International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research
Table 3 Some patents for manufacturing regenerated bamboo fiber, natural bamboo fiber and its blends
S no. | Patent no. | Publication date/year | Invention | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | U.S. patent #41,627 | 16/02/1864 | Process for disintegrating the fiber of bamboo | Waite (2009); greenearthbamboo.com; ehow.com |
2. | U.S. patent, #87,295 | 23/02/1869 | Improvement of preparing fiber from bamboo | greenearthbamboo.com; ehow.com |
3. | International publication no. : WO 2004/076728 | 10/09/2004 | Invention relates to a kind of yarn comprising bamboo fibers and its processing method | |
4. | China patent no. ZL02113106.6 | – | Viscose fibers produced from bamboo pulp sheets | https://www.google.com/patents/EP1598458B1?cl=en |
5. | China patent no. ZL02111380.7 | – | Discloses a process to produce real natural bamboo fibers that can efficiently keep the excellent merits of bamboo fibers. To differentiate the fiber from the rayon one, the fiber is called natural bamboo fiber | https://www.google.com/patents/CN101629322B?cl=en |
6. | China patent numbers: ZL03128496.5, 004100464515 and 2005-G-13848 | – | China Bambro Textile Co., Ltd use the combination patents to produce bamboo rayon in a process that trapped the chemicals. 73 % of CS2 and 26 % of H2SO4 are recycled. (Brand: Tanboocel bamboo fiber) | China Bambro Textile Co., Ltd—http://www.facebook.com.pages/Bamboo-FabricStore/ |
7. | European patent EP 1598 458 B1 | 31/12/2008 | Yarn comprising bamboo fibers and its processing method Yarn made by spinning natural bamboo fibers alone or in combination with other fibers | |
8. | United States Patent US 7313906 B2 | 01/01/2008 | Method for preparing natural bamboo fiber and yarn prepared by spinning fiber alone or blending with other fibers in a ratio of natural bamboo fibers comprising 30–100 % by weight and other fibers comprising 70 to 0 % by weight | |
9. | CN1600907 B | 8/12/2010 | Preparation method for fabricating raw bamboo into spinnable bamboo fibers The method includes cutting bamboo into pieces, placing prepared bamboo pieces in pressure container for obtaining coarse fibre, using mildew aqueous solution; rolling and dividing the fibre, bleaching and rinsing; dewatering and adding reinforcer to enhance fibre strength; emulsifying and drying it for obtaining spinnable bamboo fibre | |
10. | CN101629322 B | 29/6/2011 | Preparation method for processing bamboo into bamboo fiber with spinnability The method comprises of pulse electric shock treatment, high-temperature high-pressure cooking treatment and microorganism bacterial decomposing treatment; the microorganism bacterial comprises Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Trametes gallica |