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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7832068 | Method of producing a spread multi-filament bundle and an apparatus used in the same A method of producing a spread multi-filament bundle along with an apparatus used in the same, by which a multi-filament bundle is spread with high speed and facility, and a high quality spread multi-filament bundle or sheet with the component monofilaments thereof ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7571524 | Method of producing a spread multi-filament bundle and an apparatus used in the same A method of producing a spread multi-filament bundle and an apparatus is used in which an arbitrary number of multi-filament bundles of higher strength are simultaneously spread with high speed and a high-quality. A spread multi-filament bundle or sheet with the com... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7305739 | Apparatus for tow opening An apparatus for opening a crimped multifilament tow comprising: a source of crimped multifilament tow; at least one pair of opposed gripping rollers comprising a first roller which is a metal roller and a second roller which is a smooth-surfaced roller made of a ma... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7275291 | Pneumatic thread stretcher and thread processing system The invention relates to a pneumatic thread stretcher (T) for a rapier weaving machine or a knitting machine, in which the air current deflection surface (19) for deflecting the thread (Y, Y1) forms a seamless extension (12) of the inner wall of... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261681 | Method and apparatus for applying additive to a moving, spread-out filter material web A method and apparatus for supplying an additive to a moving web of filter material of the tobacco-processing industry are provided. An adjustable window defines an opening, and additive is applied through the window opening onto the web. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7181817 | Method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes the steps of or means for spreading a crimped tow; de-registering the crimped tow; shaping the de-registered tow to a substantially rectangul... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7152288 | Stuffer box crimper and a method for crimping The instant invention is a stuffer box crimper and a method for crimping. The stuffer box crimper according to instant invention includes a pair of nip rollers, a pair of doctor blades, and a stuffer box. The pair of doctor blades is adjacent to an exit end of the p... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7107659 | Method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes the steps of or means for spreading a crimped tow; de-registering the crimped tow; shaping the de-registered tow to a substantially rectangul... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103946 | Method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes the steps of or means for spreading a crimped tow; de-registering the crimped tow; shaping the de-registered tow to a substantially rectangul... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7059027 | Method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes the steps of or means for spreading a crimped tow; de-registering the crimped tow; shaping the de-registered tow to a substantially rectangul... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7003856 | Method and apparatus for opening continuous filaments A method and an apparatus for opening continuous filaments provide stable quality of fibrous layer after opening crimped TOW. The TOW is transported by means of a plurality of rolls. While transported, the TOW is applied a resistance on one side of the TOW by slidin... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6983520 | Method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes the steps of or means for spreading a crimped tow; de-registering the crimped tow; shaping the de-registered tow to a substantially rectangul... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6974316 | Installation for producing a nonwoven web with very uniform weight The invention concerns an installation for producing a nonwoven web wherein the distance between the lower edge of the slit drawing device and the upper edge of the diffuser is maintained constant by uniformly distributed hasps. ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971981 | Method and apparatus for making interlabial pads The invention is directed to method and apparatus for making pads, such as interlabial pads. The apparatus includes a blending apparatus that weighs and blends fibers of different materials, at least one of which is absorbent. The blended fibers are conveyed through... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6923359 | Methods and apparatus for prescribing web tracking in processing equipment Methods and apparatus to reduce or eliminate misalignment, wrinkles, and creases in coated web product. A relationship between web outgassing pressure and surface roughness of the web and web transporting rollers is developed. This relationship allows for the contro... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6907885 | High efficiency cigarette filters having shaped micro cavity fibers impregnated with adsorbent or absorbent materials This invention is a highly efficient filter containing fibers that contain small particle size adsorbents/absorbents such as carbon and/or silica to selectively reduce targeted components in mainstream cigarette smoke. The invention relates to a novel class of highl... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6836939 | Method and device for producing a textile web by spreading tows After yarns or tows (10) have been pre-spread and placed side by side substantially in a common plane, their surface is swept by at least one jet of air (22) displaced transversely relative to the longitudinal direction of the yarns or tows so as to ob... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6684468 | Microfiber structure A process and apparatus for manufacturing a microfiber structure for absorbing impact energy, sound energy and/or temperature, the structure being used in the ballistic field and in the sound and temperature isolation fields, wherein the method comprises ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6543106 | Apparatus, method and system for air opening of textile tow and opened textile tow web produced thereby The invention provides an air opening jet for use in a process for making a rectangular structure made from a tow of fibers, such air opening jet including a housing, an air jet for moving the tow through the housing and opening the tow, and an accumulati... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6263882 | Method of and apparatus for making filter mouthpieces for rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry A tow of filamentary filter material for tobacco smoke which is to be converted into a rod-like filler of a filter rod is conveyed along an elongated path first through a stretching or tensioning zone where the filaments are stretched and the tow is conve... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6253431 | Air opening jet apparatus The invention provides an air opening jet for use in a process for making a rectangular structure made from a tow of fibers, such air opening jet including a housing, an air jet for moving the tow through the housing and opening the tow, and an accumulati... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6032342 | Multi-filament split-yarn sheet and method and device for the manufacture thereof The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a high-quality multi-filament spread sheet by spreading the filaments in such a manner that they are orderly disposed in parallel to each other without the quality deterioration and an apparatus ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5446952 | Pneumatic induction fiber spreader with lateral venturi restrictors A machine for producing a graphite fiber tape suitable for use in the protion of metal matrix composites by physical vapor deposition. The machine consists of adjacent air-tight enclosures. Two venturi pipes are located within the enclosures and aligned ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5445693 | Method of producing a formable composite material The invention provides a method of providing a formable composite material comprising providing a reinforcing material (9) having a plurality of superimposed layers (1-6), each layer consisting of a plurality of unidirectional non-woven yarns or threads (... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5340609 | Applying fluid additive to fibrous material Air is blown into filter tow during or immediately after the application of plasticizer; this foams and distributes the plasticizer in the tow. Air may be delivered from a porous plate closely adjacent to the path of the tow or from nozzles in an air inje... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5282779 | Air jet for producing filter plug for cigarette An air jet for producing a filter plug for cigarette comprising an imparting portion for propelling force to a tow-like fiber bundle and a beak portion, wherein said imparting portion is constructed by a trumpet (21) having a converged tip end region, a t... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5182839 | Apparatus and method for commingling continuous multifilament yarns Improving commingling two or more continuous multiple filament yarns into a single yarn by rubbing one yarn against a static charge-inducing body that is supported in an electrically isolated manner to apply static charge to the yarn to tend to cause sepa... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5102690 | Method coating fibers with particles by fluidization in a gas A system and method for uniformly coating one or more fibers (10) with particles of a material is described. The method uses a vibrator preferably an acoustic speaker (17b) in a housing (17c) to fluidize the particles (P1) in a chamber (17 or 3... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5060351 | Process and apparatus for blowing continuous filament tow Continuous filament tow is partially deregistered, preferably by passing over threaded rolls; and, after being partially deregistered, fully bloomed in an air-blooming mechanism. The air-blooming mechanism draws the partially deregistered tow into a turbu... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5042122 | Method and system for spreading a tow of fibers A method and system for spreading a tow of fibers (12) using the acoustic energy from a speaker (16a) or other vibrating device for a gaseous medium over which the tow passes as the fibers zig-zag between rods (16d) is described. The spread two of fibers ... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5008992 | Method of producing a bulked composite yarn A method for combining a relatively elastic yarn component with a relatively inelastic yarn component is disclosed, and wherein the two components are guided through a jet of high velocity air so as to entangle the filaments and produce a bulked composite... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5003677 | Method and apparatus for processing a textured yarn A method and apparatus for processing a synthetic continuous filament textured yarn is disclosed, and wherein the yarn is wetted prior to entering the texturizing nozzle. To effect a uniform and controllable wetting, the yarn is passed over a guide surfac... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4850301 | Apparatus for applying liquid additives to a continuous, multifilament tow Apparatus for applying a liquid additive to a continuous, multifilament tow includes a nonrotating tubular body and a nonmetallic element associated with the wall of the tubular body for contacting the multifilament tow as it is moved across the surface o... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4818318 | Method of forming composite fiber blends The instant invention involves a process used in preparing fibrous tows which may be formed into polymeric plastic composites. The process involves the steps of (a) forming a tow of strong filamentary materials; (b) forming a thermoplastic polymeric fiber... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4803762 | Method for splicing lengths of fiber tow A method and apparatus are disclosed for splicing lengths of synthetic fiber tow. The tail of one length of tow and the lead portion of another length are each separated into an equal number of bundles. Bundles from the lead portion are overlapped with bu... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4799985 | Method of forming composite fiber blends and molding same The instant invention involves a process used in preparing fibrous tows which may be formed into polymeric plastic composites. The process involves the steps of (a) forming a tow of strong filamentary materials; (b) forming a thermoplastic polymeric fiber... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4637104 | Apparatus for spreading out a plurality of filaments In a baffle tray for a fiber distributor, the tray has opposite curved walls, the lower edges of which of their midpoints are each provided with an arcuate recess to aid in uniform formation of a fleece.... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4522616 | Method and apparatus for forming cigarette filter rods The present invention relates to high speed processes and apparatus for the manufacture of cigarette filter rods. In accordance with this invention it has been discovered that in a process of manufacturing filter elements from opened and deregistered crim... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4509452 | Application of liquid additives to cigarette filter tow Porous metal filters are adapted for use as liquid applicators for applying a liquid additive to a continuous, multifilament filter tow in connection with the manufacture of filter rods from the tow.... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4502195 | Method for separating particulate materials from fibrous materials during start-up of texturizing process In accordance with the present invention, entrained, dense particulate materials are removed from an elongated body of less dense fibrous materials being transported by a moving fluid stream by reducing the velocity of said fluid stream by an amount and f... | 03/05/1985 |
