US4612087A
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Method of producing seamless ceramic fiber composite articles
Assignee: CARDBORUNDUM COMPANY
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Filing: 1983-09-02
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Granted: 1986-09-16
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Expires: 2003-09-02
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a ceramic fiber felt or mat having one portion comprising a high temperature resistant ceramic fiber and another portion of lower temperature resistant ceramic fiber. The two portions are joined seamlessly by an intermingling and intimate relationship of the two fiber types during formation of the mat. The invention further provides apparatus for formation of such ceramic fiber composites and further provides for forming such composite ceramic fiber members into modules.
Inventors
- 👤 John D. Ten Eyck
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 01:04
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B18/00; C; C04; C04B; C04B30/00; C04B30/02; D; D21; D21F; D21F11/00; D21F11/02; D21F11/04; D21H; D21H13/00; D21H13/36; D21H5/00; D21H5/12; D21H5/18; C04B2237/00; C04B2237/30; C04B2237/32; C04B2237/34; C04B2237/341; C04B2237/343; C04B2237/38; C04B2237/50; C04B2237/70; C04B2237/708
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of forming a seamless composite ceramic fiber insulating mat which includes at least one portion comprising a sheet of lower temperature resistant insulating ceramic fibers and at least one portion comprising a sheet of higher temperature resistant insulating ceramic fibers wherein said at least one lower temperature resistant portion and said at least one higher temperature resistant portion are joined edge-to-edge by a transition zone of commingled fibers of said lower temperature resistant fibers and said higher temperature resistant fibers at the adjoining edges of the sheets, said method comprising providing a first liquid stream of ceramic fibrous material, providing at least one additional liquid stream of a different ceramic fibrous material having a different resistance to temperature, bringing the streams together in side-by-side relationship immediately prior to bringing said streams concurrently into contact with a foraminous member at different side-by-side portions thereof, removing liquid from the streams of fibrous material through said foraminous member and recovering a seamless composite mat.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of forming a seamless composite ceramic fiber insulating mat which includes at least one portion comprising a sheet of lower temperature resistant insulating ceramic fibers and at least one portion comprising a sheet of higher temperature resistant insulating ceramic fibers wherein said at least one lower temperature resistant portion and said at least one higher temperature resistant portion are joined edge-to-edge by a transition zone of commingled fibers of said lower temperature resistant fibers and said higher temperature resistant fibers at the adjoining edges of the sheets, said method comprising providing a first liquid stream of ceramic fibrous material, providing at least one additional liquid stream of a different ceramic fibrous material having a different resistance to temperature, bringing the streams together in side-by-side relationship immediately prior to bringing said streams concurrently into contact with a foraminous member at different side-by-side portions thereof, removing liquid from the streams of fibrous material through said foraminous member and recovering a seamless composite mat.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said first stream comprises a lower temperature resistant fibrous stock and said at least one additional stream comprises a higher temperature resistant fibrous stock.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said higher temperature resistant fibrous stock comprises polycrystalline fibers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 3 wherein said lower temperature resistant stock comprises vitreous alumino-silicate fibers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said foraminous member is in motion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the fibers from each of said streams commingle at their side-by-side boundary areas with any adjacent streams contacted.
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