HOLLOW FIBERS HAVING CURVED SPACING MEMBERS PROJECTING THEREFROM AND SPINNERETS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION

摘要

A hollow fiber with a plurality of members (54) projecting from its outer surface (52) in an arc turned back on itself is formed from a spinneret having a segmented orifice (32) wherein each segment comprises a first portion in the form of an arc curved about the center of the orifice, a second portion extending from the first and connected to a third portion which is in the form of a reverse curve with respect to the first.