E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Elmer E Most, Jr

Benjamin H Knox

Hans R Frankfort

Stephen B Johnson

Robert J Collins

David George Bennie

Joe Forrest London, Jr

Girish Anant Pai

Arun Pal Aneja

Daniel Gintis

A direct melt spinning process for providing high filament count fine filament polyester yarns having excellent mechanical quality and along-end uniformity and unitary interlace by spinning all the filaments of such high filament count yarn from a single spinneret. Such yarns may be used as direct-use yarns and as draw-feed yarns for preparing drawn flat yarns and draw-textured yarns.

Making high filament count fine filament polyester yarns

High filament count fine filament polyester yarns

Polyester mixed fine filament yarns having excellent mechanical quality and uniformity, and preferably with a balance of good dyeability and shrinkage, are prepared by a simplified direct spin-orientation process by selection of polymer and spinning conditions.

Polyester mixed yarns with fine filaments

A post-coalescence melt-spinning process for preparing fine undrawn hollow polyester filaments having excellent mechanical quality and uniformity at high speeds (2-5 km/min) involving selection of polymer viscosity and spinning conditions, whereby the void content of the resulting new undrawn filaments is essentially maintained or increased on cold-drawing or hot-drawing with or without post heat treatment, and the new fine hollow polyester filaments obtained thereby.

Process for polyester fine hollow filaments

Process of making fine polyester hollow filaments

Process of making polyester mixed yarns with fine filaments

Polyester fine filaments having excellent mechanical quality and uniformity, and preferably with a balance of good dyeability and shrinkage, are prepared by a simplified direct spin-orientation process by selection of polymer viscosity and spinning conditions, followed by drawing and/or bulking.

Process for preparing polyester fine filaments

Polyester fine filaments having excellent mechanical quality and uniformity, and preferably with a balance of good dyeability and shrinkage, are prepared by a simplified direct spin-orientation process by selection of polymer viscosity and spinning conditions.

Polyester fine filaments

A process for increasing the percent void of hollow filaments by contacting the filaments with water at a temperature of at least about 92.degree. C. for at least about 3 seconds. It is necessary that the treatment be carried out while the filaments are in an amorphous condition. Preferred filaments are polyesters.

Process for increasing void volume of hollow filaments

Hollow filaments having longitudinal grooves and ridges that are readily split along the grooves and are especially adapted for use in a flocking process to form flocked products with a surface similar to suede. The hollow filaments have a denier of about 0.8 to about 3.35 and have a void area of 15 to 30% of the total area of the cross section of the fiber.

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Kinston, NC, United States of America

Elmer E Most, Jr