Fiber and fiber products produced from feathers

US5705030A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• George Gassner · Laurel, US
• Walter Schmidt · Leverkusen, DE
• Michael John Line · University Park, US
• Clayton C. Thomas · Baltimore, US
• Rolland M. Waters · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 1995
• Grant date: Jan 6, 1998
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D21C5/00
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wide variety of end products may be manufactured from fibers or fiber pulp derived from feathers. Examples of such end products are paper and paper-like products, non-woven and woven fibers, insulation, filters, extrusions, and composite sheets and plates.