Claims
- 1. A coated, flexible monofilament structure comprising:
- a) a reprocessed monofilament formed from a polymeric monofilament coated with an amide melamine wax; and
- b) a coating on said reprocessed monofilament, said coating comprising an amide melamine wax.
- 2. The coated filament structure of claim 1 wherein each of said amide melamine wax is the reaction product of reacting melamine with a C.sub.6 to C.sub.36 fatty acid followed by reaction with formaldehyde.
- 3. The coated filament structure of claim 2 wherein said fatty acid is a C.sub.12 to C.sub.22 fatty acid.
- 4. The coated filament structure of claim 1 wherein said coating is about 0.05% to about 1% by weight of said coated filament structure.
- 5. The coated filament structure of claim 4 wherein said coating is about 0.2% to about 0.8% by weight of said coated filament structure.
- 6. The coated filament structure of claim 1 wherein said polymeric monofilament is selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters and polyolefins.
- 7. The coated filament structure of claim 1 wherein said polymeric monofilament comprises a polyamide.
- 8. The coated filament structure of claim 7 wherein said polyamide is nylon 6.
- 9. The coated filament structure of claim 7 wherein said polyamide is nylon 6,6.
- 10. The coated filament structure of claim 7 wherein said polyamide is a nylon 6,6/6 copolymer.
- 11. The coated filament structure of claim 1 wherein said polymeric monofilament comprises nylon 6, and said coating of an amide melamine wax is about 0.05% to about 1% by weight of said coated filament structure.
- 12. The coated filament structure of claim 1 wherein said polymeric monofilament comprises up to 40% by weight of reprocessed monofilament.
- 13. A coated, flexible monofilament structure comprising:
- a) a polymeric monofilament formed from a mixture of virgin polyamide and up to 40% by weight of reprocessed monofilament which is formed from a polyamide monofilament coated with an amide melamine wax; and
- b) a coating of an amide melamine wax covering said polymeric monofilament.
- 14. The coated filament of claim 13, wherein said polymeric monofilament is formed from a mixture of 85 to 95% by weight of virgin polyamide and correspondingly from 15 to 5% by weight of reprocessed monofilament.
- 15. The coated monofilament of claim 13 wherein said polyamide is nylon 6, said amide melamine wax is the reaction product of reacting melamine with a C.sub.6 to C.sub.36 fatty acid, followed by reaction with formaldehyde, and wherein said coating comprises about 0.05% to about 1% by weight of said coated filament structure.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. FWC of 07/702,866 filed May 20, 1991, now abandoned.
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