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Patent US5834384 - Nonwoven webs with one or more surface treatments - Google Patents
A nonwoven web having improved particulate barrier properties is provided. A surface treatment having a breakdown voltage no greater than 13 KV direct current is present on the nonwoven web. The particulate barrier properties are improved by subjecting said surface treatment treated nonwoven web to corona...http://www.google.com/patents/US5834384?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5834384 - Nonwoven webs with one or more surface treatments
Publication number US5834384 A
Application number US 08/563,811
Also published as CA2237062A1, DE19681669T0, DE19681669T1, WO1997021364A2, WO1997021364A3
Publication number 08563811, 563811, US 5834384 A, US 5834384A, US-A-5834384, US5834384 A, US5834384A
Inventors Bernard Cohen, Lamar Heath Gipson, Joel Brostin
Patent Citations (250), Non-Patent Citations (33), Referenced by (26), Classifications (21), Legal Events (7)
Nonwoven webs with one or more surface treatments
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U.S. Classification 442/382, 442/414, 427/538, 442/392, 442/415, 442/381, 156/272.6
International Classification D04H1/42, D06M10/02
Cooperative Classification D04H1/4382, D04H1/4374, D04H1/4291, Y10T442/66, Y10T442/697, Y10T442/659, Y10T442/696, Y10T442/671, D06M2101/18, D06M10/025
European Classification D06M10/02B, D04H1/42