Spinning amorphous glass fibers from a viscous aqueous system

Claim 1

THE METHOD WHICH INCLUDES THE STEPS OF: PREPARING A VISCOUS AQUEOUS SYSTEM ESSENTIALLY OF WATER, OXYGENCONTAINING COMPOUNDS OF SILICON COMPRISING SILICATE PARTICLES OF COLLIDAL DIMENSIONS, OXYGEN-CONTAINING POUNDS OF AT LEAST ONE ALKALI METAL OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM, AND OXYGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS OF AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BORON, ALUMINUM, ZIROCONIUM, TITANIUM, ZINC, CALCIUM, BARIUM, ARESENIC, GERMANIUM, PHOSPHOAROUS, LEAD, ATHORIUM, BERYLLIUM, AND ATUNGSTEN, THE OXIDES OF SAID ELEMENTS CONSTITUTING THE NON-ALKALINE GLASS COMPONENT OXIDE GROUP, SAID GLASS COMPONENT OXIDES BEING PRESENT IN A CONCENTRATION SEVERAL TIMES GREATER THAN THE SOLUBILITY LIMITS FOR SUCH OXIDES IN AQUEOUS ALKALINE SILICATES, AND BEING COMPONENTS OF THE COLLIDAL SILICATE PARTICLES; FORMING A VISCOUS STREAM OF SAID AQUEOUS STREAM; CONATRACTING THE DIAMETER OF THE STREAM TO LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE INITIAL DIAMETER OF THE VISCOUS STREAM AND TO LESS THEN 20 MICON DIAMETER BY ELONGATING THE VISCOUS STREAM IN A GASEOUS ATMOSPHERE CONTAINING AT LEAST 10MM. WATER VAPOR PRESSURE, THERE BEING SIMULTANEOUS ELONGATING AND SYNERSIS, WHEREBY WATER IS CONCENTRATED AT THE SURFACE OF THE STREAM AND OXYGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS OF SILICON AND OXYGEN-CONNTAINING COMPOUNDS OF AN ALKALI METAL ARE CONCENTRATED AT THE CORE OF THE STREAM; EVAPORATING WATER FROM THE SURFACE OF THE STREAM; AND WITHDRAWING AS THE PRODUCT OF THE METHOD A STABLE, AMOARPHOUS GLASS FIBER CONTAINING MORE THAN 40% SILICA, AN OXIDE OF AT LEAST ONE ALKALI METAL THAN 40% SILICA, AN OXIDE OF AT AND POTASSIUM,AND AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE NONALKALINE GLASS COMPONENT GROUP CONSISTING OF THE OXIDES OF BORON, ALUMINUM, ZIRCONIUM, ATITANIUM, ZINC, CALCIUM, BARIUM, ARSENIC, GERMANIUM, PHOSPHOROUS, LEAD, THORIUM, BERYLLIUM, AND TUNGSTEN, SAID GLASS FIBRE HAVING A TENSILE STRENGTH OF AT LEAST 30,000 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH.

Claim 2

THE METHOD WHICH INCLUDES THE STEPS OF: PREPARING A VISCOUS AQUEOUS SYSTEM ESSENTIALLY OF WATER, OXYGENCONTAINING COMPOUNDS OF SILICON COMPRISING SILICATE PARTICLES OF COLLIDAL DIMENSIONS, OXYGEN-CONTAINING POUNDS OF AT LEAST ONE ALKALI METAL OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM, AND OXYGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS OF AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BORON, ALUMINUM, ZIROCONIUM, TITANIUM, ZINC, CALCIUM, BARIUM, ARESENIC, GERMANIUM, PHOSPHOAROUS, LEAD, ATHORIUM, BERYLLIUM, AND ATUNGSTEN, THE OXIDES OF SAID ELEMENTS CONSTITUTING THE NON-ALKALINE GLASS COMPONENT OXIDE GROUP, SAID GLASS COMPONENT OXIDES BEING PRESENT IN A CONCENTRATION SEVERAL TIMES GREATER THAN THE SOLUBILITY LIMITS FOR SUCH OXIDES IN AQUEOUS ALKALINE SILICATES, AND BEING COMPONENTS OF THE COLLIDAL SILICATE PARTICLES; FORMING A VISCOUS STREAM OF SAID AQUEOUS STREAM; CONATRACTING THE DIAMETER OF THE STREAM TO LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE INITIAL DIAMETER OF THE VISCOUS STREAM AND TO LESS THEN 20 MICON DIAMETER BY ELONGATING THE VISCOUS STREAM IN A GASEOUS ATMOSPHERE CONTAINING AT LEAST 10MM. WATER VAPOR PRESSURE, THERE BEING SIMULTANEOUS ELONGATING AND SYNERSIS, WHEREBY WATER IS CONCENTRATED AT THE SURFACE OF THE STREAM AND OXYGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS OF SILICON AND OXYGEN-CONNTAINING COMPOUNDS OF AN ALKALI METAL ARE CONCENTRATED AT THE CORE OF THE STREAM; EVAPORATING WATER FROM THE SURFACE OF THE STREAM; AND WITHDRAWING AS THE PRODUCT OF THE METHOD A STABLE, AMOARPHOUS GLASS FIBER CONTAINING MORE THAN 40% SILICA, AN OXIDE OF AT LEAST ONE ALKALI METAL THAN 40% SILICA, AN OXIDE OF AT AND POTASSIUM,AND AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE NONALKALINE GLASS COMPONENT GROUP CONSISTING OF THE OXIDES OF BORON, ALUMINUM, ZIRCONIUM, ATITANIUM, ZINC, CALCIUM, BARIUM, ARSENIC, GERMANIUM, PHOSPHOROUS, LEAD, THORIUM, BERYLLIUM, AND TUNGSTEN, SAID GLASS FIBRE HAVING A TENSILE STRENGTH OF AT LEAST 30,000 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH.