Fibrous elements, such as filaments, and more particularly to fibrous elements employing a polymer and a wetting agent, methods for making such fibrous elements, fibrous structures employing such fibrous elements, methods for making such fibrous structures and packages containing such fibrous structures are provided.

A shaped cross-section composite fiber for an intake filter is manufactured from a single material of polypropylene, without separate binder processing by using the single material of polypropylene as a filter material. The shaped cross-section composite fiber includes: a sheath comprising a reformed polypropylene resin; and a core comprising a polypropylene resin, where the sheath and the core are combined to provide a sheath-core structure.

A shaped cross-section composite fiber for an intake filter is manufactured from a single material of polypropylene, without separate binder processing by using the single material of polypropylene as a filter material. The shaped cross-section composite fiber includes: a sheath comprising a reformed polypropylene resin; and a core comprising a polypropylene resin, where the sheath and the core are combined to provide a sheath-core structure.

A solid polymeric fiber includes: a six- to ten-fingered sectional area having fingers having central axes. The fingers are positioned unsymmetrically to each of the central axes, and/or the sectional area of the fiber has no rotational axis. In an embodiment, the six- to ten-fingered sectional area is a six-fingered sectional area.

A water permeability-imparting agent containing an alkylene oxide adduct (A) of a polyvalent active hydrogen compound represented by Formula (1):
R[O(A.sup.1O).sub.m(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O).sub.nH].sub.1(1)
wherein R represents a residue, after removal of all active hydrogen, of the polyvalent active hydrogen compound; A.sup.1O represents a C2 to C4 alkyleneoxy group; m represents an average addition mole number of A.sup.1O and is a number of 4 to 50; n represents an average addition mole number of CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O; and 1 represents a valence and is an integer of 3 to 6, and an average addition mole number ratio between A.sup.1O and CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O in Formula (1), n/m, is 0 to 0.5.

A water permeability-imparting agent containing an alkylene oxide adduct (A) of a polyvalent active hydrogen compound represented by Formula (1):
R[O(A.sup.1O).sub.m(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O).sub.nH].sub.1(1)
wherein R represents a residue, after removal of all active hydrogen, of the polyvalent active hydrogen compound; A.sup.1O represents a C2 to C4 alkyleneoxy group; m represents an average addition mole number of A.sup.1O and is a number of 4 to 50; n represents an average addition mole number of CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O; and 1 represents a valence and is an integer of 3 to 6, and an average addition mole number ratio between A.sup.1O and CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O in Formula (1), n/m, is 0 to 0.5.

Nonwoven materials having at least one layer comprising high core bicomponent fibers are provided. The nonwoven materials can have multiple layers and are suitable for use in a variety of applications, including in absorbent products. Such nonwoven materials can be patterned to create a three-dimensional topography including indentations formed of valleys and ridges. The nonwoven materials can have improved resiliency and strength and can retain their structure under wetted conditions and after tension and compression. The nonwoven materials can further facilitate the transfer of the liquid through the nonwoven material for improved liquid distribution and can also have improved liquid retention properties.

Nonwoven materials having at least one layer comprising high core bicomponent fibers are provided. The nonwoven materials can have multiple layers and are suitable for use in a variety of applications, including in absorbent products. Such nonwoven materials can be patterned to create a three-dimensional topography including indentations formed of valleys and ridges. The nonwoven materials can have improved resiliency and strength and can retain their structure under wetted conditions and after tension and compression. The nonwoven materials can further facilitate the transfer of the liquid through the nonwoven material for improved liquid distribution and can also have improved liquid retention properties.

Disclosed is a non-woven fabric that can provide a filter capable of achieving a high collection rate, low pressure loss, and long-term use. The non-woven fabric disclosed herein is made of fibers containing a crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin, and has a pore diameter as measured by a bubble point method of 5 m or less.

Provided is a composite sheet that is particularly useful as an AQDL component in absorbent articles. The composite sheet includes a fluid acquisition component and an airlaid component. The airlaid component may include one or more airlaid layers that are successively formed overlying each other. Each of the airlaid layers are adjacent to, and in direct contact with, immediately adjacent layers of the airlaid component so that adjacent layers are in fluid communication with respect to each other. The fluid acquisition component includes a nonwoven fabric comprising a carded nonwoven fabric comprised of a plurality of staple fibers that are air through bonded to each other to form a coherent nonwoven fabric. The airlaid layer(s) include a blend of cellulose and non-cellulose staple fibers. The staple fibers may be bicomponent fibers having a polyethyelene sheath and a polypropylene or polyethylene terephthalate core, and mixtures of such fibers.