Nonwoven textile fabrics and methods of making the same

Abstract

Abstract ADHERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL FIBERS THEREOF, THE INDIVIDUAL FIBERS OF THE STRUCTURAL FIBROUS PORTION BEING ADDITIONALLY BONDED TO EACH OTHER BY AN INTERMITTENT PRINT PATTERN OF DISCRETE SYNTHETIC RESIN BINDER AREAS, WHEREBY A NONWOVEN TEXTILE FABRIC IS OBTAINED HAVING EXCELLENT SOFTNESS, DRAPE AND HAND, AS WELL AS EXCELLENT TENSILE, BURST, AND TEAR STRENGTHS AND STITCH-TEAR QUALITIES. METHODS OF MAKING SUCH NONWOVEN TEXTILE FABRICS AND PARTICULARLY METHODS INVOLVING THE USE OF WET-FORMING MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES ARE ALSO INCLUDED. A NONWOVEN TEXTILE FABRIC HAVING EXCELLENT SOFTNESS, DRAPE, AND HAND, AS WELL AS EXCELLENT TENSILE, BURST, AND TEAR STRENGTHS AND STITCH-LIKE QUALITIES OF COMPRISING: (1) A RELATIVELY FLAT, SHEET-LIKE FIBROUS PORTION OF OVERLAPPING AND INTERSECTING STRUCTURAL TEXTILE FIBERS HAVING AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF FROM ABOUT 1/4 INCH TO ABOUT 1/4 INCHES OR MORE, IN WHICH STRUCTURAL FIBROUS PORTION THERE MAY BE INCLUDED RELATIVELY SHORT FIBERS HAVING AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF FROM ABOUT 1/8 INCH TO ABOUT 1/25 INCH OR LESS; AND (2) A RELATIVELY FLAT, SHEET-LIKE FIBROUS PORTION OF RELATIVELY SHORT FIBERS HAVING AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF FROM ABOUT 1/8 INCH TO ABOUT 1/25 INCH OR LESS, THE INDIVIDUAL FIBERS OF EACH FIBROUS PORTION AS WELL AS THE FIBROUS PORTIONS THEMSELVES, BEING ADHERED AND BONDED TO EACH OTHER BY INTERFIBER ENTANGLEMENT AND BY DISCRETE RESIN BINDER MATERIALS

Inventors

• 👤 C Plummer
• 👤 D Skistimas

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