Patent ID: 8314041
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: D01F,D02J,D03D,D04B,D04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fibrous article comprising at least one multicomponent fiber; wherein said multicomponent fiber has a shaped cross section, and wherein said multicomponent fiber comprises: (A) at least one water dispersible sulfopolyester; and (B) a plurality of domains comprising one or more water non-dispersible polymers immiscible with said sulfopolyester, wherein said domains are substantially isolated from each other by said sulfopolyester intervening between said domains, wherein said water dispersible sulfopolyester exhibits a melt viscosity of less than about 12,000 poise measured at 240° C. at a strain rate of 1 rad/sec, said sulfopolyester comprising less than about 25 mole % of residues of at least one sulfomonomer, based on the total moles of diacid or diol residues.