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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshioki Hane, Suzuka, JP;
Hisao Koike, Suzuka, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428421 ; 428218 ; 4283144 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an expanded product comprising a thermoplastic fluroine type resin which does not have a cross-linking structure and has an expansion ratio of between 4-fold and 30-fold and a closed cell percentage of 40% or more. The expanded product contains at least one interface comprising layers having different cell densities and has a distribution index (Sc) and a coefficient of variation (Cv) of the maximum diameter of an open cell present at an optional cross section of each layer of 0<Sc.ltoreq.6 and 0<Cv.ltoreq.1, respectively, which are represented by the following equations: