Apparatus for producing uniform continuous fibers

Claim 1

FINER PRODUCING APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION MEANS SUPPLYING A PLURALITY OF STREAMS OF MOLTEN FIBER-FORMING MATERIAL, A WINDER COLLET FOR ATTENUATING SAID STREAMS INTO CONTINUOUS FIBERS AND FOR COLLECTING SAID FIBERS INTO A PACKAGE, AN ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZABLE MOTOR ARRANGED TO ROTATIONALLY DRIVE SAID COLLET, A MOTOR SPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR REGULATING THE POWDER SUPPLIED TO SAID MOTOR, SPEED SENSING MEANS ARRANGED TO SUPPLY SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO THE SPEED OF SAID MOTOR TO REGULATE THE POWER SUPPLIED TO SAID MOTOR, SAID MOTOR SPEED CONTROL MEANS BEING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AND REGULATE THE POWER SUPPLIED TO SAID MOTOR ACCORDING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR A PRESELECTED CONSTANT SPEED, AND ELECTRICAL TIMING MEANS ARRANGED TO SUPPLY PRESELECTED PROGRAMMED AUXIALLY SIGNALS MATCHED TO THE RATE OF BUILD-UP OF SAID PACKAGE, SAID CONTROL CIRCUIT BEING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AND MODIFY THE REGULATION BY SAID SPEED SIGNALS ACCORDING TO SAID AUXILIARY SIGNALS TO MAINTAIN SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT THE RATE OF ATTENUATION OF SAID STREAMS.