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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Earl Blaine Adams, Hixson, TN (US);
Robert Keith Anderson, Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Rajive Kumar Diwan, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428364 ; 428397 ;
Abstract
Polyamide monofilaments are provided of greater than about 1000 denier having a formic acid relative viscosity of at least about 60. The monofilaments have a tenacity greater than about 10 gpd, an along end standard deviation of tenacity of less than 0.1 gpd, and a hot air shrinkage at 177.degree. C. of less than about 15%. In another embodiment, the monofilaments have a cured-in-rubber tenacity greater than about 10 gpd.