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US4457345A
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Blended yarn containing active carbon staple fibers, and fabric woven therefrom
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-11-15
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Granted: 1984-07-03
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Expires: 2002-11-15
Abstract
Abstract A yarn is prepared from a mixture of textile staple fibers and active carbon staple fibers which consists of 5 to 75%, preferably 20 to 40%, of the latter by weight, by chopping active carbon monofilaments into staple fibers, mixing them with textile staple fibers in a liquid vehicle, separating the fibers from the liquid vehicle and spinning them to yarn which can be used in weaving fabrics of tensile strengths of as much as 2000 newtons per 5 centimeters, which in turn can be used in making filters and protective suits.
Inventors
- 👤 Hubert von Blucher
- 👤 Hasso von Blucher
- 👤 Ernest de Ruiter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 18:36
CPC Classifications
D; D02; D02G; D02G3/00; D02G3/44; D02G3/443; A; A41; A41D; A41D31/00; A41D31/04; A62; A62B; A62B17/00; A62B17/006; D02G3/02; D02G3/16; D10; D10B; D10B2101/00; D10B2101/10; D10B2101/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
54 words
A blended yarn of staple fibers comprising by weight about 5 to 75% of active carbon staple fibers and about 95 to 25% of textile staple fibers, the active carbon fibers having a surface area of 350 to 1100 m 2 /g and having been produced by cutting a tow of active carbon monofilaments.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
54 words
A blended yarn of staple fibers comprising by weight about 5 to 75% of active carbon staple fibers and about 95 to 25% of textile staple fibers, the active carbon fibers having a surface area of 350 to 1100 m 2 /g and having been produced by cutting a tow of active carbon monofilaments.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A blended yarn according to claim 1, wherein the active carbon staple fibers have a fineness of about 0.5 to 20 dtex.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A blended yarn according to claim 1, wherein the textile fiber is a polyamide, polyester or aramide fiber.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A blended yarn according to claim 1, wherein the textile fiber is fire-retardant or treated for fire-retardancy.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A blended yarn according to claim 1, wherein the active carbon staple fibers have a length of about 1 to 10 cm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
A blended yarn according to claim 4, comprising by weight about 20 to 40% of active carbon staple fibers blended with a polyamide, polyester or aramide fiber, the active carbon fibers having a fineness of about 1 to 5 dtex and a length of about 1 to 10 cm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A blended yarn according to claim 1, made by mixing the carbon fibers cut from the tow with the textile staple fibers in a liquid vehicle, separating the fiber blend from the liquid vehicle, and spinning the blend into a yarn.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A blended yarn according to claim 1 in the form of at least one of the warp and filling of a woven fabric.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A woven fabric according to claim 8, having an air permeability of about 10 to 1,000 l/min·100 cm 2 at 1 mbar vacuum.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
A woven fabric according to claim 9, having a tensile strength of about 100 to 20,000 N/b cm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
A woven fabric according to claim 10, having a weight per unit area of about 50 to 1500 g/m 2 .
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
A filter having as its filter element a woven fabric according to claim 8.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
A protective suit at least in part made up of a woven fabric according to claim 8.
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