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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2006
Alan Smithies, Overland Park, KS (US);
Alan Smithies, Overland Park, KS (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A high temperature filter medium for use in a filtering operation comprising, a nonwoven fabric substrate having a physical structure and comprising a plurality of polymeric fibers, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of polymeric fibers comprise a base polymer and at least a portion of the plurality of polymeric fibers comprise a secondary polymer, and wherein the base polymer, the secondary polymer, or both bond at least a portion of the polymeric fibers together, the nonwoven fabric substrate being capable of retaining the physical structure at a filtering temperature greater than 135° C. A method for making a filter medium being capable of retaining the physical structure at a filtering temperature greater than 135° C.