Monsanto Company

David F Bittle

Arnold L McPeters

Gary J Capone

A bicomponent, reversible crimp filament useful in textile and fabrics applications is disclosed. The filament is characterized by a total shrinkage of between about 25 percent and about 50 percent, a fiber shrinkage of between about 2 percent and about 20 percent, a crimp shrinkage of about 20 percent and about 38 percent and a basic dye level of less than about -8.

Fiber bundles including reversible crimp filaments having improved

A method for stretching a tow of filaments wherein the tow is passed under tension through a chamber, the chamber having openings at the ends thereof for passage of the tow, and streams of heated liquid are forced transversely through the tow at the chamber openings at a critical minimum rate at least as great as

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both Decatur, AL, United States of America

David F Bittle