Abstract:
Filters for petroleum based liquids and the like are manufactured from heat-treated fabric composed of multicomponent fibers. In general the filter is characterized by light weight, corrosion resistance, compatibility with petroleum based liquids, low cost, dimensional stability and resistance to shock and other mechanical abuse.
Abstract:
A BIFILAMENT YARN COMPRISING TWO SYMMETRICAL LOBES FUSED SO THAT THE CONCAVE SIDES INTERCEPT AT ANGLE 0 RANGING FROM 10 TO 54*. THE YARN HAS A BROAD CONCAVE AREA AND A NARROW EDGE AREA OF CONVEX SHAPE AND PREEFRABLY A MODIFICATION RATIO OF BETWEEN 1.65 AND 3.0. THIS BIFILAMENT YARN, TEXTURED AND NON-TEXTURED, SEMIDULL AND BRIGHT, WHEN CONVERTED TO PLAIN KNIT HOISERY HAS A LUSTER IN THE RANGE OF 6.6 TO 21 (K/SX100) UNITS. THE TEXTURED AND NON-TEXTURED PLAIN KNIT TEXTILE ARTICLES CONSISTING OF THE BIFILAMENT YARNS OF THIS INVENTION AFTER REPETITIVE ELONGATIONS OF 25 PERCENT HAVE 150-300 PERCENT GREATER WORK OF RECOVERY AND EQUAL IMPROVEMENT IN RESISTANCE TO SAGGING AND WRINKLING THAN OTHER CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATIONS. THE BIFILAMENT YARNS ARE PREPARED BY MELT SPINNING THERMOPLASTIC HOMOPOLYMERS HAVING A RELATIVE FORMIC ACID VISCOSITY OF 25 TO 90 AT A TEMPERATURE OF 250-280*C. THROUGH TWIN ORIFICES SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER FOR A DISTANCE OF 0.05 TO 4.0 MILS.
Abstract:
Filters for petroleum based liquids and the like are manufactured from heat-treated fabric composed of filaments prepared from blended composite fibers. In general the filter is characterized by light weight, corrosion resistance, compatibility with petroleum based liquids, low cost, dimensional stability, and resistance to shock and other mechanical abuse.