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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 1983
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1980
Nikolaus Mathes, Breuberg, DE;
Friedbert Wechs, Worth am Main, DE;
Akzona Incorporated, Asheville, NC (US);
Abstract
Fiber structures such as staple fibers, filaments, yarns as well as textile sheet structures such as woven or knitted fabrics as well as non-woven fabrics and the like made from multicomponent fibers of the matrix-segment type having in their cross sections a plurality of segments arranged peripherally without being fully surrounded by the matrix and being composed of polyalkylene terephthalate and copolyamides based on .epsilon.-caprolactam and hexamethylene diamine/adipic acid salt, are split by treatment with liquid or vaporous water. The difference in shrinkage between copolyamide and polyalkylene terephthalate in water is temporarily at least 10%. Corresponding short-staple fibers are particularly well suited for making wet-laid non-woven fabrics. The water used for treatment of the fiber structures may contain inorganic salts.