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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Mark Dwight Clark, Kingsport, TN (US);
Keh Dema, Kingsport, TN (US);
Sungkyun Sohn, Kingsport, TN (US);
Ernest Phillip Smith, Blountville, TN (US);
Chris Delbert Anderson, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Charles Stuart Everett, Kingsport, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
A paper or nonwoven article is provided comprising a nonwoven web layer, wherein the nonwoven web layer comprises a plurality of fibers and a plurality of binder microfibers, wherein the binder microfibers comprise a water non-dispersible, synthetic polymer; wherein the binder microfibers have a length of less than 25 millimeters and a fineness of less than 0.5 d/f; and wherein the binder microfibers have a melting temperature that is less than the melting temperature of the fibers.