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Acceleration arrangement for airlay textile web formers

US5564630A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 14, 1994
Grant dateOct 15, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD04H1/732
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to an improved air acceleration nozzle for use in airlay web formers which reduce the creation of large scale vortices and turbulence. The nozzle accelerates the air by reducing the cross sectional area of the conduit. The size of the conduit for the air is reduced in both lateral dimensions, and more preferably, both dimensions are reduced with smoothly curving, low angle peripheral walls.

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