Elastic thermal bonded non-woven fabric

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EP 0 127 483 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.11.1987 Bulletin 1987/46

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	05.12.1984 Bulletin 1984/49

(21)	Application number: 84303642

(22)	Date of filing: 30.05.1984

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT CH DE FR GB LI SE

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Priority:

31.05.1983 BR 8302903

(71)	Applicant: Johnson & Johnson
	()

(72)	Inventor:
	Pedro, Gabriel, Jr. ()

(54)	Elastic thermal bonded non-woven fabric

(57) There is disclosed a process which comprises the steps of:

(a) bonding a web of fusible staple fibers by thermal bonding in an intermittent pattern;

(b) stretching the bonded web at elevated temperature; and

to thereby produce a fabric having elastic properties perpendicular to the direction of stretch.