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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:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Lilly, Asheville, NC (US);
Pravin Asher, Candler, NC (US);
Assignee:
BASF Corporation, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
26 2 / ; 28162 ; 428 85 ;
Abstract
A napped textile product is prepared by supplying a polyethylene terephthalate homopolymer yarn having an elongation of from about 20% to about 80%, a tenacity of from about 2.5 to about 3.5 grams/denier, and a boiling water shrinkage of from about 2% to about 15%; (b) forming a fabric from the yarn, so that substantially all yarn is the polyester yarn supplied in step (a); and (c) providing the fabric prepared in step (b) to a napping machine.