Hoechst Celanese Corporation

Honeywell International Inc.

Fiber Industries, Inc.

Hna Holdings, Inc.

Scott W Thompson

Herman Leslie Lanieve

Gunilla E Gillberg-LaForce

John A Flint

Robert Bruce Sandor

Etheridge Odell Oakley, Jr

Michele C Carter

William F Clear

Edward R Kafchinski

Mohammed Ishaq Haider

Fredrick Allen Ethridge

Robert E Roschen

Michael Paul Taylor

A fiber having increased cut resistance is made from a fiber-forming polymer and a hard filler having a Mohs Hardness Value greater than about 3. The filler is included in an amount of about 0.05% to about 20% by weight. In preferred embodiments, the fiber-forming polymer is poly(ethylene terephthalate) or a liquid crystalline polyester comprising monomer units derived from 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. Preferred fillers include tungsten and alumina.

Cut-resistant gloves

Cut-resistant sheath/core fiber

A fiber having increased cut resistance is made from a fiber-forming polymer and a hard filler having a Mohs Hardness Value greater than about 3. The filler is included in an amount of about 0.05% to about 20% by weight. In preferred embodiments, the fiber-forming polymer is poly(ethylene terephthalate) or a liquid crystalline polyester including monomer units derived from 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. Preferred fillers include tungsten and alumina.

Composite yarn comprising filled cut-resistant fiber

Method of making a cut-resistant fiber and fabrics, and the fabric made

A knitting machine part which is resistant to abrasion caused by knitting a yarn of cut-resistant fiber contains: (i) a base substrate having at least one yarn-contacting region for contacting the yarn during the knitting process, and (ii) a coating disposed on the surface of the base substrate on at least the yarn-contacting region of the base substrate, wherein the coating contains titanium carbonitride having a carbon-to-nitrogen weight ratio of from about 1:4 to 4:1, preferably from about 1:1.5 to 1.5:1, most preferably about 1:1. The knitting machine part is preferably a knitting needle or a sinker. The cut-resistant yarn is preferably composed of at least one cut-resistant fiber formed from a fiber-forming polymer and a hard filler having a Mohs Hardness value of at least about 3, the hard filler being distributed in the fiber-forming polymer. The coated knitting machine part may also be used to knit conventional fibers and yarns, for example, fibers and yarns which are not cut-resistant, including abrasive fibers which are not cut-resistant.

Knitting machine parts resistant to abrasion by yarn of cut-resistant

Filled cut-resistant fiber

Cut resistant non-woven fabrics

Cut-resistant fiber containing a hard filler

Process and apparatus for crimping filamentary material, the process comprising forcing hot fluid entrained yarn into a crimping chamber in one direction, forcing cold fluid into the crimping chamber from an opposite direction and exhausting both fluids from the crimping chamber either radially and/or axially. The apparatus employs a crimping chamber having axially aligned entrance and exit portions and means within the crimping chamber for radially exhausting fluids.

Textile fluid crimping process and apparatus

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