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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
ES Fibervisions Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
ES Fibervisions Hong Kong Limited, Kowloon, HK;
ES Fibervisions Lp, Athens, GA (US);
ES Fibervisions Aps, Varde, DK;
ES FiberVisions Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
ES FiberVisions Hong Kong Limited, Kowloon, HK;
ES FiberVisions LP, Athens, GA (US);
ES FiberVisions ApS, Varde, DK;
Abstract
To provide an add-in material to be added to a porous molded body base, the add-in material being capable of developing a pore of appropriate size efficiently without degrading the formability and productivity of a porous molded body, particularly a porous fired body when producing the porous molded body. A shrinkable fiber composed of a thermoplastic resin and to be dispersed in a base of a porous molded body, particularly a porous fired body, wherein the shrinkable fiber has a fiber diameter of 10 to 40 μm, a fiber length of 1 to 20 mm, and a dry-heat shrinkage percentage of at least 8% when subjected to heat treatment at 80° C. for 5 minutes.