US3179955A
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Method for producing disposable garments
Assignee: FMC Corp
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Filing: 1961-07-19
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Granted: 1965-04-27
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Expires: 1981-07-19
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Wade Worth
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 11:43
CPC Classifications
A; A41; A41H; A41H43/00; A41D; A41D1/00; D; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/54; D04H1/56; D04H1/70; D04H1/76; D04H13/00; A41D2400/00; A41D2400/52
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
THE METHOD OF FORMING A SEAMLESS, NON-WOVEN GARMENT HAVING A TUBULAR BODY PORTION FORMED WITH ONE END OPEN AND AN OPEN TERMINAL PORTION, AND TUBULAR APPENDAGES INTEGRAL WITH THE TUBULAR BODY PORTION, EACH OF SAID APPENDAGES HAVING AN OPEN TERMINAL PORTION REMOTE FROM SAID BODY PORTION, SAID METHOD COMPRISING DISPERSING FIBERS IN AN AIR STREAM, PASSING THE AIR STREAM CONTAINING THE DISPERSED FIBERS INTO A POROUS TUBULAR MOLD HAVING AN OPENING AT ONE END, A NON-POROUS CLOSURE AT THE OTHER END AND POROUS TUBULAR APPENDAGES PROJECTING ANGULARLY FROM THE TUBULAR MOLD ADJACENT TO SAID OTHER END, EACH OF THE APPENDAGES HAVING NON-POROUS CLOSURES AT THEIR ENDS REMOTE FROM THE TUBULAR MOLD, COLLECTING A LAYER OF THE FIBERS IN RANDOM DISTRIBUTION ON THE INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE POROUS TUBULAR MOLD AND APPENDAGES WHILE PERMITTING THE AIR STREAM TO PASS THERETHROUGH, SAID COLLECTED FIBERS TOGETHER PROVIDING A CONFIGURATION OF THE GARMENT, BONDING TO EACH OTHER AT LEAST SOME OF THE FIBERS IN THE DEPOSITED LAYER TO RETAIN THE CONFIGURATION AND TO FORM THE GARMENT AND REMOVING THE GARMENT FROM THE INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE MOLD AND APPENDAGES.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
185 words
THE METHOD OF FORMING A SEAMLESS, NON-WOVEN GARMENT HAVING A TUBULAR BODY PORTION FORMED WITH ONE END OPEN AND AN OPEN TERMINAL PORTION, AND TUBULAR APPENDAGES INTEGRAL WITH THE TUBULAR BODY PORTION, EACH OF SAID APPENDAGES HAVING AN OPEN TERMINAL PORTION REMOTE FROM SAID BODY PORTION, SAID METHOD COMPRISING DISPERSING FIBERS IN AN AIR STREAM, PASSING THE AIR STREAM CONTAINING THE DISPERSED FIBERS INTO A POROUS TUBULAR MOLD HAVING AN OPENING AT ONE END, A NON-POROUS CLOSURE AT THE OTHER END AND POROUS TUBULAR APPENDAGES PROJECTING ANGULARLY FROM THE TUBULAR MOLD ADJACENT TO SAID OTHER END, EACH OF THE APPENDAGES HAVING NON-POROUS CLOSURES AT THEIR ENDS REMOTE FROM THE TUBULAR MOLD, COLLECTING A LAYER OF THE FIBERS IN RANDOM DISTRIBUTION ON THE INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE POROUS TUBULAR MOLD AND APPENDAGES WHILE PERMITTING THE AIR STREAM TO PASS THERETHROUGH, SAID COLLECTED FIBERS TOGETHER PROVIDING A CONFIGURATION OF THE GARMENT, BONDING TO EACH OTHER AT LEAST SOME OF THE FIBERS IN THE DEPOSITED LAYER TO RETAIN THE CONFIGURATION AND TO FORM THE GARMENT AND REMOVING THE GARMENT FROM THE INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE MOLD AND APPENDAGES.
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