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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:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Saffil Limited, Widnes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 1/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 1/510 ;
Abstract
Thermoplastic fibers of different melting points are present in an aqueous slurry of refractory fibers, binder and flocculant. The slurry is passed through a screen to form a wet body which is heated to dry the body and melt the thermoplastic fibers to bind the refractory fibers together.