials, comprising preparing spunbond non-woven fabric raw materials, preparing spunbond non-woven fabrics, preparing meltblown non-woven fabric raw materials, preparing primary SM non-woven fabrics, and post-processing; the spunbond non-woven fabric raw materials are prepared by uniformly mixing polypropylene with a low melt flow index, polypropylene with a high melt flow index, sodium alginate, antioxidant 1010, zinc stearate, ultraviolet absorber UV-531, polyvinyl alcohol, reinforcing agent, adhesive agent, and nano titanium dioxide. The present application can avoid the problem that the SM non-woven fabrics cannot be fully bonded together and are easy to delaminate when being combined, can also solve the problem of fabric breakage during high-speed production, and can also improve the wear resistance, strength, and stiffness of SM non-woven fabrics.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: DONGYING JOFO FILTRATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wensheng Huang, Yujia Liu, Guodong Xie, Weidong Zhang, Jinjing Qiu, Weifeng Sun, Zhiguo Huang
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Patent number: 12104012Abstract: A polymer is made by polymerization of CBDA-4 monomers with a glycerol linker through a condensation reaction. The resulting polymer is thermally cleavable having a plurality of CBDA-4 monomers linked with the glycerol linkers, making it recyclable when heated and degraded. The resulting intermediate material can be hydrolyzed back to initial starting material for synthesizing CBDA-4 monomers.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTAInventors: Qianli Chu, Zhihan Wang
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Patent number: 12091791Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-woven fabric with improved mechanical strength, and more particularly, to a non-woven fabric exhibiting excellent spinnability, excellent softness, and excellent tensile strength while enabling a weight reduction.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc.Inventors: Do Kyung Yoon, Seo Jin Park
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Patent number: 12065777Abstract: Methods are described for treatment of aramid fibers to modify the surface of the fibers. The treated fibers have improved adhesion to elastomer materials as compared to untreated fibers. Modification methods include irradiating the fibers, compressing and straining the fibers under a constant pull force and immersing the fibers in a coupling agent fluid. The treated fibers can be used with elastomers and provide reinforcement elements in products such as tires.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Inventors: Nihal Kanbargi, Alan J. Lesser, Wei Zhao, Sheel P. Agarwal, Mindaugas Rackaitis
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Patent number: 12041931Abstract: The present disclosure relates the polymer compositions, fibers, and yarns having near-permanent antimicrobial activity, and a method of producing the same. In one embodiment, the antimicrobial polymer composition from 50 wt % to 99.9 wt % of a polymer, from 5 wppm to 1000 wppm of zinc, and from 0.005 wt % to 1 wt % of phosphorus, wherein fibers formed from the polymer composition demonstrate a zinc retention rate of greater than 20% when tested in a dye bath test.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLCInventors: Scott E Osborn, Wai-shing Yung
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Patent number: 11992991Abstract: A nozzle has a body having a face extending in a longitudinal direction and transversely thereto in a transverse direction. The nozzle plate is provided with an array of melt openings and compressed-air openings on the face in a plurality of longitudinally extending rows and a plurality of transversely extending rows. A polymer melt to the nozzle openings to extrude the polymer melt downstream from the melt openings as polymer filaments and compressed air to the compressed-air openings to form air jets issuing downstream from the compressed-air openings between the polymer filaments. Only the polymer melt and no air is supplied to the melt openings such that only the polymer melt issues from the melt openings. Only compressed air and no polymer melt is supplied to the compressed-air openings such that only the compressed air issues from the compressed-air openings.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIKInventors: Hans-Georg Geus, Raphael Hermes, Markus Jansen, Norbert Terlau, Markus Wuescht
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Patent number: 11845816Abstract: The invention relates to drawn articles selected from fibres, tapes, yarns, staple fibres and continuous filaments, the articles comprising a polypropylene having a melt flow index in the range from 0.1 to 4.9 g/10 min as determined according to ISO 1133, condition L, at 230° C. with a load of 2.16 kg; a xylene soluble fraction of at most 0.8 wt %, relative to the total weight of the polypropylene as determined in accordance with ASTM D542-98; a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn ranging from 2.0 to 5.0; and a melting temperature Tm of at most 155° C. as determined according to ISO 3146. The invention also relates to the process to produce such drawn articles.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: TOTALENERGIES ONETECH BELGIUMInventors: Manel Perrot, Pieter Geeurickx
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Patent number: 11814753Abstract: A method for manufacturing antibacterial copper nanofiber yarn includes steps of: raw material mixing operation and spinning operation, where the raw material mixing operation is to mix dry copper nanopowder having a particle size of no more than 48 nm with fiber slurry; and the spinning operation includes the following steps: mixing and stirring the copper nanopowder and the fiber slurry so that the copper nanopowder is uniformly distributed in the fiber slurry to prepare a mixed material; drying the mixed material; hot-melt drawing the mixed material, i.e. drawing out yarn with the dried mixed material through a drawing machine to form first-stage yarn; stretching and extending, i.e. passing the first-stage yarn through a plurality of rollers to stretch the first-stage yarn; naturally air-cooling the first-stage yarn to form second-stage yarn; and collecting yarn, i.e. collecting the second-stage yarn to fabricate an antibacterial copper nanofiber yarn finished product.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: QUANN CHENG INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Hsing Hsun Lee
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Patent number: 11708466Abstract: A protective film press using commercially available anti-graffiti film for the production of a multi-layer protective film. The invention provides a relatively simple and economical manufacturing device and method to produce a multi-layer protective film which has historically required expensive and complex methods and equipment. The protective film press comprising a frame chassis, a plurality of mounting assemblies detachably attached to the frame chassis, first and second motorized pull roller assemblies repositionably mounted on the frame chassis, a pair of pressure rollers that pneumatically press the anti-graffiti films into a vertically stacked multi-layer configuration, and at least one alignment roller repositionably mounted on the frame chassis. A preferred embodiment of present invention also includes means for controlling the speed at which the first and second motorized pull roller assemblies operate and also a means for providing pressure for the pair of pressure rollers.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventor: David Leon O'Neal, Jr.
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Patent number: 11686016Abstract: A lining fabric (3) for a clothing article (1). The lining fabric (3) is hygroscopic to ensure good wearing comfort, and has sufficient dimensional stability to allow washing in a household laundry machine. The lining fabric (3) is made from yarns (6) containing or consisting of Lyocell filaments (7). The Lyocell filaments (7) have an average linear density of less than 1.5 dtex, preferably less than 1.4 dtex and even more preferred, less than 1.3 dtex. The washing shrinkage after five washings is preferably less than 4% in each of two perpendicular directions.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Mohammad Abu-Rous, Susanne Carls, Dieter Eichinger, Martin Neunteufel, Christoph Schrempf
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Patent number: 11649567Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a multifilament yarn from a melt of a copolymer of polyacrylicnitrile. The method is characterized in that a multifilament yarn is produced by means of pressing a melt of a copolymer through a spinning nozzle and is subsequently stretched at least tenfold. The present invention further relates to a correspondingly produced multifilament yarn.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: André Lehmann, Evgueni Tarkhanov
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Patent number: 11608599Abstract: A method for producing an artificial turf fiber, comprising: preparing a core polymer mixture from a core polymer and a thread polymer forming beads within the core polymer; coextruding the core polymer mixture with a cladding polymer component into a monofilament, the core polymer mixture forming a cylindrical core, The cladding polymer component forming a cladding encompassing the core with a non-circular profile; quenching the monofilament; reheating the quenched monofilament; stretching the reheated monofilament to deform the beads into threadlike regions; and providing one or more of the stretched monofilaments as the artificial turf fiber.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Polytex Sportbelage Produktions-GMBHInventors: Stephan Sick, Dirk Sander, Ivo Lohr
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Patent number: 11603614Abstract: An apparatus for making spunbond from continuous thermoplastic filaments has a spinneret for spinning the continuous filaments and advancing them in a filament-travel direction, a cooler for cooling the filaments, a stretcher for stretching the filaments, a depositing device including a foraminous belt extending in a machine direction transverse to the filament-travel direction for deposition of the filaments as a nonwoven web and conveyance away from the stretcher, a diffusor between the stretcher and the foraminous belt so that filaments and primary air from the stretcher enter into the diffusor, and a suction device for extracting air through the foraminous belt at an unobstructed extraction region underneath the diffusor outlet and having a width b in a machine direction that is greater than a width B of the diffusor outlet. The diffusor forms upstream and downstream secondary air-inlet gaps at opposite ends through which secondary air is aspirated into the diffusor.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIKInventors: Detlef Frey, Martin Neuenhofer, Sebastian Sommer
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Patent number: 11498264Abstract: A coated filament for use in additive manufacturing includes a base polymer layer formed of a base polymer material and a coating polymer layer formed of a coating polymer material. At least the coating polymer material is susceptible to dielectric heating in response to electromagnetic radiation, thereby promoting fusion between adjacent beads of coated filament that are deposited during the additive manufacturing process. Specifically, when electromagnetic radiation is applied to an interface area between two adjacent beads of the coated filament, the polymer coating layer melts to diffuse across the interface area, thereby preventing formation of voids. The base polymer material and the coating polymer material of the coated filament also may have similar melting points and compatible solubility parameters to further promote fusion between beads.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Nishant Sinha
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Patent number: 11332851Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene fiber and a method for preparing thereof, and more particularly to a polyethylene fiber, a method for preparing thereof, and an apparatus for preparing thereof, which has excellent wearing and touch sensation with processing convenience into woven fabrics and knitted fabrics in use in applied products by reducing the stiffness of fiber having the same physical properties using an enforced necking method in a spinning process.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: HUVIS CO. LTD.Inventors: Seong-Hoon Kim, Jong-Hoon Park, Dong-Hwan Cha
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Patent number: 11058926Abstract: The present invention relates to a monofilament string for a racket, comprising a core consisting of a single filament and a sheath extending around the core and in contact with the core, the monofilament string being characterized in that: the core (2) is made of a first material comprising polyamide 6 and a first copolymer of polyamide 6 and polyamide 6.6, the sheath (3) is made of a second material comprising a second copolymer of polyamide 6 and polyamide 6.6, the first material having a greater tensile modulus than the second material. The present invention also related to a process for manufacturing such a filament string, by co-extrusion of the core and the sheath and stretching of the co-extruded string.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: SPEED FRANCE SASInventor: Sebastien Duval
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Patent number: 10946117Abstract: An absorbent article having an outwardly body-facing surface and an outwardly garment-facing surface Is provided. The absorbent article contains a topsheet, backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The backsheet contains a nonwoven facing laminated to a film. The nonwoven facing contains a first nonwoven web containing a plurality of fibers formed from a first polyolefin composition and a second nonwoven web containing a plurality of fibers formed from a second polyolefin composition. The first polyolefin composition contains at least one ethylene polymer and the second polyolefin composition contains at least one rigid propylene polymer and at least one ductile propylene polymer. The second nonwoven web defines the garment-facing surface of the article.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Lei Huang, Mark G. Kupelian, Prasad Potnis
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Patent number: 10870936Abstract: A nonwoven composite that contains a first nonwoven web positioned adjacent to a second nonwoven web is provided. The first nonwoven web contains a plurality of fibers that are formed from a first polyolefin composition, and the second nonwoven web contains a plurality of fibers that are formed from a second polyolefin composition. The first polyolefin composition contains an ethylene polymer, which and car; provide a soft feel to a surface of the first nonwoven web. The second polyolefin composition likewise contains a rigid propylene polymer, which can provide good strength and durability to the second nonwoven web. The second polyolefin composition also contains a ductile propylene polymer and a fatty acid derivative.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Lei Huang, Mark G. Kupelian, Prasad Potnis
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Patent number: 10870929Abstract: Obtained is a polypropylene fiber that selectively satisfies any of the following requirements: the degree of amorphous orientation being not lower than 85%; the degree of crystalline orientation being not lower than 90%; the degree of crystallinity being 60-75%; the strength being not lower than 7 cN/dtex; the initial elastic modulus being not lower than 100 cN/dtex; the rupture elongation being 10-30%; and the single fiber fineness being 3-20 dtex. This polypropylene fiber, in which a crystalline chain and an amorphous chain are highly oriented and that has high strength and high initial elastic modulus, is produced through a two-stage drawing method and by controlling the drawing tension of the final stage while maintaining production speed.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Masaki Fujie, Tomoyoshi Yamashita, Hironobu Ikeda, Junya Imakita
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Patent number: 10513803Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene fiber and a method for preparing thereof, and more particularly to a polyethylene fiber, a method for preparing thereof, and an apparatus for preparing thereof, which has excellent wearing and touch sensation with processing convenience into woven fabrics and knitted fabrics in use in applied products by reducing the stiffness of fiber having the same physical properties using an enforced necking method in a spinning process.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: HUVIS CORPORATION, LTD.Inventors: Seong-Hoon Kim, Jong-Hoon Park, Dong-Hwan Cha
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Patent number: 10500076Abstract: Bioabsorbable scaffolds having high crush recoverability, high fracture resistance, and reduced or no recoil due to self expanding properties at physiological conditions are disclosed. The scaffolds are made from a random copolymer of PLLA and a rubbery polymer such as polycaprolactone.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: John J. Stankus, Hugh Zhao, Mikael Trollsas, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Michael H. Ngo, Yunbing Wang, Benjamyn Serna
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Patent number: 10414917Abstract: In a practicable continuous or batchwise process for the preparation of a crystallizable polylactic acid mixture, lactic acid may be polycondensed to yield an oligomer, which may then be depolymerized to yield a crude lactide. The crude lactide may be purified to yield a pure lactide, wherein fractionation may be carried out in the purification into an L- or D-lactide-rich fraction and also a meso-lactide-rich fraction. Subsequently a separate ring-opening polymerization of the resulting lactide fractions can be carried out. The individual polylactic acid batches or streams generated by the ring-opening polymerization may then be mixed. The present disclosure further relates to apparatuses for carrying out such processes and polylactic acid mixtures.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: UHDE INVENTA-FISCHER GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Rainer Hagen, Udo Mühlbauer, Caspar Paetz
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Patent number: 10364512Abstract: It is provided that a multifilament and a braid that are capable of being processed into products in a wide range of temperature and are excellent in dimensional stability and abrasion resistance. A multifilament comprising 5 or more monofilaments, wherein the multifilament contains polyethylene having an intrinsic viscosity [?] of 5.0 dL/g or more and 40.0 dL/g or less and substantially including ethylene as a repeating unit, and shows 1000 times or more in number of reciprocating abrasions at break in an abrasion resistance test measured at a load of 5 cN/dtex in accordance with JIS L-1095.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Fukushima, Masayuki Shirako, Hirokazu Nishimura
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Patent number: 10287711Abstract: It is provided that a multifilament and a braid that are capable of being processed into products in a wide range of temperature and are excellent in dimensional stability and abrasion resistance. A multifilament comprising 5 or more monofilaments, wherein the multifilament contains polyethylene having an intrinsic viscosity [?] of 5.0 dL/g or more and 40.0 dL/g or less and substantially including ethylene as a repeating unit, and wherein a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in a ratio of a diffraction peak intensity of orthorhombic crystal (200) plane to a diffraction peak intensity of orthorhombic crystal (110) plane in a monofilament cross section is 0.22 or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Fukushima, Masayuki Shirako, Hirokazu Nishimura
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Patent number: 10253160Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polyacetal stretched fiber of a polyacetal resin composition which contains a polyacetal resin and a fatty acid metal salt in an amount of 0.01 to 5 phr relative to the polyacetal resin, wherein the stretched fiber is obtained by stretching a fiber at a temperature of 100° C. or more to a temperature lower than the melting point of a polyacetal resin composition, and the fiber is obtained by melt spinning the polyacetal resin composition, and a fiber assembly comprising the stretched fiber as a main constituent.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2013Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventor: Akira Ito
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Patent number: 10215257Abstract: Provided is a short rubber reinforcement fiber for short fiber-containing rubber compositions that are used for transmission belts for which friction transmission behavior has been stabilized and travel service life has been further improved. The present invention is a short fiber, which is the product of cutting an adhesive-treated synthetic long fiber multifilament yarn and is used by dispersing in a rubber composition, the short fiber being characterized in that the percentage of the number of non-adhesive-treated single yarns is 0-5%; and a method for manufacturing said short fibers, the method comprising a step for immersing a sudare-woven product in which the synthetic long fiber multifilament yarns have been sudare-woven in an adhesive treatment solution and then pressing at a nip pressure of 1.2-5.0 MPa using nip rolls, and a step for cutting the sudare-woven product bundles obtained to a specified length.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Takami, Fumiaki Ise, Hiroo Kawahara, Hirofumi Enokizono, Tatsuya Sawairi
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Patent number: 10039855Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include elastomeric stretch fibers containing an anti-tack agent, methods of preparing the fiber, methods of using this fiber, articles including this fiber, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: INVISTA North America S.a.r.l.Inventors: James Michael Lambert, Young D. Nguyen, Robert O. Waldbauer, Jr., Hong Liu
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Patent number: 9856375Abstract: The invention pertains to A polyannide composition [composition (C)] comprising: —from 20 to 95% wt of at least one polyamide [polyamide (A)]; —from 1 to 30% wt of at least one branched polyamide different from polyamide (A), said branched polyamide comprising recurring units derived from polycondensation of a mixture [mixture (B)] comprising: —at least one polyamine monomer comprising at least three amine functional groups selected from the group consisting of secondary amine group of formula —NH— and primary amine group of formula -MH2 [monomer (FN)], and—?-caprolactam (or derivates thereof); said branched polyamide possessing a concentration of amine end groups (AEG) and a concentration of carboxylic end groups (CEG) such that the difference AEG?CEG is of at least 100 meq/kg [polyamide (B)]; and—from 0.01 to 3.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Stéphane Jeol, Thierry Badel, Jean-François Thierry
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Patent number: 9498561Abstract: A method for producing a flocculent three dimensional fibrous bioactive material using an electrospinning process includes electrospinning a biodegradable fiber by applying an electrical charge to a nozzle of an electrospinning apparatus such that a spinning solution contained therein is made into an electrospun fiber, which is attracted toward a collector container that is electrically grounded and is filled with an ethanol liquid; receiving the electrospun fiber emitted from the nozzle on a surface of the ethanol liquid in the collector container; recovering and drying the electrospun fiber to obtain the flocculent three dimensional fibrous bioactive material having a bulk density of from about 0.01 g/cm3 to about 0.1 g/cm3 as measured in accordance with JIS L 1097.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignees: Orthorebirth Co. Ltd., Nagoya Institute of TechnologyInventors: Toshihiro Kasuga, Akiko Obata, Kie Fujikura, Yoshio Ota, Xianfeng Yao
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Patent number: 9481113Abstract: A plant for making continuous yarns (30) made of silicon material comprises at least an extrusion station (12), into which the material is introduced in an amorphous condition, and extrusion means (15) which cause the material to exit from the extrusion station (12) along an extrusion axis (D). The plant also comprises a vulcanization station (16), located downstream of the extrusion station (12), at a determinate distance (“L”) therefrom, in which the continuous yarn (30) is vulcanized in a direction of treatment (T). The plant also comprises a drawing unit (18), disposed downstream of the vulcanization station (16).Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: LEMUR S.P.A.Inventor: Thomas Klotz
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Patent number: 9441073Abstract: The present invention relates to a drawn PET fiber that can provide a cap ply cord and the like showing more improved modulus and good dimensional stability, a PET tire cord, and a tire including the same. The drawn PET fiber may be a fiber including 90 mol % or more of PET, of which the crystallinity is 53% or more, the amorphous orientation factor (AOF) is 0.15 or less, and the birefringence index is 0.14 to 0.16, after heat-treating the same at 230° C. for 1 minute under the initial load of 20 g/1000 d.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Il Chung, Ok-Hwa Jeon, Gi-Woong Kim
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Patent number: 9169581Abstract: Processes for preparing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (“UHMW PE”) filaments and multi-filament yarns, and the yarns and articles produced therefrom. Each process produces UHMW PE yarns having tenacities of 45 g/denier to 60 g/denier or more at commercially viable throughput rates.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Thomas Tam, John Armstrong Young, Ralf Klein, Mark Tallent, Henry Gerard Ardiff
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Patent number: 9011739Abstract: Methods for making high quality polyimide fibers suitable for continuous industrial production are described. Polyimide fibers are continuously prepared from a polyamic acid solution through sequentially spinning the polyamic acid solution by either a wet or a dry-wet process, coagulating, drying or drying after washing, thermally treating and stretching the resulting polyamic acid fibers to obtain polyimide fibers, and winding polyimide fibers as prepared into rolls.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Beijing University of TechnologyInventors: Dezhen Wu, Hongqing Niu, Shengli Qi, Enlin Han, Xiaona Yan, Guofeng Tian, Xiaodong Wang
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Patent number: 9005754Abstract: The present invention relates to an undrawn PET fiber and a drawn PET fiber those can provide a cap ply cord and the like showing more improved modulus and good dimensional stability, and a tire cord including the same. The undrawn PET fiber may be a fiber of which the crystallinity is 25% or more, the birefringence index is 0.085 to 0.11, the amorphous orientation factor (AOF) is 0.15 or less, and the melting temperature (Tm) is 258° C. or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Kolon Industries, Inc.Inventors: Il Chung, Ok-Hwa Jeon, Gi-Woong Kim
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Patent number: 9005752Abstract: The present invention relates to a drawn PET fiber which has good dimensional stability and can be applied to a cap ply cord for a pneumatic tire, a PET tire cord, their preparation methods, and a tire including the same.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Kolon Industries, Inc.Inventors: Ok-Hwa Jeon, Il Chung, Gi-Woong Kim
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Publication number: 20150087800Abstract: Provided is a para-type wholly aromatic copolyamide drawn fiber having a tensile elastic modulus of 630 cN/dtex or more. The fiber is obtained by subjecting a para-type wholly aromatic copolyamide raw material fiber to high-tension hot drawing under a tension and at a temperature within specific ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITEDInventors: Toru Kurino, Naoya Komiya
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Patent number: 8936740Abstract: A method for forming biodegradable fibers is provided. The method includes blending polylactic acid with a polyepoxide modifier to form a thermoplastic composition, extruding the thermoplastic composition through a die, and thereafter passing the extruded composition through a die to form a fiber. Without intending to be limited by theory, it is believed that the polyepoxide modifier reacts with the polylactic acid and results in branching of its polymer backbone, thereby improving its melt strength and stability during fiber spinning without significantly reducing glass transition temperature. The reaction-induced branching can also increase molecular weight, which may lead to improved fiber ductility and the ability to better dissipate energy when subjected to an elongation force. To minimize premature reaction, the polylactic acid and polyepoxide modifier are first blended together at a relatively low temperature(s).Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2010Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Vasily A. Topolkaraev, Ryan J. McEneany, Tom Eby, Tyler J. Lark
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Patent number: 8911649Abstract: The present disclosure provides polyimide fibers with kidney-shaped cross-section and their preparation methods thereof, falling within the technical field of polyimide fiber. Polyimide fibers with kidney-shaped cross-sections are prepared by a continuous, integrated approach, starting from a polyamic acid solution prepared by reacting an aromatic dianhydride with an aromatic diamine. PAA nascent fibers with kidney-shaped cross-sections are obtained by adopting a spinneret having circular orifices under wet spinning process. The kidney-shaped cross-sections are obtained by varying the processing condition, including spinning speed, coagulation bath composition, coagulation temperature, and depth of coagulation bath. After washing and drying, polyamic acid nascent fibers are converted to polyimide fibers with kidney-shaped cross-sections under thermal curing. The integrated preparation methods are suitable for mass industrial production.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Beijing University of TechnologyInventors: Dezhen Wu, Enlin Han, Lun Li, Hongqing Niu, Gongping Shang, Shengli Qi, Xiaodong Wang
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Publication number: 20140363669Abstract: Carbon nanotubes (CNT) fibers having a resistivity lower than 120 ??*cm are prepared by a wet spinning process including the steps of supplying a spin-dope of carbon nanotubes to a spinneret, extruding the spin-dope through at least one spinning hole in the spinneret to form spun carbon nanotubes fibers, and coagulating the spun carbon nanotubes fibers in a coagulation medium to form coagulated carbon nanotubes fibers. The carbon nanotubes fibers are drawn at a draw ratio higher than 1.0. The carbon nanotubes have a length of at least 0.5 ?m. The carbon nanotubes fibers can further have a resistivity lower than 50 ??*cm. At the same time, the CNT fibers can have high modulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicants: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY, TEIJIN ARAMID B.V.Inventors: Marcin Jan Otto, Jorrit Jong De, Ronald Folkert Waarbeek Ter, Ronald Edward Hoogerwerf, Anson Ma, Natnael Behabtu, Dmitri Tsentalovich, Colin Young, Matteo Pasquali
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Patent number: 8906278Abstract: Processes for producing carbon fiber, the filament thereof and pre-oxidized fiber are provided. In one embodiment, the gel spinning of polyacrylonitrile filament is achieved by using small-molecule gelling agent, and the carbon fiber obtained thereby is increased by 15% to 40% in tensile strength and by 20% to 35% in toughness. In another embodiment, the melt spinning process of polyacrylonitrile is conducted by using imidazole type ion liquid as plasticizer, the process reduces environment pollution, is suitable for industrial production and the fiber produced thereby is improved in its strength. In yet another embodiment, polyacrylonitrile pre-oxidized fiber is produced by melt spinning, so low cost and controllable pre-oxidization of polyacrylonitrile can be achieved. In a further embodiment, high strength carbon fiber is manufactured by using polymer thickening agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Donghua UniversityInventors: Muhuo Yu, Huaiping Rong, Keqing Han, Zhaohua Wang, Yiwei Zhang, Yincai Tian, Qinli Dong, Xi Zhao, Hui Zhang
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Patent number: 8889049Abstract: An improved process for solution spinning of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW PE) filaments, wherein the 10 wt % solution of the UHMW PE in mineral oil at 250° C. has a Cogswell extensional viscosity and a shear viscosity within select ranges.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International IncInventors: Thomas Y. Tam, John A. Young, Qiang Zhou, Conor J. Twomey, Charles Arnett
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Patent number: 8870559Abstract: A melt spinning apparatus has an apparatus body, and the apparatus body includes a spinning nozzle through which a molten resin is extruded into a filament, a primary air channel for directing primary airflow to the filament of the molten resin extruded from the spinning nozzle, and a secondary air channel for directing secondary airflow to the filament at a position downstream of the primary air channel. A part, which is closer to the spinning nozzle, of a wall of the secondary air channel that defines an air exit of the secondary air channel is chamfered to straighten the secondary airflow.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mai Oyamada, Hiroshi Koyama
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Patent number: 8858851Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for producing low-titer, high-strength and high-modulus polyethylene fibers, comprising the following steps: dissolving the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene into paraffin oil with a low viscosity to form a spinning solution with a concentration of 3˜15%; extruding the spinning solution through a thin spinneret with at least 10 orifices having a diameter ? of 0.7˜0.8 mm and a length/diameter ratio of 10˜12, by applying a high pressure in the range of 2.5±1.0 MPa to the spinning solution, such that the fluid in the orifices is extruded at a shear rate of 200˜3 500 sec?1; and then performing a jet stretch at a deformation rate of 200˜5 000 min?1 within an air-gap of 10˜15 mm between the spinneret and the quench bath surface; feeding the jet-stretched fluid into the quench bath to form gel filaments; extracting and drying the gel filaments; and performing a multistage ultrahigh post stretch on the dried gel filaments with a stretch ratio of 15 or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Hunan Zhongtai Special Equipment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nianci Yang, Yuanjun Zhang, Bo Gao, Zhiquan Wu, Mingqing Lin, Chuanqing Wu, Yong Guo, Yunbo Zhou, Haijun Lin
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Publication number: 20140295185Abstract: Disclosed herein are monofilament fibers comprising at least one polymeric resin and at least one coated filler, wherein the at least one coated filler has an average particle size of less than or equal to about 3 microns and/or has a top cut of less than or equal to about 10 microns, and wherein the at least one coated filler is present in an amount of less than or equal to about 50% by weight, relative to the total weight of the monofilament fibers. Also disclosed herein are methods for producing monofilament fibers comprising adding ground calcium carbonate to at least one polymeric resin and extruding the resulting mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Imerys Pigments, Inc.Inventor: LARRY McAMISH
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Patent number: 8845938Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polyacrylonitrile fiber includes a spinning process in which a spinning dope including polyacrylonitrile is spun; a first drawing process; a drying process; and a second hot drawing process in this order.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Tomoko Ichikawa, Takashi Ochi, Akira Kishiro, Yasutaka Kato, Takashi Shibata, Masafumi Ise
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Publication number: 20140288256Abstract: Disclosed are a method for preparing gelatinized pre-oriented filaments and the gelatinized pre-oriented filaments prepared by the method. The method comprises: feeding a spinning dope into a twin-screw extruder for blending and extruding the same to obtain a first spinning solution having a non-Newtonian index of 0.1-0.8 and a structural viscosity index of 10-50; feeding the first spinning solution into a spinning box, and drawing at a spinneret with a factor of 5-20 so as to obtain a second spinning solution; and flash cooling and curing the second spinning solution so as to obtain the gelatinized pre-oriented filaments. Also provided are a method for preparing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers by using the above method and the fibers prepared by this method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2012Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: BEIJING TONGYIZHONG SPECIALTY FIBRE TECHNOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Peng He, Xingliang Huang, Fengqi Lin
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Patent number: 8840823Abstract: A method for producing a polyglycolic acid fiber, including: obtaining undrawn yarns by melt spinning a polyglycolic acid resin; keeping the undrawn yarns under a temperature condition of 1 to 20° C.; obtaining drawn yarns by drawing the kept undrawn yarns; and, if necessary obtaining a staple fiber by cutting the drawn yarns.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Kureha CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Sato, Masahiro Yamazaki, Ryo Kato, Moriaki Arasaki, Kotaku Saigusa