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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308735 | Roller pair for stretching strips of filter material Roller pair for tensioning strands of filter material in the manufacture of cigarette filters with a first roller made of metal which is rotatably driven by a drive and a second roller of which the surface consists of a resilient material, the two rollers being moun... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5688301 | Method for producing non-woven material from irregularly shaped glass fibers An irregularly shaped glass fiber is provided which enjoys improved resiliency, and openness in pack structures. Wool packs and other wool portions having such irregularly shaped fibers may be processed directly through needling to form a non-woven materi... | 11/18/1997 |
| 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 |
| 4893379 | Tow steaming apparatus with adjustable steam channel cross section An apparatus for continuously steaming filament tows or fiber slivers following a stretch-break converting machine. A steam channel receives saturated steam for releasing and eliminating shrinkage from filament tows or fiber slivers in the channel. To imp... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4525385 | Application of additives to cigarette filter tow A filter tow blooming jet device for applying an additive to a continuous, multifilament filter tow is disclosed wherein the jet device is provided with orifice means transversely positioned in an elongated passageway through which the advancing filter to... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4365395 | Apparatus for handling textile filamentary material Static tow inverting apparatus for inverting the overlap of overlapping layers of a continuous length filamentary tow band of textile material deposited onto the surface of a moving conveyor in relaxed condition for treatment, such as in the thermal heat ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4206860 | Air dissipator apparatus for airjet tow puddling Filamentary tow is puddled into a container from an air jet through an air dissipator apparatus, which slows the air-propelled tow by the tow impinging upon the dog-legged surfaces along the flow path within the apparatus and ricocheting therefrom while t... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4003773 | Method of preparing graphite fibers of ultra-short length and narrow size distribution A process for cutting a multi-filament tow into fibers of ultra-short length and narrow size distribution is provided. Initially, a multi-filament tow is passed through a bath of liquid impregnating material at elevated temperature. The impregnated tow is... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3968877 | High density tow cartons Package for the storage and shipment of acrylic tow comprising a substantially filled container wherein the acrylic tow is in the form of a self-supporting block having a density of at least 22 lbs./ft.3.... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3934312 | Method of and apparatus for making continuous strand mat The present invention proposes a method of and appratus for making a mat of continuous strands of glass fibers or the like wherein each strand comprises a large number of individual filaments. The strands are deposited in mat form on a collection surface ... | 01/27/1976 |
