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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2019
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK (US);
Maurice Haff, Edmond, OK (US);
Morshed Khandaker, Edmond, OK (US);
William Paul Snow, Edmond, OK (US);
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for collecting cross-aligned fiber threads, comprising an elongated assembly having a plurality of segments including at least a first segment, a second segment, and an intermediate segment, the first segment positioned at one end of the intermediate segment and the second segment positioned at an opposite end of the intermediate segment, each segment being electrically chargeable; an electrically chargeable emitter for electrospinning nanoscale fiber streams comprising charged fiber branches, the emitter having a tip positioned offset and between an edge of the first segment and an edge of the second segment; a support structure for rotating the elongated assembly about a longitudinal axis and applying an electrical charge to at least the edges of the first and second segment; at least one electrically chargeable steering electrode for attracting fiber streams, the at least one steering electrode chargeable with an electrical polarity opposing a charge applied to the emitter.