US3279904A
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Method and apparatus for producing a wound textile package having uniform tension
Assignee: Owens Corning
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Filing: 1965-03-24
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Granted: 1966-10-18
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Expires: 1985-03-24
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert G Russell
- 👤 Jerry B Holschlag
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 04:32
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03B; C03B37/00; C03B37/01; C03B37/02; C03B37/03; B; B65; B65H; B65H54/00; B65H67/00; B65H67/04; B65H67/044; B65H67/048; D; D01; D01D; D01D7/00; B65H2701/00; B65H2701/30; B65H2701/31; B65H2701/312; B65H2701/3122; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S242/00; Y10S242/92
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A METHOD OF PRODUCING AND PACKAGING CONTINUOUS GLASS FIBER STRAND OF UNIFORM DIAMETER WHICH COMPRISES ATTENUATING GLASS FIBERS FROM A SUPPLY OF MOLTEN GLASS, APPLYING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT FORCE TO SAID FIBERS AT A FIRST POSITION SPACED FROM THE REGION OF FIBER WITHDRAWL TO WITHDRAWN THE FIBERS AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT LINEAR RATE OF SPEED, THEREAFTER AT A SECOND POSITION SPACED FROM THE FIRST POSITION AND THE REGION OF FIBER WITHDRAWL APPLYING ANOTHER FORCE TO SAID FIBERS OF LESS MAGNITUDE THAN THE WITHDRAWAL FORCES, EXERTING A TENSION ON THE FIBERS THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS, SAID TENSION BEING LESS THAN THAT EXERTED BETWEEN THE GLASS SUPPLY AND THE FIRST POSITION BY THE APPLICATION OF THE WITHDRAWAL FORCE, AND LAYING SAID FIBERS IN A PLURALITY OF LAYERS ON A ROATING SURFACE AT SAID SECOND POSITION.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
139 words
A METHOD OF PRODUCING AND PACKAGING CONTINUOUS GLASS FIBER STRAND OF UNIFORM DIAMETER WHICH COMPRISES ATTENUATING GLASS FIBERS FROM A SUPPLY OF MOLTEN GLASS, APPLYING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT FORCE TO SAID FIBERS AT A FIRST POSITION SPACED FROM THE REGION OF FIBER WITHDRAWL TO WITHDRAWN THE FIBERS AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT LINEAR RATE OF SPEED, THEREAFTER AT A SECOND POSITION SPACED FROM THE FIRST POSITION AND THE REGION OF FIBER WITHDRAWL APPLYING ANOTHER FORCE TO SAID FIBERS OF LESS MAGNITUDE THAN THE WITHDRAWAL FORCES, EXERTING A TENSION ON THE FIBERS THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS, SAID TENSION BEING LESS THAN THAT EXERTED BETWEEN THE GLASS SUPPLY AND THE FIRST POSITION BY THE APPLICATION OF THE WITHDRAWAL FORCE, AND LAYING SAID FIBERS IN A PLURALITY OF LAYERS ON A ROATING SURFACE AT SAID SECOND POSITION.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
109 words
APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AND PACKAGING CONTINUOUS GLASS FIBER STRAND WHICH COMPRISES A CONTAINER FORM MOLTEN GLASS, SAID CONTAINER HAVING ORIFICES THROUGH WHICH STREAMS OF GLASS FLOW, SAID STREAMS BEING SOLIDIFIED AND ATTENUATED INTO FIBERS, MEANS TO GATHER SAID FIBERS INTO A STRAND AS THEY ARE BEING ATTENUATED, MEANS TO WIND THE STRAND, THE ATTENUATING FORCE BEING APPLIED BY STRAND PULLING MEANS ADAPTED TO DELIVER SAID STRAND AT A CONSTANT RATE TO THE WINDING MEANS, SAID LATTER MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO COLLECT AND PACKAGE THE SO-DELIVERED STRAND AT A PREDETERMINED TENSION WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE TENSION IMPOSED ON THE STRAND BY THE ATTENUATING FORCE OF SAID PULLING MEANS.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
109 words
APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AND PACKAGING CONTINUOUS GLASS FIBER STRAND WHICH COMPRISES A CONTAINER FORM MOLTEN GLASS, SAID CONTAINER HAVING ORIFICES THROUGH WHICH STREAMS OF GLASS FLOW, SAID STREAMS BEING SOLIDIFIED AND ATTENUATED INTO FIBERS, MEANS TO GATHER SAID FIBERS INTO A STRAND AS THEY ARE BEING ATTENUATED, MEANS TO WIND THE STRAND, THE ATTENUATING FORCE BEING APPLIED BY STRAND PULLING MEANS ADAPTED TO DELIVER SAID STRAND AT A CONSTANT RATE TO THE WINDING MEANS, SAID LATTER MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO COLLECT AND PACKAGE THE SO-DELIVERED STRAND AT A PREDETERMINED TENSION WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE TENSION IMPOSED ON THE STRAND BY THE ATTENUATING FORCE OF SAID PULLING MEANS.
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