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Apparatus and process for the production of pile surface articles

US4451419A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 1980
Grant dateMay 29, 1984
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2031/765
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method and apparatus for making a pile-surfaced thermoplastic material by a tack-spin technique the laminate of backing web and adhered pile is hauled off from the heated drawing surface over a rod or bar which fixes the point at which the laminate separates from the heated drawing surface and which directs cooling fluid from an aperture in the rod or bar and onto the back of the backing web and into the fibril-forming area.

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