WO1980000419A1 - Core spun filtration roving - Google Patents

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WO1980000419A1
WO1980000419A1 PCT/US1979/000620 US7900620W WO8000419A1 WO 1980000419 A1 WO1980000419 A1 WO 1980000419A1 US 7900620 W US7900620 W US 7900620W WO 8000419 A1 WO8000419 A1 WO 8000419A1
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R Manning
F Gaiteri
M Tremblay
G Lanoue
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  • the field of invention relates to a cored filtration roving, to the method of making such roving and to a wound tube filter incorporating said roving.
  • Filter cartridges are formed generally by winding a fibrous yarn or roving into a tubular form in a crisscross fashion so as to define diamond shaped honeycomb over ⁇ lapping patterns. These provide the filtering passageways from the outer wall to the center of the cartrid ' ge through which the liquids or gases to be filtered are passed. Particles are retained by a network of fibers extending across the passageways and to a lesser extent by the yarn or roving as well.
  • the art has devised a number of yarns for use in fil ⁇ ter cartridges including mainly napped or flocked yarns. Typically in making the yarns, draft and twist are applied to slivers on a roving frame before winding on bobbins.
  • the efficiency of the fiber structure wit regard to the filtration characteristics may be changed an thus affect the overall characteristics, of the wound fil- tration cartridge. Reducing the twist in roving or spinni results in a fuzzier and more permeable yarn.
  • a soft cr loosely spun yarn generally has a greater dirt holding capacity than tighter twisted yarns, since in the former more fibers are exposed to the filtrate and can serve to entrap particu ⁇ lates.
  • the central portion is substantially less permeable than the outer portion, the permeability decreasing from the outer perimeter to the center. In such yarns, as little as 10% of the fibers therein have been found to act to retain particulates in filtering action.
  • the present invention employs less fiber for the same roving cross-section by providing a strong central strand or strands about which the fibers are twisted to a lesser degree than conventional twisting when forming roving for the production of yarn. This results in a fluffier roving having superior filtration properties with equal or greater mechanical strength.
  • the roving employed may be formed from fibers which are much shorter than those customarily employed since relatively long fibers are not needed for strength purposes in forming the roving. A substantial portion of the required strength of the roving is furnished by the central strand or strands. As a result, less twist is required to produce the required tensile strength.
  • strand en ⁇ compasses spun thread, filament, monofilament, slit film, twisted paper and the like employed as the core material in the roving*.
  • the tensile strength provided by the central strands results in a significant improvement in efficiency of the various roving spinning, treating and winding operations. Since less twist is required to impart necessary strength, the machine used in roving can be run at a higher level of production and efficiency, as for example with fewer yarn breaks and less down time. A more uniform roving is pro ⁇ quizd which contributes to fewer breaks in the filter cartridge winding operation and fewer rejects of the filters.
  • the main objects of the present invention are to pro ⁇ vide an improved roving for a filtration cartridge having one or more central strands with a relatively high tensile strength surrounded by a mass of loosely twisted fibers, t provide a method for making said roving and to provide a filtration cartridge wherein said roving is wound around a hollow center tube having perforations in its surface.
  • a further object is to employ short staple cotton was fibers in preparing the roving.
  • a further object is to employ as the central strand o strands, threads or filaments of glass, metal, graphite, o other carbon, minerals, paper (plain, impregnated or metallized), naturally occurring fibers, synthetic polymer fibers, man-made organic fibers deriving from natural sources, and slit films of film-forming polymers or of mixtures of at least two of these compositions.
  • IP Yet another object is to employ at least one hollow tubular central strand to form a core having a diameter which is a " large- fraction of the roving -diameter.
  • Figure- 1 is a cross-sectional view- of conventional yarn employed in a filtration cartridge showing a central dense portion which does not significantly take part in the filtration process.
  • Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of one modification of the roving of the present invention showing a central strand.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic illustrating the method of making the loosely spun roving of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of another modification of the roving of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 is a side elevational view of a filtration cartridge of the present invention, broken away to show the hollow perforated center.
  • Figure 1 shows the schematic cross-section of a con ⁇ ventional filtration yarn.
  • Reference numeral 1 indicates the yarn generally.
  • the central less permeable portion, which is largely ineffective in filtration is shown at 2, and is shown as having a diameter ⁇ _ .
  • the filtration por- tion of the yarn is shown at 3 having a thickness t ⁇ .
  • Central portion 2 is more compact due to the tightness of the twist required in the spinning step and for necessary tensile strength. Relatively long staple fibers are em ⁇ ployed to make the conventional yarns because of the requirements of the spinning or roving frames.
  • FIG. 2 A schematic cross-section of the improved filter roving of this invention is shown in Figure 2 .
  • Reference numeral 4 indicates this roving generally.
  • a geometrically shaped core strand formed of a synthetic polymer is shown at 5. Wound around the core strand are fibers 6 and i mediately surrounding the core is a denser fiber area 7 with a diameter of d2 which has a lessened filtration perme ability.
  • the thickness of the porous fiber structure surrounding the core, having satisfactory filtration per e- ability, is represented by t2 « A comparison of t_ and t2 i the cross-sections in Figures 1 and 2 indicates the greater relative thickness of the porous fiber structure and thus the greater filtration effectiveness of the improved roving of this invention.
  • Fiber 6 may be naturally occurring fibers such as jute cotton, animal hair; synthetic polymer fibers, such as acrylic, nylon, polyester, polyolefin, aramid, teflon; man- made organic fibers deriving from natural sources such as rayon, cellulose acetate and inorganic fibers such as metal glass, graphite, or a blend of two or more of these fibers.
  • the core may be one or more threads, monofilaments, filaments, hollow tubes, or other geometrical shapes. It may be a spu yarn formed from the same material as the fibers, filaments monofilaments of glass, or polymers, (e.g.
  • Figure 3 One method of making the roving is shown schematically in Figure 3. While the description will be directed to short cotton fibers, it is to be understood that this is exemplary and that essentially the same process may be em- ployed with other fibers of the same or greater lengths.
  • Bulk short cotton fibers are formed into a sliver on a conventional carding machine.
  • a sliver 8 passes through a pair of back rolls 9, 9, then undergoes a partial draft in passing through middle rolls 10, 10 and is further drawn down in front rolls 11, 11.
  • Core roving strand 12 is un ⁇ wound from a spool 13 and is introduced behind rollers 11 on to the sliver and thereafter the core and sliver are twisted as indicated by the curved arrow and taken up on a roving bobbin (not shown) to form the filter roving 14.
  • the roving or spinning frame on which .the roving is spun can be operated at higher speeds and thus at greater efficiency.
  • a core an 18. increase in speed was attained. Since the cored roving is stronger, there are fewer breaks occurring in winding the roving and better tension control is possible.
  • Other methods of core spinning previously employed only in pro ⁇ ducing yarn may be employed in forming the roving, such as open end spinning, for example, with similar improved results. .
  • the core material in the present invention may vary from a very small to a very large percentage of the total weight of the roving. Broadly the range may vary from about 0.5 to about 90% with a more preferred range being about 3 to about 40%. Where the roving is formed from cotton slivers and cotton core thread, the core may amount to only about 0.5% of the roving. The added strength of the core permits lower twist requirements for forming the roving. The twist may be lowered by 50%, opening up the roving for enhanced filtering characteristics. Cored roving of this invention is wound in the conventional manner around a rigid perforated tube which is pervious to the flow of liquid through its walls.
  • Cotton fibers ranging from as short as about 6 mm may be used in forming the sliver, with the 6 mm size ranging up to 50% by weight of the total. Such short fibers are available in large quantities from cotton ginning or combing operations. Instead of cotton, other - long or short staple fibers, as listed above, may be em- ployed. The individual slivers can also be mixtures of one or more of the above fibers. As set forth supra, the bulk fibers are formed into a sliver which is drawn and twisted about one or more sepa ⁇ rate*core strands to form the roving.
  • the core shape may be hollow tubular, star or other geometrical shaped, ribbons, or threads. Combined with the twisted outer fibers, the central strand core results in a filter roving having the superior performance characteristrics of this invention.
  • a particularly useful core would be one of relatively low density with a napped or fibrillated surface.
  • the filtration effect is spread over the less dense outer perimeter region of the roving, while maintaining appropriate strength with the resultant benefits flowing therefrom.
  • a central core strand having a relatively large diameter and thus spacing the loosely spun fibers around the core circumference By employing a more effi ⁇ cient filtration effect, per unit weight of fibers is obtained as compared with yarns of the same cross-sectiona area having a relatively small central strand diameter.
  • this is but one factor taken into account.
  • Other factors including inter alia, the relative cost of the yarn and the roving, and the total amount of yarn or roving to be wound to form the filter cartridge for the desired fil- tration effect must be given due weight.
  • a hollow tube, or one or more strands of various geometrical shapes, e.g. star shaped, may be employed as the core strand(s) in this modification.
  • Figure 4 illustrates this embodiment, wherein the roving is indicated by reference numeral 15.
  • a hollow central core having diameter d_ is shown by 17, and 17 re ⁇ presents the loosely spun fibers having a thickness t3.
  • the use of a relatively large tube as the core " results in less fibers in the roving. Examples of rovings embodying the principles of this invention which are useful in filter cartridges are set forth in the following table.
  • the tubular filtration cartridge is indicated gener ⁇ ally by numeral 18 in Figure 5.
  • roving 19 is arranged in a crisscross pattern on a hollow perfor ⁇ ated cartridge 22 by the usual winding operation.
  • diamond shaped openings 20 are formed where the roving windings cross, and are present in each successive winding layer of roving. Fibers 21 ex ⁇ tend from the roving surface into the openings 20, pro ⁇ viding filtration regions therein.
  • the roving is napped in order to increase the number of fibers extending across the diamond-shaped openings 20.

Abstract

A low twist, high bulk filtration roving (4, 15) is prepared by wrapping a sliver (6, 17) comprised of individual fibers, around a core (5, 16) in the conventional manner. Exemplary of the bulk fibers (6, 17) which may be employed are naturally occurring fibers such as jute, cotton, animal hair; synthetic polymer fibers, such as acrylic, nylon, polyester, olefin, aramid, teflon; manmade organic fibers deriving from natural sources such as rayon or cellulose acetate; and inorganic fibers such as metal, glass, graphite; or a blend of two or more of these fibers. Examples of the core (5, 12, 16), which can be continuous filaments, monofilaments or spun yarn, are one or more strands of the same composition as the fibers, or a combination thereof, twisted paper which can be plain, impregnated or metallized, and metal wire. Where the material is capable of being cast in film form, slit film may be employed as the strand(s). The composite roving (19) is wound upon a rigid perforated tubular center (22) to form a filter cartridge (18).

Description

Description
Core Spun Filtration Roving
Technical Field
The field of invention relates to a cored filtration roving, to the method of making such roving and to a wound tube filter incorporating said roving.
Description of the Prior Art
Filter cartridges are formed generally by winding a fibrous yarn or roving into a tubular form in a crisscross fashion so as to define diamond shaped honeycomb over¬ lapping patterns. These provide the filtering passageways from the outer wall to the center of the cartrid'ge through which the liquids or gases to be filtered are passed. Particles are retained by a network of fibers extending across the passageways and to a lesser extent by the yarn or roving as well. The art has devised a number of yarns for use in fil¬ ter cartridges including mainly napped or flocked yarns. Typically in making the yarns, draft and twist are applied to slivers on a roving frame before winding on bobbins. The greater the twist given the fibers, the closer is the fiber packing and the greater the strength and density of the yarn. In yarns employed heretofor in filter car¬ tridges, as a result of the degree of twist required for strength, the central portion of the yarn is not as porous as the outer portion. Accordingly, filtration takes place to a limited degree or not at all through the central portion of the yarn.
The following U. S. patents are noted as illustrating the state of the art as pertains to the present invention: 1. CORED YARN
2 , 737 , 773 3 , 137 , 991
2 , 746 , 236 3 , 439 , 491
2 , 859 , 583 4 , 028 , 874 2 , 990 , 673
2. FILTER CARTRIDGE
1,958,268 3,471,028
2,368,216 3,624,779
3,319,793 3,648,846 3,356,226 3,828,934
3,399,092
The concept of core spinning, i.e., spinning a fiber bundle around a continuous or spun yarn central core is well known in the textile industry. However, so far as is known, this concept has not been applied to rovings in¬ tended for use in filter cartridges inasmuch as rovings are generally an intermediary product requiring further draft arid twist when spun for the formation of yarn. Heretofore, yarns have been formed of fibers of sufficient length to yield a yarn having suitable strength when spun. Layers of yarn wound in a specific pattern on a central cartridge create a multilevel or multilayer "depth" of filtration. Generally, the yarn is napped to enhance the fibrous network extending across the channels or passages formed on the filtration cartridge during the filter winding operation. By varying the spin characteristics of the filter yarn, the efficiency of the fiber structure wit regard to the filtration characteristics may be changed an thus affect the overall characteristics, of the wound fil- tration cartridge. Reducing the twist in roving or spinni results in a fuzzier and more permeable yarn.
However, there are limits to the reduction of twist which may be attained. First, spinning on standard textil equipment imposes a definite minimal twist requirement. Second, the filter requirements as to permeability and porosity to provide specified filter characteristics
O //, WI imposes definite limitations on the yarn. If the yarn is too soft or too loosely spun and thus too permeable, for a given, size:of particulate there is. a. drop-off in filtration efficiency. Thus, a critical relationship exists between yarn softness, the size of the particulates to be removed and yarn effectiveness in the cartridge filter.
Within the above limitations, a soft cr loosely spun yarn generally has a greater dirt holding capacity than tighter twisted yarns, since in the former more fibers are exposed to the filtrate and can serve to entrap particu¬ lates. In tighter twisted yarns the central portion is substantially less permeable than the outer portion, the permeability decreasing from the outer perimeter to the center. In such yarns, as little as 10% of the fibers therein have been found to act to retain particulates in filtering action.
Summary of the Invention
In forming a filtration roving the present invention employs less fiber for the same roving cross-section by providing a strong central strand or strands about which the fibers are twisted to a lesser degree than conventional twisting when forming roving for the production of yarn. This results in a fluffier roving having superior filtration properties with equal or greater mechanical strength. The roving employed may be formed from fibers which are much shorter than those customarily employed since relatively long fibers are not needed for strength purposes in forming the roving. A substantial portion of the required strength of the roving is furnished by the central strand or strands. As a result, less twist is required to produce the required tensile strength. As employed herein the term "strand" en¬ compasses spun thread, filament, monofilament, slit film, twisted paper and the like employed as the core material in the roving*. The tensile strength provided by the central strands results in a significant improvement in efficiency of the various roving spinning, treating and winding operations. Since less twist is required to impart necessary strength, the machine used in roving can be run at a higher level of production and efficiency, as for example with fewer yarn breaks and less down time. A more uniform roving is pro¬ duced which contributes to fewer breaks in the filter cartridge winding operation and fewer rejects of the filters.
In bleaching operations, wherein the roving wound on perforated bobbin is immersed in a bleaching solution, the looser characteristics of the roving fibers permit a deepe and more rapid penetration of the solution. This results in a shorter bleaching time, a whiter product and shorter rinse and drying periods, which translates into overall greater efficiency and cost savings.
The main objects of the present invention are to pro¬ vide an improved roving for a filtration cartridge having one or more central strands with a relatively high tensile strength surrounded by a mass of loosely twisted fibers, t provide a method for making said roving and to provide a filtration cartridge wherein said roving is wound around a hollow center tube having perforations in its surface.
It is a further object of this invention to employ naturally occurring fibers, synthetic polymer fibers, man- made organic fibers deriving from natural sources, or inorganic fibers in preparing low twist, high bulk roving having one or more central strands.
A further object is to employ short staple cotton was fibers in preparing the roving. A further object is to employ as the central strand o strands, threads or filaments of glass, metal, graphite, o other carbon, minerals, paper (plain, impregnated or metallized), naturally occurring fibers, synthetic polymer fibers, man-made organic fibers deriving from natural sources, and slit films of film-forming polymers or of mixtures of at least two of these compositions.
OM . IP Yet another object is to employ at least one hollow tubular central strand to form a core having a diameter which is a" large- fraction of the roving -diameter.
Brief Description of the Drawings Figure- 1 is a cross-sectional view- of conventional yarn employed in a filtration cartridge showing a central dense portion which does not significantly take part in the filtration process.
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of one modification of the roving of the present invention showing a central strand.
Figure 3 is a schematic illustrating the method of making the loosely spun roving of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of another modification of the roving of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a side elevational view of a filtration cartridge of the present invention, broken away to show the hollow perforated center.
Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments Figure 1 shows the schematic cross-section of a con¬ ventional filtration yarn. Reference numeral 1 indicates the yarn generally. The central less permeable portion, which is largely ineffective in filtration is shown at 2, and is shown as having a diameter ά_ . The filtration por- tion of the yarn is shown at 3 having a thickness t^.
Central portion 2 is more compact due to the tightness of the twist required in the spinning step and for necessary tensile strength. Relatively long staple fibers are em¬ ployed to make the conventional yarns because of the requirements of the spinning or roving frames.
A schematic cross-section of the improved filter roving of this invention is shown in Figure 2 . Reference numeral 4 indicates this roving generally. A geometrically shaped core strand formed of a synthetic polymer is shown at 5. Wound around the core strand are fibers 6 and i mediately surrounding the core is a denser fiber area 7 with a diameter of d2 which has a lessened filtration perme ability. The thickness of the porous fiber structure surrounding the core, having satisfactory filtration per e- ability, is represented by t2« A comparison of t_ and t2 i the cross-sections in Figures 1 and 2 indicates the greater relative thickness of the porous fiber structure and thus the greater filtration effectiveness of the improved roving of this invention. Fiber 6 may be naturally occurring fibers such as jute cotton, animal hair; synthetic polymer fibers, such as acrylic, nylon, polyester, polyolefin, aramid, teflon; man- made organic fibers deriving from natural sources such as rayon, cellulose acetate and inorganic fibers such as metal glass, graphite, or a blend of two or more of these fibers. Instead of a geometrically shaped core strand 5, the core may be one or more threads, monofilaments, filaments, hollow tubes, or other geometrical shapes. It may be a spu yarn formed from the same material as the fibers, filaments monofilaments of glass, or polymers, (e.g. synthetic poly¬ mers or cellulosic derivatives), slit films of film-forming polymers, twisted paper (plain, metallized or impregnated) or metal wires. Other materials for the fibers and strands in addition to those specifically enumerated will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
One method of making the roving is shown schematically in Figure 3. While the description will be directed to short cotton fibers, it is to be understood that this is exemplary and that essentially the same process may be em- ployed with other fibers of the same or greater lengths.
Bulk short cotton fibers are formed into a sliver on a conventional carding machine. A sliver 8 passes through a pair of back rolls 9, 9, then undergoes a partial draft in passing through middle rolls 10, 10 and is further drawn down in front rolls 11, 11. Core roving strand 12 is un¬ wound from a spool 13 and is introduced behind rollers 11 on to the sliver and thereafter the core and sliver are twisted as indicated by the curved arrow and taken up on a roving bobbin (not shown) to form the filter roving 14.
Because of the superior properties of the filtration roving of this invention, the roving or spinning frame on which .the roving is spun can be operated at higher speeds and thus at greater efficiency. By use of a core an 18. increase in speed was attained. Since the cored roving is stronger, there are fewer breaks occurring in winding the roving and better tension control is possible. Other methods of core spinning previously employed only in pro¬ ducing yarn may be employed in forming the roving, such as open end spinning, for example, with similar improved results. .
The core material in the present invention may vary from a very small to a very large percentage of the total weight of the roving. Broadly the range may vary from about 0.5 to about 90% with a more preferred range being about 3 to about 40%. Where the roving is formed from cotton slivers and cotton core thread, the core may amount to only about 0.5% of the roving. The added strength of the core permits lower twist requirements for forming the roving. The twist may be lowered by 50%, opening up the roving for enhanced filtering characteristics. Cored roving of this invention is wound in the conventional manner around a rigid perforated tube which is pervious to the flow of liquid through its walls.
It has been discovered that with the core spun roving of this invention, a much shorter cotton staple can be employed. Cotton fibers ranging from as short as about 6 mm may be used in forming the sliver, with the 6 mm size ranging up to 50% by weight of the total. Such short fibers are available in large quantities from cotton ginning or combing operations. Instead of cotton, other - long or short staple fibers, as listed above, may be em- ployed. The individual slivers can also be mixtures of one or more of the above fibers. As set forth supra, the bulk fibers are formed into a sliver which is drawn and twisted about one or more sepa¬ rate*core strands to form the roving. As may be appropri¬ ate with the particular strand material employed, the core shape may be hollow tubular, star or other geometrical shaped, ribbons, or threads. Combined with the twisted outer fibers, the central strand core results in a filter roving having the superior performance characteristrics of this invention. A particularly useful core would be one of relatively low density with a napped or fibrillated surface.
The filtration effect is spread over the less dense outer perimeter region of the roving, while maintaining appropriate strength with the resultant benefits flowing therefrom. By employing a central core strand having a relatively large diameter and thus spacing the loosely spun fibers around the core circumference, a more effi¬ cient filtration effect, per unit weight of fibers is obtained as compared with yarns of the same cross-sectiona area having a relatively small central strand diameter. However, in overall cost and efficiency considerations, this is but one factor taken into account. Other factors, including inter alia, the relative cost of the yarn and the roving, and the total amount of yarn or roving to be wound to form the filter cartridge for the desired fil- tration effect must be given due weight. A hollow tube, or one or more strands of various geometrical shapes, e.g. star shaped, may be employed as the core strand(s) in this modification. Figure 4 illustrates this embodiment, wherein the roving is indicated by reference numeral 15. A hollow central core having diameter d_ is shown by 17, and 17 re¬ presents the loosely spun fibers having a thickness t3. As shown in this figure, the use of a relatively large tube as the core "results in less fibers in the roving. Examples of rovings embodying the principles of this invention which are useful in filter cartridges are set forth in the following table.
Table 1
Core Structure Loosely Spun Fibers cotton thread short fiber cotton polypropylene filaments polypropylene fibers cotton-polyester thread short fiber cotton, or short or long synthetic fiber slit polypropylene film short cotton fibers, short o.r long synthetic fiber tubular polypropylene cotton or synthetic fibers rayon thread rayon, or jute rayon fibers jute-rayon thread jute-rayon fibers
The tubular filtration cartridge is indicated gener¬ ally by numeral 18 in Figure 5. As shown therein, roving 19 is arranged in a crisscross pattern on a hollow perfor¬ ated cartridge 22 by the usual winding operation. As the roving is wound back and forth diamond shaped openings 20 are formed where the roving windings cross, and are present in each successive winding layer of roving. Fibers 21 ex¬ tend from the roving surface into the openings 20, pro¬ viding filtration regions therein. During the winding operation the roving is napped in order to increase the number of fibers extending across the diamond-shaped openings 20.
Selection of materials for the strand and fiber to form the roving will depend on the fluids to be filtered. Obviously, materials which are unaffected by the filtrate will be selected for any particular application.

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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
• 1. A filter roving comprising at least one central strand as a core, and surrounding said core a mass of loosely twisted fibers capable of entrapping fine particulates.
2. The roving of claim 1 wherein the loosely twiste fibers are composed of at least one member of the group consisting of naturally occurring fibers, synthetic poly- mer fibers, man-made organic fibers derived from natural sources and inorganic fibers, and the central core strand is composed of at least one member selected from the group of the said roving fibers, twisted plain paper, twisted impregnated paper, twisted metallized paper, slit polymer film, polymer tubes, polymer filaments, glass filaments and metal wire.
3. The roving of claim 2 wherein the central core strand content comprises from about 0.5% to about 90% of the weight of the roving.
4. The roving of claim 2 wherein the central core strand content comprises from about 3% to about 40% of the weight of the roving.
5. The roving of claim 2 wherein the composition of the roving fibers and the central core strand is the same
6. The roving of claim 2 wherein the compositions o the roving fibers and the central core strand are different.
7. The roving of claim 2 wherein both the fibers and core strand comprise cotton.
8. The roving of claim 7 wherein the fibers have a short length of at least about 6 mm.
9. The roving of claim 8 wherein no more than up to about 50% by weight of the fiber content is about 6 mm.
10. The roving of claim 2 wherein both the fibers and core strand comprise polypropylene. j-
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11. .The roving of claim 2 wherein both the fibers and core- strand comprise rayon.
12. The roving of claim 11 wherein the fibers com¬ prise a jute-rayon blend.
13. The roving of claim 6 wherein both the fibers and core strand comprise polyester.
14. The roving of claim 10 wherein the core strand is a polypropylene slit film.
15. A method of making a filter roving having at least one central strand as a core comprising the steps of loosely spinning a sliver consisting of fibers com¬ posed of at least one member selected from the group consisting of naturally occurring fibers, synthetic poly¬ mer fibers, man-made organic fibers derived from natural sources and inorganic fibers, about a core strand composed of at least one member selected from the group consisting of the said sliver fibers, twisted plain paper, twisted impregnated paper, twisted metallized paper, slit polymer film, polymer tubes, polymer filaments, glass filaments and metal wire, said sliver being spun about the central core with a loose twist sufficient to form a roving having a fluffy mass of fiber about the core capable of entrapping fine particulates.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein the sliver is composed of short cotton fibers having a length of at least about 6 mm.
17. The method of claim 16 wherein the central core strand comprises cotton.
18. The method of claim 16 wherein no more than up to 50% by weight of the fibers is about 6 mm.
19. The method of claim 15 wherein both the sliver fibers and the central core strand comprise polypropylene.
20. The method of claim 15 wherein the sliver fibers and the centra"! core strand comprise rayon.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein the sliver fibe comprise a jute-rayon blend.
22. The method of claim 15 wherein both the sliver fibers and the core strand comprise polyester.
23. The method of claim 19 wherein the central cor strand comprises a slit film of polypropylene.
24. In a filter cartridge comprising a rigid tubul center having walls pervious to the flow of fluid there- v_ through and a covering of roving in a helical pattern o said tubular core with a plurality of layers having diamond-shaped openings, the improvement comprising hav as the roving a loosely spun cored roving comprising at least one central strand as the core and surrounding sa core a mass of loosely twisted fibers capable of entrapp fine particulates.
25. The filter cartridge of claim 24 wherein the loosely twisted fibers are composed of at least one memb of the group consisting of naturally occurring fibers, synthetic polymer fibers, man-made organic fibers deriv from natural sources and inorganic fibeτs} and the central core strand is composed of at least one member selected from the group of the said roving fibers, twisted plain' paper, twisted impregnated paper, twisted metallized paper, slit polymer film, polymer tub polymer filaments, glass filaments and metal wire.
26. The filter cartridge of claim 25 wherein the ce tral core strand comprises about 0.5% to about 90% of t weight of the roving.
27. The filter cartridge of claim 25 wherein the central core strand comprises about 3 to about 40% of the weight of the roving.
28. The filter cartridge of claim 25 wherein the loosely twisted fibers and the central core strand have the same compositions.
O 29. The filter cartridge of claim 28 wherein the loosely"twisted .fibers and the central core strand have different compositions.
•30. The filter cartridge of claim 25 wherein both the loosely -twisted-fibers- and the central core strand comprise cotton.
31. The filter cartridge of claim 30 wherein the loosely twisted cotton fibers have a length of at least about 6 mm.
32. The filter cartridge of claim 31 wherein no more than up to about 50% by weight of the fibers is about 6 mm.
33. The filter cartridge of claim 25 wherein both the loosely twisted fibers and the central core strand comprise polypropylene.
34. The filter cartridge of claim 25 wherein both the loosely twisted fibers and the central core strand comprise rayon.
35.. The filter cartridge of claim 34 wherein the loosely twisted fibers comprise a jute-rayon blend.
36. The filter cartridge of claim 25 wherein both the loosely twisted fibers and the central core strand comprise polyester.
37. The filter cartridge of claim 33 wherein the central core strand comprises a slit film of polyproplyene.
38. The roving of claim 2 wherein the central core strand has a geometrical shape having a diameter which is a relatively large fraction of the diameter of the roving,
39. The roving of claim 38 wherein the central core comprises at least one hollow tubular strand.
40. The roving of claim 38 wherein the central core is at least one star shaped strand. - 14- ; ~ - * ~" ^ -
41. The method of claim 15 comprising employing as a core strand at least one strand having a geometrical shape with a diameter which is a relatively large fraction of the diameter of the roving.
42. The method of claim 41 comprising employing as a core strand at least one hollow tubular strand.
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43. The method of claim 41 comprising employing as a core strand at least one star shaped strand.
44. The filter cartridge of claim 25 comprising a roving having as a central core strand at least one geometrically shaped strand with a diameter which is a relatively large fraction of the diameter of the roving.
45. The filter cartridge of claim 44 wherein the roving core comprises at least one hollow tubular strand.
46. The filter cartridge of claim 44 wherein the roving core comprises at least one star shaped strand.
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