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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Robert Ouellette, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Allen Johnson, Turnersville, NJ (US);
John William Toussant, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a web of entangled synthetic fibers, wherein said fibers are eccentric bicomponent fibers. The present invention further provides a method of absorbing oil from foods by contacting a web of entangled, eccentric bicomponent fibers with oil-containing food prior to, during, or subsequent to preparation of such foods, especially but not limited to during or subsequent to cooking such foods wherein said web is exposed to temperatures at above about 120 C.