POROUS RESERVOIRS FORMED FROM SIDE-BY- SIDE BICOMPONENT FIBERS

摘要

The invention is generally directed to a fluid transmissive body comprising side-by-side bicomponent fibers bonded to each other at spaced apart contact points to form a self-sustaining, three dimensional bonded fiber structure, wherein each of the side-by-side bicomponent fibers comprise a first fiber component having a first softening temperature and a second fiber component having a second softening temperature, wherein the first softening temperature is greater than the second softening temperature and wherein a cross sectional area of the first fiber component comprises between 40%-S5% of a cross-sectional area of the side-by-side bicomponent fiber.