ABSORBENT COTTON AND METHOD OF ITS PREPARATION Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC D21F11/00 D04H1/00 D04H1/02 D21F11/14 

FIELD: textiles, paper.

SUBSTANCE: absorbent cotton consists of bast fibers or fiber mixture based on cotton and/or bast, and optionally synthetic fibers. As the cotton fibers, at least cotton fibers itself and/or cotton blowing are used; as bast fibers, at least flax fibers and/or flax tow, and/or hemp fibers, and/or hemp tow, and/or jute fibers, and/or jute tow, and/or kenaf fiber, and/or kenaf tow are used; as the synthetic fibers, the viscose rayon fibers and/or polyester fibers are used. The method of producing absorbent cotton comprises mechanical and chemical treatment of cotton and/or bast fibers containing stages of bleaching, souring, washing, wringing, loosening, drying, rippling and forming the mixture of fibers to prepare the scutched mixed fibers and production of cotton canvas of it. The organic synthetic fibers for the textile industry are optionally added to a mixture of cotton and/or bast fibers after chemical treatment.

EFFECT: increase in the specific viscosity, elasticity of cotton, eliminating dependence on a deficit of any raw material used to produce cotton, and expanding the range of ready-made products of it.

4 cl, 9 tbl, 7 ex