Abstract:
A spinnerette for spinning hollow filaments having a maximum amount of hollow space in relation to the outer dimensions of said filaments. The filaments are extruded from a group of preferably three slots and corresponding three round openings or dots. The polymer occluding area defined by the arrangement of the slots forms substantially an equilateral triangle. The round openings are arranged near or at the ends of the slots, but not in communication with the slots. Filaments melt spun from the nested embodiment of this spinnerette consistently have above 35 percent hollow space. The spinnerette is much less subject to breakage than similar designs. Specific parameters for spinning with such as orifice configuration are set forth.
Abstract:
A BIFILAMENT YARN COMPRISING TWO SYMMETRICAL LOBES FUSED SO THAT THE CONCAVE SIDES INTERCEPT AT ANGLE 0 RANGING FROM 10 TO 54*. THE YARN HAS A BROAD CONCAVE AREA AND A NARROW EDGE AREA OF CONVEX SHAPE AND PREEFRABLY A MODIFICATION RATIO OF BETWEEN 1.65 AND 3.0. THIS BIFILAMENT YARN, TEXTURED AND NON-TEXTURED, SEMIDULL AND BRIGHT, WHEN CONVERTED TO PLAIN KNIT HOISERY HAS A LUSTER IN THE RANGE OF 6.6 TO 21 (K/SX100) UNITS. THE TEXTURED AND NON-TEXTURED PLAIN KNIT TEXTILE ARTICLES CONSISTING OF THE BIFILAMENT YARNS OF THIS INVENTION AFTER REPETITIVE ELONGATIONS OF 25 PERCENT HAVE 150-300 PERCENT GREATER WORK OF RECOVERY AND EQUAL IMPROVEMENT IN RESISTANCE TO SAGGING AND WRINKLING THAN OTHER CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATIONS. THE BIFILAMENT YARNS ARE PREPARED BY MELT SPINNING THERMOPLASTIC HOMOPOLYMERS HAVING A RELATIVE FORMIC ACID VISCOSITY OF 25 TO 90 AT A TEMPERATURE OF 250-280*C. THROUGH TWIN ORIFICES SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER FOR A DISTANCE OF 0.05 TO 4.0 MILS.
Abstract:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A NONWOVEN WEB. CONTINUOUS POLYMER FILAMENT IS MELT SPUN, TREATED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY PERMANENT ANTI-STATIC AGENT DRAWN UNIFORMLY ABOUT A SLOWLY ROTATING DRAW PIN, AND SPLAYED ONTO A CONVEYOR BY RECIPROCATION OF A SERIES OF AIR JET ASPIRATORS, EACH EMPLOYING AN ASPIRATING MEDIUM WHICH IS INTRODUCED INTO EACH ASPIRATOR AND FLOWS THROUGH EACH ASPIRATOR IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE ASPIRATOR AXIS, TO FORM A NONWOVEN WEB, WHICH IS THEREAFTER FUSION-BONDED BETWEEN ROLLS. FILAMENTS HAVING DIFFERENT PROPERTIES MAY BE USED.
Abstract:
BETWEEN THE TWO OPPOSING SURFACES. THE TWO OPPOSING SURFACES OF THE SPLAYING DEVICE HAVE CONTINUOUS SURFACES OF CURVATURE WHICH SURFACES EXHIBIT A CONVERGING TO DIVERGING PATTERN AS THE OPPOSING SURFACES EXTEND FROM THE EXIT OF THE ASPIRATOR. THE FORAMINOUS SPLAYING DEVICE IS POSITIONED NEAR THE EXIT OF AN ASPIRATOR SO AS TO SPREAD THE FILAMENTS IN SUBSTANTIALLY ALL DIRECTIONS AND THEREBY TO PROVIDE GREATER OPENNESS AND GREATER RANDOM LAYDOWN OF FILAMENTS.
AN APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTING DISPERSAL AND IMPROVING DEPOSITION OF A PLURALITY OF CONTINUOUS FILAMENTS ONTO A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SURFACE WHEREBY RANDOM DISTRIBUTION OF THE FILAMENTS IS PROVIDED FOR HE PRODUCTION OF UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED NONWOVEN WEBS. SUCH APPARATUS COMPRISES A FORAMINAL SPLAYING DEVICE HAVING TWO OPPOSING SURFACES WITH HOLES EXTENDING THROUGH AT LEAST ONE OF THE TWO OPPOSING SURFACES. COMPRESSED GAS, E.G. AIR, IS DISCHARGED THROUGH THE HOLES IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL COLUMNS SO AS TO INTERPENETRATE A FILAMENT BUNDLE PASSING
Abstract:
AN APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTING DISPERSAL AND FOR IMPROVING DEPOSITION OF A PLURALITY OF CONTINUOUS FILAMENTS ONTO A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SURFACE WHEREBY RANDOM DISTRIBUTION OF THE FILAMENTS IS PROVIDED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED NONWOVEN WEBS. A NONMOVING TWOPLANAR DEFLECTOR IS POSITIONED NEAR THE EXIT OF AN ASPIRATOR SO AS TO PROVIDE GREATER OPENNES AND GREATER RANDOM LAYDOWN OF FILAMENTS.