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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6189344 | Method for low frequency sound distribution of rotary fiberizer veils A method and device is disclosed for distributing a veil by applying low frequency sound to at least one portion of the veil, and causing the veil to deviate in its generally downward direction of travel. In its simplest embodiment, the lapping device of ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 4853017 | Method and apparatus for the environmental control of fiber forming environment The present invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for controlling the air quality in the fiber forming zone of glass fiber manufacturing operation. The present invention provides a housing extending from the bushing to the applicator rolle... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4775400 | Method of controlling glass fiber formation and control system An improved fiber glass bushing control system. One aspect of the system has a weighing means for weighing complete collections of glass fiber strands produced from forming from a bushing through attenuation, a monitoring means for the time of attenuation... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4744810 | Process for forming fiber mats Fiber mats formed by attenuating molten streams of attenuable mineral material by subjecting the streams to the action of a hot attenuating gas blast. The gas blast induces gas from the surrounding atmosphere, and the combined blast and induced gas formin... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4466819 | Method and apparatus for producing a continuous glass filament mat A method and apparatus is provided for producing a mat of continuous glass filaments at increased throughput while maintaining desirable tensile strength characteristics by means of a fluidic distribution system employing diagonally opposed Coanda effect ... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4401451 | Process and apparatus for the manufacture of discontinuous glass fibers The application discloses an apparatus and a process for the manufacture of discontinuous fibers obtained by fluid attenuation. The fibers are attenuated from a bushing whose base is equipped with a substantially continuous plate having a hollowed upper s... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4364762 | Mineral fiber forming A method for producing fibers from molten mineral material in which the heat sink provided by air induced to flow in the direction of the bushing by the moving fibers is replaced during a period of fiber forming interruption by a secondary flow of air dir... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4363645 | Annular bushing for forming glass fibers Apparatus and method of producing glass fibers employing a tipped or tipless annular bushing plate from which fibers are drawn as an annular array. A cooling gas, such as air, is directed into contact with the bushing plate and with either, or both, the e... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4362541 | Method and apparatus for producing glass fibers or filaments The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for controlling or stabilizing the temperature or heat pattern at an orifice plate or feeder floor from which flow glass streams which are attenuated to fibers or filaments. More particularly the disclosur... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4342579 | Method and apparatus for collecting strand A method and apparatus for collecting strand are provided comprising: supplying a first strand segment; rotating a member to collect the first strand on the member; varying the speed of the rotatable member according to a predetermined pattern; sensing th... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4342580 | Method of and means for monitoring filament break-outs or glass flood conditions in a glass filament-forming process The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for automatically and remotely detecting and indicating when any filament breaks out or other discontinuity occurs in the process of attenuating streams of filament-forming material, such as glass, into fi... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4274853 | Method and apparatus for the production of glass fibers The invention relates to method and apparatus for producing fibers from heat-softened mineral material, such as glass. More specifically, this invention relates to method of and apparatus for glass fiber production using a bushing of the type having an or... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4252550 | Method and apparatus for the integration of newly formed filaments into a continuous strand This invention relates to a method and apparatus for integrating a newly formed continuous filament into a continuous strand. Mechanically complicated prior integration devices are usually expensive to purchase and operate and do not always ensure that th... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4235614 | Method and device for the manufacture of glass filaments This invention relates to a method and apparatus for promoting the fiberization of continuous lengths of thermoplastic materials such as glass. Prior attempts to reduce fiber breakage, bushing flooding and facilitate fiberization utilized steam or a decom... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4197103 | Method for draw forming glass fibers An apparatus for draw forming glass filaments includes a melt furnace 1 having a bottom plate 12 with a plurality of flow holes therein, each terminating in a conical nozzle tip 2. Cooling fins 10 extend outwardly from a water pipe 11 and are disposed bet... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4146377 | Method of using bushing environmental control in glass fiber forming A method is disclosed for maintaining a uniform airflow and thus uniform thermal conditions below a bushing in a continuous glass fiber forming operation. The method comprises passing the glass filaments through an enclosure and blowing a gaseous fluid th... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4141709 | Bushing environmental control A method is disclosed for controlling the environment below a glass fiber forming bushing. A fog or mist is created below the bushing by forming an air vortex in front of the bushing which carries water or another liquid cooling fluid upwardly towards the... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4118210 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing glass fibers using deflectable air curtain An air flow supplied by a duct 10 adjacent a melt furnace 3 is normally directed downwardly through a plurality of nozzles 12 in the bottom of the duct towards a floor grate 13 or the like communicating with an exhaust duct 14, to thereby form a heat shie... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4088469 | Environmental control of a glass fiber forming bushing A method and apparatus for forming glass fibers is disclosed. The method of the present invention involves passing a narrow, high velocity air stream horizontally below the bushing to thereby induce and entrain additional air flow from the environment sur... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4061485 | Method of and apparatus for controlling the distribution of fibers on a receiving surface A method and system for controlling the deposition of fibers issuing from a fiberizing unit in a veil which displaces portions of the veil with fluid streams, e.g., air blasts. A moving continuous collector screen receives the veil to form a mat of fibers... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4058385 | Method for transporting glass fibers A method and apparatus for reducing tension due to air drag in continuous filaments moved at high linear speeds by establishing a contoured air passage surrounding the filaments and moving air in the direction of the movement of the filaments at a velocit... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4049411 | Forming level air conditioning system An improved method and apparatus for the formation of glass fiber strands is disclosed. One aspect of the invention includes isolating the filament formation level of a double level glass strand forming and collecting operation by creating a positive air ... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4033742 | Method for producing glass fibers A cooling system for establishing and maintaining the running mode of a bushing used in production of glass fibers which embodies a heated orifice plate with closely spaced orifices and a bulk flow of upwardly directed gas (e.g., air), which cooling syste... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3999970 | Gas support gathering shoe for forming glass fibers and method for using same A gathering shoe is disclosed for combining glass filaments which have been attenuated from a bushing into a consolidated strand. The gathering shoe is formed of a porous material, preferably porous graphite, and has a central chamber or cavity within whi... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3969099 | Bushing environmental control system A process is described for controlling the air environment around a fiber glass forming station. The process involves the use of high pressure air and an air manifold system to control air supply and velocities around a fiber glass bushing and in the area... | 07/13/1976 |
