Mitsubishi Rayon Company, Limited

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Seizo Oishi

Hiroshi Hosokawa

Yoshihiro Nishihara

Hajime Itoh

Yasuyuki Fujii

Gary J Capone

Naoto Ohsuga

Charles W Emerson

Hiroaki Ohnishi

Masako Iwamoto

Fumio Takemoto

Hideo Masaoka

The present invention is directed to chitosan-containing acrylic fibers having a total chitosan content of 0.05 to 2% by weight and an extractable chitosan content of not less than 0.03% by weight to less than the total chitosan content. The antimicrobial activity of the chitosan-containing acrylic fibers of the present invention can persist for a long period of time and is not deteriorated even when subjected to posttreatments, such as dyeing and bleaching of fibers, and treatments in usual service environments of fiber products, such as washing and ironing.

Chitosan-containing acrylic fibers and process for preparing the same

Process of making chitosan-containing acrylic fibers

Flat filaments have a flatness (A/B) of 7 to 25, where A is a length of at least one of the two longer sides of a substantially rectangular, transverse cross-section of each filament and B is a length of at least one of the two shorter sides of the substantially rectangular, transverse cross-section of each filament. The flat filaments also have a fineness of 0.5 to 40 denier, and are provided on each of the two longer sides with one or more ribs continuously extending in a direction of an axis of the filament and having a width W and a height H. The number of the ribs on each longer side ranges from 1 to A/2W, the rib width W ranges from B/2 to 3B, and the rib height H ranges from B/2 to 2B. The filaments have excellent nontackiness and bulkiness and permit easy elimination of crimps by polishing, and can be suitably used as raw fibers which, when formed into a pile product, provide the pile product not only with a soft feeling but also with resilient and substantial feeling.

Flat filaments provided with ribs and raw fibers for pile fabrics

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Seizo Oishi