(19)
(11) EP 0 105 729 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.02.1986 Bulletin 1986/08

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.04.1984 Bulletin 1984/16

(21) Application number: 83305890

(22) Date of filing: 29.09.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 30.09.1982 US 430307

(71) Applicant: CHICOPEE
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(72) Inventors:
  • Shimalla, Charles J.
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  • Mays, Alfred T.
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(54) Pattern densified fabric comprising conjugate fibers


(57) A nonwoven fabric comprising at least 15 percent conjugate fibers having a low melting point component and method of making the same, said fabric comprising high loft regions immediately adjacent densified regions produced by compressing the web at a temperature below the softening point of the low melting point component of the conjugate fiber and at a temperature and pressure sufficient to deform and compact the conjugate fibers and compact the fibers of the web in only the densified regions.







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