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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6776013 | Aerodynamic mineral wool forming bucket A forming bucket for use in the preparation of gas attenuated fiber insulation products includes a tubular member having a fiber inlet and a fiber outlet. The tubular member has a conical portion disposed between the fiber inlet and the fiber outlet. The conical por... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6367288 | Method and apparatus for preventing burner-hole build-up in fused silica processes In furnaces for producing high purity fused silica glass boules, glass particles have a tendency to build-up adjacent the burner hole rim. It was discovered that unburned furnace gases containing silica particles where re-circulated in the furnace close t... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5595585 | 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 ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 4889546 | Method and apparatus for forming fibers from thermoplastic materials Method and apparatus for attenuating glass fibers. Primary glass is delivered into a primary, high temperature, high velocity gaseous blast to produce fibers that are attenuated while carried by said primary blast. While the fibers are above the minimum g... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4861362 | Method and apparatus for forming fibers from thermoplastic materials Method and apparatus for attenuating glass fibers. Primary glass is delivered into a primary, high temperature, high velocity gaseous blast to produce fibers that are attenuated while carried by said primary blast. While the fibers are above the minimum g... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4838917 | Process and apparatus for the production of very fine mineral fibers, in particular glass fibers The streams of melt issuing from the melt outlet apertures (18) at the bottom of a melting crucible (14) are broken up into fibers in a drawing nozzle by means of a blast medium directed substantially parallel to the streams of melt. The blast medium is p... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4822392 | Apparatus for producing fibres from silicate raw materials such as basalt by blast drawing Apparatus for producing mineral fibres from silicate raw materials such as basalt by blast drawing. When blast drawing is used to produce mineral fibres from basalt, there is arranged between the entry zone (26) of the chute (16) and the exit zone of the ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4698085 | Apparatus for producing mineral fibres from silicate raw materials such as basalt, in particular by blast drawing In the production of bonded mineral fibre wool, binder is injected in the chute (16) onto the fibres, as a result of which there is a tendency for the fibres to adhere to the walls of the chute (16) and to form encrustations due to binder becoming cured i... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4698086 | Apparatus for producing mineral fibres from molten silicate by blast drawing To produce basalt wool having a large fibre diameter of if desired 10 μm with high output and low bead formation, the exit cross-section of the exit orifices (6) of the distributor tank (5), the vertical distance (vA) between the exit orifices (6) and th... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4676815 | Apparatus for the production of fine mineral fibres Filaments of a molten material issue from a plurality of openings in a heated melt crucible and are further fiberized in a draw nozzle by means of a blowing medium. The diameter of the outlet openings (3) at the base of the melt crucible (1) is very small... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4576620 | Apparatus for the production of mineral fibers having supplemental collection chamber exhaust An apparatus for the production and collation of mineral fibers, comprising an air fiberization apparatus for generating mineral fibers, a collection chamber for collecting the fibers produced, and a cyclone type air exhaust apparatus connected by a duct ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4553996 | Process for producing mineral wool fibers while reducing the velocity of flowing media A method for the reduction of the velocity of dispersions of fine particles in gas is described, in which the dispersion is divided into a plurality of mass flows M which are conveyed each to a subsonic diffuser to reduce the velocity from V1 t... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4496385 | Apparatus for producing a continuous glass filament mat A method and apparatus for producing a mat of continuous glass filaments at increased throughput while maintaining desirable tensile strength characteristics by means of an oscillatable, fluidic distribution system.... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4494970 | Apparatus for production of fiber mats In a process for the production of mats made of organic or inorganic fibres, comprising dispersing fibers in a flowing gas so as to issue together from a channel, depositing the fibers on a perforated conveyor belt for the formation of the mat, and removi... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4487622 | Method and apparatus for forming fiber webs The invention concerns the improvement of the fiber distribution in a web or mat, the attenuation of the fibers being effected by means of gas currents. The material delivered in the form of filaments is attenuated in a channel between two gas jets. At th... | 12/11/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4419117 | Apparatus for production of mineral wool fibers In a process for the production of mineral wool fibers according to the jet blast process, comprising issuing at least one melt stream from at least one opening in the base of a melting crucible into a converging-diverging drawing nozzle, flowing a gaseou... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4382809 | Method and apparatus for the production of mineral fiber felts having fiber-leveling device An apparatus for the production of mineral fiber or wool felts, blankets or batts having uniform thickness and density, comprising means for fiberizing the mineral composition, a housing defining a chamber into which the fibers are introduced, a foraminou... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4363646 | Method and apparatus for producing microfilaments Relatively long microfilaments made from a low heat conductivity glass composition are described. The microfilaments are used to make insulation and/or filler materials. The microfilaments are made by forming a liquid film of molten glass across a coaxial... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4351661 | Fiberization by gas blast attenuation Method and apparatus are disclosed for forming fibers from attenuable materials, especially mineral materials such as glass, the disclosed technique including components providing for attenuation by toration, i.e., attenuation by delivering a stream of at... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351660 | Toration with multiple jet deflection Method and apparatus are disclosed for forming fibers from attenuable materials, especially mineral materials such as glass, the disclosed technique including components providing for attenuation by toration, i.e., attenuation by delivering a stream of at... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4316731 | Method and apparatus for producing fibers Method and apparatus are provided for fluidically attenuating streams of material into filaments wherein the blower is designed according to a number of parameters to provide a stream of working fluid at sonic velocity.... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4284395 | Apparatus for forming filaments Method and apparatus are provided for forming filaments comprising: means for supplying a plurality of streams of molten material; attenuation means for supplying of moving fluid to attenuate said streams into said filaments; said filaments being entraine... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4268293 | Stabilization of glass feed in fiberization by toration Method and apparatus are disclosed providing both for separation of the components of a toration fiberizing center, including separation of both the glass stream supply means and of the secondary or carrier jet from the blast, and at the same time further... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4263033 | Method and apparatus for collecting mineral fibers A method and apparatus for collecting mineral fibers comprises a moving surface for receiving a flow of fibers, sensing means for sensing the speed of said moving surface, control means for generating a signal in response to the sensed speed of the moving... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4249926 | Method for jet attenuation of fibers with localized combustion Multiple jet fiber attenuation, the jets converging to provoke mutual impact and create a combined jet flow, the jets comprising fuel and comburent components in proportions providing a combustible mixture in the combined jet flow, a stream of attenuable ... | 02/10/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4243400 | Apparatus for producing fibers from heat-softening materials Method and apparatus for producing fibers from a heat-softening material in which the heat-softening material is heated to a viscous melt, and directly and continuously flowed out while its sectional shape being rendered substantially circular. High speed... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4168959 | Method and apparatus for distribution of glass fibers In the manufacture of glass fibrous products wherein gaseous streams of fibers are directed through conduits from a generally horizontal direction downwardly in a generally vertical direction towards a moving collection surface, the improvement wherein fo... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4140509 | Method and apparatus for making fibers from thermoplastic materials Method and equipment are disclosed for forming fibers from attenuable material such as molten glass, by the use of high velocity whirling gas currents or tornadoes. Attenuation is preferably effected in two stages, the first of which utilizes a pair of hi... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4137059 | Method and apparatus for making fibers from attenuable materials The attenuation technique disclosed utilizes high velocity whirling currents or tornadoes formed in a toration zone i.e., a zone of interaction of a principle blast or current of gases and a gaseous carrier jet directed transversely into the blast. The ar... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4102662 | Method and apparatus for making fibers from thermoplastic materials Method and apparatus for the production of fibrous materials from attenuable substances, particularly molten glass, are disclosed, along with the fiber products which result. In the disclosed system the material to be fiberized flows into a region establi... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4077790 | Noise suppressor for a row of rotary fiberizers The lower portions of the guard rings of a row of rotary fiberizing units are surrounded by an elongate rectangular noise suppressor having front and rear panels extending lengthwise of the row and transverse end panels connecting the front and rear panel... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4052183 | Method and apparatus for suppression of pollution in toration of glass fibers Method and apparatus for the production of fibrous materials from attenuable substances, particularly molten glass, are disclosed, along with the fiber products which result. In the disclosed system the material to be fiberized flows into a region establi... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4046539 | Method and apparatus for producing glass fibers The present invention relates to the art of manufacturing glass fibers by the rotary process. A flow controller is located immediately downstream of the rotor means, stabilizing the fiber veil flow parameters. Mass addition to the boundary layer along the... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3953185 | Method for making vitreous fibers having small protrusions This invention pertains to a method of making inorganic vitreous fibers having small protrusions, such that the fiber produces a high strength reinforced molded product. The fibers are formed by introducing high melting constituents such as glass fiber, r... | 04/27/1976 |