Melt spinning method and apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8685312
APP PUB NO 20110285065A1
SERIAL NO

13095130

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A melt spinning apparatus includes an apparatus body, a nozzle configured to extrude melted resin in the apparatus body, and a barrel having an air discharge passage arranged around this nozzle to discharge hot air. The discharge passage includes a sloped passage and a parallel passage that extends along the nozzle. At an intersection of imaginary lines extending along the centerlines of the sloped passage, an imaginary merging section is defined. An open end of the nozzle is positioned on the downstream side of the imaginary merging section of the hot air blown diagonally forward toward a periphery of the nozzle. To manufacture a sheet of a nonwoven fabric, the melted resin is discharged from the nozzle and then the hot air swirling diagonally forward is blown toward the periphery of the nozzle. This causes the melted resin to be formed into spiral fibers. Those fibers are blown onto the belt of a conveyor belt apparatus to manufacture a nonwoven fabric sheet.

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TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAAICHI

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Koyama, Hiroshi Tajimi, JP 165 1316

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