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US 10,227,714 B2Granted
Conductive monofilament and fabric
AssigneeAlbany International Corp.
InventorsJoseph Salitsky, Joseph G. O'Connor, Maurice R. Paquin, Jonathan S. Barish
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Abstract
A conductive monofilament and static dissipative fabric having the same wherein the monofilament includes electrically conductive material and binder and has static dissipation properties.
Claims13
A static dissipative industrial fabric comprising a plurality of polymeric monofilaments,
- wherein said monofilaments include electrically conductive material containing metallic particles and a binder incorporated as an outer surface coating or film thereon, said monofilaments having static dissipative properties,
- wherein the monofilaments include one or more longitudinal grooves, and the conductive material and binder line the one or more longitudinal grooves without filling the longitudinal grooves such that the conductive material and binder form a channel within the longitudinal grooves by forming a film that takes on a substantially similar shape as the longitudinal grooves, and the conductive material and binder reside below a wear surface of the monofilaments, and are located as a continuous coating or film,
- wherein the conductive material and binder are applied by one of dip or bath coating, spraying, jetting or die coating application method
- and wherein said fabric is an engineered fabric configured to make nonwoven textiles in airlaid, meltblown or spunbonding processes, or as a papermaking fabric.
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A polymeric monofilament in an industrial fabric said monofilament having a continuous coating or film of conductive material comprised of metallic particles and a binder having static dissipative properties,
- wherein the monofilament includes one or more longitudinal grooves, and the conductive material and binder line the one or more longitudinal grooves without filling the longitudinal grooves such that the conductive material and binder form a channel within the longitudinal grooves by forming a film that takes on a substantially similar shape as the longitudinal grooves and the conductive material and binder reside below a wear surface of the monofilaments, and are located as a continuous coating or film,
- and wherein the conductive material and binder are applied by one of dip or bath coating, spraying, jetting or die coating application method, and wherein said monofilament is suitable for use in forming an engineered fabric configured to make nonwoven textiles in airlaid, meltblown or spunbonding processes, or as a papermaking fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.