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EP 0 252 649 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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07.12.1988 Bulletin 1988/49 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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13.01.1988 Bulletin 1988/02 |
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Date of filing: 24.06.1987 |
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AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE |
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Priority: |
27.06.1986 US 879672
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Applicant: The Buckeye Cellulose Corporation |
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Inventors: |
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- Herron, Carlisle Mitchell
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- Dean, Walter Lee
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- Moore, Danny Raymond
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- Owens, James William
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- Schoggen, Howard Leon
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Process for making individualized, cross-linked fibres |
(57) A process for making individualized, crosslinked fibers having low levels of residual
crosslinking agent. The fibers are made by contacting the fibers with a crosslinking
agent; reacting the crosslinking agent with the fibers to form intrafiber crosslink
bonds in the substantial absence of interfiber bonds; and washing the fibers with
an alkaline solution.