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Apparatus for the uniform distribution of fibers in an air stream

US7886411B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 30, 2009
Grant dateFeb 15, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 25, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD04H1/425
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for the manufacture of an air laid web in which individual cellulose fibers or textile fibers or their blends can be conveyed and distributed by air uniformly to any desired width onto a forming zone composed of either a foraminous screen or a fibrous polymer matrix on top of a consolidating vacuum box.

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