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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
David H Hawes, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westvaco Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524 13 ; 524 35 ; 524733 ; 524808 ; 523207 ; 81161 ; 8189 ;
Abstract
In a method of incorporating fibers in a rubber matrix, an improved fiber pretreatment is disclosed which comprises mixing from 3% to 15% by weight vinyl pyridine latex with a fiber-in-water mixture of essentially delignified hardwood fibers which have not been subjected to post-delignification drying, said mixture having a consistency of from 10% to 40% solids, subsequently expressing water and drying the treated fiber.