Abstract: The present invention provides a non-woven fabric for an alkaline battery separator comprising semi-aromatic polyamide fibers comprising a dicarboxylic acid component, in which 60 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid component is an aromatic carboxylic acid component, and a diamine component, in which 60 mol % or more of the diamine component is an aliphatic alkylene diamine having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer fibers; wherein, the separator non-woven fabric has superior alkaline resistance in which the weight loss rate after 20 days is 5% or less in an alkaline resistance test at 90° C. in aqueous KOH solution having a specific gravity of 1.30. Consequently, since the present invention enables rapid charging and large-current discharging while also allowing thickness to be reduced for higher capacity, it can be preferably used as a non-woven fabric for an alkaline battery separator.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed at a method of providing wettability to polyester fibers or filaments, to woven or nonwoven fabrics made therefrom and to resultant articles of manufacture. The method comprises melt extruding a mixture comprising a polyester and one or more additives selected from the group consisting of a) phenylalkyl-oxy-alkyl metal sulfonates of the formula b) alkyl-oxy-alkyl metal sulfonates of the formula c) polyethyleneoxy-alkyl metal sulfonates of the formula d) alkyl-polyethyleneoxy-alkyl metal sulfonates of the formula and e) alkyl-1,2-disulfonate metal sulfonates where m is 0, 1 or 2, n is an integer from 1 to 6, p is an integer from 1 to 16, R is alkyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms and M is Na, K or Li. into a plurality of fibers or filaments and cooling the fibers or filaments.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery separator consisting essentially of a nonwoven fabric having a substantially unilayered structure, wherein an apparent total surface area of fibers per a surface density of the nonwoven fabric is 20 m2 or more, a thickness of the nonwoven fabric is 0.1 mm or less, a uniformity index of the nonwoven fabric is 0.15 or less, and the nonwoven fabric contains fine fibers having a fiber diameter of 4 ?m or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer material comprising (a) a first layer that consists of plaster or that substantially consists of plaster, and (b) at least one second layer, comprising a sandwich textile fiber material. The fibers of said material are interlinked in a mechanically stable manner, are incombustible and weather-proof and the interspaces are filled with a finely porous material. The second layer has a diffusion-equivalent air layer thickness of not more than 2.0 m and is water-impermeable at a water pressure of at least 100 mm water column. The inventive material can be used outdoors due to its properties. The invention further relates to methods for producing such a material.

Abstract: An electret filter media that includes a thermoplastic resin and a compound of the formula Y2-A(R1)n—Y1, where A is benzene, naphthalene or anthracene, Y1 and Y2 are each independently R2-R3, R2 is an ester linking group or an amide linking group, R3 is an alkyl group having from 10 to 22 carbon atoms, R1 is R2-R3 where R2 and R3 are each independently as defined above, and when A is benzene, n is from 0 to 4, when A is naphthalene, n is from 0 to 6, and when A is anthracene, n is from 0 to 8.

Abstract: A non-woven, flame resistant fabric and a disposable coverall made from the fabric. The non-woven, flame resistant fabric is made of a plurality of Nomex fibers, a plurality of Kevlar fibers, and a plurality of electrostatic dissipative fibers. The coverall has an upper section for covering the shoulder, chest, back and abdominal regions of a wearer. The upper section has long sleeves to cover the arms of the wearer and a collar to cover the neck region of wearer. The coverall also has a waist section contiguous with the upper section for covering the waist region of a wearer, and a pair of leg sections for covering the legs of the wearer. Each leg section has an upper portion contiguous with the waist section. The coverall also has a seat section contiguous with the waist section and the upper portions of the leg sections. The coverall has a two-way zipper extending from the collar section to the waist section.

Abstract: Ballistic resistant fabric laminates are provided. More particularly, reinforced, delamination resistant, ballistic resistant composites are provided. The delamination resistant, ballistic resistant materials and articles may be reinforced by various techniques, including stitching one or more ballistic resistant panels with a high strength thread, melting the edges of a ballistic resistant panel to reinforce areas that may have been frayed during standard trimming procedures, wrapping one or more panels with one or more woven or non-woven fibrous wraps, and combinations of these techniques. The delamination resistant, ballistic resistant panels may further include at least one rigid plate attached thereto for improving ballistic resistance performance.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a non-woven fabric having high-density regions and low-density regions dispersed horizontally, so as not to prevent liquid transfer from a surface sheet to an absorbent body and not to diffuse a liquid less during transfer, a manufacturing method thereof, and a disposable diaper made therefrom. The non-woven fabric 5 includes a plurality of high-density regions 11 and a plurality of low-density regions 12 dispersedly formed in a planar direction thereof. The high-density regions 11 are formed dominantly on at least one side of the non-woven fabric 5, and the low-density regions 12 are formed communicating both sides thereof.

Abstract: An absorbent, non-skid drop cloth includes a lofted, non-woven fabric layer, and a non-skid barrier layer bonded to the non-woven fabric layer, wherein the barrier layer reduces slipping of the drop cloth on floors and other surfaces. The non-woven fabric layer has an absorbent capacity of greater than five hundred percent (500%) and a basis weight of less than five ounces per square yard (5 osy). The barrier layer includes polymeric film.

Abstract: A water dispersible nonwoven web is disclosed. The nonwoven web is produced in an airlaying process and contains pulp fibers mixed with water soluble fibers. The water soluble fibers may be, for instance, polyvinyl alcohol fibers. The nonwoven web may be pre-saturated with a cleaning solution. Once pre-saturated with a cleaning solution, the wiping product is particularly well suited to cleaning and/or disinfecting surfaces, such as toilet seats prior to use. Because the nonwoven web is water dispersible, the wiper may be disposed of by being flushed down a toilet.

Abstract: An article including at least one layer of a compound disposed on at least a portion of a glass-containing substrate, wherein the compound includes a polyolefin having a deformation temperature of less than 110° C., and a dispersion stabilizing agent, wherein the compound imparts a modified property to the substrate, and wherein the substrate is formable. Other embodiments include a compound in contact with a portion of a glass-containing substrate, such as glass-containing or glass-based articles and fibers, wherein the compound at the time of contacting included an aqueous dispersion having (a) a polyolefin having a deformation temperature of less than 110° C., (b) a dispersion stabilizing agent; and (c) water, wherein the compound imparts a modified property to the substrate, and wherein the substrate is formable.

Abstract: Mattress and home furnishing items are made open flame resistant by a fire barrier fabric that includes chlorine-free rayon fiber. The fire barrier fabric at least partially encloses the core of the open flame resistant mattress or home furnishing item. When tested in accordance with the flame resistance test protocols of NFPA 267 or ASTM E 1590, the mattress has a maximum heat release rate of less than 250 kW and a total energy release of less than 40 MJ in the first five minutes of the test. The home furnishing items may be tested under test protocols such as California Technical Bulletin #604 or #117. TEQ of the products of the combustion of chlorine-free fibers, yarns and fabrics is less than or equal to 2 nanograms.

Abstract: A non-woven material including first effect fibers, first binder fibers, second binder fibers, and bulking fibers. The non-woven material has a first planar zone with an exterior skin, and a bulking zone. The first planar zone includes a greater concentration of first effect fibers and first binder fibers. The bulking zone includes a greater concentration of bulking fibers and second binder fibers. The first effect fibers can be fire retardant fibers.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for flash spinning a nonwoven fibrous sheet from a polymeric solution containing about 12% to 33% by weight of filler particles. The filler is preferably insoluble in the polymer. The resulting plexifilamentary film-fibril sheet material has increased breathability with no decrease in liquid barrier.

Abstract: An article, containing: a support in the form of at least one sheet containing fibres that are water-soluble at a temperature of 0-30° C., and a composition carried by the support, containing at least one foaming surfactant chosen from acylamino acid compounds.

Abstract: A nonwoven web of a wettable fiber matrix, wherein the wettable fiber matrix are thermoplastic polymeric fibers blended with at least one hydrophilic melt additive. In alternate embodiments, the nonwoven web further includes binder fibers which may be wettable or non-wettable or combinations of both.

Abstract: A flame retardant bedding article comprises a hydroentangled flame retardant nonwoven component, and more specifically, a bedding article such as a mattress, pillow cover or mattress pad, comprising a structurally stable, flame retardant nonwoven component. The component comprises at least two layers that have a synergistic relationship so as to maintain the structural integrity of the bedding article upon burning.

Abstract: A nonwoven fibrous web comprising a matrix of continuous meltspun fibers bonded to a coherent self-sustaining form, and separately prepared microfibers dispersed among the meltspun fibers. The microfibers may have median diameters less than one or two micrometers. A method for preparing such a nonwoven fibrous web comprises establishing a stream of continuous oriented meltspun fibers having a longitudinal axis, establishing a stream of meltblown microfibers that exit a meltblowing die at a point near the stream of meltspun fibers, the meltblown stream being aimed to merge with the meltspun stream and having a longitudinal axis that forms an angle of between 0 and 90 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the meltspun stream, capturing the meltblown fibers in the stream of meltspun fibers, and collecting the merged stream as a web on a collector spaced near the intersection point of the meltspun and meltblown streams.

Abstract: Multilayered composite material comprised of at least one flexible backing film and a nonwoven fabric or paper, characterized in that the composite material comprises at least two lacquer layers disposed between the flexible backing film and the nonwoven fabric or paper and spaced apart from one another by one or several intermediate layers.

Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide a nonwoven fabric prepared so as to be able to rapidly transfer a predefined liquid. The nonwoven fabric is formed by jetting a fluid, which consists mainly of gaseous matter, to a fiber web 100 supported from beneath by a predefined breathable support member, from an upper surface side in order to move fibers in the fiber web 100. A number of groove portions 1 and a number of convex portions 2 are formed on a jetted area of the nonwoven fabric in the direction in which the area is extended, and the fiber density of the groove portions 1 is less than the fiber density of the convex portions 2.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a shaped article comprising the compression of one or more fiber layers containing polyolefin fibers. The invention also relates to shaped articles obtainable with the process according to the invention and their use in anti-ballistic applications. In the process according to the invention the fiber layers contain 0.02 to 25 wt. % of a solvent for the polyolefin. The shaped articles obtained have an improved anti-ballistic quality.

Abstract: An outer cover for use with an absorbent article having a layer of nonwoven fibrous material and optionally including a polymeric layer laminated or printed onto the layer of nonwoven fibrous material. The outer cover includes at least one plastic component and at least one elastic component in the nonwoven fibrous material and/or optional polymeric layer. The outer cover can have different structural combinations of spunbond fibers, meltblown fibers, and/or nanofibers. The combination of plastic and elastic components results in an outer cover that has favorable mechanical, physical, and aesthetic properties. The outer cover can be rendered either uniaxially or biaxially stretchable via a mechanical activation process.

Abstract: A method for making stiffened cellulosic fiber in sheet form, and the resultant stiffened cellulosic fiber. The method of making the stiffened fibers involves impregnating a cellulosic base fiber in sheet form with a treatment composition solution, drying and curing the impregnated sheet, and thereafter adding water or an aqueous solution of odor removing agent to the cured sheet to produce a sheet of stiffened cellulosic fiber having a moisture content of at least about 6.0 weight %. When defiberized, the stiffened fiber has a low content of fines and knots and nits. The stiffened fiber also exhibits a low degree of yellowing and is substantially free of a burnt-like odor. The stiffened fiber may be used in an absorbent article, such as in a liquid acquisition layer or absorbent core of a baby diaper.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nonwoven fabric towel comprising about 25 to 75% by weight a first fiber comprising a polyester or polyester co-polymer staple fiber having a staple length of between 3 and 6 inches and a surface area per unit length of between approximately 0.2 micrometer2/cm to 1.2 micrometer2/cm, about 25 to 50% by weight a second fiber comprising a multi-segment splitable staple fiber comprising a first component being a polyester or polyester co-polymer component and a second component being a polyamide component or a polyester or polyester co-polymer incompatible with the first component, wherein weight ratio of the first component and the second component is between 40:60 and 80:20, and wherein the first component and the second component have a denier per staple filament of between 0.05 and 0.5, wherein the nonwoven fabric towel is bonded with a stitches of a bulkable yarn, and wherein at least the first or second fiber comprises a hydrophilic surface treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water swellable, water insoluble superabsorbent materials having controlled variable gel-bed friction angles. Controlling the gel-bed friction angle of the superabsorbent materials may allow control of the swelling of the material, the absorbency of the material, and/or the absorbency, resiliency, and porosity of the absorbent composite containing the superabsorbent material. The present invention relates to treatments for superabsorbent materials to manipulate friction angle and new superabsorbent materials having the desired friction angle characteristics. The present invention also relates to absorbent composites employing superabsorbent materials having the desired friction angle characteristics.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to solve problems of conventional ozone-scavenging materials and to provide an ozone-scavenging material capable of effectively decomposing/removing ozone at low cost. To attain the above object, the present invention provides an ozone-scavenging material characterized in that a metal having ozone-decomposing ability or an oxide thereof is supported on an organic polymer base having a polymer side chain having an ion exchange group on the backbone of a polymer. Said ozone-scavenging material can be prepared by introducing a polymer side chain having an ion exchange group onto the backbone of an organic polymer base, bringing the resulting organic polymer material into contact with a salt of a metal having ozone-decomposing ability to support the ion of said metal on the ion exchange group, and then precipitating fine particles of said metal or an oxide of said metal on the organic polymer material by oxidation or reduction.

Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core, which comprises at least one region comprising an aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent that contains water-absorbent resin particles, wherein the water-absorbent resin particles are obtained by a process including the step of polymerizing a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a carboxyl group, in the presence of an internal-crosslinking agent having at least four functional groups each capable of forming a covalent bond with a carboxyl group to thereby obtain a hydropolymer that is internally cross-linked and surface-crosslinked, the aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent being characterized by exhibiting a water absorption capacity (CRC) of 5 to 25 g/g and a saline flow conductivity (SFC) of not less than 1216 cm3·s·10-7/g.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nonwoven highloft flame barrier well suited for use in mattress, upholstered furniture and other end use applications where a highloft nonwoven material is desired for flame barrier purposes. A preferred nonwoven highloft flame barrier of the invention comprises a blend of fibers, that are inherently fire resistant and essentially nonshrinking to direct flame, with melamine fibers being preferred either alone or in conjunction with, for example, viscose rayon based fibers, fibers extruded from polymers made with halogenated monomers and preferably low-melt binder fibers, which are thermally activated in a highloft manufacturing process to provide low bulk density, resiliency and insulation properties in the end use application. The preferred fiber blends are designed to withstand extended periods of time exposed to open flame with minimal shrinkage of the char barrier; thereby preventing a flames from “breaking through” the char barrier and igniting underlying materials.

Abstract: Disclosed is a water disintegratable sheet including bast/leaf fibers and at least one kind of primary fibers. The bast/leaf fibers have a Canadian Standard freeness value of at most 600 milliliter and occupy 2 to 75% by weight of a total fiber weight of the sheet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a fire combustion modified batt. The method comprises the step of forming a blend of nonwoven and oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers into a web. The oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers are fire resistant and when blended with nonwoven fibers are relatively easily processed into a batt. A second blend of nonwoven fibers can be formed into a web and layered with the oxidized polyacrylonitrile fiber web to form the batt. The fibers are bonded together with heat, resin or other bonding material and are compressed and cooled. The fire combustion modified batt is useful as fire barriers and fillers in bedding, upholstery and vehicle and aircraft seats, as insulators for apparel, appliances, walls and ducting, as barriers to separate control systems from a heat source, and as components in fire safety gear such as race driver suits and oven and welding mitts.

Abstract: Disclosed is a water disintegratable sheet of which fibers are hydroentangled about each other. The water disintegratable sheet includes: at least one kind of primary fibers having a fiber length of at most 10 millimeter; and bast/leaf fibers having a Canadian Standard freeness value of at most 600 milliliter and a fiber length of at most 10 millimeter.

Abstract: A heat and fire resistant planar unitary shield formed of heat and flame resistant fibers and voluminous bulking fibers. The shield material has a heat and flame resistant zone with a majority of the heat and flame resistant fibers, and a voluminous bulking zone with a majority of the voluminous bulking fibers. The fibers are distributed through the shield material in an manner that the heat and flame resistant fibers collect closest to the outer surface of the shield with the heat and flame resistant zone, and the voluminous bulking fibers collect closest to the outer surface of the shield material with the voluminous bulking zone.

Abstract: A barrier for retarding fire comprises water-permeable fabric for covering a substantial area, the fabric having at least 9 pockets per square foot, each pocket having a volumetric capacity of between about 0.03 cubic inches and about 17 cubic inches, wherein substantially all of the pockets contain between about 0.01 and about 2 grams of superabsorbent polymer per cubic inch of volumetric capacity of the pockets.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an interlabial pad, with which a wearer will hardly feel a sensation of using the interlabial pad, even when a wearer moves and pressure from the exterior is applied to the interlabial pad. An interlabial pad 10, with which a wearer will hardly feel a sensation of using the interlabial pad, can be provided by equipping a crease-spanning region 2 of the interlabial pad 10 with a pressure dispersion means 11, which, in repulsion to pressures that are applied from the vestibular floor to the crease-spanning region 2 of the interlabial pad 10 in accompaniment to movements of the wearer, prevents the direct transmission of the pressures to the vestibular floor.

Abstract: The invention is directed at a disposable dry cleansing article that is formed from a melt extruded fibrous web that has incorporated into the fibers forming the web from 0.5 to 20 percent by weight of a melt extruded lathering surfactant. The invention, dry article generally comprises a melt extruded fibrous web of a thermoplastic polymer having a basis weight of from about 10 to 200 g/m2, preferably 10 to 150 g/m2 wherein the fibers have a lathering surfactant incorporated into the fiber at a level that allows the article to be used two (2) or more times with a rinse foam volume of 15 or more, with an initial foam volume of at least 50 ml.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sponge cloth based on cellulose and having an internal reinforcement, obtainable by the amine oxide process. In the process, a solution of cellulose in an aqueous amine oxide is first produced, which is then mixed with at least one pore former and fibers. The mixture is spread on a conveyor belt which is then guided through a coagulating bath comprised of a diluted aqueous amine oxide solution whose temperature is high enough such that the pore former melts and is dissolved out. Remaining amine oxide is washed out. After subsequent drying the sponge cloth layer is end-itemed. Contrary to the viscose process polymer degradation does not occur in the inventive process which results in a sponge cloth having an improved mechanical stability. A plastic net can replace the fiber reinforcement. The process is especially ecological and economical.

Abstract: An under carpet heat shield/floor pan insulator is provided for a vehicle. The shield/insulator includes an acoustical and thermal insulating layer of polymer fiber that shows no signs of any thickness increase, delamination, deterioration or any undesirable effect which may affect performance for at least 330 hours when maintained at a temperature of at least approximately 150° C. The shield/insulator may include a relatively high density, nonlaminate skin of polymer fiber and/or one or more facing layers constructed from polymer material.

Abstract: A heat and fire resistant planar unitary shield formed of heat and flame resistant fibers and voluminous bulking fibers. The shield material has a heat and flame resistant zone with a majority of the heat and flame resistant fibers, and a voluminous bulking zone with a majority of the voluminous bulking fibers. The fibers are distributed through the shield material in an manner that the heat and flame resistant fibers collect closest to the outer surface of the shield with the heat and flame resistant zone, and the voluminous bulking fibers collect closest to the outer surface of the shield material with the voluminous bulking zone.

Abstract: A stretchable stitch-bonded nonwoven fabric is disclosed herein. The fabric includes a nonwoven substrate having basis weight in the range from about 15 to about 150 g/m2, and density in the range from about 0.02 to about 0.12 g/cm3. The nonwoven substrate is bonded with a binder applied to the outer surfaces of the substrate in a liquid form in a sufficiently uniform manner so that no areas greater than the spaces between stitch insertion points are devoid of binder. The binder constitutes from about 2% to about 25% of the total weight of the sum of binder and nonwoven substrate weight. The substrate is stitch-bonded with yarns arranged in a stitch pattern that allows the stitch-bonded fabric to be stretched in at least one direction by a factor of about 2.5 to about 5.0 without forming local ruptures therein, and wherein the stitch-bonded nonwoven fabric can be washed and dried at least twenty times.

Abstract: Provided is an electrically conductive elastic composite yarn having an elastic member that is surrounded by at least one conductive covering filament. The conductive covering filament has a length that is greater than the drafted length of the elastic member such that substantially all of an elongating stress imposed on the composite yarn is carried by the elastic member. The elastic composite yarn may further include an optional stress-bearing member surrounding the elastic member and the conductive covering filament.

Abstract: The present invention relates to disposable, personal cleansing articles useful for cleansing the skin or hair. These articles are used by the consumer by wetting the dry article with water and then rubbing the article against the skin or hair. The article comprises a water insoluble substrate with an elastomeric component and having a cleansing surface and a lathering surfactant releasably associated with the substrate. Preferably, the articles of the present invention further comprise a conditioning component.

Abstract: A layered flame retardant system and method is disclosed comprising a first flame retardant stable layer for covering a solid combustible material and a second moisture protecting polyolefin stretch film layer. The polyolefin stretch film layer further compactly affixes the first flame retardant stable layer to the solid combustible material. Some embodiments incorporate a five layer flame retardant polyolefin stretch film with flame retardant additives primarily in the inner layers. Another embodiment incorporates thermal insulating material.

Abstract: Films comprising a blend of polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer and destructured starch are disclosed. Laminates having a first layer comprising a PHA copolymer and a second layer comprising a PHA copolymer/starch blend or thermoplastic starch are also disclosed. Disposable articles comprising the environmentally degradable films or laminates are also disclosed.

Abstract: An absorbent structure is constructed of hydrophilic fibers and superabsorbent material and has a permeability as determined by an Absorbent Structure Permeability Test and a normalized retention capacity as determined by a Retention Capacity Test. The absorbent structure has an intake factor of at least about 3 wherein the intake factor is defined as the absorbent structure permeability divided by the normalized retention capacity. In another embodiment, the absorbent structure is constructed at least in part of a superabsorbent material and has an intake factor of at least about 3 and less than about 50.

Abstract: Segregating membrane supporting material is a three-dimensional assembly of fibers thermo-compressed into non-woven fabric, and the non-woven fabric fibers are joined together in sheet form. This segregating membrane supporting material is non-woven fabric, including at least 10 weight % polyacrylonitrile-based synthetic fibers, which is thermo-compressed to give an overall bulk density 40% to 75% of the density of the fibers which make up the non-woven fabric.

Abstract: A burner membrane comprising a textile fabric. The textile fabric comprising at least 60% by weight of machined metal fiber bundles, having a bundle voluminousity in the range of 1 to 15% and a torsion rate in the range of 10 to 80 turns/m.

Abstract: A cleaning sheet having a cleaning surface comprising a cleaning area for cleaning a piled surface and a low-friction area which adjoins the cleaning area. The cleaning area has a coefficient of static friction of 0.1 to 4.0 against wool press felt (JIS L3201 R33W). The low-friction area comprises a film or nonwoven fabric and has a coefficient of static friction of 0.01 to 1.0 against wool press felt (JIS L3201 R33W).

Abstract: A heat-resistant fiber paper-like sheet comprises 40 to 97% by mass of heat-resistant organic synthetic polymers staple fibers, 3 to 60% by mass of heat resistant organic synthetic polymer fibrid and or an organic resin binder, in a portion of the staple fibers, each staple fiber having two flat end faces having an inclining angle of 10 degrees or more from a plane crossing the fiber axis at a right angles, and is useful as a base material for laminate materials for electrical circuit boards.

Abstract: Nonwoven barrier laminates are provided having a desirable balance of properties, including barrier properties, strength, static dissipation, fluid repellency, aesthetics and tactile properties. The nonwoven barrier laminates of the invention generally include outer spunbonded layers, at least one hydrophobic microporous layer between the outer spunbonded layers, and at least one discrete layer of electrically conductive strands. A multiplicity of discrete bond sites bond the various layers of the nonwoven barrier laminate into a coherent fabric.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrophilic cotton product of 100% cotton fibers and including at least one first and one second outer layers. In the invention, the first layer is of fine fibers exhibiting a low micronaire value and constitutes a soft side and the second layer is of fibers exhibiting a higher micronaire value and constitutes a scraping surface. In particular, the product of the invention applies to cosmetics for makeup deposition on and/or removal from the skin.