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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314557 | Method and device for forming mineral wool A device for internal centrifugation of mineral fibers including a centrifuge equipped with a peripheral band perforated with orifices distributed in a plurality of annular zones arranged on top of each other, assuming that the centrifuge is in centrifugation positi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6245282 | Apparatus and method for forming fibers from thermoplastic fiberizable materials Fibers are produced a from molten thermoplastic fiberizable material in a rotary fiberizing process by passing the fiberizable material through rows of fiberizing holes in an annular sidewall of a fiberizing disk. A first manifold supplies a combustible g... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6158249 | Apparatus for manufacturing mineral wool The only methods hitherto available for the production of mineral wool from materials such as basalt either utilize a stationary nozzle (blast drawing method) or external centrifuging whereby unsatisfactory yield and/or a not entirely satisfactory fiber q... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6141992 | Rotary fiberizer having two cooling jackets and an air ring 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... | 11/07/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5688302 | Centrifuging process for forming fibers The method for forming fibers by introducing molten material into a spinner having a peripheral wall having a plurality of orifices and centrifuging the molten material through the orifices to create fibers, discharging gases from an opening in a first an... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5601628 | Method for the production of mineral wool Mineral material, particularly of the basalt type, is fiberized by internal centrifuging in a spinner having a peripheral wall with a plurality of orifices. A heated gas flow attenuates into fibers the filament cones emanating from the orifices. To produc... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5015278 | Open bottomed spinner for mineral fibers A spinner for centrifuging molten glass into glass fibers comprises a spinner peripheral wall having orifices for forming mineral fibers, and an annular spinner bottom wall defining an open bore, the bottom wall being connected at its outer periphery to t... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4661135 | Burner for manufacturing mineral fibers A technique of forming fibers, employing a drawing apparatus which apparatus is comprised of a centrifuge combined with a hot gas flow produced by a burner. The burner emits a continuous envelope along the centrifuge. This envelope is produced such that i... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4601742 | Blower for mineral fiberizer Apparatus for producing mineral fibers comprises a spinner mounted for rotation to centrifuge mineral fibers from molten mineral material, an annular blower positioned concentrically outwardly from the spinner for turning the mineral fibers downwardly and... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4359444 | Method for forming filaments Method and apparatus for forming filaments are provided by centrifugally forming a veil of primary fibers or streams of material and moving a fluid along a path within the veil at a velocity sufficient to attenuate said primary fibers into filaments.... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4318725 | Apparatus for discharging a flow of gases A blower for discharging a gaseous flow to attenuate molten mineral material into mineral fibers comprises a body member and a lid member defining a gas supply manifold and a gas discharge slot, and a screw having lower and upper threaded portions to enga... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4300932 | Apparatus for forming mineral fibers A blower for discharging a gaseous flow to attenuate molten mineral material into mineral fibers comprises a body member and a cantilevered lid member mounted on the body member to define a gas supply manifold and a gas discharge slot. The free end of the... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4288237 | Glass fiberization spinner 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 ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4277436 | Method for forming filaments Method and apparatus for forming filaments are provided by centrifugally forming a veil of primary fibers or streams of material and moving a fluid along a path within the veil at a velocity sufficient to attenuate said primary fibers into filaments.... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4244719 | Method and apparatus for distributing mineral fibers Apparatus for deflecting a veil (16) of mineral fibers includes an elongated nozzle (24) having a manifold chamber (30) and a discharge conduit (32), the discharge conduit (32) being adapted to discharge a substantially non-turbulent flow of gases, an air... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4224373 | Fibrous product of non-woven glass fibers and method and apparatus for producing same The disclosure embraces a fibrous product in which fibers of an assemblage of fibers are bonded together by fine discrete binder fibers and to a method and apparatus for producing same wherein fine discrete highly-flexible binder fibers are entrained in o... | 09/23/1980 |
| 3936286 | Glass fiberizer with ignition system A fiberizer with an ignition system is provided. The fiberizer includes an annular combustion chamber with a downwardly directed annular slot positioned to direct the hot products of combustion toward a fiber spinner. The fiberizer has a plurality of radi... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3932163 | Apparatus for producing a sliver-like fibrous product Apparatus for and the method of producing a sliver-like fibrous product including forming glass fibers, conveying the glass fibers in a body of gas and depositing them on the porous rim of a rotating wheel to form a coherent web, advancing the porous rim ... | 01/13/1976 |
