Patent ID: 6790275
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: B28C,C04B,E04C,Y02W

Abstract:
A fiber composition, comprising:a plurality of fibers suspended in the form of bundles in an aqueous or non-aqueous environment which, if comprising water, is essentially devoid of a water-settable inorganic binder material; said fibers having a mean transverse dimension no less than 5 &mgr;m and wherein said fibers have a mean transverse dimension no greater than 100 &mgr;m; said fibers having two opposed ends connected by an elongate intermediate body, the average length of said fiber bodies being no less than 5 mm (millimeter), the average length of said fiber bodies being no greater than 50 mm, the mean transverse dimension of said fiber bodies being no less than 5 &mgr;m, and the mean transverse dimension of said fiber bodies being no greater than 100 &mgr;m; said fibers being in an amount no less than 5 percent based on total weight of composition; said fibers being in an amount no greater than 40 percent based on total weight of composition; said aqueous or non-aqueous environment having a viscosity no less than 5,000 milliPascal seconds as measured by Brookfield viscometer at 25 degrees C.; said aqueous or non-aqueous environment having a viscosity no greater than 200,000 milliPascal seconds as measured by Brookfield viscometer at 25 degrees C.; said aqueous or non-aqueous environment having at least one viscosity modifier for increasing viscosity within said aqueous or non-aqueous environment.