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Apparatus for forming fibers by toration
Assignee: Saint Gobain Industries SA
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Filing: 1977-04-05
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Granted: 1978-10-31
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Expires: 1997-04-05
Abstract
Abstract Equipment for effecting fiberization of attenuable materials by toration including components establishing a plurality of side-by-side fiberizing zones in a gaseous blast. The disclosed arrangement includes means for delivering gaseous jets into the fiberizing zones including jet manifolds for groups of jets.
Inventors
- 👤 Marcel Levecque
- 👤 Jean A. Battigelli
- 👤 Dominique Plantard
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 09:30
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03B; C03B37/00; C03B37/01; C03B37/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
Apparatus for making fibers from attenuable material comprising means for establishing a gaseous blast, means for establishing a multiplicity of gaseous jets in spaced side-by-side relation transversely of the blast, the jets having kinetic energy per unit of volume greater than that of the blast and the jets penetrating the blast to provide a multiplicity of side-by-side fiberizing zones, and means for supplying a multiplicity of side-by-side streams of attenuable material to be fiberized in said zones, the means for establishing the jets comprising a plurality of separate supply manifolds for the jet gas, each manifold having a plurality of jet delivery devices associated therewith.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
105 words
Apparatus for making fibers from attenuable material comprising means for establishing a gaseous blast, means for establishing a multiplicity of gaseous jets in spaced side-by-side relation transversely of the blast, the jets having kinetic energy per unit of volume greater than that of the blast and the jets penetrating the blast to provide a multiplicity of side-by-side fiberizing zones, and means for supplying a multiplicity of side-by-side streams of attenuable material to be fiberized in said zones, the means for establishing the jets comprising a plurality of separate supply manifolds for the jet gas, each manifold having a plurality of jet delivery devices associated therewith.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus as defined in claim 1 and further including separate mounting means for the separate jet supply manifolds.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
80 words
In apparatus for fiberizing attenuable material by feeding a multiplicity of streams of attenuable material into a multiplicity of side-by-side toration zones established by interaction of gaseous jets with a gaseous blast, mechanism for directing gaseous jets toward the blast comprising a manifold having a gas supply chamber and having a multiplicity of jet delivery passages receiving gas from said supply chamber, and the manifold also having a cooling chamber therein in heat exchange relation with the gas supply chamber
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
80 words
In apparatus for fiberizing attenuable material by feeding a multiplicity of streams of attenuable material into a multiplicity of side-by-side toration zones established by interaction of gaseous jets with a gaseous blast, mechanism for directing gaseous jets toward the blast comprising a manifold having a gas supply chamber and having a multiplicity of jet delivery passages receiving gas from said supply chamber, and the manifold also having a cooling chamber therein in heat exchange relation with the gas supply chamber
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
Apparatus as defined in claim 3 in which the manifold is located in a position, with relation to the blast, which is downstream of the streams of attenuable material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
Apparatus as defined in claim 3 in which said two chambers in the manifold extend parallel to each other and in directions transverse to the blast.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
121 words
Apparatus for making fibers from attenuable molten material comprising means for establishing a gaseous blast, means for delivering a series of laterally spaced gaseous carrier jets transversely into the blast, means for delivering a series of streams of molten attenuable material to the blast each in a position, with relation to the blast, which is downstream of a carrier jet, and means for delivering gas into the blast in a position, with relation to the blast, which is downstream of the stream of molten glass, said last means comprising a series of laterally spaced inlet openings, and a wall element having a surface with an upstream edge adjacent said series of inlet openings and with a downstream edge adjacent the blast.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
121 words
Apparatus for making fibers from attenuable molten material comprising means for establishing a gaseous blast, means for delivering a series of laterally spaced gaseous carrier jets transversely into the blast, means for delivering a series of streams of molten attenuable material to the blast each in a position, with relation to the blast, which is downstream of a carrier jet, and means for delivering gas into the blast in a position, with relation to the blast, which is downstream of the stream of molten glass, said last means comprising a series of laterally spaced inlet openings, and a wall element having a surface with an upstream edge adjacent said series of inlet openings and with a downstream edge adjacent the blast.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
82 words
Equipment for making glass fibers comprising means for establishing a gaseous blast, and a plurality of fiberizing centers associated with the blast and spaced from each other transversely of the blast, each fiberizing center including a glass supply orifice and said fiberizing centers including a common wall structure having a series of apertures respectively positioned, with respect to the blast, upstream of each glass supply orifice, and means for directing a separate gaseous jet through each of said apertures toward the blast.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
82 words
Equipment for making glass fibers comprising means for establishing a gaseous blast, and a plurality of fiberizing centers associated with the blast and spaced from each other transversely of the blast, each fiberizing center including a glass supply orifice and said fiberizing centers including a common wall structure having a series of apertures respectively positioned, with respect to the blast, upstream of each glass supply orifice, and means for directing a separate gaseous jet through each of said apertures toward the blast.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-10-30 | 1982-05-01 | 1982-10-31 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-10-30 | 1986-05-01 | 1986-10-31 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-10-30 | 1990-05-01 | 1990-10-31 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |