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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Daniel Pike, Norcross, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F 8/00 ; D01F 8/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F 8/00 ; D01F 8/06 ;
Abstract
There is provided in accordance with the present invention a helically crimped conjugate fiber containing at least a first composition and a second composition. The first and second compositions respectively contain different thermoplastic polymer having different solidification periods, and at least one of the two compositions contains a nucleating agent. Additionally provided is a process for controlling the level of crimps in the conjugate fiber.