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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Chad Henry Kamann, Carver, MN (US);
Robert A. Green, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Chad Henry Kamann, Carver, MN (US);
Robert A. Green, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/60 (2006.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); C09K 8/70 (2006.01); D01F 6/62 (2006.01); D01F 6/92 (2006.01); A01G 13/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/467 (2006.01); C09K 8/80 (2006.01); C08L 67/04 (2006.01); C09K 8/56 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/62 (2013.01); A01G 13/0275 (2013.01); C08L 67/04 (2013.01); C09K 8/467 (2013.01); C09K 8/56 (2013.01); C09K 8/70 (2013.01); C09K 8/80 (2013.01); D01F 6/625 (2013.01); D01F 6/92 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); C09K 2208/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Polylactide fibers are made from a blend of polylactides. One of the polylactides has a ratio of R-lactic and S-lactic units from 8:92 to 92:8. The second polylactide has a ratio of the R-lactic and S-lactic units of >97:3 or <3:97. The ratio of the R-lactic units to S-lactic units in the blend is from 7:93 to 25:75 or from 75:25 to 93:7. The polylactide fiber contains at least 5 Joules of polylactide crystallites per gram of polylactide resin in the fiber.