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EP 0864682 A1 19980916 - Bulky nonwoven fabric

Title (en)

Bulky nonwoven fabric

Title (de)

Bauschiger Vliesstoff

Title (fr)

Matériau non-tissé épais

Publication

EP 0864682 A1 19980916 (EN)

Application

EP 98104181 A 19980309

Priority

JP 7656097 A 19970312

Abstract (en)

An object of the invention to provide a melt-blown nonwoven fabric having superior bulkiness and flexibility attained by means of a nonwoven fabric consisting of thermoplastic fine fibers having a fiber diameter of 20 mu m or less spun by a melt-blowing method, characterized in that huge interstitial layers having a width of 30 to 200 mu m and a length of 50 to 30000 mu m which contain no fiber present or which are mostly occupied by spaces if fiber(s) being present are distributed as plural layers in a cross-section of the nonwoven fabric, and that the said interstitial layers occupy 10 to 85% of a total area in an optional positional cross-sectional area having a cross-sectional area of at least 0.25cm<2> in the nonwoven fabric. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

D04H 1/56; D04H 1/72; D04H 3/03

IPC 8 full level

D04H 1/56 (2006.01); D04H 1/724 (2012.01); D04H 3/033 (2012.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D04H 1/56 (2013.01); D04H 1/70 (2013.01); D04H 3/007 (2013.01); D04H 3/011 (2013.01); D04H 3/016 (2013.01); D04H 3/02 (2013.01); D04H 3/03 (2013.01); D04H 3/033 (2013.01); D04H 3/14 (2013.01); D04H 3/16 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

  • [DA] GB 1579568 A 19801119 - MINNESOTA MINING & MFG
  • [PA] US 5667749 A 19970916 - LAU JARK CHONG [US], et al
  • [A] US 4666763 A 19870519 - KING CHARLES L [US], et al
  • [A] US 4409282 A 19831011 - FUJII SHIGEO [JP], et al
  • [DA] DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 9212, Derwent World Patents Index; Class A32, AN 92-091816, XP002070720
  • [PA] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 097, no. 010 31 October 1997 (1997-10-31)
  • [A] DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 8849, Derwent World Patents Index; Class A88, AN 88-351059, XP002070732

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0864682 A1 19980916; CN 1197133 A 19981028; JP H10251958 A 19980922; KR 19980080101 A 19981125

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98104181 A 19980309; CN 98108277 A 19980312; JP 7656097 A 19970312; KR 19980008008 A 19980311