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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Applicants:
Ronny Losfeld, Waregem, BE;
Lieven Anaf, Waregem, BE;
Inventors:
Ronny Losfeld, Waregem, BE;
Lieven Anaf, Waregem, BE;
Assignee:
N.V. Bekaert S.A., Zwevegem, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/24 (2006.01); C22C 49/14 (2006.01); C22C 47/00 (2006.01); C22C 111/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to short metal fibers. A set of short metal fibers, with an equivalent diameter ranging from 1 to 150 $(m)m, comprises entangled and curved fibers. At least 10% of the short metal fibers are entangled, whereas the length of the curved fibers is distributed according to a gamma-distribution, having an average length preferably between 10 and 2000 $(m)m.