Method and apparatus for forming fibers by spinning fluid blast and rotor

Claim 1

IN A PROCESS OF MAKING FINE GLASS FIBERS WHEREIN A FEED STREAM OF MOLTEN GLASS IS POURED INTO A SPINNING ROTOR TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE FROM A PLURALITY OF ORIFICES IN THE PERIPHERY OF THE ROTOR IN A PLURALITY OF STREAMS AND A COMBUSTIBLE GAS IS CONTINUOUSLY BURNED IN A COMBUSTION CHAMBER ABOVE SAID ROTOR AND THE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS CONTINUOUSLY DISCHARGED PERIPHERALLY OF SAID ROTOR IN SUCH MANNER AS TO ATTENUATE THE STREAMS AND FORM FINE GLASS FIBERS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES BURNING COMBUSTIBLE GAS IN A CIRCULAR COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN SUCH MANNER AS TO FORM A ROTATING BODY OF COMBUSTION GASES IN SAID CHAMBER AND FLOWING SAID GASES DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID CHAMBER IN A ROTATING CONTINUOUS HOMOGENEOUS SHEET OF GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION PERIPHERALLY SPACED FROM AND DOWNWARDLY PAST SAID ROTOR.