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Method of producing organic fibers from a rotary process

US5693280A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 1996
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD01D5/18
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for fiberizing organic material includes rotating a spinner having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that extends upwardly from the bottom wall and terminates in an upper end, wherein the spinner has a cavity defined by the bottom wall, the peripheral wall and a plane extending through the upper end of the peripheral wall generally parallel to the bottom wall. The method further includes creating turbulence within the spinner cavity, supplying molten organic material to a delivery tube wherein the delivery tube terminates at a point located outside of the spinner cavity, discharging molten organic material from the delivery tube with enough momentum to overcome the turbulence and reach a predetermined location in the spinner cavity, and centrifuging fibers from the molten organic material.

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