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Method and apparatus for fiberizing attenuable materials and product thereof

US4118213A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 1976
Grant dateOct 3, 1978
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Expiry dateApr 14, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03B37/06
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus are disclosed for converting a stream of attenuable material into a fiber by a two-stage attenuation technique, the two stages being effected sequentially by employment of a gaseous jet and a gaseous blast, thereby producing a single long fiber from each stream of attenuable material.

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