Patent ID: 6592960
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: D04H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of bulking a non-woven fabric comprising the steps of:adhering a non-woven web with its surface layer portion containing an easy-to-heat-melt component showing a property to be adhesive when heated to a smooth surface heated at a temperature for the easy-to-heat-melt component to show a property to be adhesive with said surface layer portion to thereby adhere to the smooth surface, said easy-to-heat-melt component existent in said surface layer portion containing 20% to 100% by weight of bicomponent fibers having a property to become adhesive when heated; and peeling the non-woven web off said smooth surface so that the fibers of said non-woven web are raised to thereby form a fiber-raised bulky structure on a surface of said non-woven fabric.