Single ingredient, multi-structural filaments
AssigneeShakespeare Company
InventorsChad Boyd, Peter Brissette, Atiye E. Tanverdi
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Abstract
A multi-structural filament comprises a single ingredient having two or more morphologies after extrusion through a die pack wherein one discrete region of the filament comprises one morphology of the ingredient and at least another discrete region of the filament comprises another morphology of the same ingredient, and wherein each region of the filament comprises at least about 7 percent of the filament. A process for the production of the filament is also described.
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A multistructural filament comprising a single ingredient having one melting point and two or more morphologies after extrusion through a die pack wherein one discrete region of the filament comprises one morphology of the ingredient and at least another discrete region of the filament comprises another morphology of the single ingredient, and wherein each region of the filament comprises at least about 7 percent by volume of the filament.
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