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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jose Enrique Maldonado, Canton, GA (US);
Kurtis Lee Brown, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Jeffrey D. Shelley, Cumming, GA (US);
Braulio Polanco, Canton, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D 5/08 ; D01D 5/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D 5/08 ; D01D 5/22 ;
Abstract
Robust homofilament fibers are meltspun from a differently shaped dual capillary spinneret design to induce differential fiber morphology to produce crimping. Crimping may further be aided by quenching and drawing of the fibers.