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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:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Oji Paper Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G / ; D02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442334 ; 442352 ; 2105001 ; 162141 ; 162143 ; 162146 ; 162149 ;
Abstract
A low density body such as a sheet, board or molding usable as a cushioning material, heat-insulating material, sound-absorbing material, filter, low density base paper or the like is provided. The low density body having a density of 0.05 to 0.45 g/cm.sup.3 is prepared by dewatering a slurry containing fine fibers having a bond-reinforcing factor of at least 0.15 and curled fibers having a wet curl factor of 0.4 to 1.0, and drying the resultant product.