Precursor silk feedstock for forming filaments
US7041797B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/2566
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The application relates to a method of obtaining silk feedstock solution from a gland of a silkworm or another silk-producing arthropod in which the body of the silkworm or the other silk-producing arthropod is cut open and the gland removed. The silk feedstock solution is subsequently extracted from the gland and used for extrusion, spinning or moulding of objects.
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