Class 65/460 - Adjacent combustion chamber, burner, or blower utilized

Subclass of Class 65 - Glass manufacturing
Definition: Processes including use of a combustion chamber, blower,
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 01/31/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8104311	Rotary fiberization process for making glass fibers, an insulation mat, and pipe insulation Tubular pipe insulation is made from a glass fiber mat produced utilizing a rotary glass fiberization process. A spinner disc is rotated to centrifuge molten glass through fiberization holes in an annular sidewall of the spinner disc and form primary glass fibers. T...	01/31/2012
7779653	Oxygen enriched rotary fiberization A method of reducing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions in a rotary glass fiberization process utilizes a fiberizing spinner with fiberizing holes through which molten glass is passed by centrifugal force to form primary fibers which pass through an annular h...	08/24/2010
7210314	Fiberizer thermocouple support frame An apparatus for positioning a sensor proximate to a fiberizer includes a support means for supporting a sensor, adjustment means for adjusting a position of the sensor, and attachment means for attaching the apparatus to a fiberizer. The adjustment means is coupled...	05/01/2007
6862901	Process and apparatus for producing glass fibers A process and an apparatus for producing glass fibers by centrifugal force are provided. Molten glass is fed into a hollow cylinder of rotating member which rotates at high speed by means of a driving device and is heated. The molten glass is ejected to an outside o...	03/08/2005
6843075	Method for controlling process variables and an optical temperature sensor assembly A method of controlling process variables, for a fiberizing assembly including a rotary fiberizing disk in the manufacture of fibers from a high temperature, molten, clear or translucent, thermoplastic, fiberizable material, utilizes an optical sensor assembly. The ...	01/18/2005
6596048	Device and method for the centrifuging of mineral fibers The present invention relates to a device for the internal centrifugation of fine mineral fibres, a method for forming fine mineral fibres, and paper containing fine mineral fibres....	07/22/2003
6584809	Method of making fibers with a burner/air ring assembly for rotary fiberizers In an apparatus and method of forming fibers from a fiberizable material, a molten fiberizable material is introduced into a rotating fiberizing rotor and passed through a plurality of holes in an annular peripheral sidewall of the fiberizing rotor to for...	07/01/2003
6453703	Spinner disc and rotary fiberization process A spinner disc for a rotary fiberization process, includes a base plate and an annular peripheral sidewall extending upward from the base plate which has a plurality of rows of fiberizing holes therein for fiberizing molten thermoplastic fiberizable mater...	09/24/2002
6227009	Method of making long, fine diameter glass fibers and products made with such glass fibers Relatively viscous glass is fiberized in a rotary fiberization process at relatively high disk speeds and through relatively large diameter holes to form long, fine diameter glass fibers which preferably are rapidly solubilized in biological fluids. The m...	05/08/2001
5900037	Method and apparatus for producing mineral wool The present invention furnishes a method for producing mineral wool wherein a molten mineral material is fed into a spinner (1) the peripheral wall (2) of which comprises a multiplicity of orifices with small diameters wherethrough the mineral molten mate...	05/04/1999
5900206	Method of making a fibrous pack A method of making a fibrous pack includes centrifuging at least two sets of mineral fibers from molten mineral material using at least two rotary mineral fiber spinners that are arranged in a machine direction along a collection surface, directing each s...	05/04/1999
5693117	Radial rotary fiberizer A rotary fiberizer includes a spinner for centrifuging fibers from molten material along a path generally coplanar with the spinner, and a pair of opposed annular blowers positioned on opposite sides of the path of the centrifuged fibers, with the blowers...	12/02/1997
5679126	Method for collecting fibers from rotary fiberizer A method of producing a fibrous product is disclosed. Molten material is introduced into a rotating spinner which includes a peripheral wall having a plurality of orifices. The molten material is centrifuged through the orifices to create fibers. The fibe...	10/21/1997
5614132	Method for manufacturing a mineral fiber product A method for manufacturing a mineral fiber product includes centrifuging mineral fibers with a spinner, forming a veil of the mineral fibers moving in the direction of the axis of the spinner, directing toward the veil, from a position within the veil, or...	03/25/1997
5595584	Method of alternate commingling of mineral fibers and organic fibers A method for producing mineral fibers includes centrifuging mineral fibers from one or more rotary mineral fiber spinners to establish one or more downwardly moving veils of mineral fibers positioned above a collecting surface, centrifuging organic fibers...	01/21/1997
5554324	Method for producing mineral wool A method for producing mineral wool of a material which is highly fluid at an elevated liquidus temperature in particular above 1,200° C., with a viscosity of less than 5,000 poises at liquidus temperature, is proposed wherein the molten mineral material...	09/10/1996
5458822	Method for manufacturing a mineral fiber product A method for manufacturing a mineral fiber product comprises centrifuging mineral fibers with a spinner, forming a veil of the mineral fibers moving in the direction of the axis of the spinner, directing toward the veil, from a position within the veil, p...	10/17/1995
5203900	Method of producing discontinuous coated glass fibers Discontinuous fibers are manufactured from a thermoplastic material having an elevated melting point by feeding molten thermoplastic material into a centrifugal chamber. The chamber includes a plurality of orifices through which the molten thermoplastic m...	04/20/1993
5154746	Process and apparatus for forming glass filaments A process for forming glass filaments by utilizing centrifugal force, in which compressed gas is injected from a position near an interior of a flame port frame of a fiberizing burner toward a throat portion of a discharge port of the burner at an acute a...	10/13/1992
5123949	Method of introducing addivites to fibrous products A process for introducing additive particles to extruded fibers during production of the fibers. Particles are directed into a moving stream of fibers during or after the fiber attenuation process. The movement of the fibers intermingles the particles wit...	06/23/1992
5100450	Method and apparatus for producing fibers A method and apparatus for expanding the fiber column produced by a rotary fiber glass manufacturing unit. A rotating bell-shaped shell is mounted beneath the rotary disc of the manufacturing unit so that the lower portion of the shell is in the path of t...	03/31/1992
5076826	Apparatus and method for making glass fibers A duct assembly is employed for directing a central air flow upwardly against the rotating spinner of a conventional fiberizer mechanism that produces a downwardly falling veil of fibers. The central air flow eliminates the low-pressure zone that normally...	12/31/1991
4917715	Method for producing rotary textile fibers A method of making textile glass fibers in a rotary process is disclosed. A spinner bearing molten glass rotates on its axis of rotation. Glass is forced through orifices and the resulting fibers are moved along paths generally perpendicular to the axis o...	04/17/1990
4767431	Production of micro glass fibers In this energy efficient process for forming glass microfibers, glass pellets are fed at a controlled rate into a rotary fiberizer. The input material is in the form of glass marbles or pellets which are held at a temperature below the liquidus temperatur...	08/30/1988
4759974	Glass fiberization Glass fibers for insulation uses are produced by means of a centrifugal spinner which introduces glass streams into an annular attenuating blast adjacent the periphery of the spinner. An improved product quality and/or production rate as well as prolonged...	07/26/1988
4689061	Method and apparatus for producing fine fibers A method and apparatus for making glass fibers comprises a burner creating an annular jet of high-temperature, high-velocity gases and an orificed spinner mounted for rotation within the jet where the circumferential rows of orifices on the spinner periph...	08/25/1987
4534779	Method and apparatus for heating a mineral fiber forming spinner Apparatus for fiberizing molten mineral material comprises a spinner having an orificed peripheral wall through which the molten mineral material passes to form mineral fibers, a burner mounted to direct hot gases toward the interior of the peripheral wal...	08/13/1985
4478624	Process and apparatus for improving the distribution on a receiving device of fibers carried by a gas current The invention relates to the distribution on a receiving device of fibers carried by a gas current. To improve the distribution, the gas current carrying the fibers is subjected to the action of a gas layer which envelopes the current and of which the dir...	10/23/1984
4392878	Glass fiber forming unit In a glass fiber forming unit including a hollow-cylinder-shaped rotating spinner having (a) a bottom, (b) a surrounding wall with a number of molten glass projecting orifices, and (c) an upper annular flange extending inwardly from the upper edge of the ...	07/12/1983
4392879	Method of forming glass fibers while monitoring a process condition in a spinner The method and apparatus for monitoring a process condition in a spinner mounted for rotation, the spinner having an orificed sidewall for the centrifuging of molten mineral material therethrough, comprises a sensing means mounted for rotation with the sp...	07/12/1983
4309244	Process for manufacturing boron nitride fiber mats A process is disclosed for producing a non-woven, boron nitride-bonded boron nitride fiber mat, suitable for use as an electric cell separator in a lithium-sulfide battery. Molten boron oxide is centrifugally spun into strands and attenuated by an annular...	01/05/1982
4300931	Method and apparatus for collecting fibrous material A method and apparatus for collecting fibrous material in which a stream of fibrous material is directed towards a collection surface and a flow of gases is discharged substantially parallel to the stream and sufficiently close to the stream to expand the...	11/17/1981
4266960	Method and apparatus for producing fibrous wool packs The present invention relates to the manufacture of fibrous wool by the rotary process. In the rotary process heat softenable material, such as molten glass, is supplied to a centrifuge wherefrom streams of said heat softenable material emanate and are ac...	05/12/1981
4203774	Glass composition and fibers In the technique for fiberizing glass by the use of a centrifugal spinner delivering glass streams into an attenuating blast, a novel spinner construction is provided, and provision is also made for increasing the production, while also providing for the ...	05/20/1980
4058386	Method and apparatus for eliminating external hot gas attenuation in the rotary fiberization of glass By controlling the design and operational parameters in accordance with particular relationships fibers having an average diameter of 7 microns or less can be formed by passing molten material through orifices in a peripheral wall of a rotor without using...	11/15/1977
3953185	Method for making vitreous fibers having small protrusions This invention pertains to a method of making inorganic vitreous fibers having small protrusions, such that the fiber produces a high strength reinforced molded product. The fibers are formed by introducing high melting constituents such as glass fiber, r...	04/27/1976

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Class 65/460 - Adjacent combustion chamber, burner, or blower utilized