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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Rebecca Lynn Roehmer, Elkton, MD (US);
Steve Emmett Minor, Elkton, MD (US);
Scott Zero, Newark, DE (US);
Rebecca Lynn Roehmer, Elkton, MD (US);
Steve Emmett Minor, Elkton, MD (US);
Scott Zero, Newark, DE (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A seam-sealed filter in which the seam is sealed with a seam tape comprised of an expanded fluoropolymer, such as ePTFE and copolymers thereof, having a crosswise matrix modulus of greater than 1,950 psi and an enthalpy ratio of less than 0.6 is disclosed. Such seam-sealed filters are capable of undergoing greater than 50,000 pulse-jet or reverse air cleaning cycles without substantial cracking or peeling of the sealed seam. Accordingly, the seam-sealed filters in the form of bags are particularly suitable for use in reducing particulate emissions in cement baghouses and the like.