WO1996039032A1 - Microporous fabric containing a microbial adsorbent - Google Patents
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- the field of the present invention encompasses fabrics which possess antimicrobial characteristics.
- Films have been traditionally used to provide barrier properties in single-use items including, but not limited to, articles of clothing in general, protective apparel, health care related products including surgical drapes, gowns, and sterile wrap and personal care absorbent products such as diapers, training pants, incontinence garments, sanitary napkins, bandages, and the like.
- personal care absorbent products such as infant diapers and adult incontinence products
- films are used as the outer covers with the purpose of preventing body wastes from contaminating the clothing, bedding, and other aspects of the surrounding environment of use.
- protective apparel including hospital gowns and other clean room garments, films are used to prevent exchange of microorganisms between the wearer and the patient.
- Microporous varieties of films have also been used in such products in an attempt to provide articles with more garment-like attributes, such as the ability to reduce the relative humidity underneath the garment, thus maintaining a higher degree of comfort for the wearer.
- the use of nonwoven webs and/or microporous films in certain protective apparel has not been without difficulties.
- utilization of such materials has generated concerns about their ability to prevent transfer of microorganisms because the size of microorganisms such as viruses and bacteria are typically much smaller than the pores of microporous films.
- Nonwoven web materials typically, also are characterized by passageways therethrough which, while they may retard the progress of microbes, do not guarantee complete barrier properties with respect to them. For these reasons, neither of these arrangements has proven to be completely satisfactory in view of the fact that they do not form a complete barrier for microbes.
- a fabric having first and second surfaces and which includes a microbial adsorbent and which is capable of providing a microbial barrier while still being able to allow passage of water vapor.
- the fabric may be woven or nonwoven.
- the fabric may be a spunbonded web or a meltblown web.
- the fabric is formed from a plurality of fibers. The fibers will be woven or, if the fabric is a nonwoven, interlaid in such a manner that the passageways through the fabric defined by the fibers form micropores.
- the fabric of the present invention will, in its broadest aspect, have a plurality of fibers which define at least one microporous passageway allowing communication, through the fabric, between the first and second surfaces.
- Such communication allows the passage of water vapor through the fabric.
- a portion of the microporous passageway is defined by a microbial adsorbent so that microbes attempting to pass through the fabric via a passageway must pass in close proximity to the microbial adsorbent. This arrangement allows the microbial adsorbent to interdict the microbe by adsorbing it and prohibiting its passage through the fabric.
- the fabric may be formed from a thermoplastic polymer.
- the thermoplastic polymer may be selected from the group including polyolefins, polyamides, polyesters and copoly er ⁇ and blends in any combination of these and/or any other suitable material.
- the polyolefin may be selected from the group consisting of polypropylenes, polyethylenes, polybutylenes and copolymers and blends thereof.
- the polyethylene may be linear low density polyethylene.
- the fabric may be adapted to adsorb viruses, bacteria, cysts, or nematodes or any or all of these.
- the fabric may be adapted to adsorb specific types of viruses, bacteria, cysts, nematodes etc., depending upon the use to which it is to be assigned.
- the fabric may be designed to not only act as a filter for microbes as a result of the presence of the microbial adsorbent but may also be designed to act as a physical (mechanical) barrier to liquids attempting to pass therethrough.
- the microbial adsorbent utilized may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 120 seconds.
- the microbial adsorbent may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 60 seconds.
- the microbial adsorbent may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 15 seconds. Even more particularly, the microbial adsorbent may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 2 times in no more than 1 second. In the event such a microbial adsorbent is utilized, the adsorbent will, upon being contacted with the generally aqueous liquid, increase in size and swell. The swelling serves to block the microporous passageway with which the microbial adsorbent is in close proximity.
- Blockage of the passageway creates a physical barrier within the microporous passageway with the consequence that no further liquid can pass.
- An alternative manner by which physical blockage may be obtained, if the microbial adsorbent which is desired to be utilized does not have the capability of swelling (increasing its size) is that the fabric may also include a loading of another particulate material which, itself, swells in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid.
- particulates of the swellable material and the microbial adsorbent may be incorporated into the fabric in an agglomerated fashion so that each individual agglomerate contains some of the non-swellable microbial adsorbent and some of the swellable material.
- the particles of microbial adsorbent and swellable material must be located along the microporous passageways which transit the fabric. Otherwise, the particles could not perform their intended function.
- the swellable material is one which can increase its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 120 seconds in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid.
- the swellable material may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 60 seconds. More particularly, the swellable material may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 15 seconds.
- the swellable material may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 2 times in no more than 1 second.
- the microbial adsorbent may be any such adsorbent which is compatible with the fabric material being utilized.
- the microbial adsorbent may be a derivitized silane such as, for example, 3 - ( trimethoxys ily1 ) propy 1dimethy 1 octadecy 1 ammonium chloride. [ (CH 3 ) 3 Si(CH 2 ) 3 N + (CH 3 ) 2 C 18 H 37 Cl ] This material was formerly available from Dow Corning under the trade designation Dow Corning 5700.
- the microbial adsorbent is a heavy metal.
- the heavy metal may be silver.
- the microbial adsorbent may be a metallic salt.
- the metallic salt may be a water- insoluble polyvalent metal salt.
- the water-insoluble polyvalent metal salt may be a salt of a metal selected from the group including Group IB, Group IIA, Group IIB, Group IIIA, Group IVB, Group VIB metals. More particularly, the metal may be selected from the group including iron, aluminum, lead, magnesium, silver, calcium and alloys of one or more of iron, aluminum, lead, magnesium, silver and calcium.
- the salt may be selected from the group including hydroxides, phosphates, chromates, oxides and peroxides.
- the salt may be selected from the group including one or more of ferric hydroxides, ferrous hydroxides, aluminum hydroxides, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium peroxide, lead chromate and calcium hydroxide.
- the microbial adsorbent may be selected from the group including colloidal clays.
- the colloidal clay may be a bentonite such as sodium bentonite and/or calcium bentonite.
- the colloidal clay may, in some embodiments, be hectorite.
- the microbial filter fabric of the present invention may be advantageously formed into a wide variety of items where it is desired to have a material which allows passage of, for example, water vapor but which prohibits the passage of microbes therethrough.
- the item may be a garment. such as a surgical gown, foot protectors, face masks, head or hair coverings, aprons, jackets, pants gloves, coveralls and, generally speaking, all clean room attire.
- the fabric of the present invention may conveniently be formed into a surgical drape for use on a patient during an operation.
- breathable refers to any material which has a water vapor transmission rate ( VTR) of at least 300 grams per square meter per 24 hours when measured in accordance with ASTM E 96-80.
- microbial adsorbent refers to any material which has the ability to hold and/or inactivate microbes such as, for example, viruses, bacteria, cysts and/or nematodes on or near its surface.
- microporous passageway refers to any passageway which, at some point along its length, has a diameter of fifty (50) microns or less.
- microporous fabric refers to a fabric having a plurality of microporous passageways therethrough to make the fabric breathable.
- the microporous fabric will also have a hydrohead of at least 25 centimeters of water when its hydrohead is measured in accordance with Method 5514 - Federal Test Methods Standard No. 191A.
- the microporous fabric may have a hydrohead of at least 50 centimeters of water when so measured.
- aqueous liquid refers to any liquid which has, as a major component, water. All bodily fluids including, without limitation, blood, saliva, menses, mucus, lymph fluid and urine, are expressly included within this definition.
- Whether a material is "swellable” is determined by first providing 100 mL of water contained in a glass-stoppered cylinder of 100 mL capacity. Next a first two (2) gram portion of the material is dropped onto the surface of the water and allowed to completely settle. Then, a second two (2) gram portion of the material being tested is dropped onto the surface. After two (2) hours, the volume occupied by the material at the bottom of the cylinder is observed. For a material to be “swellable", the material at the bottom of the cylinder must have an apparent volume of not less than 6 mL.
- the term “fabric” is intended to encompass any sheet-like material which is formed, in whole or part, from a plurality of fibers. A fabric may be woven or nonwoven.
- Typical examples of nonwoven fabrics are meltblown webs and spunbonded webs.
- nonwoven web refers to a web that has a structure of individual fibers or filaments which are interlaid, but not in an identifiable repeating manner.
- spunbond or spunbonded fibers refers to fibers which are formed by extruding molten thermoplastic material as filaments from a plurality of fine, usually circular capillaries of a spinnerette with the diameter of the extruded filaments then being rapidly reduced as by, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 4,340,563 to Appel et al., and U.S.
- Patent No. 3,692,618 to Dorschner et al. U.S. Patent No.
- meltblown fibers means fibers formed by extruding a molten thermoplastic material through a plurality of fine, usually circular, die capillaries as molten threads or filaments into a high velocity, usually heated gas (e.g. air) stream which attenuates the filaments of molten thermoplastic material to reduce their diameter.
- heated gas e.g. air
- meltblown fibers are carried by the high velocity gas stream and are deposited on a collecting surface to form a web of randomly disbursed meltblown fibers.
- Meltblowing is described, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 3,849,241 to Buntin, U.S. Patent No. 4,307,143 to Meitner et al., and U.S. Patent No. 4,707,398 to Wisneski et al. which are all herein incorporated by reference.
- Figure 1 is a schematic, highly enlarged cross-sectional view of a breathable, microbial barrier fabric designed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a schematic, highly enlarged cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a breathable, microbial barrier fabric designed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention and where the fabric also forms a physical barrier to the passage of liquids at the site of contact of the fabric by such a liquid.
- Figure 3 is a schematic representation of a process for forming a microbial barrier fabric in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
- the fabric 10 will be formed from a nonwoven web 12 of a thermoplastic material.
- the fabric 10 may be formed, in other embodiments, from a wide variety of woven materials.
- the nonwoven web 12 will be formed from a plurality of fibers 14. The random intertwining of the fibers 14 of the nonwoven web 12 form tortuous passageways 16 from a first surface 18 of the fabric 10 to a second surface 20 of the fabric 10. That is to say, the fibers 14 of the web 12, in combination, form a multitude of passageways trough the fabric 10 as is conventionally known.
- the fibers 14 should be laid down in such a fashion as to assure that the passageways 16 through the web 12 are microporous passageways 16. While low denier meltblown fibers are well suited for this task, any type of fiber which can be arranged to assure that the passageways 16 through the fabric 10 are microporous will suffice. Those of ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize that typical microporous fabrics 10 possess a multitude of such passageways 16 per square inch.
- the fabric 10 is configured so that a particle 22 of a material which is a microbial adsorbent is positioned at some point along the length of the passageway 16 between the first surface 18 of the fabric 10 and the second surface 20 of the fabric 10.
- the lay-down of the fibers 14 will be controlled so that the passageways 16 will be sized in such a manner as to allow the passage of water vapor through the fabric 10. That is, the fabric 10 is breathable.
- a portion of the microporous passageway 16 is defined by the microbial adsorbent 22 so that microbes (not illustrated) attempting to pass through the fabric 10 via a passageway 16 must pass in close proximity to the microbial adsorbent 22.
- This arrangement allows the microbial adsorbent 22 to interdict microbes by adsorbing them and prohibiting their passage through the fabric 10 while still retaining the breathability of the fabric 10.
- thermoplastic material 12 may be selected from the group including polyolefins, polyamides, polyesters and copolymers and blends in any combination of these and/or any other suitable material.
- the polyolefin may be selected from the group consisting of polypropylenes, polyethylenes, polybutylenes and copolymers and blends thereof.
- the polyethylene may be linear low density polyethylene.
- the fabric 10 may be adapted to adsorb a wide variety of pathogens.
- the fabric 10 may be tailored to act as a filter for viruses, bacteria, cysts, and/or nematodes.
- the fabric 10 may be adapted to adsorb specific types of viruses, bacteria, cysts, and/or nematodes depending upon the use to which it is to be assigned. Utilization of a pathogen-specific adsorbent readily accomplishes this result.
- the fabric 10 may be designed to not only act as a filter (adsorbent) for microbes as a result of the presence of the microbial adsorbent 22 but may also be designed to act as a physical (mechanical) barrier to liquids attempting to pass therethrough.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 utilized may be a swellable one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, can increase its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 120 seconds.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 60 seconds.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 15 seconds. Even more particularly, the microbial adsorbent 22 may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 2 times in no more than 1 second. In the event such a microbial adsorbent 22 is utilized, the adsorbent 22 will, upon being contacted with the generally aqueous liquid, increase in size and swell. The swelling serves to block the microporous passageway 16 which is in close proximity to the swellable adsorbent 22.
- Blockage of the passageway 16 creates a physical barrier within the microporous passageway 16 with the consequence that no liquid can pass therethrough.
- a physical or mechanical barrier (dam) is formed in the passageway 16 which closes off the passageway 16.
- the net result of this embodiment is that the fabric 10 is "intelligent" in that it breathes and allows water vapor to pass as long as the fabric 10 has not received a liquid insult.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 within the fabric 10 constantly interdicts pathogens such as viruses and bacteria so that they cannot pass through the fabric even though it is capable of allowing passage of water vapor. however, upon receipt of a liquid insult, the fabric self seals itself only in the area of the insult in order to prevent passage of the liquid therethrough.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an alternative manner by which physical blockage of the passageway 16 may be obtained, if the microbial adsorbent 22 which is desired to be utilized does not have the capability of swelling (increasing its size), which is that the fabric 10 may also include a loading of another particulate material 24 which, itself, swells in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid.
- particulates of the swellable material 24 and the microbial adsorbent 22 may be incorporated into the fabric 10 in an agglomerated fashion so that each individual particle contains some of the non-swellable microbial adsorbent 22 and some of the swellable material 24.
- the swellable material 24 is one which can increase its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 120 seconds.
- the swellable material 24 may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 60 seconds. More particularly, the swellable material 24 may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 1.5 times in no more than 15 seconds.
- the swellable material 24 may be one which, in the presence of a generally aqueous liquid, increases its volume at least 2 times in no more than 1 second.
- Specific examples of such swellable materials 24 which may be utilized in conjunction with a non- swelling microbial adsorbent 22 include, without limitation, kaolins and diatomaceous earth.
- the diatomaceous earth may be treated, as is known to those in the art, so as to be positively charged.
- One constraint in this design is that the microbial adsorbent 22 and the swellable material 24 must both be exposed to the passageway 16 for each to perform their respective functions.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 may be any such adsorbent 22 which is compatible with the fiber-forming material being utilized.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 is a heavy metal.
- the heavy metal may be silver.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 may be a metallic salt.
- the metallic salt may be a water- insoluble polyvalent metal salt.
- the water-insoluble polyvalent metal salt may be a salt of a metal selected from the group including Group IB, Group IIA, Group IIB, Group IIIA, Group IVB, Group VIB metals. More particularly, the metal may be selected from the group including iron, aluminum, lead, magnesium, silver, calcium and alloys of one or more of iron, aluminum, lead, magnesium, silver and calcium.
- the salt may be selected from the group including hydroxides, phosphates, chromates, oxides and peroxides.
- the salt may be selected from the group including one or more of ferric hydroxides, ferrous hydroxides, aluminum hydroxides, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium peroxide, lead chromate and calcium hydroxide.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 may be selected from the group including colloidal clays.
- the colloidal clay may be a bentonite such as sodium bentonite and/or calcium bentonite.
- the colloidal clay may be a hectorite.
- the microbial filter fabric 10 of the present invention may be advantageously formed into a wide variety of items where it is desired to have a material which allows passage of, for example, water vapor but which prohibits the passage of microbes therethrough.
- the item may be a garment such as a surgical gown, foot protectors, face masks, head or hair coverings, aprons, jackets, pants gloves, coveralls and, generally speaking, all clean room attire.
- the fabric 10 may be incorporated into a product such as, for example, a sterile wrap material which is used to maintain the sterile field around a doctor's tools until they are utilized in an operation.
- a product such as, for example, a sterile wrap material which is used to maintain the sterile field around a doctor's tools until they are utilized in an operation.
- the fabric 10 of the present invention may conveniently be formed or incorporated into a surgical drape for use on a patient during an operation.
- the fabric 10 of the present invention may be made by a wide variety of methods known to those of skill in the art.
- One method of forming the film 10 is described in detail in U.S. patent 4,100,324 entitled "Nonwoven Fabric And Method Of Producing Same” and issued on July 11, 1978 in the names of Richard A. Anderson, Robert C. Sokolowski and Kurt W. Ostermeier.
- This application is hereby specifically incorporated by reference into the present application in its entirety.
- Fabrics 10 of the present invention can be formed using this process merely by substituting microbial adsorbent particles 22 as the additive to the fiber-forming stream. All other process steps remain essentially the same.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 selected desirably will not chemically interfere with or adversely affect the extruded fibers 14 and will have the ability to be relatively uniformly dispersed throughout the fibers 14 upon their formation.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 particles can be added to the thermoplastic material prior to its extrusion through the die tip to form the fibers.
- the moisture content of the microbial adsorbent 22 it is necessary for the moisture content of the microbial adsorbent 22 to be maintained at 1%, by weight, or less for satisfactory extrusion to occur.
- these microbial adsorbent 22 particles which are extruded will have an average particle size in the range of from about 0.1 to about 7 microns. Of course, the maximum particle size will be governed by the ultimate diameter of the fibers 14 which are to be formed.
- the fabric 10 will contain at least about 30%, by weight of the fabric, of the adsorbent 22.
- FIG. 3 schematically illustrates, in more detail, a process for forming a fabric 10 in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
- the fabric 10 in this embodiment, is formed from a meltblown nonwoven web 12 which may include substantially continuous microfibers 14.
- the microfibers 14 may be discontinuous, as is well known to those of skill in the art. Whether the fibers 14 are continuous or discontinuous depends on a variety of process variables which include, for example, the velocity of the attenuating gas, the temperature of the attenuating gas and the volume of attenuating gas passing through the air passageways in a given time period.
- the meltblown fibers 14 are formed by a conventional meltblowing die 26 and deposited on the surface of a foraminous belt 28.
- Other foraminous arrangements such as a drum arrangement may be utilized.
- One or more vacuum boxes typically are located below the surface of the foraminous belt 28 and between a pair of rollers 30 one of which is shown in Figure 3.
- the meltblowing die 26 is supplied with a thermoplastic material, which is to be formed into the fibers 14 from a conventional extruder arrangement (not shown) , through an orifice 32.
- the meltblowing die 26 is also provided with pressurized air at orifices 34a and 34b.
- the microfibers 14 are expelled from the meltblowing die 26 and are collected as a fibrous nonwoven microporous web 12 on the surface of the belt 28 which is moving as indicated by the arrow.
- the vacuum boxes assist in retention of the microfibers 14 on the surface of the belt 28.
- the tip of the meltblowing die 26 is from about 4 inches to about 24 inches from the surface of the foraminous endless belt 28 upon which the microfibers 14 are collected.
- the thus-collected, entangled microfibers 14 form a coherent, i.e.
- the web 12 may be transported by a conventional arrangement to a wind-up roll (not shown) for storage. Alternatively, the web 12 may be removed directly from the belt 28 by the wind-up roller.
- the web 12 may be pattern-embossed as by ultrasonic embossing equipment (not shown) or other embossing equipment, such as, for example, the pressure nip formed between a heated calender and anvil roll (not shown) .
- Figure 3 illustrates that the discrete particles of the microbial adsorbent are incorporated into the stream of meltblown fibers 14 after the expulsion of the fibers 14 from the meltblowing die 26 but prior to the deposition of the fibers 14 onto the belt 28.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 is one which does not swell and it is desired that the fabric 10 which is being made to have the ability to form a mechanical barrier to liquid insults, additional particulates of fibrous materials which have the ability to swell may be conveniently added to the fiber stream at this point in the process.
- it may be desirable to incorporate one or more types of swellable materials such a fibrous or particulate superabsorbent materials or wood pulp fibers or particulates into the fibers 14.
- Blends of two or more of such fibers or particulates can be so incorporated.
- This type of apparatus is conventionally referenced by those of skill in the art as "cofor ing" apparatus.
- Coforming generally refers to the process of adding fibers and/or particulates to the stream of newly formed fibers 14 prior to their deposition on the belt 28 and their subsequent formation into a nonwoven web 12.
- Figure 3 illustrates that, after formation of the microfibers 14, a stream of particulates of a microbial adsorbent 22 is generally uniformly injected into the stream of microfibers 14.
- the microbial adsorbent 22 may be in the form of a fiber as opposed to particulate form. Distribution of the particulates of the microbial adsorbent 22 generally uniformly throughout the stream of microfibers 14 is preferably accomplished by merging a secondary gas stream (not shown) containing the particulates of microbial adsorbent 22 with the stream of microfibers 14.
- Apparatus for accomplishing this merger includes a conventional particulate injection system 36 which receives the particulates 22 in a hopper 38.
- the particulate injection system 36 conveys the particulates 22 toward the meltblown stream of fibers 14 through a forming duct or nozzle 40.
- the particulates 22 are conveyed through the nozzle 40 by means of the secondary stream of pressurized air.
- the height 42 of the forming duct or nozzle 40 with respect to the tip of the die 26 may be adjusted to vary the properties of the coformed product.
- the height 42 and distance 44 values will also vary with the particular microbial adsorbent 22 being added to the microfibers 14.
- the width of the forming duct or nozzle 40 and the length that the forming duct or nozzle 82 extends from the particulate injection system 36 will have to be adjusted in order to obtain optimum distribution of the particulates 22 throughout the stream of meltblown microfibers 14.
- the length of the forming duct or nozzle 40 should be as short as equipment design will allow.
- FIG. 3 further illustrates that the gas stream carrying the particulates 22 is desirably moving in a direction which is generally perpendicular to the direction of movement of the stream of the microfibers 14 at the point of merger of the two gas streams. Other angles of merger of the two streams may be utilized.
- the velocity of the gas stream carrying the particulates 22 is usually adjusted so that it is less than the velocity of the gas stream which attenuates the microfibers 14. This allows the streams, upon merger and integration thereof, to flow in substantially the same direction as that of the stream of microfibers 14.
- the merger of the two streams is preferably accomplished in a manner which is somewhat like an aspirating effect whereby the stream of particulates 22 is drawn into the stream of microfibers 14.
- the velocity difference between the two gas streams be such that the particulates 22 are integrated into the microfibers 14 in a turbulent manner so that the particulates become thoroughly mixed with the microfibers 14.
- increasing the velocity differential between the two streams produces a more homogeneous integration of the particulates 22 into the microfibers 14, and decreases in the velocity differential between the two streams are generally expected to produce concentrated areas of particulates 22 within the microfibers 14.
- the gas stream which entrains and attenuates the stream of microfibers 14 to have an initial high velocity, for example from about 200 feet to about 1,000 feet per second and for the stream of gas which carries the particulates 22 to have an initial low velocity, for example from about 50 to about 200 feet per second.
- the stream of gas that entrains and attenuates the extruded thermoplastic material into microfibers 14 exits the meltblowing die 26 it immediately expands and decreases in velocity.
- a composite stream of microfibers 14 and particulates 22 is formed.
- the microfibers 14 may still be semi-molten and tacky at the time of incorporation of the particulates 22 into the microfibers 14, and, in such a situation, the particulates 22 are not only mechanically entangled within the microfibers 14 but also usually become thermally bonded to the microfibers 14. However, if the microfibers 14 are not semi-molten and tacky at the time of incorporation of the particulates 22 therein, the particulates 22 will only be mechanically entangled within the microfibers 14.
- a collecting device is located in the path of the composite stream.
- the collecting device may be the foraminous rotating belt 28 illustrated in Fig. 3.
- a conventional vacuum arrangement (not shown) assists in retaining the composite mixture of fibers 14 and particulates 22 on the external surface of the belt 28.
- Other collecting devices are well-known to those of skill in the art and may be utilized in place of the rotating belt 28. For example, a porous rotating drum arrangement could be utilized.
- the web 12 may be removed from the belt 28 by a pair of nip rollers (now shown) and stored on a conventional wind-up roller, as previously discussed.
- the particulates or fibers of microbial adsorbent may be extruded directly through the die 26.
- the particulates 22 would be incorporated directly into the fibers 14.
- the resulting fabric would include one or more fibers 14 having an outer surface.
- the fibers 14 will define at least one microporous passageway 16 allowing communication, through the fiber 14, between a first portion of the outer surface and a second portion of the outer surface of the fiber 14.
- a portion of the microporous passageway would be defined by the microbial adsorbent 22.
- the fibers 14 will have an outer surface which defines a concavity. In these embodiments the portion of the outer surface which defines the concavity is, itself, defined by the microbial adsorbent.
- a laminate of the fabric 10 of the present invention may be desirable to form a laminate of the fabric 10 of the present invention and one or more other materials.
- Such a laminate would have the combined attributes of all of the individual layers.
- the laminate could have a cloth-like appearance and feel, be breathable like cloth and still be able to prevent the passage of microbes therethrough.
- the term laminate is envisioned to include embodiments having two, three or more separate and discrete layers conventionally joined together by conventional lamination procedures.
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