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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1977
David Alan Cheshire, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Samir Costandi Debbas, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Richard Thomas Eger, Madison, TN (US);
Ken Stephen Schermacher, Greenville, SC (US);
Paul Thomas Twohig, Charlottesville, VA (US);
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a bonded, nonwoven sheet of continuous isotactic polypropylene filaments having a nonselvage portion with specified properties rendering the sheet useful as a carpet backing, said properties including an average bond strength, for bonds having a strength greater than 0.1 gram, of at least 0.9 gram and less than the fiber breaking strength, the sheet being characterized by a selvage having an average bond strength which is from about 15-400% greater than the average bond strength of the non-selvage portion of said sheet. There is also disclosed a process for producing said sheet.