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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazutaka Yokoyama, Wako, JP;
Daisuke Susa, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 4/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 4/700 ;
Abstract
An air filtering material for air cleaning is formed of a nonwoven fabric of hollow chemical fibers having longitudinal interior holes containing an oil. The hollow chemical fibers have randomly formed minute cracks and/or fissures formed through the walls of the fibers. The cracks and/or fissures have a width of the order of 1 ìm . The oil gradually exudes from within the longitudinal holes through the cracks and/or fissures to wet the outer surfaces of the hollow chemical fibers to enhance the filtering ability of the air filtering material by binding dust particles by the sticky oil.