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US3345231A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Apparatus and method for making non-woven netting

Assignee: Union Carbide Corp
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Filing: 1964-03-06
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Granted: 1967-10-03
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Expires: 1984-03-06
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Gidge Lester
  • 👤 Jr Valmor R Poulin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 14:44
CPC Classifications
D; D04; D04H; D04H3/00; D04H3/02; D04H3/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 202 words
THE METHOD FOR MAKING NON-WOVEN, CRISS-CROSS STRAND NETTING OF A PREDETERMINED FULL WIDTH ON A PAIR OF LATERALLY, SPACED APART ROWS OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED, LOOP-RECEIVING ELEMENTS WHICH DEFINE A LONGITUDINAL PATH FOR SAID NETTING WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF: ADVANCING SAID ROWS UNIDIRECTIONALLY, EACH IN A CLOSED LOOP AND BOTH IN A COMMON PLANE THROUGH A LOOPING ZONE, A SPREADING ZONE, AND A STRIPPING ZONE ON SAID PATH; CLOSELY SPACING SAID ROWS IN PARALLELISM AT A DISTANCE APART, SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN SAID FULL WIDTH IN SAID LOOPING ZONE ON SAID PATH; ALTERNATELY LOOPING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL STRANDS FIRST AROUND ELEMENTS IN ONE SAID ROW AND THEN AROUND ELEMENTS IN THE OTHER SAID ROW, WHILE SAID ROWS ARE CLOSELY SPACED IN SAID LOOPING ZONE, T FORM A RELATIVELY NARROW CRISS-CROSS NETTING THEREBETWEEN; THEN DIVERGING SAID ADVANCING ROWS, IN REAR OF SAID LOOPING ZONE, IN SAID SPREADING ZONE ALONG SAID PATH, UNTIL THEY ARE SPACED APART THE FULL WIDTH OF THE SAID NETTING; AND THEN CONVERGING SAID ADVANCING ROWS IN REAR OF SAID SPREADING ZONE, IN A STRIPPING ZONE ALONG SAID PATH UNTIL SAID ROWS ARE AGAIN IN PARALLELISM AT A DISTANCE APART SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE SAID PREDETERMINED WIDTH OF SAID NETTING.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 202 words
THE METHOD FOR MAKING NON-WOVEN, CRISS-CROSS STRAND NETTING OF A PREDETERMINED FULL WIDTH ON A PAIR OF LATERALLY, SPACED APART ROWS OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED, LOOP-RECEIVING ELEMENTS WHICH DEFINE A LONGITUDINAL PATH FOR SAID NETTING WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF: ADVANCING SAID ROWS UNIDIRECTIONALLY, EACH IN A CLOSED LOOP AND BOTH IN A COMMON PLANE THROUGH A LOOPING ZONE, A SPREADING ZONE, AND A STRIPPING ZONE ON SAID PATH; CLOSELY SPACING SAID ROWS IN PARALLELISM AT A DISTANCE APART, SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN SAID FULL WIDTH IN SAID LOOPING ZONE ON SAID PATH; ALTERNATELY LOOPING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL STRANDS FIRST AROUND ELEMENTS IN ONE SAID ROW AND THEN AROUND ELEMENTS IN THE OTHER SAID ROW, WHILE SAID ROWS ARE CLOSELY SPACED IN SAID LOOPING ZONE, T FORM A RELATIVELY NARROW CRISS-CROSS NETTING THEREBETWEEN; THEN DIVERGING SAID ADVANCING ROWS, IN REAR OF SAID LOOPING ZONE, IN SAID SPREADING ZONE ALONG SAID PATH, UNTIL THEY ARE SPACED APART THE FULL WIDTH OF THE SAID NETTING; AND THEN CONVERGING SAID ADVANCING ROWS IN REAR OF SAID SPREADING ZONE, IN A STRIPPING ZONE ALONG SAID PATH UNTIL SAID ROWS ARE AGAIN IN PARALLELISM AT A DISTANCE APART SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE SAID PREDETERMINED WIDTH OF SAID NETTING.

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