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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7596970 | Method for producing fibers from molten waste A method for producing fibers from molten waste includes melting waste in a melter into high-temperature molten fluid, discharging the high-temperature molten fluid from the melter, and fiberizing the high-temperature molten fluid to form solid fibers. The solid fib... | 10/06/2009 |
| 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 |
| 6841098 | Spinner disc and method A spinner disc for fiberizing a molten thermoplastic fiberizable material in a rotary fiberization process includes a base plate, an annular peripheral sidewall, and an upper annular reinforcing flange. The annular peripheral sidewall of the disc has a plurality of ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6284684 | Mineral wool composition Mineral wool capable of dissolving in a physiological medium, which mineral wool comprises the constituents below in the following percentages by weight: SiO2 39-55%, preferably 40-52% Al2 O3 | 09/04/2001 |
| 6156683 | Man-made vitreous fibres Man-made vitreous fibers have a solubility at pH 4.5 of at least 20 nm per day, a liquidus temperature of below 1300° C., a viscosity at the liquidus temperature of about 300 poise, and a composition which includes at least 15% by weight Al2 O... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6128929 | Multi-component fiberizing disk A multi-component fiberizing disk for fiberizing a molten fiberizable material in a rotary fiberization process includes: an annular sidewall having fiberizing holes therein through which a molten fiberizable material passes to fiberize the molten fiberiz... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6125658 | Glass furnace and installation comprising same The invention relates to the electric melting technique, in which the melting energy is dissipated in the bath of melted glass as a result of the Joule effect by means of electrodes which dip through the surface of the bath. According to the invention, th... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5755851 | Direct forming method of collecting long wool fibers A method for collecting long glass fibers produces substantial lattice uniformity, eliminates the need for binder, and results in a generally rectangular wool pack which displays significant compressibility and recovery desired for commercial products. Ge... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5690715 | Glass fiber manufacturing process and plant In a process for producing insulating materials with environmentally safe binding components, a long-chain starch is used as binder, besides silicone. The starch is heated up to 50° to 60° C., held at this temperature and sprayed on the glass fibers sep... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5674307 | Hollow mineral fibers using rotary process In a method for producing hollow mineral fibers such as glass fibers, molten glass is supplied to a rotating glass spinner having a peripheral wall. The spinner rotates so that molten glass is centrifuged through a first tube positioned at least mostly in... | 10/07/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5529596 | Method for making dual-glass fibers by causing one glass to flow around another glass as they are spun from a rotating spinner A method for making dual-glass fibers includes supplying first and second molten glass to a rotating spinner having an orificed peripheral wall, where the first glass has a higher viscosity than that of the second glass, centrifuging the first and second ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5326241 | Apparatus for producing organic fibers Apparatus for producing organic fibers by means of a centrifugal spinning process. The fiberizing disc and the molten material introduction nozzle are designed to prevent the molten material from escaping the disc prior to being fiberized. The heater for ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5314521 | Method and apparatus for production of glass fibers utilizing spinning cup structure A method and apparatus for producing glass fibers wherein molten glass is deposited onto a spinning cup structure. Centrifugal force urges the molten glass outwardly and upwardly along the inner surface of an upstanding wall of the cup structure. The glas... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5277706 | Method of and an apparatus for forming fibres The invention relates to techniques for forming fibres from glass or other thermoplastics materials by internal centrifugation associated with gaseous drawing at high temperature. The material to be converted to fibres is poured into a centrifuge, the per... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5176729 | Method of producing fibers by internal centrifugation and the application of the said method to the drawing out of certain glasses into fibers Fibers are drawn out by maintaining a temperature gradient between the interior and exterior walls of the peripheral band of a centrifuge. The peripheral band is made from a material having a thermal conductivity below 20 Wm-1 C-1 at... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4636234 | Method and apparatus for making non-circular mineral fibers A method and appartus for making non-circular mineral fibers, and the fibers produced thereby, comprises flowing a stream from a body of molten mineral material through a non-circular orifice, and quenching the mineral material in the stream to form a min... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4622054 | Method and apparatus for making non-circular mineral fibers A method and apparatus for making non-circular mineral fibers, and the fibers produced thereby, comprises flowing a stream from a body of molten mineral material through a non-circular orifice, and quenching the mineral material in the stream to form a mi... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4620859 | Method for making coalesced mineral fibers A method for making mineral fibers comprising discharging molten glass as primary molten streams from orifices and joining at least one primary stream to an adjacent primary stream to form a coalesced stream of different cross-sectional shape from that of... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4592769 | Process and apparatus for the formation of fiber felts A process for the improvement in the distribution of fibers in a fiber felt formed by retention of fibers entrained in a gaseous current is disclosed, along with apparatus suitable for practicing that process. The gaseous current is caused to pass through... | 06/03/1986 |
| 3997307 | Method and apparatus for making glass fibers utilizing an oscillating spinner Attempts have been made by the prior art to oscillate a veil of air entrained centrifugally spun fibers back and forth across a moving collecting surface to build a layer of fibers having uniform thickness and density. The present invention accomplishes t... | 12/14/1976 |
