Chisso Corporation

Morio Abe

Masahiko Taniguchi

Taizo Sugihara

Sadaaki Nakajima

Shozo Ejima

Isao Fujimura

Yuji Nakajima

Fibers and fibrous moldings made by using the same

A superior cylindrical filter having a long filtration life is provided, which filter is obtained by using interlaced filaments comprising 20% by weight or more of hot-melt-adhesive composite filaments composed of plurality of components having a melting point difference of 20.degree. C. or more and having two or more interlaced portions per meter of which the interlacing strength is 15.times.D mg or more, wound up on a core material in a cylindrical form under a tension of 15.times.D mg or less, the contact points of the interlaced filaments being bonded by melt-adhesion of the low melting component of the composite filaments.

Cylindrical filter

A heat-adhesive composite fiber consisting of core portion and sheath portion, the core portion being of the side-by-side type composite structure comprising two core components of different polypropylene base polymers at a composite ratio of 1:2 to 2:1, one of the core components having a Q value, expressed in terms of the weight-average molecular weight/the number-average molecular weight, equal to or higher than 6 and the other having a Q value equal to or lower than 5, and the sheath portion meeting at least the requirements that it should comprise a sheath component of a polyethylene base polymer having a melting point lower by at least 20.degree. C. than the lower one of the melting points of the two core components, and it should cover the core portion in a proportion of 25 to 55% by weight based on the total weight of it and the core portion.

Heat-adhesive composite fibers and method for making the same

Nonwoven fabrics contain at least 30% by weight of heat-adhesive composite fibers consisting of core portion and sheath portion, said core portion being of the side-by-side type composite structure comprising two core components of different polypropylene base polymers in a composite ratio of 1:2 to 2:1, one of said core components having a Q value, expressed in terms of the weight-average molecular weight/the number-average molecular weight, equal to or higher than 6 and the other having a Q value equal to or lower than 5, and said sheath portion meeting at least the requirement that it should comprise a sheath component of a polyethylene base polymer having a melting point lower by at least 20.degree. C. than the lower one of the melting points of said two core components. The nonwoven fabrics are bulky and soft due to the crimps of the heat-adhesive composite fibers resultant from the core portion and are stabilized by the inter-fiber bonds of the sheath portion.

Nonwoven fabrics and method for producing them

Polyolefin foamed fibers consisting of composite fibers having a good spinnability, a small fineness and a non-waxy feeling, and a process for producing the same are provided, which foamed fibers having a structure wherein only a composite component (B) dominantly forming the fiber surface of composite fibers along the direction of the fiber axis thereof is substantially foamed and a part of the resulting foamed cells are burst open on the fiber surface, and which process comprises adding a foaming agent only to the above component (B) and combining two composite components so that the composite ratio thereof is 30/70 or higher and the theoretical average thickness of the component (B) in the cross-section of the unstretched fibers is 2 to 15 microns.

Polyolefin foamed fibers and process producing the same

Non-woven fabrics having light weight, high strength, soft hand and not having any waxy feeling is provided by subjecting fiber admixture to heat treatment, which fiber admixture is composed of foamed fiber, heat adhesive fiber and other kinds of fibers if necessary.

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Shiga, Japan

Morio Abe