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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Soydan Ozcan, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Felix L. Paulauskas, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06B 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/12 (2006.01); B29B 15/12 (2006.01); C08J 5/04 (2006.01); D02J 1/18 (2006.01); C08J 5/06 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01); B29K 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 15/125 (2013.01); B29B 15/127 (2013.01); B29C 70/12 (2013.01); C08J 5/042 (2013.01); C08J 5/06 (2013.01); D02J 1/18 (2013.01); D06B 11/0003 (2013.01); B29K 2063/00 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); C08J 2331/00 (2013.01); C08J 2331/02 (2013.01); C08J 2363/00 (2013.01); C08J 2367/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of processing a carbon fiber tow includes the steps of providing a carbon fiber tow made of a plurality of carbon filaments, depositing a sizing composition at spaced-apart sizing sites along a length of the tow, leaving unsized interstitial regions of the tow, and cross-cutting the tow into a plurality of segments. Each segment includes at least a portion of one of the sizing sites and at least a portion of at least one of the unsized regions of the tow, the unsized region including and end portion of the segment.