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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7536761 | Device and method for spreading a carbon fiber hank Device and method for spreading a carbon fiber hank into a carbon fiber band. The device includes a heating device having at least two electrodes that are spaced apart from each other and coupled to a power supply, and a spreading device arranged after the heating d... | 05/26/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7124797 | Filament winding apparatus and methods of winding filament The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for winding filament to create a structure. In one embodiment, the invention includes the application of filament to a rotating mandrel to create a desired shape. The invention includes the filament winding of b... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7076848 | 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... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7005598 | Process for producing a fiber-reinforced semifinished product in the form of metal strips, metal sheets or the like and apparatus for carrying out the process A process for is producing a fiber-reinforced semifinished product in the form of metal strips, metal sheets etc., from at least one layer of fibers which includes a number of long to endless reinforcing fibers spaced apart from one another and arranged in parallel ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004219 | Roller for automated fabric layup An apparatus for automated fabric lay-up of composite laminates 10 is provided, including an automatic dispensing assembly 12 dispensing pre-preg fabric 14 in a dispensing direction 30. The apparatus 10 further includes a roller el... | 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 |
| 6908421 | Filter manufacturing machine A filter-manufacturing machine comprises spray nozzles located on both sides of a feeding path of sheet material made of filter fibers, respectively, and the spray nozzles each have a line of spray holes of a liquid binder with high viscosity and a plurality of air ... | 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 |
| 6743392 | Production device and method for opened fiber bundle and prepreg production method An apparatus and method for producing a spread fiber bundle using a fiber-spreading device composed of a group of rollers and a base body reciprocated to be repetitively brought into contact with and kept away from a running fiber bundle, and a method for producing ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6687564 | System for automatically controlling the spreading of a textile sheet Apparatus for automatically controlling the spreading of a textile sheet made up of a plurality of tows coming from a tow feed module and serving to feed a drive module, the apparatus comprises means for measuring the positions of the longitudinal edges o... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6511566 | Method of producing a fibrous material layer Method of producing a fibrous material layer mainly intended to be incorporated in an absorbent article such as a diaper, pant diaper, incontinence guard, sanitary napkin or the like. At least one bundle of continuous filaments, so called tow (12), is ope... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6385828 | Apparatus and method for splitting a tow of fibers An apparatus for splitting a fiber tow, the apparatus having a spreading bar comprising a crown and a circular or oval-shaped splitter bar comprising grooves around the circumference of the splitter bar, wherein each of the grooves does not circumscribe t... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6334243 | Method of and apparatus for manipulating tows of filter material for tobacco smoke A tow of filamentary filter material for tobacco smoke is stretched between an upstream pair and a downstream pair of advancing rolls. Suction nozzles are provided to evacuate air from those portions of the path for the tow which are located immediately u... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6311377 | Apparatus and method for spreading fibrous tows into linear arrays of generally uniform density and products made thereby A process and apparatus for spreading fibers in a fibrous tow provides a fiber spreader for spreading a tow of fibers moving in a machine direction having a plurality of spaced pins, where the spacing between the pins is variable relative to the machine d... | 11/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6155306 | Bulletproof woven fabric, and method and apparatus for weaving same A woven fabric enhancing bulletproof ability by efficiently absorbing kinetic energy of a bullet discharged from a gun, which is not softened or molten by heat of the bullet at high temperatures, in which non-twisted multifilament yarns are opened and the... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6134757 | Processing method for splitting thread spool A processing method for splitting thread spool is to: lay a spool of resin thread on a feeding wheel equipped with a broken end lifter; deliver the resin thread through an auxiliary piece and a first yarn cutter; split the resin thread into equalized fine... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6094791 | Method and apparatus for opening reinforcing fiber bundle and method of manufacturing prepreg The present invention provides a method and apparatus, in which a reinforcing fiber bundle consisting of a plurality of paralleled single fibers is or a plurality of mutually paralleled reinforcing fiber bundles respectively consisting of a plurality of p... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6049956 | Method and apparatus for spreading fiber bundles A system for spreading a multi-filament bundle of fibers such that most of the individual fibers are exposed for various treatment and coating processes is described. The system is particularly suited to, but not limited to, carbon fiber applications. In ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5935881 | Bulletproof fabric and process for its production A bulletproof fabric that fully exhibits the mechanical properties of constituent filaments to have light weight and high bulletproof performance is provided. The bullet-proof fabric contains a non-twisted, non-interlaced multifilament having a total fine... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5590449 | Apparatus for stretching plasticizing and gathering a tow of filter material for tobacco smoke An apparatus for processing one or more tows of filamentary filter material for tobacco smoke between one or more bales and the inlet of a filter rod making machine defines for each tow an elongated path having a substantially U-shaped or V-shaped part. S... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5355567 | Process for preparing engineered fiber blend The invention is directed to a process for preparing a blended tow of thermoplastic and reinforcing fibers. The process of the invention includes the steps of forming a substantially planar spaced array of thermoplastic multifilament yarns and superimposi... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5331976 | Transport jet adapter Apparatus and method are provided for supplying cellulose acetate tow for the manufacture of cigarette filters from the transport jet of a tow opener to a cigarette filter rodmaking garniture. The apparatus is a frustoconical member having a multiplicity ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5241731 | Apparatus 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... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5214828 | Process and apparatus for guiding a tow A process and apparatus for guiding a continuous moving tow in synthetic fiber manufacture. The profile (the thickness distribution and width) and the position of the tow are continuously sensed in a non-contact manner and an appropriate electrical signal... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5177840 | Production of hybrid yarn Hybrid yarn is produced from thermoplastic and reinforcing fibers by spreading the fibers separately to form a band and combining and homogeneously intermixing the two bands on rolls or rods. The spreading is carried out in such a way that the reinforcing... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5146651 | Process and apparatus for tow cross-section measurement and control Controlling the cross-sectional characteristics of moving tow lines by providing monitors and positioning devices so as to improve stuffer box crimp uniformity. The mass distribution profile of a filamentary tow band is continuously measured as a function... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5108678 | Process of making a fiber-reinforced plastic sheet having a gradient of fiber bundle size within the sheet This invention relates to a fiber reinforced plastic sheet having a gradient layer structure wherein the number of reinforcing fibers continuously varies and a process for producing the same by spreading a mixture of the fibers different in the number of ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5101542 | Fiber separator for producing fiber reinforced metallic or resin body A fiber separator for separating a bundle of fibers into individual fibers comprising a composite roller composed of a plurality of roller elements, each having the same bulging thick-center profile. The roller elements are provided to revolve along a cir... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5063099 | Non-woven mat consisting of acrylic continuous filaments showing high modulus impregnated with an inorganic matrix Non-woven mat consisting of one or more overlapped layers, each made of continuous, parallel, monodirectional filaments of an acrylic polymer having a tenacity of at least 50 cN/tex, an elastic modulus equal to at least 1000 cN/tex, and an ultimate elonga... | 11/05/1991 |
| 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 |
| 5000807 | 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... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4959895 | Method and apparatus for separating monofilaments forming a strand A method and apparatus for separating monofilaments, such as glass or carbon monofilaments, forming a strand, is achieved by feeding the strand in a curved path over and in forced contact with a plurality of rods, each being subjected to vibrations. The v... | 10/02/1990 |
