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AssigneeBbf IP B.V.
InventorsMarcus Anton Hubertus Bokeloh, Robertus Martinus Van Opdorp
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The present invention relates to a method of producing a ribbon comprising bamboo fibers. The method comprises positioning the fibers on a conveyor and conveying the fibers in a transport direction, interconnecting the fibers by covering the fibers with thread and/or particles of a sticky material with at least one web forming device which is positioned above and/or below the conveyor and which ejects thread and/or particles. The formed thread and/or particles attaches to the fibers and forms a web which interconnects the fibers in order to form the ribbon and/or stitching the fibres together with at least one stitching device which is configured to stitch the individual fibers together in order to form the ribbon.
A thread comprising a plurality of bamboo fibers, wherein the bamboo fibers have a cross-sectional area and a length, wherein the bamboo fibers are grouped into an elongate strand of bamboo fibers, wherein each cross-section of the strand comprises multiple bamboo fibers, wherein in each cross section of the strand a plurality of bamboo fibers are staggered in a longitudinal direction of the strand relative to a plurality of other bamboo fibers in that cross section, wherein the bamboo fibers in the strand are interconnected by a binding thread wound around the strand, and wherein the cross-sectional area of each bamboo fiber is between 0.005 and 0.1 mm2.
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