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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
May. 30, 1995
Peter J Degen, Huntington, NY (US);
Colin F Harwood, Glen Cove, NY (US);
John B Ronan, Harrington Park, NJ (US);
Jason Mei, East Meadows, NY (US);
Pall Corporation, East Hills, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of preparing a support for a filtration medium comprising passing a sheet of nonwoven fibrous polymeric material having first and second sides through a calender which comprises a nondeformable roll and a resilient roll, the nondeformable roll being maintained at a temperature below the melting temperature of the material, so as to increase the smoothness of the first side of the material which contacted the resilient roll. A filtration medium support material prepared in accordance with the method of the present invention, as well as a filter comprising a filtration medium and that filtration medium support material, are also provided by the present invention.