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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:
Oct. 20, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shriram Bagrodia, Kingsport, TN (US);
Mark A Pollock, Johnson City, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; D04H / ; D02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428224 ; 428288 ; 428296 ; 4283111 ; 4283115 ; 428372 ; 428376 ; 428398 ; 156 624 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are molded articles comprising a melt blown assembly of thermally bonded, longitudinally oriented fibers, said fibers comprising a continuous polymer matrix having dispersed therein microbeads of a material which is incompatible with said polymer matrix which are at least partially bordered by void space, said microbeads being present in an amount of about 5-50% by weight based on the weight of polymer matrix, said void space occupying about 2-60% by volume of said fibers.