Method of making shaped fibers

Details Method of making shaped fibers Method of making shaped fibers

1997-11-19

1999-04-20

Dixon, Merrick

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand,...

Rod, strand, filament or fiber

4283193, 4283202, 4283179, 4283166, 4283133, 4283044, D02G 300

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ABSTRACT:
In a method of making a shaped fiber, a stream of fiberizable material is provided with an original shape and a void fraction from 20% to 80%. The void fraction can be provided by forming a hollow stream, a porous stream or a significantly shaped stream. The stream of fiberizable material has a soft portion at which the shape of the stream can be changed. Preferably the stream is provided by discharging molten fiberizable material through a first tube located in an orifice in a wall of a container, and introducing gas through a second tube into the interior of the molten material. The fiber stream is contacted to change the shape of the stream at the soft portion, preferably by applying torsion downstream from the soft portion. Torsion can be applied by contacting the fiber stream with a first surface moving in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the stream. Preferably the fiber stream is also contacted with a second surface disposed on the opposite side of the stream from the first surface. The stream is cooled to make a fiber having a final shape different from the original shape, and preferably to make a fiber having a screw-type surface structure.

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