Patent ID: 6764764
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: D01F,D02G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An untwisted polyethylene yarn comprising: a plurality of filaments in essentially parallel array and about 0.5 to 5 weight percent of a water-dispersible binder material covering less than half the surfaces of said filaments; said yarn having a tenacity greater than about 17 grams/denier and a tensile modulus greater than about 300 grams/denier as measured by ASTM D2256, fewer than about 20 entanglements/meter in a scoured state, and having a width satisfying the following formulaW&lE;0.055{square root over (d)}where W is the yarn width in millimeters under a tensile load of 0.01 grams per denier measured on a flat surface, and d is the yarn denier.