Composite fabric, method for forming composite fabric, and use of a composite matter fabric
AssigneeFirst Step Holdings, LLC
InventorsScott N. Sheftel, Jeffry B. Skiba, Stanley N. Sheftel
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Abstract
A fiber material formed of a thermal plastic or thermal setting material containing particles of metal disbursed there through. More particularly, there is disclosed a fiber material formed of a thermal plastic or thermal setting material containing particles of metal dispersed intermittently within the fiber material during fiber formation, wherein the particles of metal are exposed at least in part on a surface of the fiber material, wherein the fiber material also includes carbon fiber nanotubes added to the fiber material, and wherein the fiber material is woven into a fabric and the fabric is formed into an article of clothing.
Claims22
1:
- A fiber material formed of a thermal plastic or thermal setting material containing particles of metal dispersed intermittently within the fiber material during fiber formation, wherein the particles of metal are exposed at least in part on a surface of the fiber material, wherein the fiber material also includes carbon fiber nanotubes added to the fiber material, and wherein the fiber material is woven into a fabric and the fabric is formed into an article of clothing.
2:
- The fiber material of claim 1, wherein the particles of metal comprise a metal, metal oxide or metal salt.
3:
- The fiber material of claim 1, wherein the particles of metal are selected from the group consisting of zinc particles, zinc oxide particles and of zinc salt particles.
4:
- The fiber of claim 1, wherein the metal particles are selected from the group consisting of aluminum, iron, copper and magnesium, or an oxide or salt thereof.
5:
- The fiber material of claim 1, wherein the particles of metal have a size range of 1-200 microns.
6:
- The fiber material of claim 5, wherein the particles of metal have a maximum size range of 1-100 microns.
7:
- The fiber material of claim 1, wherein the metal particles comprise 40-60 volume % of the fibers.
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10:
- The fiber material of claim 1, wherein the article of clothing is selected from a group consisting of socks, gloves, shirts and underwear.
11:
- A method of forming a fiber as claimed in claim 1, comprising mixing particles of metal with a thermal plastic or thermal setting material, in the melt, and spinning or extruding the metal containing plastic material to form an elongated fiber.
12:
- The method of claim 11, wherein the thermal plastic or thermal setting material is selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene, a polyester, a polyurethane, and a polyacrylic.
13:
- The fiber material of claim 1, formed by co-extruding to have a center or core of a same or dissimilar polymer with the polymer containing particles of metal on the outside of the fiber material.
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16:
- The fiber material of claim 1, comprising sections containing particles of metal and section devoid of particles of metal.
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18:
- The fiber material of claim 1, further including a drug carried by/on the carbon nanotubes.
19:
- The fiber material of claim 5, wherein the particles of metal have a size range of 2-100 microns.
20:
- The fiber material of claim 5, wherein the particles of metal have a size range of 2-10 microns.
21:
- The fiber material of claim 6, wherein the particles of metal have a maximum size range of 1-10 microns.
22:
- The fiber material of claim 6, wherein the particles of metal have a maximum size range of 5-6 microns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.