Patent ID: 8148278
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: D01F,D02J,D03D,D04B,D04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A woven article comprising at least one multicomponent fiber with a shaped cross section wherein said multicomponent fiber comprises: (A) at least one water dispersible sulfopolyester; and (B) a plurality of domains comprising at least one water non-dispersible polymer 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.