Apparatus and method for integrally joining preformed thermoplastic core elements especially adapted for the continuous manufacture of melt-blown filter cartridges
US5910229A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1751
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed whereby elongate preformed thermoplastic elements are friction-welded coaxially in an end-to-end manner so that the core elements are joined integrally to one another. Most preferably, the elongate elements are perforated tubular elements formed of a thermoplastic material which are employed as core elements in the production of cylindrical melt-blown filter cartridges. As such, the integrally joined core elements can be rotated and traversed as a unit relative to a melt-blowing die during the continuous production of indefinite length cylindrical melt-blown filter cartridges.
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