| CPC A24D 3/10 (2013.01) [A24D 3/0204 (2013.01); D02G 1/125 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A tow band of cellulose acetate, comprising:
a bundle of a plurality of united and crimped filaments,
wherein
each of the plurality of filaments is a long fiber filament,
a filament denier is set to a value in a range of 6.0 to 20.0 (inclusive), and
where the total denier is denoted by TD and a breaking strength of the tow band is denoted by F, the breaking strength F is set to a value in a range of 19N to 50N (inclusive), and a ratio F/TD is set to a value of 0.0015N/denier or more.
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