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Method for making a yarn and products comprising same

US6316058A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1999
Grant dateNov 13, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03C25/20
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for manufacturing a continuous yarn, which entails the steps of: PA1 a) continously impregnating a mat of mechanically held-together fibers with a mixture of anhydrous size in a liquid state; PA1 b) continuosly taking up at least some of the mixture of the anhydrous size by a sizing roller in contact with the mat such that a liquid film having an almost constant thickness of less than 8 .mu.m is formed thereon; and PA1 c) depositing the mixture of the anhydrous size, using the sizing roller, on a surface of at least some of a multiplicity of continuous filaments which are formed by mechanical drawing of at least a multiplicity of streams containing molten glass flowing out of orifices of at least one device.

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