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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1994
Akinori Minami, Koga, JP;
Japan Vilene Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A three-dimensional non-woven fabric having at least one junction portion in the internal portion thereof may be obtained by forming, and maintaining a distance between, linear junction portions in a piece of starting non-woven fabric or in a laminate of a plurality of layers of starting non-woven fabric, followed by cutting the formed non-woven fabric at a position or along a line between one linear junction portion and another linear junction portion; or by forming dot-like junction portions in a piece of a starting non-woven fabric or in a laminate of a plurality of layers of a starting non-woven fabric, followed by cutting the formed non-woven fabric into a desired shape so as to include the dot-like junction portion. The three-dimensional non-woven fabric has a large strength, excellent shape stability, large surface area, thereby being advantageously utilizable as a carrier for fixing or immobilizing microorganisms or in various other applications.