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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1997
Lixin Xue, Morristown, NJ (US);
Ronald Rohrbach, Flemington, NJ (US);
Daniel Bause, Morristown, NJ (US);
Peter Unger, Convent Station, NJ (US);
Russell Dondero, N. Arlington, NJ (US);
Gordon Jones, Toledo, OH (US);
AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
The internal channels (22) of wicking fibers (20) are filled with a selected liquid (18) form of a prepolymerized polymer or monomers and related reagents and then the polymerization reaction is carried out under suitable conditions to form a fiber with desired properties. Fibers with the properties of the formed polymeric products are conveniently obtained thereafter. This provides a convenient way to obtain engineered fibers by directly polymerizing the monomers in the wicking fiber (20) channels (22). The wicking fibers (20) include internal longitudinal cavities or channels (22) each with a relatively small longitudinal extending opening (24). The wicking fibers (20) are filled with the selected liquid through capillary action by which the individual wicking fibers (20) rapidly draw the selected liquid, with which they comes into contact, through the internal cavities (22). The selected liquid remains within the wicking fiber cavities (22) and generally does not enter the space between the wicking fibers yet through the longitudinal openings (24) the liquid is in full communication with the environment surrounding the wicking fiber (20). The formed solid polymer is retained in the channels (22) of the wicking fiber (20).