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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7487573 | Device for dry forming a web of fibers A device for dry forming a web of fibers. The device includes; a fiber distribution head (1); a forming wire (3) movable under the head; a suction means (5) located on the opposite side of the forming wire from the head; within the head, a chamb... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7480966 | Mixing device for a head for dry-forming paper and associated method A mixing device (9) for fibers in a gaseous flow, specifically designed to be arranged on the line supplying a head for forming air-laid webs, is described. The device comprises a duct (11) for fibers suspended in a gaseous flow, with an inlet (13 | 01/27/2009 |
| 7007348 | Machine for making a non-woven material by aerological means using a decreasing air flow The machine for making a non-woven material aerologically has a forming and conveying surface permeable to air, a dispersion chamber surmounting said surface and means, particularly vacuum means located under said forming and conveying surface of the non-woven mater... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003853 | Intermediate card for manufacturing nonwovens of fibrous material as well as method for manufacturing nonwovens of fibrous material In an intermediate card for manufacturing nonwovens of fibrous material, with a drawing-in means (2), with at least one main cylinder (4), and with several fiber take-off means (6a, 6b, 6c) for taking over at l... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6675445 | Method and device for producing a mineral wool nonwoven fabric A device for producing a mineral wool nonwoven fabric, comprising a drop shaft and fibrillation devices in addition to a conveyor device for the conveyance of mineral wool nonwoven fabric. A device is also provided to separate the strip of insulating mate... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6440192 | Filtration device and process for its manufacture Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a filtration device. The process includes a fibre carding procedure which forms a web. The filtration device in accordance with the invention takes the form of a web having a single layer lap.... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6363580 | Sifting net for a fiber distributor A fiber distributor for forming an air-laid fiber web on a running endless forming wire which, during operation, in principle is horizontal. The fiber distributor includes a suction unit positioned under the forming wire, a housing positioned above the fo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6317932 | Inlet design for handling bulk textile fiber The invention is particularly related to the problems of dispersing fiber to obtain a uniform distribution. The invention includes tapered ducts oriented at an appropriate angle relative to the horizontal for redirecting and decreasing the speed of an air... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6308878 | Transporting belt for transporting a fiber strand to be condensed and method of making same A transport belt for transporting a fiber strand to be condensed through a condensing zone of a ring spinning machine is provided with a perforation for an air suction stream which suctions the fiber strand. In at least one fiber strand transporting area,... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6279201 | Device for distributing particles Apparatus is disclosed for separating particles disposed in a carrier gas being delivered from a distributor to a moving web including a roller, a supply conduit for supplying the particles dispersed in the carrier gas substantially tangentially to the ro... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6244075 | Blower for lifting insulation pack Apparatus for manufacturing fibrous insulation includes a porous conveyor mounted for transporting fibrous material in a machine direction in the form of pack. A pack lift blower is positioned beneath the porous conveyor, in a direction transverse to the ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6202259 | Method and apparatus for depositing particulate material in a fibrous web A method and apparatus for depositing particulate material (30, 36) in an airlaid fibrous web (94) includes a moving of a forming surface (22) through a forming chamber (24), and a laying of a fibrous material (96) onto the forming surface to form the fib... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6000102 | Apparatus for air-laying of fibrous material or granules An apparatus for air-laying of a material in the form of fibers or granules onto a running band. The apparatus includes at least one delimited space arranged at a first surface on an at least partially air-permeable endless running band. A vacuum exists i... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5983457 | Inlet and outlet plenum apparatus for uniform delivery of fiber to a pad former The present invention provides an inlet and outlet plenum apparatus for improving the forming of fibrous pads for absorbent products and providing improved density control. Fibers entrained in a high speed air flow coming from a fiberizer or other fiber s... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5974631 | Apparatus for making a fiber batt An apparatus for making a fiber batt includes an opening roll for opening fibers fed thereto; a fiber removing device directing an air stream to the opening roll for removing the opened fiber therefrom; a downwardly open fiber gathering hood; an arrangeme... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5930871 | Air doffing system for a textile processing machine An air doffing system for a fiber-processing machine which includes an air plenum associated with a carding roll. A doffing blade initiates lifting of fibers from a carding roll, and a laminar airflow pulls the fibers through the plenum. The airflow is pu... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5893197 | Method for the shaping of fibres with assistance of electric charge A method for manufacturing an absorbent structure in an absorbent product such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or similar product, which is manufactured by air-permeable forming elements. In the present method, the constituent fibres or similar ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5839166 | Carding machine and process for producing an aerodynamic card web A card apparatus for producing an aerodynamically formed fibrous web (4), includes a fiber feed means (6), a main cylinder (8) rotating at high speed and a shaft (10) arranged at main cylinder (8), the shaft transporting thrown-off fibers in an airflow (1... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5789326 | Particle binders A binder is applied to fibers to bind particles to the fibers. The fibers have hydrogen bonding functional groups. The particles have functional groups capable of forming a hydrogen bond or a coordinate covalent bond. The binder comprises binder molecules... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5778494 | Method and apparatus for improving the air flow through an air duct in a dry fiber web forming system This invention relates to improved aerodynamics in dry fiber web forming machines and particularly to airlays which form high quality webs. The invention includes a disperser roll for feeding fibers into the air stream and a second roll opposite to the di... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5766388 | Process for forming laminated absorbent structures having reduced delamination tendencies The present invention utilizes the smooth continuous motion of a masking belt to concentrate air-entrained absorbent materials on the surface of a moving fibrous substrate. Air flowing through the open areas of the masking belt carries the entrained mater... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5628090 | Apparatus for the production of absorbent materials The present invention relates to an apparatus for the production of absorbent materials comprising fibers cross-linked by a suitable cross-linker therefor, and wherein said cross-linker is associated with substantially the entire surface of each fiber, sa... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5589256 | Particle binders that enhance fiber densification A method of producing easily densified high bulk fibers that have adhered particulates. The high bulk fibers have hydrogen bonding or coordinate covalent bonding functionalities, and a binder is applied to the fibers to bind the particles to the fibers. T... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5584101 | Apparatus for removing and conveying a fiber web at high speed from the outlet from a carder The device of the invention enables a fiber web at the outlet from a carder to be removed and conveyed at high speed without significant change to the structure of the web, and in particular without stretching the web. The device comprises a takeoff cylin... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5564630 | Acceleration arrangement for airlay textile web formers This invention relates to an improved air acceleration nozzle for use in airlay web formers which reduce the creation of large scale vortices and turbulence. The nozzle accelerates the air by reducing the cross sectional area of the conduit. The size of t... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5539958 | Aerodynamic forming hood and method of operation An aerodynamic forming hood is provided for supplying a substantially uniform distribution of fibers in a downward laminar airstream for the deposition of the fibers on one or more forming surfaces. The hood is formed by a rectangular housing having oppos... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5537718 | Method for production of material for composite article A method for producing a material for a fiber-reinforced composite article is disclosed which comprises preparing an apparatus composed of a belt and at least one fiber-separating and throwing device, setting the belt in motion and the roller in rotation,... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5527171 | Apparatus for depositing fibers An apparatus for depositing fibers on a wire (12) for the production of primarily paper products includes a wire (12) and one or more distributors (1) which are diagonal in relation to the wire (12). This minimizes disadvantages which occur when using tra... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5517726 | High strength nonwoven batting A high loft high tensile strength fiber batting includes a plurality of highly lofted staple fibers entangled in a high tensile strength netting material to create a high loft batting with high tensile strength. The batting is formed by drawing a sheet of... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5514324 | Preparation of an absorbent sheet A sheet of an absorbent material which, comprises a blend of a fibrous substance and of a granulated substance in which the granulated substance is non-uniformly distributed in the sheet, there being alternating zones of higher and of lower density of sai... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5471712 | Adjustable screen for a distribution for making a sheet-formed fibrous product An apparatus for making a sheet formed fiber product includes at least one fiber distributor (1) having a substantially planar bottom (7) in the form of a wire net, with openings approximately formed as parallelograms; an endless forming wire (2) having a... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5455991 | Method and apparatus for collecting fibers, and product Disclosed are an improved apparatus for collecting fine fibers, such as glass fibers, having a mean diameter of less than two microns from a gaseous stream, a method of collecting fine fibers using the apparatus and the novel new product produced by this ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5442836 | Apparatus for making a nonwoven web by sucking fibers from a carding drum onto a moving fiber collecting surface An apparatus for making a nonwoven web comprises a carding drum and a continuously movable, air-permeable collecting surface member, which is arranged to collect the fibers which have been discharged from the carding drum and are entrained by an entrainin... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5375298 | Apparatus for producing a fiber web The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a fiber web comprising a feeder 1 for supplying a fiber material, a plurality of fiber opening cylinders 21, 22, 23, . . . 2n (n is a natural number) mounted adja... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5361451 | Apparatus for making a nonwoven web To make a bulky nonwoven web of low density and high uniformity with an apparatus comprising a toothed opening roller rotatable at a sufficient speed to throw off a stream of fibers centrifugally and deposit them on a revolving air-permeable collecting su... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5303455 | Apparatus for making a fiber lap An apparatus for forming a fiber lap from fiber tufts includes a fiber opener having an input formed of a fiber feeding mechanism and a series of sawtooth rolls through which the fiber material introduced by the fiber feeding mechanism consecutively passe... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5289618 | Apparatus for making a nonwoven web An apparatus for making a nonwoven web has a carding drum (1), a continuously moving, air-permeable collecting surface member (2) for collecting fibers which fly in an entraining air stream from the carding drum (1), a suction box (4), connected to the co... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5269049 | Process and apparatus for dry forming of a material web from a long-fiber material The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for the dry forming of a material web from a long-fiber material, wherein fibrous material is blown into a forming space to form a porous material web on a wire passing through the forming space. The dry... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5226213 | Rake valve for air-fiber streams A maintenance-free valve for impeding the flow of fibers in a high velocity air-fiber stream. The valve has a rake-like construction to impede fiber flow when in the closed position. The valve has a plurality of closely-spaced, parallel tines attached to ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5056195 | Mineral fiber collection process and device A collection process for collecting mineral wool fibers produced by an aligned plurality of fiber making machines includes the steps of entraining the fibers produced by each of the fiber making machines in a gas, drawing the gas through a gas permeable c... | 10/15/1991 |
