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Method for producing non-woven webs of cross-laid strands
Assignee: EIDP Inc
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Filing: 1978-03-29
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Granted: 1980-02-26
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Expires: 1998-03-29
Abstract
Abstract A restrained web of orthogonal strands is formed by first traversing the strands according to the disclosure of U.S. Pat. No. 4,016,631 in a diagonal pattern with V-shaped reversals between two rows of strand-restraining elements along the selvedge of the web and then converting the diagonal pattern to an orthogonal pattern by forming an extended loop in each strand along the selvedge.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul M. Cole
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 10:58
CPC Classifications
D; D04; D04H; D04H3/00; D04H3/02; D04H3/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
A method for converting a plurality of equally spaced strands cross-laid between spaced pairs of outer and inner rows of juxtaposed strand-restraining elements in an angled pattern to form a web having a predetermined width along the selvedge of the web into an orthogonal pattern, said method comprising: moving the pairs of rows at the same lineal speed; moving the outer row of each pair of rows out of the plane of travel of the inner row then back into the plane of travel of the inner row a lag distance approximately equal to said predetermined width, thereby displacing formerly juxtaposed strand-restraining elements relative to each other and permitting a portion of said strands to pass along said selvedge by sliding around displaced strand-restraining elements.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
125 words
A method for converting a plurality of equally spaced strands cross-laid between spaced pairs of outer and inner rows of juxtaposed strand-restraining elements in an angled pattern to form a web having a predetermined width along the selvedge of the web into an orthogonal pattern, said method comprising: moving the pairs of rows at the same lineal speed; moving the outer row of each pair of rows out of the plane of travel of the inner row then back into the plane of travel of the inner row a lag distance approximately equal to said predetermined width, thereby displacing formerly juxtaposed strand-restraining elements relative to each other and permitting a portion of said strands to pass along said selvedge by sliding around displaced strand-restraining elements.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method as defined in claim 1 including the additional step of accumulating the portion of said strands passing along the selvedge at a location between said spaced pairs of rows prior to moving the outer rows out of the plane of the inner rows of strand-restraining elements.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as defined in claim 1 including the step of stretching the cross-laid strands to permit said portion to pass along the selvedge.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
92 words
The method as defined in claim 1, said plurality of equally spaced strands being cross-laid between spaced pairs of outer and inner rows of juxtaposed strand-restaining elements in sequences numbering the same as said plurality of equally spaced strands and alternating with blank spaces in an angled pattern to form a web, said lag distance being equal to the quantity obtained by multiplying the number of said plurality of equally spaced strands by the spacing between adjacent strands and subtracting a quantity equal to the diameter of one of the strand-restraining elements.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method as defined in claim 4, said lag distance being increased by an incremental distance which is no greater than the spacing between adjacent strands.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method as defined in claim 4, said lag distance being decreased by an incremental distance which is no greater than the spacing between adjacent strands.
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