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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:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2005
Applicant:
Patrick Hook, Witheridge, GB;
Inventor:
Patrick Hook, Witheridge, GB;
Assignee:
Auxetix Limited, Devon, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 46/00 (2006.01); B01D 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 67/20 (2006.01); D03D 15/00 (2006.01); D04H 1/00 (2006.01); D04H 11/00 (2006.01); B32B 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a method of controlling pore size in a porous material comprising the steps of: providing a porous material comprising a plurality of interconnected auxetic fibres; and applying a tensile or compressive load to the porous material so as to vary the pore size of the porous material in order to produce a desired effect.