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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Robert Soelch, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Gerry Bissonnette, Milton, VT (US);
Assignee:
AstenJohnson, Inc., Charleston, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 1/500 ;
Abstract
A synthetic filament formed from first and second compatible polymers. The first polymer has a first, higher melting temperature melting point and the second polymer has a second, lower temperature melting point that is at least 5° C. lower. The polymers are mixed and extruded to form a filament that has two distinct melting points so that the filament remains stable and can be heat set at a temperature less than the first high temperature. A woven textile is also provided which incorporates the filaments in at least some of the machine direction and cross direction yarns.