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Title:
NONWOVEN WEB CONTAINING SHAPED FIBER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3169660
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To obtain a nonwoven web for absorbing and transporting a liquid capable of both interfiber and intrafiber liquid transportation.
CONSTITUTION: This nonwoven web for absorbing and transporting a liquid capable of both interfiber and intrafiber liquid transportation. The web is characterized as including shaped fibers and a high-absorbency material, making the shaped fibers define a notch, which notch defines an angle α so as to satisfy α<180°-2θ (θ is the contact angle between the liquid and the shaped fiber), keeping the high-absorbency liquid in a state of fluid communication with the nonwoven web in an area wherein intrafiber liquid transport occurs and subjecting the liquid applied to the web to both the interfiber and intrafiber liquid transport.


Inventors:
Randy Amir Meilawitz
Jerome William Leeds
Robert John Ferran
Application Number:
JP33354191A
Publication Date:
May 28, 2001
Filing Date:
December 17, 1991
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Kimberly Clark Worldwide Incorporated
International Classes:
A61F13/53; A61F13/15; A61F13/49; A61F13/511; D01D5/253; D04H1/42; (IPC1-7): D04H1/42
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Minoru Nakamura (6 outside)