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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 39/00 (2006.01); B01D 39/14 (2006.01); B01D 39/16 (2006.01); B03C 3/28 (2006.01); D04H 3/016 (2012.01); D04H 3/153 (2012.01); D04H 3/16 (2006.01); D04H 1/4382 (2012.01); D04H 1/56 (2006.01); B03C 3/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 39/14 (2013.01); B01D 39/16 (2013.01); B03C 3/28 (2013.01); B03C 3/66 (2013.01); D04H 1/4382 (2013.01); D04H 1/56 (2013.01); D04H 3/016 (2013.01); D04H 3/153 (2013.01); D04H 3/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nonwoven fabric includes mixed fibers having different fiber diameters. A group of fibers having a fiber diameter of 5.0 μm or less (fiber group A) is present at a volume fraction of 20 to 80 vol %, a group of fibers having a fiber diameter of 50.0 μm or more (fiber group B) is present at a volume fraction of 1 to 40 vol %, and a group of fibers having a fiber diameter of more than 5.0 μm and less than 50.0 μm (fiber group C) is present at a volume fraction of 0 to 79 vol %. The ratio of the median fiber diameter (B') of fiber group B to the median fiber diameter (A′) of fiber group A (B′/A′) is 35 or more.