Liquid absorbent material and process for preparing the same

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fibers;
• a water-soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least parts of said fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said water-soluble viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein said thermally fusible material has a fire-resistant property.

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fibers;
• a water-soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least parts of said fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said water-soluble viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein the absorbing body is composed of 30-90 parts by weight of natural cellulose fibers, 70-10 parts by weight of the thermally fusible material, to which is added 1-50 wt % of the viscosity increasing material, based on weight of the natural cellulose fibers and the thermally fusible material.

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fibers;
• a water-soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least parts of said fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said water-soluble viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein said liquid absorbing body has two sides, and a surface sheet is laminated onto one side or onto both sides of said liquid absorbing body, and wherein said surface sheet is formed from a non-woven fiber or paper which has fire-resistant property and air permeability having a size of 10-100 g/m2.

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fire-resistant fibers;
• a water soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least parts of said fire-resistant fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein said thermally fusible material has a fire-resistant property.

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fire-resistant fibers;
• a water soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least parts of said fire-resistant fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein said liquid absorbing body has an apparent density of 0.08-0.5 g/cc.

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fire-resistant fibers;
• a water soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least parts of said fire-resistant fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein the absorbing body is comprised of 30-90 parts by weight of natural cellulose fibers, 70-10 parts by weight of the thermally fusible material to which is added 1-50 wt % of the viscosity increasing material, based on weight of the natural cellulose fibers and the thermally fusible material.

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fire-resistant fibers;
• a water soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least parts of said fire-resistant fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein said liquid absorbing body has two sides, and a surface sheet is laminated onto one side or onto both sides of said liquid absorbing body, and wherein said surface sheet is formed from a non-woven fabric or paper which has a fire-resistant property and air permeability having a size of 10-100 g/m2.

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fibers;
• a fire-resistant material and a water soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least part of said fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said fire-resistant material and said viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein said thermally fusible material has a fire-resistant property.

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fibers;
• a fire-resistant material and a water soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least part of said fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said fire-resistant material and said viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein said liquid absorbing body has an apparent density of 0.08-0.5 g/cc.

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fibers:
• a fire-resistant material and a water soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least part of said fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said fire-resistant material and said viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein the absorbing body is comprised of 30-90 parts by weight of natural cellulose fibers, 70-10 parts by weight of the thermally fusible material to which is added 1-50 wt % of the viscosity increasing material, based on weight of the natural cellulose fibers and the thermally fusible material.

A liquid absorbing body for absorbing waste ink, comprising:

• a dry formed absorbing body which is in the form of a web mainly formed from fibers;
• a fire-resistant material and a water soluble viscosity increasing material interposed among at least part of said fibers;
• and
• a thermally fusible material for fixing said fire-resistant material and said viscosity increasing material to said fibers, wherein said liquid absorbing body has two sides, and a surface sheet is laminated onto one side or onto both sides of said liquid absorbing body, and wherein said surface sheet is formed from a non-woven fabric or paper which has a fire-resistant property and air permeability and which has a size of 10-100 g/m2.