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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:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
John R Reither, Summerville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Asten, Inc., Charleston, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; D03D / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442199 ; 442301 ; 1393 / ; 162902 ; 525444 ;
Abstract
Papermaking fabrics comprising monofilaments of blended polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and liquid crystalline polymer (LCP). The monofilaments are particularly useful in forming and dryer fabrics. The papermaking fabrics have significantly improved abrasion resistance characteristics over fabrics comprising monofilaments of pure PET.